'' Monsoon Shootout '' is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Amit Kumar and produced by Guneet Monga , Trevor Ingma , Martijn de Grunt , and co-produced by Anurag Kashyap , and Vivek Rangachari , starring Vijay Varma , Geetanjali Thapa , Sreejita De , Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Tannishtha Chatterjee in the lead roles . The film received positive reviews at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in the Official '' Midnight Screenings '' section . Belonging to the school of Parallel cinema , Monsoon Shooting was released worldwide four years later on December , 15 , 2017 to positive reviews . As the raging monsoon lashes Mumbai , the commercial and mafia capital of India , the police struggle to keep up with the gangsters who are ever more emboldened . Adi , a principled rookie cop as his first assignment on the force , joins an elite , anti-extortion unit of the Mumbai police led by Khan , a cop in the ‘ Dirty Harry ’ mold . On his first evening on the job , Adi had planned to meet his ex flame Anu and to get back with her , but he misses the date when Khan has set up an ambush for a dreaded gangster . However , the ambush goes wrong and Adi chases Shiva , a seemingly armed and dangerous criminal into a dead-end alley . Unsure if Shiva is , indeed , the wanted gangster , Adi has a moment of reckoning ; whether to shoot or not to shoot . Whatever his decision is , every decision will take him on a journey that pits him against a system which demands a compromise of his morals . As he lives through the dramatic consequences of each decision , he realizes that every choice has its price
2013 Cannes Film Festival
2013 Cannes Film Festival
Monsoon Shootout