Ek: The Power of One
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| Directed by | Sangeeth Sivan |
| Produced by | Jaswant Khera |
| Screenplay by | Sameer Arora Pankaj Trivedi Sachin Shah |
| Story by | Pankaj Trivedi Sachin Shah |
| Starring | Bobby Deol Shriya Saran Nana Patekar Chunkey Pandey Jackie Shroff |
| Music by | Pritam Chakraborty |
| Cinematography | T Ramji |
| Editing by | Chirag Jain |
| Distributed by | K Sera Sera Dharam Films |
| Release date(s) | March 27, 2009 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | Rs. 6 crores[1] |
Ek: The Power of One is a 2009 action film starring Bobby Deol in the lead. It's a Hindi remake of the Telugu film Athadu. Athadu was a super hit movie while EK flopped and received negative reviews.
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[edit] Plot
Nandu (Bobby Deol) an orphan turned assassin somehow gets wrongly accused of a politician's murder and is on the run. On his escapade on a train he meets Puran (Akshay Kapoor), who is homebound after fourteen years, they get chatting and Nandu finds all about his joint family and the wedding of Puran's cousin that he is going to attend.
However the police catch up with Nandu on the train and shoot at him but Puran gets hit accidentally and dies on the spot. Nandu goes to Puran's family home in his village to return his grandfathers watch and also to break the news of his grandson's death to him. However it turns out that Puran's family mistakes Nandu for Puran and makes him a part of the celebration at home. He thinks that it is his responsibility to fulfill the deeds the Puran had to fulfill.
Preet (Shriya Saran), who is the daughter of Puran's grandfather's friend is in awe of Nandu and falls in love with him. CBI Inspector Rane (Nana Patekar), is given the responsibility of tracking down the killer and is after Nandu.
At the end, Nandu realizes that his friend Shekar (Pradeep Kharab) is behind everything. He has a tape of his innocence and gives it to Inspector Rane. He then goes back to Puran's family and lives with them.
[edit] Cast
- Nana Patekar as CBI Inspector Nandu Kumar Rane
- Bobby Deol as Nandu
- Shreya Saran as Preet
- Chunky Pandey as Balli
- Jackie Shroff as Savte (Special Appearance)
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Kripal Singh
- Akshay Kapoor as Puran
- Gurpreet Guggi as Guru
- Sachin Khedekar as Anna Mhatre
- Pradeep Kharab as Shekhar
- Raghuveer Yadav as Joshi
- Upasna Singh
- Sanjay Mishra
- Ritu Vij
- Preeti Bhutani
- Rana Jung Bahadur as Chaudhary
- Zarina Wahab as Puran's mother
- Jaspal Bhatti as Amrik Singh Nasa
- Shishir Sharma
[edit] Reception
As of April 2009, the film has grossed Rs. 6 crore.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Dashavtaar Opens To A Poor Response". Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network. 2009-04-18. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=887&nCat=box_office_report. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
