Paanch (English: Five) is a 2003 Indian crime thriller film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap in his directing debut, starring Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Srivastava, Vijay Maurya, Joy Fernandes, and Tejaswini Kolhapure. The film is "loosely" based on the 1976–77 Joshi-Abhyankar serial murders in Pune. The film never got a theatrical or home-video release. The Central Board of Film Certification objected to the film's violence, the depiction of drug abuse and bad language. After some cuts, the film was cleared in 2001. However, it could not be released as the producer faced problems. It was later made available through torrent websites. The film was then screened at several film festivals. Plot Four friends, namely, Luke Morisson, Murgi, Joy and Pondy, play together in a band along with a fifth female member named Shiuli. They are self-destructing youngsters. Luke, the lead singer and self-imposed leader of the pack ensures his dominance in the group by providing accommodation, drugs, and food for his wasted and broke friends. Pondy is fascinated by Shiuli who sleeps with rich guys for money. The movie revolves around a kidnapping plot gone wrong, in which the four male band members plan to kidnap another friend Nikhil. Nikhil is part of the plot and agrees to get himself kidnapped to extract money out of his rich but miser father. In the process, the excess of drugs and uncontrolled anger leads to the murder of Nikhil by Luke. Luke blackmails all others and ensures that nobody leaves or confides into the cops. Meanwhile, Shiuli also gets entangled in the plot. The money hungry youngsters then go on to kill the father of Nikhil and a cop investigating the murder. The plot thickens with a set of betrayal and counter-betrayal leading to an interesting end. Cast Kay Kay Menon as Luke Morrison Aditya Srivastava as Murgi Vijay Maurya as Pondy Joy Fernandes as Joy Tejaswini Kolhapure as Shiuli Sharat Saxena as Inspector Deshpande Pankaj Saraswat as Nikhil Ranjan Vijay Raaz as Anish Ranjan Abhinav Kashyap as Police Salam Soundtrack The soundtrack of the film features music composed by Vishal Bhardwaj and lyrics written by Abbas Tyrewala. The album was released by BMG Crescendo in May 2002, and marked the entry of the music publisher into the Hindi film music market. Production In September 1993, while Kashyap stayed at the St. Xavier's Boys Hostel, he used to hang out with