Shikari 2000

Vijandra, the wealthiest business magnate in Cape Town, rules a vast empire with only a handful of close relatives—his sister Rajeshwari, his wife Suman, and his mother. His marriage is strained, as he has never really connected with Suman, leaving their bond brittle and distant. A new business rival arrives in the form of Mahendra Pratap Singhania, an Indian spice magnate who wants a foothold in South Africa’s market.

What Vijandra doesn’t know is that Mahendra is secretly a different man in disguise—Om Srivastav—whose ambitions go far beyond mere conquest of territory. The two strike a shaky deal, and Vijandra invites Mahendra to a celebratory gathering at a forest retreat. There, Om drops the mask and reveals his true identity, confronting Vijandra with a history that Vijandra somehow already senses and distrusts.

Om murders Vijandra and carefully covers up the crime, even appearing at the funeral under the pretense of a common past. Rajeshwari senses something is off from the start, while Suman grows increasingly uneasy about Om’s sudden presence. Suman reveals a painful backstory to her mother-in-law: she and Om had once loved each other, but her father had forced her into marriage with Vijandra. She explains that Vijandra showed her compassion, which is part of the reason she stayed, even as Vijandra grew suspicious of her.

A tense cat-and-mouse game unfolds between Om and Rajeshwari. Rajeshwari nearly uncovers him, and Om manages to deflect her suspicions—though there are moments when he reveals that something has deeply wounded him. Suman, meanwhile, clashes with Rajeshwari, and their confrontation spills into a quarrel that tests the family bonds. In a heated moment, Om shocks Rajeshwari by slapping her, then admits his guilt in a blunt confession. He drags Rajeshwari into danger by tossing her into a dry well and escaping in his car.

Suman and Rajeshwari scramble to find her, while Om feigns ignorance and misleads Suman in their search. Just as Rajeshwari screams for help, Jafrani [Johnny Lever] comes to the rescue, pulling Rajeshwari to safety and guiding her back toward Om’s trail. Rajeshwari presses on, certain that Om’s hold over Suman is part of a larger plot.

What follows is a painful unraveling. Rajeshwari discovers a chilling motive behind Om’s violence, and the truth about Vijandra’s brutal past surfaces: Vijandra, with his goons, attacked Om, killed his father, and forced Om’s sisters into suicide. Om’s plan now is to mete out vengeance by turning the tables on those who wronged him. In a final turn, police arrive to intervene, but Om drives his car into a valley, choosing to end the confrontation on his own terms after securing his objectives.

The women are rescued, yet the night’s revelations leave them shattered. They return home changed, carrying the weight of the night’s revelations and the scars of a feud that intertwines love, betrayal, and retribution.