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27-610: Shool ( transl.  The Spike ) is a 1999 Indian Hindi -language action crime film directed by Eeshwar Nivas . Written and produced by Ram Gopal Varma , it portrays the politician-criminal nexus and the criminalization of politics in Bihar and its effect on the life of an honest police officer. It stars Manoj Bajpayee as Inspector Samar Pratap Singh and Sayaji Shinde as the criminal-politician Bachhu Yadav. The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi . Shool

54-406: A confrontation with a coolie . The two have a tiff on the payment of Rs. 30/- to be paid to the coolie for his services, which Singh refuses to pay, as he (rightfully) thinks he is being overcharged. As the situation goes to the verge of fisticuffs, a local police hawaldaar intervenes. Not knowing that Singh, too, is a police officer, the hawaldaar tries to manhandle Singh. Infuriated, Singh takes

81-427: A market, causing Singh to lose his temper and single-handedly beating them. One of the henchman attacks Singh with a heavy wooden club, but instead bludgeons Singh's daughter on her head, killing her. When the badly injured Laljee goes to Yadav and tells him that Singh has beaten them badly, Yadav, who cares next to nothing even about his most loyal men, finds it a golden opportunity to accuse Singh. He immediately takes

108-404: A patronising and satiric manner). The inebriated D.S.P., who is also present at the party, tries to cool Singh's tempers by telling him such rules are inconsequential in small villages. Singh refuses to yield, which angers the D.S.P. who gives Singh a direct order to let the matter go. Singh stands firm, and states that he will let the situation go only if given written orders. The following morning,

135-426: A pistol as part of their standard kit. However, drivers are often issued a handgun since, while driving, their rifle will be stowed on a rack and thus difficult to make ready quickly in an emergency, whereas a handgun is more easily accessible. Service pistols are issued to military police and other soldiers acting in a law enforcement capacity as part of their duties. The tradition of issuing pistols to officers as

162-476: A primary weapon is being phased out by many nations. The United States Marine Corps , for example, requires all enlisted personnel and all officers below the rank of Lieutenant colonel to carry the M27 IAR as their primary weapon. British officers on combat duty are also normally issued with the standard rifle, but are not required to carry it with them at all times; for example, while operating as support staff

189-522: A shotgun from the wall and hits Laljee on the head forcefully enough to kill him, and then orders his henchmen to register a complaint that Laljee actually died because of the beating by Singh. The police waste no time and arrest Singh while he is still grieving over his daughter's dead body. Singh's parents come to help him, and his father pleads with Yadav to get him released. Yadav uses this situation to his advantage and gets Singh released by asking one of his henchmen to testify. When Singh realises that Yadav

216-561: A solid act as the crooked and scheming politician, but it’s Manoj’s performance as the fair police officer that escalates the movie." Hindi Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 257472142 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:53:58 GMT Service pistol Prior to

243-636: The Browning Hi-Power became the Army's official service pistol. Special operations soldiers often carry a handgun as a secondary weapon to serve in a supplementary capacity to their primary weapon (a rifle , carbine , submachine gun , or shotgun ); this practice is not as prevalent among conventional soldiers. Soldiers who do not serve in a direct combat role are often issued a pistol (such as officers, artillery crews, and other rear-echelon personnel), but conventional riflemen are not generally issued

270-524: The Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" ) gradually led to their replacement by semi-automatic handguns, such as the well-known German P08 Luger , the first semi-automatic service pistol to be widely adopted by an industrialised nation. The British Army was the last major military service to adopt a semi-automatic service pistol as a standard sidearm, phasing out their Webley Mk IV , Enfield No 2 Mk I , and Smith & Wesson Victory revolvers in 1969, after which

297-413: The quartermaster if they were promoted). Service pistols, on the other hand, were generally issued to officers, NCOs, and others who needed to carry personal weapons as part of their duties. Hence, it was quite common for officers to carry government-issued service pistols in combat. The first service handguns were revolvers, but the development of semi-automatic pistols (the first practical example being

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324-421: The D.S.P. orders Singh to release them, he refuses, saying that he has already registered the case. This is the first time Singh's superior learns of his real character and expresses concern over his future. Sub-inspector Hussain, who shamelessly admits to subjection to Yadav, declares that Singh won't last long in his current job if he continues in his ways. Singh sadly learns the limit of his official prowess, when

351-439: The act of defiance by Singh causes a heated debate between Singh and the D.S.P., who, with the help of the corrupt sub-inspector Hussain, frames Singh for a physical attack on his senior. Tiwari tries to help Singh but in vain and Singh is suspended from his post. Yadav and his men decide to land the final blow on Singh and finish him once and for all, with his goons passing disgustingly indecent comments towards Singh's daughter at

378-712: The basic operation of an arquebus could be taught in a comparatively short time. As a result, swords were retained only by officers (who were less likely to be at the front of the pike-and-musket hedge) and by cavalry, for whom early single-shot handguns were of limited use. The invention of the revolver in 1836, finally made a service pistol practical, as prior to this pistols had largely been single-shot weapons usually of no particular standardized pattern. Although officers traditionally had been obliged to buy their own weapons, non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and other enlisted personnel were generally issued their weapons (which they were then expected to either pay for or return to

405-452: The court releases Yadav's men. Yadav gets irritated by Singh's methods, particularity, because he arrested his men. He decides to annoy him and organises his own marriage anniversary. Singh reaches the scene and asks to see the required permission papers for operating loudspeakers late into the night. When no such official papers are produced, Singh seizes the music system and disrupts the party. Yadav confronts him and asks to be forgiven (in

432-404: The early 14th century changed the way battles were fought, and by the late-15th century it was no longer especially practical to close in hand-to-hand combat range to engage one's opponents, owing to the prevalence of pikes and musket-fire ( pike and shot ) on the battlefield . Training was also a factor—it took a very long time to train new recruits in the use of longbows and swords—whereas

459-485: The head, declares his patriotism and yells " Jai Hind " twice. Shool was shot in Motihari , Bethia , Bhopal , and Hyderabad . The climax of the film was shot at the state legislative assembly premises of Hyderabad, and Bhopal. The casting of the film is done by Varma and Kashyap. Anupama Chopra of India Today wrote, "Shool is pacy, has a dollop of music and crisp dialogues written by Anurag Kashyap. But it isn't

486-443: The honest sub-inspector Tiwari, informs Singh about Manjari's suicide attempt and both rush to the hospital. Singh manages to speak a few sentences of comfort with her, where she absolves him of his guilt and asks him to avenge her and their daughter, before she dies. Singh, having lost the woman he loved; feels he has lost everything and has nothing to live for anymore. He goes home, readies himself and wears his police uniform, visits

513-524: The introduction of cartridge-loading firearms, there was little standardization with regard to the handguns carried by military personnel, although it had been important for officers , artillerymen, and other auxiliary troops to have a means of defending themselves, especially as it was not always practical for them to have a full-length rifle or carbine . Traditionally, soldiers, sailors, cavalrymen, and officers had carried swords for both personal protection and use in combat. The development of firearms in

540-457: The matter to the police station to which he is posted. As Singh writes a complaint against the hawaldaar for harassing an innocent local (Singh), a sub-inspector, Hussain, intervenes. Hussain asks Singh to forgive the hawaldaar, to which Singh does not relent. Singh later learns that the Motihari police station runs according to Yadav's whims. Singh is an idealist who respects the constitution and

567-473: The pathbreaker that Zanjeer and Ardh Satya were. Because it is utterly predictable. The story about an honest policeman has been worn out by Hindi cinema. Shool doesn't take the premise further." Anil Nair of Rediff.com wrote, "In the end one can only say that Shool is for the most part a slovenly film and its politics fuzzy, but there is a vitality to the fuzziness. Not something every Hindi movie can claim." Bella Jaisinghani of The Indian Express criticised

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594-522: The police station and snatches his service weapon in spite of sub-inspector Hussain's warning. Hussain pulls out his gun, but Singh kills him and makes way to Patna, where the state legislature is in session. He enters the well of the house, defying heavy security. Singh finds Yadav and drags him by his collar to the Speaker's dais. After an emotional appeal to members of parliament on the leadership crisis and criminalisation of politics , he shoots Yadav in

621-496: The rule of law, and expects that everyone else should do the same. But no one follows the law in Motihari, especially the policemen who receive hafta (illicit weekly payments) from Yadav to do his bidding. One day, the D.S.P. asks Singh to break up a fight between two rival gangs and arrest the people who attacked some of Yadav's men. Singh investigates and finds out that Yadav's men are the real culprits. Among them are Sudhir Vinod and Lallan Singh, so Singh arrests them instead. When

648-475: The ticket this time. He wastes no time, reaches the newly selected MLA candidate's home and pressures him to give up his nomination in lieu of money. When intimidation fails, his thugs stab the MLA-candidate under his supervision. Meanwhile, Inspector Samar Pratap Singh arrives in Motihari , Bihar , where he has been transferred to, with his wife Manjari and daughter. At the railway station, he gets into

675-539: The violence in the film by writing, "The heavy overdose of violence would only appeal to those struck by the Satya Syndrome. The rest of the audience would want to shut its senses to the assault being inflicted on it." In a retrospective review in 2018, Anvita Singh of The Indian Express wrote, "Eeshwar Nivas’ direction is decent, and the script, okay, but it could have gone down the hill had Manoj Bajpayee not been there. Sayaji Shinde as Bacchu Yadav also puts up

702-472: Was behind his release, he insults Yadav. A few days later, Singh's parents leave, and he has a big fight with his wife, who holds his idealism to blame for the quagmire they find themselves in, including their daughter's death. She asks him why he won't kill Yadav if he's as brave as he pretends to be. Singh tells her he's afraid for her sake, and leaves in a huff. Manjari tries to commit suicide with an overdose of sleeping pills. Singh's only true friend in town,

729-676: Was featured at the International Film Festival of India , and the Toronto International Film Festival . It went on to gather a cult following over the years. The film opens with a late night telephone call from Patna asking to speak to Bachchu Yadav, a MLA of the ruling political party in Bihar. His lackeys trace their boss to a prostitute's abode, where he receives the telephone and is informed that his party has selected another MLA for

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