Sangharsh (1999)

Police in India are baffled over the case of missing children, who bodies are later found dead. The case is assigned to the Central Bureau of Investigation, who entrust this matter to the ... See full summary »

Director:

Tanuja Chandra

Writers:

Mahesh Bhatt, Girish Dhamija (dialogue),

Stars:

Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, Ashutosh Rana

2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Akshay Kumar	...	Professor Aman Varma
Preity Zinta	...	CBI Officer Reet Oberoi
Ashutosh Rana	...	Lajja Shankar Pandey
Madan Jain
Vishwajeet Pradhan
Amarjeet Jha
Aman Verma	...	(as Aman Varma)
Ninad Kamat
Abhay Chopra
S.M. Zaheer
Arif Zakaria	...	Special Appearance
Yash Tonk	...	Special Appearance
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alia Bhatt	...	Young Reet
Krishna Bhatt
Shahad Chavan

Storyline

Police in India are baffled over the case of missing children, who bodies are later found dead. The case is assigned to the Central Bureau of Investigation, who entrust this matter to the care of CBI Officer, Reet Oberoi (Preity Zinta). Through extensive investigation Reet finds that the assailant is Lajja Shankar Pandey (Ashutosh Rana), a religious fanatic, undettered by the attention he has generated over the child killings, he continues to abduct children, and subsequently sacrifice them. In order to get more information about Pandey and his behaviour, Reet interviews and then seeks the help of a jailed convict, Professor Aman Varma (Akshaye Kumar), and because of this unconventional approach, she runs into problems, not only with the jail authorities, the local police; the home ministry; and Professor Varma himself. Things get worse when the only child of the Home Minister is abducted by Pandey, and Reet is asked to let go of this investigation.

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Plot Keywords:

professor | police | religious fanatic | sacrifice | murder investigation | 

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

3 September 1999 (India)

Filming Locations:

Delhi, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vishesh Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Karisma Kapoor was offered the lead role.

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Connections

Remake of The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

User Reviews

Lambs that bleat

This is actually a rather risible remake of Demme's Silence of the Lambs (1991). Although the prison scenes are very similar and there are some suitably grisly scenes of violence, it does not adhere particularly closely to the model. It is not easy, for instance, to imagine Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster dancing a duet as Ashkay Kumar and Preity Zinta do, he dressed as Zorro and she in a pretty white frock - under the noses of the police they are supposedly hiding from!! This makes the film, in many ways quite a slick professional production, sound rather more awful than it is, but even on a charitable judgement it is pretty bad....