Love Hostel
2022 film by Shanker Raman
Love Hostel is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film written and directed by Shanker Raman and produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and Drishyam Films. It stars Vikrant Massey, Sanya Malhotra and Bobby Deol. The film was released directly on ZEE5 on 25 February 2022.
Plot
Completely in love, Ahmed Shaukeen and Jyoti Dilawar have chosen to spend the rest of their lives together. Aware that their families will not approve as they each come from a different religion, the couple decides to elope and wed in secret. This decision puts them in danger as they are now being brutally hunted by Viraj Singh Dagar, a ruthless ex-convict hitman who will not stop until he has found and "corrected" them.
Cast
Vikrant Massey as Ahmed Shaukeen
Sanya Malhotra as Jyoti Dilawar
Bobby Deol as Viraj Singh Dagar
Raj Arjun as DCP Sushil Rathi
Yudhvir Ahlawat as Rakesh Dilawar
Simran Rawal as Babli Dilawar
Aditi Vasudev as Nidhi Dahiya
Yogesh Tiwari as Randhir Dilawar (Jyoti's Father)
Kumkum Jain as Savita Dilawar (Jyoti's Mother)
Sonal Jha as Sujata Rathi (DCP's wife)
Swaroopa Ghosh as MLA Kamala Dilawar
Akshay Oberoi as Diler
Vishal O Sharma as advocate
Production
Plans to create Love Hostel were first announced in October 2020. Shanker Raman wrote the script for Love Hostel, with the plans that he would also serve as the film's director. While writing the script and developing the movie he focused on "questions of the heart and the mind" and also focused on questioning "what our society has become but also the paths we take to solve our problems". The film also focuses on honor killings.
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