Aakrosh (2010 film)
| Aakrosh | |
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| Directed by | Priyadarshan |
| Written by | Robin Bhatt Akash Khurrana Aditya Dhar |
| Produced by | Kumar Mangat |
| Starring | Ajay Devgn Akshaye Khanna Bipasha Basu Paresh Rawal Reema Sen |
| Cinematography | Thiru |
| Edited by | Arun Kumar |
| Music by | Pritam |
| Distributed by | Big Screen Entertainer |
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| Country | Template:Film India |
| Language | Hindi |
Aakrosh is a Hindi action-thriller film directed by Priyadarshan. The film has Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Paresh Rawal and Reema Sen in the lead roles. The movie has been produced by Kumar Mangat Pathak under the banner of Big Screen Entertainer and released on 15 October 2010. The soundtrack of the film has been composed by Pritam and the lyricist is Irshad Kamil.
The cinematography has been done by Thiru, the production design has been handled by Sabu Cyril and editing by Arun Kumar. Tyag Rajan and R.P Yadav have arranged the action sequences of the film. This movie is inspired by the 1988 American film Mississippi Burning.
Synopsis
Three friends from Delhi go missing in a small village - Jhanjhar, in Bihar. It's 2 months and there is no clue about their disappearance. The media and students movement demand action from the authorities. It's then that the government orders a CBI enquiry with officers Sidhant Chaturvedi (Akshaye Khanna) and Pratap Kumar (Ajay Devgn) to solve the case. They find it difficult to solve the case as the local police and other authorities are a part of Shool Sena, which is responsible for illicit activities. Sidhant and Pratap also face Ajatshatru Singh (Paresh Rawal), a ruthless police officer who misuses his power. Not only that even the locals don't support the investigation. It's with the help of Roshni, (Amita Pathak) who's the daughter of a rich and powerful villager, and Geeta (Bipasha Basu), who's Ajatshatru's wife and Pratap's former love, that the investigation moves ahead. This investigation is filled with many traps & thrills by Ajatshatru and his colleagues. They try to destroy the name of CBI in number of ways. Things gets worse when Ajatshatru beats Geeta Brutally by his belt behind closed doors and lefts her hospitalized badly. Now Pratap is set with anger. So they traps each of the criminal by hacking their phone's databases and captures their illicit activities in CCTV cameras. By evidence they captures all one by one. When there is Ajatshatru's turn, Pratap cuts him with a sharp razor & beats him brutally and mercilessly in a saloon behind closed doors. At the end all were killed by village girl Jhamunia (Reemma Sen) after sentencing punishments from court.
Characters
- Ajay Devgn as Pratap Kumar Officer on special deputation - CBI.
A Dalit himself, Pratap understands the intricacies of race relations in small towns like Jhanjhar. He has a very subtle approach to the investigation as he charms and cajoles his way though the scared, tight-lipped residents of this dusty district. He is a strong headed guy and, leaving his sufferings behind, his basic motive lies in not letting others go through the same. He believes in the fact that if things don't not work out in a straight manner, there is no harm in using other ways.
- Akshaye Khanna as Siddhant Chaturvedi - Chief investigative officer CBI
Siddhant has risen high in the CBI hierarchy through an idealistic adherence to protocol. He has a very no-nonsense direct approach with a 'copy book' style of investigation. His straight forward and direct approach towards all the situations is a characteristics differs him from Pratap. His way of dealing is very principled and doing things out of the box doesn't exist in his system.
- Bipasha Basu as Geeta
Geeta born in a well-to-do family leads a good and happy life. Her transition from a girl to woman changes her life drastically. Dillema of her love and emotions lands her into the hands of a brutal guy, who takes away even her individuality from her. Traumatized by the inhuman activities happening around her, she chooses to be indifferent from the world. For years she has been a silent witness as well as a subject to her husbands ruthless atrocities.
- Reema Sen as Jhamunia
Villager who has faced many hardships due to Ajatshatru Singh and his gang, acts as the final catalyst in Pratap and Siddhant's case.
- Amita Pathak as Roshni
Daughter of the most richest and powerful person of the village. Being unaware of the consequences the soft-hearted girl her heart to a lower cast boy and in turn became the initiation in the biggest investigation of the village, which kick-starts the story. Trapped in the complicacy of love and hatred she becomes one of the key elements to wipe out the inhuman crime from the village.
- Paresh Rawal as Ajatshatru Singh
SP of Jhanjhar district police. A sweet talking and corrupt police officer, full of disgust and hatred for members of lower caste. He misuses his power to the fullest to do everything out of the rule book.
- Jaideep Ahlawat as Pappu Tiwari (Ajatshatru's sidekick).
- Vineet Sharma as Keshav. (Pratap & Siddhanth's Sidekick).
- Rajendra Gupta as Masterji (Geeta's Father)
Reception
Critical Reception
On the review-aggregation website ReviewGang, the film scored 6.5/10 based on 4 reviews.[1]. Anupama Chopra of NDTV rates it 2.5/5 "Aakrosh has moments of power but most of these are copied, some even down to the dialogue" [2]. Nikhat Kazmi of Times of India rated it 3.5/5 "The film works primarily because it is paced like a high momentum thriller". FilmiTadka rated it 3.5 out of 5 stars stating "Watch it for the phenomenal performances of Akshaye Khanna and Ajay Devgan, and also the strong and awakening script"[3]. ApunKaChoice gave the film 2.5/5 saying "Watch it for the performances" Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3.5/5 claiming "On the whole, AAKROSH is not the standard Bollywood fare with the usual song-and-comedy routine. This one strikes a punch. Being an issue-based cinema, it will magnetize the thinking viewer and the intelligentsia mainly. It should find more flavor with the North Indian audience." [4]
Certification
Aakrosh is a hard hitting subject of honor killings. Due to much violence and swear languages, Central Board of Film Certification after 5 cuts gave this movie an A Certificate[5]. In an interview Devgan says that this movie is not for children and for faint hearted.[6]
Soundtrack
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Track list
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Isak Se Meetha" | Kalpana Patowary, Ajay Jhingran | 5:21 |
| 2. | "Saude Bazi (Encore)" | Javed Ali | 5:56 |
| 3. | "Man Ki Mat" | Amrit Bal | 4:15 |
| 4. | "Isak Se Meetha - (Dhol Remix)" | Kalpana Patowary, Ajay Jhingran | 5:19 |
| 5. | "Sasural Muniya" | Shreya Ghoshal | 5:09 |
| 6. | "Ramkatha" | Amrit Bal | 5:00 |
| 7. | "Isaq Se Meetha - Remix" | Kalpana Patowary , Ajay Jhingran | 5:54 |
| 8. | "Saude Bazi" | Anupam Amod | 5:54 |
References
- ^ "Aakrosh Reviews". ReviewGang. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ Chopra, Anupama. "Aakrosh Review". NDTV. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ "Aakrosh Movie Review". FilmiTadka. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
- ^ Kazmi, Nikhat. "Aakrosh Review". Times of India.
- ^ "Aakrosh receives an 'A' Certificate".
- ^ "Aakrosh is not for kids & faint-hearted people".