as Kishor Dave Ramgopal Bajaj as Satyadev Baba Anurag Jha as Ghanshyam Ajay Bhandari as Anuj Gufi Paintal as Dinesh Das (DD) Kabir Chopra as Vikramjeet Shakti Mohan in a dance number-Tequila Wakila Soundtrack Production Known for his strong acting histrionics and intelligence, Rajeev Khandelwal's suave and new look as Samrat and his dialogue delivery is also being immensely appreciated, bringing the actor into a new avatar in Bollywood". Strangely, when the director of the film narrated Rajeev Khandelwal the script, he did not narrate the entire script, but did it only till the climax scene. The director Kaushik Ghatak told Rajeev that he would tell him the climax only if he came on board. Once Rajeev agreed to do the film, Kaushik kept his promise of narrating the climax to him, but, to his surprise, Rajeev did not want to hear it and requested him not to. Telling us his reasons for doing that, Rajeev said, "The script had been so gripping that I decided to play Samrat in my head, trying to actually solve the case while shooting the film.". Reception Official theatrical trailer was released on 18 March 2014 at a suburban multiplex in Mumbai. The trailer received mixed reviews. One review said: Rajeev Khandelwal the main protagonist for Samrat & Co. very happily copies Benedict Cumberbatch, the British actor portraying the character of Sherlock Holmes in the hit series by the same name. Rajeev is desperately trying to be cool and stylish, something that does not come naturally to him and does not look good on him. Another review said: "The industry and fans by large, have found the trailer gripping and true to its claims of the film being ‘dilchasp’ and intriguing. Samrat and Co. received mostly negative reviews. Shubhra Gupta from the Indian Express rated the movie 1 star out of 5 and said "The script allows for lots of silliness, and clueless characters, and sad clues." Rediff gave half star to the movie. Rahul Desai from Mumbai mirror gave 1.5 stars out of 5. Taran Adarsh rated the movie 2.5 out of 5. The movie was released in 566 theaters. It had a Poor Box Office collection record merely collecting 20 million in its run. References External links Samrat & Co. on Facebook Samrat & Co. on Twitter Movie review at SocialDhabba.com 2010s Hindi-language films 2014 films 2014 masala films Indian detective films