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Shool poster
A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 82.3 / 100
1999·Action / Crime / Drama·2h 18m

SHOOL

Police Inspector Samar Pratap Singh is transferred to Motihari, in the Indian state of Bihar, along with his wife, Manjari and a daughter. He is honest and diligent and these attributes sets him up against his superior - the District Superintendent of Police, as well as his subordinates and fellow officers.

Above the Line
Eeshwar Nivas·DirectorRam Gopal Varma·ScreenplayHari Nair·Director of PhotographyLoy Mendonsa·Original Music ComposerBhanodaya·Editor
Cast
Manoj Bajpayee·Inspector Samar Pratap SinghSayaji Shinde·Bacchu "Bhaiyyaji" YadavRaveena Tandon·Manjari SinghShilpa Shetty Kundra·Item GirlNawazuddin Siddiqui·WaiterRajpal Yadav·Violent CoolieGanesh Yadav·Inspector HussainYashpal Sharma·Lallan SinghVeerendra Saxena·Prabal Pratap SinghVineet Kumar·Inspector Tiwari
Full Crew
(9 credits)
Directing· 1
Eeshwar Nivas·Director
Writing· 1
Ram Gopal Varma·Screenplay
Camera· 1
Hari Nair·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Bhanodaya·Editor
Sound & Music· 3
Loy Mendonsa·Original Music ComposerShankar Mahadevan·Original Music ComposerEhsaan Noorani·Original Music Composer
Production· 2
Ram Gopal Varma·ProducerNitin Manmohan·Producer
By the Numbers
82.3
OF 100
Master Score
7.7
OF 10
IMDb
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CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
$2M
ROI 642%
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind Shool's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
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Mood
Intense, Dramatic, Serious
Composition
Split
Era
1990s
Visual Style
Photographic

“The poster features a large image of a man in a police uniform walking forward on the right side, with a light blue and white streaked background. To his left, ”

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Key Elements
Police UniformRifleBlood
Atmosphere
Gritty
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
Indoor
Design Score
7/10
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