Armaan (2003)

Dr. Siddharth Sinha is a dedicated selfless doctor who dreams of building a state-of-the-art hospital with all the modern instruments and amenities for patient care . His foster son Akash ... See full summary »

Director:

Honey Irani

Writers:

Javed Akhtar (dialogue), Javed Akhtar (screenplay),

Stars:

Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Preity Zinta

4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Amitabh Bachchan	...	Dr. Siddharth Sinha
Anil Kapoor	...	Dr. Akash Sinha
Preity Zinta	...	Sonia Kapoor
Gracy Singh	...	Dr. Neha Mathur
Aamir Bashir	...	Dr. Sanjay
Randhir Kapoor	...	Gulshan Kapoor
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Arun Bali
Anjula Bedi
Chandan Bisht
Preeti Dayal
Vallabh Gada
Mangala Kenkre
Ahmed Khan
Rajiv Kumar
Ram Bahadur Renu

Storyline

Dr. Siddharth Sinha is a dedicated selfless doctor who dreams of building a state-of-the-art hospital with all the modern instruments and amenities for patient care . His foster son Akash shares his dream . Akash falls in love with Neha Mathur , an anaesthetist in the same hospital . In a friend's party , Akash meets Sonia who is a spoilt daughter of a millionaire Gulshan Kapoor . Sonia develops an infatuation for Akash . Gulshan Kapoor proposes to Dr. Siddharth Sinha that he will donate a big sum of money to his hospital , on the condition that Akash marries Sonia . Dr. Siddharth Sinha declines but dies of a heart attack a few days later . Burdened with fulfilling his father's dream , Akash decides to marry Sonia sacrificing his own love . But even after marriage Sonia is jealous of Neha and constantly accuses Akash of infidelity which leaves him in a dilemma , torn between two women .

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Plot Keywords:

hospital | doctor | marriage | patient | heart attack | 

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Taglines:

Love... Ambition... Desire...

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Genres:

Drama | Family | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

16 May 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Armaan - Liebe ist nicht käuflich

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$4,308 (USA) (30 May 2003)

Gross:

$301,010 (USA) (30 May 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aarti Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

158 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Directional debut for Honey Irani.

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Goofs

Ventilator sounds can be heard throughout the subdural procedure but the patient is not intubated

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Connections

References Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (1960)

User Reviews

Cinematic gloom

They'll tell you its a story of sacrifice, with some stupendous performances. But really its just dreary and dull trash, this guy Amitabh turns in a 'restrained' performance that borders on the contrived - a problem with most actors from Bollywood; their acting is plain contrived. Lifted across-the-border music [Yeh larka from the original 'Falak pay kaisa', the hit from the mid 80s] does not add much zing to the proceedings. And who was this actress with this Cleopatra like 60s hairdo?? Gawd, guys, get a better person to do that next time!!

Only watch if you relish boredom. Really, its just another one in the long list of cinematic trash churned out by the Indie movie industry.