Alag

Alag
Alag
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ashu Trikha; Jim Mulligan
Written by	Ashu Trikha; Sanjay Masoom; Tagore Almeda
Produced by	Subi Samuel
Starring	Akshay Kapoor; Dia Mirza
Music by	Aadesh Shrivastava
Distributed by	Subi Samuel Movies Pvt. Ltd.
Release date	16 June 2006;
Running time	123 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Alag (English: Different) is a 2006 Bollywood film starring Akshay Kapoor and Dia Mirza and directed by Ashu Trikha and produced by Subi Samuel. The film borrows plot from American film Powder starring Sean Patrick Flanery.

Plot

Widower Hemant Rastogi (Yatin Karyekar) lives in scenic Mahabaleshwar, seemingly alone. One night he has a heart attack and passes away. When the Police search his residence they find Tejas (Akshay Kapoor), Hemant's only son, in the basement of the house. Tejas has spent his entire life in the basement and as a result of this is extremely sensitive to sunlight. The Police ask Purva Rana (Dia Mirza), head of P.R. Institute (an institute for the rehabilitation of young criminals) to look after Tejas, whose only experience of other people up until this point has been with his father and the books he provided for him. Tejas starts showing signs of Telekenesis, and is shunned by the other boys in the institute, resulting in the near fatal accident of a security guard and the death of a fellow student. Tejas redeems himself in the eyes of Purva's wealthy father, Pushkar (Jayant Kripalani), when he is able to wake his wife, Gayetri Rana (Beena Banerjee), from a coma-like condition. It looks like Tejas has been accepted into the Rana household, but he is subsequently harassed by doctors and scientists wishing to perform experiments on him. When Tejas and Pushkar both refuse to be part of these experiments, Tejas is abducted and held in a glass chamber by Dr. Richard Dyer (Tom Alter), who wants to control his mind for his own benefit. Purva realises that Tejas has been abducted, and is fatally injured by Dr. Dyer in a rescue attempt. At the sight of this, Tejas' anger causes his powers to surge, shattering the glass cage and killing Dr. Dyer brutally and Purva gets electrocuted. Tejas successfully brings back her to life by shock therapy using both his hands. The film ends with Purva and Tejas driving away in sunset.

Cast

Dia Mirza as Purva Rana
Akshay Kapoor as Tejas Rastogi
Mukesh Tiwari as Mr. Singh
Sharat Saxena as Inspector
Yatin Karyekar as Hemant Rastogi (Tejas' father)
Beena Banerjee as Gayatri Rana
Jayant Kripalani as Pushkar Rana
Tom Alter as Dr. Richard Dyer

Cameos in order of their appearances

Arjun Rampal as Special appearance
Shahrukh Khan as Special appearance
Preity Zinta as Special appearance
Sushmita Sen as Special appearance
Abhishek Bachchan as Special appearance
Karan Johar as Special appearance
Bipasha Basu as Special appearance
Priyanka Chopra as Special appearance
Bobby Deol as Special appearance
Lara Dutta as Special appearance

Music

"Sabse Judaa Sabse" - Hemachandra, Kunal Ganjawala, Shaan, Gayatri Ganjawala
"Apun Kee Toli Bindhast Boli" - Kailash Kher
"Leke Dil Lamha Tanhai Ka" - Kunal Ganjawala
"Hai Junu The Dj Suketu Mix" - Vasundhara Das, Shaan
"Hain Junun Jaga Abb Jine Kaa" - Shaan
"Sanjh Kee Pighalti Dhup Me Makhamali" - Krishna

External links

Alag at IMDb