Sankat City

Sankat City is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film directed by Pankaj Advani starring Kay Kay Menon. The film was released in India on 10 July 2009.

Plot
Guru (Kay Kay Menon) and Ganpat (Dilip Prabhavalkar) are small-time car thieves. One night, they steal a Mercedes Rs. 10 million inside, unaware that the car belongs to a vicious gangster/loan shark called Faujdaar (Anupam Kher). They try to sell the stolen Mercedes to Suleman Supari (Rahul Dev), a hitman, who recognizes the car and notifies his friend Faujdaar. Faujdaar sends his henchman with Guru to get back the cash.

Meanwhile, Ganpat has hidden cash in a safe place. After an accident, he loses his memory. Angered by the chain of events, Faujdaar gives Guru three days to return the money.

Cast

 * Kay Kay Menon - Guru
 * Anupam Kher - Faujdar
 * Rimi Sen - Mona
 * Chunky Pandey - Sikandar Khan and Sheshaiyya (Dual role)
 * Dilip Prabhawalkar - Ganpat
 * Rahul Dev - Suleman Supari
 * Yashpal Sharma - Pachisia
 * Hemant Pandey - Filip Fattu
 * Virendra Saxena - Godman
 * Shrivallabh Vyas - Sharafat
 * Manoj Pahwa - Gogi Kukreja
 * Kurush Deboo - Bawajee
 * Sanjay Mishra - Lingam

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ranjit Barot and released by Venus Worldwide Entertainment. All lyrics were written by Panchhi Jalonvi and Mehboob.

Critical reception
Sankat City received generally negative reviews from film critics as a dark comedy.

Nominations in 2010

 * Nominated for Most Promising Debut Director, 55th Filmfare Awards.
 * Nominated for Best Director and Best Film; Searchlight Awards - Max Stardust Awards 2010.
 * Nominated for Best Screenplay, Most Promising Debut Director, and Best Ensemble Cast; Nokia 16th Star Screen Award.