Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer 'Monsoon Shootout' to release after four years

Mumbai: After a wait for almost four years, Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer, 'Monsoon Shootout' will be finally hitting the theatres in the month of Christmas i.e December 2017.

"For almost a year we were travelling across festivals with the film and then we wanted to wait and release the film when we felt the time was right. We had a successful release of 'Haraamkhor' earlier this year and 2017 has proven to be a year when good content films were being accepted. So we feel now is the best time to release the film," producer Guneet Monga said in a statement.

Monga and her production house Sikhya Entertainment is known for producing content-driven films like "Masaan" and "Lunchbox", apart from "Haraamkhor".

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"Monsoon Shootout" is a crime thriller film starring Nawazuddin, Vijay Verma and Tannishtha Chatterjee.

This film is about a policeman facing a life-altering decision when he must decide to shoot or not.

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It is directed by Amit Kumar, who earlier made an award-winning short film called "Bypass" with Nawazuddin and Irrfan Khan.

Nawazuddin had shot for "Monsoon Shootout" immediately after "Gangs Of Wasseypur".