Criminal (1994 film)

Criminal
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Directed by	Mahesh Bhatt
Produced by	K. S. Rama Rao
Starring	Akkineni Nagarjuna Manisha Koirala Ramya Krishnan Nassar Gulshan Grover Sharat Babu
Cinematography	S. Gopal Reddy
Edited by	G.G. Krishna Rao
Music by	M.M. Keeravani
Release date	October 14, 1994
Country	India
Languages	Hindi Telugu

Criminal is a 1994 Hindi and Telugu bilingual film, directed by Mahesh Bhatt and produced by K. S. Rama Rao. It stars Akkineni Nagarjuna, Manisha Koirala, Ramya Krishnan, Nassar, Gulshan Grover, and Sharat Babu. M.M. Keeravani composed music for the film. This film was inspired by The Fugitive which starred Harrison Ford.

Plot

After witnessing the unfortunate death of a woman, who was unable to afford hospital treatment, Dr. Ajay Kumar (Akkineni Nagarjuna) cancels his U.S. immigration and instead sets out to work a plan to open a hospital that will be accessible to people who cannot afford treatment in regular hospitals, called "Amma People's Hospital". This draws quite an attention, and he becomes popular, especially with two young women, Swetha (Manisha Koirala) and Sub-Inspector Ramya (Ramya Krishna). He falls in love with Swetha and both get married, breaking Ramya's heart in the process. Shortly thereafter much to their delight, Swetha gets pregnant. At another instance, When Swetha discovers a frightening organ-smuggling operation in her hospital while going through a friends Kidney diagnostic report, one night, Ramya gets a distress call from Swetha, who calls the police for help as she is being attacked, and names the attacker as "Ajay". Swetha eventually gets murdered. The police arrive to find her dead body and arrest Ajay for murder. It seems that Ajay's motive for killing Swetha was for money, as Swetha is a wealthy heiress. Ajay is convicted and sentenced to death. While being transported to prison, the police van meets with an accident and Ajay escapes. The police launch a manhunt for him, but are unable to catch him. Ajay secretly meets with Ramya and tells her that he did not kill Swetha, and he wants her help to catch the real killer. Will Ramya believe him, or is he just making up a story to justify his escape from facing the death penalty?

Music

M.M. Keeravani composed the music for this film. The track "Tum Mile" / "Telusa Manasa" is still considered a classic. M.M. Keeravani himself claims that it was one of his best works. The song is actually inspired from the Internationally acclaimed Enigma (musical project)'s 1990 debut album MCMXC a.D..

Cast

• Akkineni Nagarjuna ... Ajay Kumar
• Manisha Koirala ... Swetha
• Ramya Krishna ... Ramya
• Nassar ... Inspector Teja
• Gulshan Grover ... Robert
• Sharat Babu ... Pratap
• Kaikala Satyanarayana ... Ajay's father
• Johnny Lever ... special appearance

Crew

• Director: Mahesh Bhatt
• Screenplay: Mahesh Bhatt
• Dialogue: Sainath
• Producer: K.S. Rama Rao
• Music: M.M. Keeravani
• Cinematography: S. Gopal Reddy
• Editor: G.G. Krishna Rao

References

• Criminal at IMDb
• http://www.southdreamz.com/portfolio/mahesh-bhatt
• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi-times/The-Saraansh-of-Mahesh-Bhatts-life/articleshow/34774326.cms