Jaago (2004)

Shruti [child artiste Hansika Motwani] is the 10-year-old daughter of Shrikant [Sanjay Kapoor] and Shraddha [Raveena Tandon]. She travels to her school by the local train every morning. One... See full summary »

Director:

Mehul Kumar

Writers:

K.K. Singh (dialogue), K.K. Singh (screenplay),

Stars:

Sanjay Kapoor, Raveena Tandon, Manoj Bajpayee

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sanjay Kapoor	...	Shrikant
Raveena Tandon	...	Shweta
Manoj Bajpayee	...	Inspector Krupa Shankar Thakur (as Manoj Bajpai)
Puru Rajkumar	...	Elias Ansari (as Puru Raaj Kumar)
Hansika Motwani	...	Shruti (as Baby Hansika Motwani)
Manoj Joshi
Akhilendra Mishra	...	Politician
Mushtaq Khan
Ganesh Yadav
Sai Ballal
Raju Shrestha	...	(as Raju Shreshtha)
Rajesh Sethi
Ashok Beniwal
Honey Chhaya
Chirag Vohra	...	(as Chirag Vora)

Storyline

Shruti [child artiste Hansika Motwani] is the 10-year-old daughter of Shrikant [Sanjay Kapoor] and Shraddha [Raveena Tandon]. She travels to her school by the local train every morning. One day, she accidentally gets locked up in her school and by the time she catches a train to go home, it is already midnight. Three young drug addicts also board the train and seeing her alone, they rape her in front of three passengers who seem afraid and helpless to come to her aid. Shruti is brought in an unconscious state to the hospital by the police. She breathes her last in front of her aggrieved parents. The city is shocked by this untoward incident. The case is handed over to Kripa Shankar Thakur [Manoj Bajpai], an upright and honest cop from the Crime Branch. From here starts an unusual legal battle between the honest and the corrupt.

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Taglines:

It's real. It's brutal. It's shocking.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

6 February 2004 (India)

Filming Locations:

Film City, Goregaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mehul Movies

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Good, thought-provoking film

This movie has a shocking subject--child rape. The scene and aftermath of the 9 year-old's rape is disturbing. What shocked me even more is that this subhuman act happens often. The director is excellent as all the actors gave wonderful performances. This is another feather in Raveena's cap of sensational art movies. After Daman and Satta, she once again does a terrific job in her powerful role. She does a good job of portraying maternal love and instincts. Manoj Bajpai also did a great job. Sanjay Kapoor acted well for a change. It was interesting how this obviously, vehemently immoral act became intertwined with the political scene and how politicians were utilizing this tragedy for selfish reasons. I am glad there were no songs in this film as they had no place and would have just disrupted the flow of the movie.