This Friday sees the release of Dibakar Banerjee's Shanghai, starring Emraan Hashmi, Abhay Deol and Kalki Koechlin. We at Rediff can't wait for the film. Here are a few reasons why:

1. The directorial pedigree

One of the most thrilling directors in Hindi cinema, Dibakar Banerjee has so far made three very different films -- Khosla Ka Ghosla, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye and Love Sex Aur Dhokha -- and each is a stunner in its own right.

In an industry where most directors slip up with every other film, Banerjee has shown both a versatility and a clarity in his filmmaking, and the trailers for Shanghai show that while it is probably his most ambitious project yet in terms of subject or scale, they also show that the director looks very comfortable with the subject.