Zameen (2003)

Islamic terrorists, backed by Pakistan, boldly attack the Indian Parliament building. The Indian army assigns this matter to Colonel Ranvir Singh Ranawat, who along with his men, apprehends... See full summary »

Director:

Rohit Shetty

Writers:

Robin Bhatt (additional screenplay), Javed Siddiqui (dialogue),

Stars:

Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ajay Devgn	...	Col. Ranvir Singh Ranawat
Abhishek Bachchan	...	ACP Jaideep 'Jai' Rai
Bipasha Basu	...	Nandini J. Rai
Mukesh Tiwari	...	Baba Zaheer Khan
Pankaj Dheer	...	Captain Bashir Ali
Mohan Joshi	...	Senior Army Officer
Amrita Arora	...	Singer / Dancer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ram Awana
Arun Bali	...	Pakistani' Home Minister
Kamal Chopra
Surender Dhavle	...	Hawaldaar
Subrat Dutta	...	Major puri
Gulshan
Pawan Jain
Jasbir

Storyline

Islamic terrorists, backed by Pakistan, boldly attack the Indian Parliament building. The Indian army assigns this matter to Colonel Ranvir Singh Ranawat, who along with his men, apprehends and arrests the ring-leader Baba Zaheer Khan. The Colonel takes one of his subordinates, Jaideep Rai, to task as nine soldiers were killed due to his negligence, and asks him to resign. An Islamic terrorist group, Al-Tahit, recruits a group of men to try and spring Baba from prison, albeit in vain as their plans are thwarted by Jaideep, who is now the ACP in Mumbai. On the run from the Police, this group hijacks an Indian Airlines plane, en-route from Mumbai to Kathmandu, with Jaideep's wife, Nandini, an In-Flight Supervisor, on board. The plane, with 107 passengers and crew, is re-routed to Kazan in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir where they are met with more armed terrorists as well as the Pakistani army. Together they demand the release of Baba Zaheer in exchange for the lives of the passengers. The ...

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Plot Keywords:

terrorist | police | car chase | prime minister | muslim | 

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Genres:

Action

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Details

Official Sites:

official movie website

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

26 September 2003 (India)

Filming Locations:

Belapur, Maharashtra, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

V.R. Entertainers

Technical Specs

Runtime:

154 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Under-rated!!! Does have potential!!

I am not a great fan of Abhishek but it was this movie that made me to start noticing him seriously. The main storyline is anti-terrorism keeping in line with success of movies like Pukaar, Gadar, Hero etc.

The main protagonist Abhishek shouldering a failed past is ACP Jai who has been assigned the mission to curb the terrorists and bring them to task. Joining him on this mission is his ex-boss Ajay Devgan in a smaller role as a head-strong and strict disciplinarian miming Al Pacino. He does not have a heroine (good - Bollywood is coming of age!). Bipasha plays Abhishek's love-interest and is Air-hostess by profession (reason: climax!).

The action scenes are a definite highlight and do match Hollywood standards.

The climax is inspired from Air-India hijacking episode and could have been enhanced if Die Hard 2 was made as a bench-mark. What about Abhishek - yes, he is definitely improving. He gives a restrained performance in scenes lamenting of his failed past (reminisces of BigB in Kala Patthar). And Kajol, please take a dentist appointment for your hubby.

Taking into account that its directors debut movie, which is not too bad for a beginner and compared to the shoddy movies pouring in dozens, Zameen does have a few interesting points which make it watchable.

Verdict: A poorly marketed movie which otherwise had good potential.