Shoot on Sight
Shoot on Sight is a 2007 British film directed by Jag Mundhra and produced by Aron Govil.[1] The film was marketed and distributed globally by Aron Govil Productions Inc. The cast includes Brian Cox, Sadie Frost, Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri.[2]
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Directed by | Jag Mundhra |
Produced by | Aron Govil |
Written by | Carl Austin |
Starring | Brian Cox Sadie Frost Naseeruddin Shah Om Puri Mikaal Zulfiqar |
Music by | John Altman |
Distributed by | Aron Govill Productions |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Plot
Tariq Ali (played by Naseeruddin Shah), a Muslim police commander of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt down suspected suicide-bombers against the backdrop of the 7 July bombings in London. Ali's task becomes more complicated as an innocent Muslim is killed by armed police on the Underground. Ali (Naseeruddin Shah), a Lahore-born British citizen married to an English woman with two children, is himself distrusted by his colleagues, despite his long service in the Metropolitan Police.
Production
Shoot on Sight is a story based on Operation Kratos, the police "shoot-to-kill" policy applied to suspected suicide-bombers after the 7 July 2005 London bombings.[3] The shooting of the innocent Muslim in the Underground is based on an actual event, the shooting of an innocent Brazilian on 22 July 2005 whom police thought to be a Muslim terrorist about to detonate a suicide bomb.
References
- Jeannette Catsoulis (26 September 2008). "Conflict in Britain". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- Rahul Kapoor (16 October 2008). "Shoot on Sight Review". Real Bollywood. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- Prairie Miller (26 September 2008). "Shoot on Sight Movie Review". News Blaze. Retrieved 7 March 2015.