Shaitan (2011): Cast & Plot

Shaitan opens with a portrait of Amy, Amrita “Amy” Jayshankar Kalki Koechlin, a young woman haunted by trauma from her mother Saira’s attempted suicide and subsequent institutionalization. Her life shifts from Los Angeles to Mumbai under the pressure of family expectations, and the move lands her in a charged city that hums with danger as much as opportunity. At a party her parents drag her to, she meets KC Gulshan Devaiah, a magnetic, reckless presence who drags her into a circle of friends who drift through days and nights with little aim beyond thrill. The group includes Dash Shiv Panditt, Zubin Shroff Neil Bhoopalam, and Tanya Sharma Kirti Kulhari, each sliding into a hedonistic loop of celebrations, alcohol, and drugs, with a flashy Hummer as their rolling emblem.