Awwal Number (1990)

India has lost two of the three one day internationals against Australia, and have lost all hope of winning the three-test series, mostly due to the dismal performance of the arrogant ... See full summary »

Director:

Dev Anand

Writer:

Dev Anand

Stars:

Dev Anand, Aamir Khan, Ekta Sohini

Cast

Credited cast:
Dev Anand	...	DIG Vikram Singh (Vicky)
Aamir Khan	...	Sunny
Ekta Sohini	...	Aarti Rani (as Ektaa)
Aditya Pancholi	...	Ranvir Singh (Ronny)
Neeta Puri	...	Maria
Parikshat Sahni	...	Selection comittee member
Ram Mohan	...	Selection comittee member
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rakesh Bedi	...	TV-spectator in Office with Typewriter
Bharat Bhushan	...	Sunny's dad
Birbal	...	Chhaganlal
Vikram Gokhale	...	Home Minister
Gulshan	...	Police Inspector
Sameer Khakhar	...	Rao - Terrorist
Kulbhushan Kharbanda	...	Kundi
Shashi Kiran	...	Batra - TV-Cameraman

Storyline

India has lost two of the three one day internationals against Australia, and have lost all hope of winning the three-test series, mostly due to the dismal performance of the arrogant Cricket Captain, Ranvir Singh alias Ronny, who is also the brother of the Chair of the Cricket Selection Committee. This Committee decides to have a new-comer named Sunny in place of Ronny, which leaves an embittered Ronny, swearing to kill Sunny at any cost. The third match is being planned in the Wankhede Stadium in Bombay, and a group of terrorists announces that they will blow the stadium up with the estimated 50,000 spectators, unless and until the Indian army withdraws it's peace-keeping force in the region. The Chair of the Selection Committee takes control as the Director General of Police; launches an investigation; and does arrest the culprits, who have been employed with the Stadium for many years. But the problems are not over yet, for the stadium is still packed with explosives, and the ...

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Plot Keywords:

helicopter | cricket the game

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Genres:

Action

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Also Known As:

First Rank

Company Credits

Production Co:

Navketan

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character of Ronny (Ranvir Singh) played by Aditya Pancholi was originally offered to Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan but he declined it.

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Soundtracks

"Awwal Number"
Performed by Bappi Lahiri
Lyrics by Amit Khanna
Music by Bappi Lahiri

User Reviews

Sports based entertainment

Not exactly one of my favorites considering this was one of the zillions of movies Dev Anand has directed. But what was interesting about it was it being designed around cricket. Not many movies are produced in Bollywood which tackle this genre, Lagaan being an amazingly sole exception considering it made it all the way to the Academy awards. Awwal Number was probably one of the first few movies that pioneered the theme of sports based jealousy, passion, love and the spirit. Aamir still getting hold of his acting prowess with an equally new Aditya Panscholi made for an interesting movie. Throw in an evergreen Dev sa'ab making sure things ran smoothly and you have "Awwal Number". The songs were pretty forgettable but what stayed was the memory of a movie based on Cricket.

5 points out of 10 for being different in the theme.