| The Pickup Artist | |
| Director: | Rohit Arora |
| Producer: | Rohit Arora Pankaj Uniyal |
| Screenplay: | Rohit Arora Pankaj Uniyal |
| Starring: | Dev Chauhan Vijay Kumar Dogra Pankaj Uniyal Anahita Bhooshan |
| Music: | Andrew Sloman Bonnie Chakraborty |
| Cinematography: | Rohit Arora |
| Studio: | Roar Picture Company |
| Distributor: | PVR Cinemas MX Player |
| Runtime: | 111 minutes |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Hindi |
The Pickup Artist is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language thriller film, directed by Rohit Arora. The film stars Dev Chauhan, Vijay Kumar Dogra, Pankaj Uniyal and Anahita Bhooshan as lead characters.[1] [2] [3] The music of the film is done by Bonnie Chakraborty and co-produced by Rohit Arora and Pankaj Uniyal, under the Banner of Roar Picture Company.[4]
The film premiered at the 2019 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and was released in theatres on 16 October, 2020.
The film revolves around the perception of a Psycho Killer. It is based on the sequence of a crime that occurs in the metro city of Delhi. A girl goes missing and many incidents are inter-linked with each other. The case is then handed over to a maniac policeman, named Tiger Tiwari (Dev Chauhan). Its story revolves around a matter of missing girls in Delhi and a passionate policeman.[2]
The Pickup Artist was released in theatres on 16 October, 2020. It is one of the first films to release in Indian cinemas, as theatres reopened after seven months of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[1] The film was released on the OTT platform MX Player on 28 January, 2021.[5]
The Times of India mentions a 4.4 out of 5 ratings.[6] Mayur Lookhar from BeyondBollywood.com gave two-and-a-half out of five, saying, "This neo-noir was proving too hot for our taste buds."[7] The Newspost.live reports that the film received great reviews online, with the audience calling it, "Awesome new age cinema, breaking barriers," while others call it, "out of the box! Picture Perfect."[8]
The film was selected to be a part of WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, the world's oldest independent film festival, in March 2019.[9] The Pickup Artist won two Gold Remi Awards at the 2019 WorldFest-Houston.[10]
In February 2019, the film was selected to be a part of the East x Northeast International Film Festival in New York. It was nominated for Best Feature Film at the East X Northeast.[11] It was the first Indian film to be selected in the Cinefantasy International Fantastic Film Festival in Brazil.[12]