Shool (Hindi: शूल, English: Thorn) is a 1999 Indian Hindi crime drama film written, produced by Ram Gopal Varma and directed by E. Nivas. The film portrays the politician-criminal nexus and the criminalisation of politics in the state of Bihar, and its effect on the life of an honest police officer. The film starred Manoj Bajpai as Inspector Samar Pratap Singh and Sayaji Shinde as the borderline psychopath criminal-politician Bachhu Yadav.