Shool
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| Directed by | Eeshwar Nivas |
| Written by | Screenplay: Ram Gopal Varma Dialogues: Anurag Kashyap |
| Story by | Ram Gopal Varma Eeshwar Nivas |
| Produced by | Ram Gopal Varma Nitin Manmohan |
| Starring | Manoj Bajpayee Sayaji Shinde Raveena Tandon |
| Cinematography | Hari Nair |
| Edited by | Bhanodaya |
| Music by | Score: Sandeep Chowta Soundtrack: Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy |
Production company | Varma Corporation |
| Distributed by | Dream Merchants Enterprise |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹5 crore |
| Box office | ₹8.58 crore |
Shool (transl. The Spike) is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Eeshwar Nivas. Written and produced by Ram Gopal Varma, it portrays the politician-criminal nexus and the criminalization of politics in Bihar and its effect on the life of an honest police officer. It stars Manoj Bajpayee as Inspector Samar Pratap Singh and Sayaji Shinde as the criminal-politician Bachhu Yadav.
The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. Shool was featured at the International Film Festival of India, and the Toronto International Film Festival. It went on to gather a cult following over the years.