Crook: It's Good to Be Bad

"It's good to be bad"

Oct 8 2010 Not Rated 2h 1m
Action, Drama, Thriller

Corrupt police and racially motivated attacks against Indian students complicate a re-located crook's life in Australia.

Plot

When Sub-Inspector Joseph Pinto finds that his foster son, Jai Dixit, sired by a deceased, re-formed gangster, has taken to crime, he arranges for his re-location to Melbourne, and has his name changed to Suraj Bhardwaj. Jai does re-locate there, and gets hired as a taxi-driver. He gets attracted to Suhani, much to the of her brother, Samarth, who wants her to marry Gurdaspur-based Romi Latti, who is also in Melbourne on a university scholarship. With mounting racially-motivated attacks and profiling ('Curry Boy', 'Indian Curry') against Indian students, Samarth actively protests - but Jai refrains from doing so - even after Romi is badly beaten by Caucasian youth. The protest results in violence, and Samarth is arrested. On the day of his discharge, Jai is told by a stripper, Nicole, that plans are afoot to kill Samarth, and he decides to intervene. He does succeed and even accompanies Suhani to the Police Station to identify her brother's attackers. It is here that the police will find out about Jai's background, forcing him and Suhani to go on the run; be blamed for planting a bomb in a bar; while unknown person(s) kill several inter-racial couples.

Written by

Mohit Suri, Ankur Tewari

Directed by

Mohit Suri

Production Countries

India

Production Companies

Vishesh Films

Languages

English

Awards

2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
2,475
Average Rating
5.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA