Apaharan (2005)

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Director:

Prakash Jha

Writers:

Prakash Jha (dialogue)
Prakash Jha (screenplay)
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Release Date:

2 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama

Plot:

Story of a tumultuous and complex relationship between a father (Mohan Agashe) and son (Ajay Devgan), set against the backdrop of a thriving kidnapping industry in the Hindi heartland of Bihar.

Plot Keywords:

Kidnapping | Bihar | Corruption | Prison | Shawl

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Ajay Devgn	...	Ajay Shastri
Nana Patekar	...	Tabrez Alam
Bipasha Basu	...	Megha Basu
Ayub Khan	...	Kashinath
Mohan Agashe	...	Professor Raghuvansh Shastri
Mukesh Tiwari	...	Anwar Khan
Yashpal Sharma	...	Gaya Singh
Anup Soni	...	Akash Ranjan (as Anoop Soni)
Chetan Pandit	...	Dinkar Pandey
Akhilendra Mishra	...	Brijnath Mishra
Daya Shankar Pandey	...	Daya Shankar (as Dayashankar Pandey)
Murli Sharma	...	Murlidhar
Ehsan Khan	...	DSP Shukla
Mukul Nag	...	Usman
Radhakrishna Dutta	...	Seth Soorajmal
Brij Gopal	...	Jagannath Mandal
Jahangir Khan	...	Salim Khan (as Jehangir Khan)
Ashwini Khalsekar		(as Ashwini Kalsekar)
Prithvi Zutshi	...	Dwarka
Vishnu Sharma
Ajay Srivastava		(as Ajay Shrivastava)
Manish Verma		(as Maneesh Verma)
Anand Tiwari
Khalid Siddiqui	...	Kamal Kishore (as Khalid)
Mrinalini Sharma
Yash Sinha	...	Naseem
S.C. Makhija	...	Buchchi Kaka
Padam Singh	...	Dharam Singh
Mahesh Gupta	...	Yashpal Yadav
Mukesh Pandey	...	Seth Nandlal
Ashok Beniwal	...	K. Prasad (as Ashok Kumar Beniwal)
Saurabh Dubey	...	Anil Shrivastava
Anil Yadav	...	Naga
Vikram Sahu	...	Megha's Father
Yusuf Hussain	...	Tabrez's Lawyer
Pramatesh Mehta	...	Aniruddha Babu (as Pramthesh Mehta)
Shankar Sachdev	...	Brijkishore
Ravie Gehlot	...	Kamalnath Singh
Ssanjay Swaraaj	...	Chandmal (as Sanjay Swaraj)
Arvind Pandey	...	Sukhi Chacha
Rajesh Tiwari	...	Ramjatan
Surendra Sathi	...	Vermaji (as Surendra Sathe)
Rani Kochhar	...	Megha's Mother
Milind Joshi	...	Bankalal
Pankaj Titoria	...	Jail Warden (as Pankaj Tittoria)
Pankaj Tripathy	...	Gaya Singh's Crony (as Pankaj Tripathi)
Anupkaran Singh	...	Gaya Singh's Crony
Ananjay Raghuraj	...	Ratnakar
Jagdish Shivhare	...	Chatrubhuj Singh
Prakash Jais	...	Roodal
Sanam Kumar	...	Ramnaresh
Rajbhushan Sahastrabuddhe	...	Ramnath
Jayashankar Tripathi	...	Bankalal's Brother-In-Law
Vikrant Sharma	...	Usman's Nephew
Harish Shetty	...	Vibhuti Bhushan
Vijay Gupta	...	Maulana
Prem Prakash	...	Dr. Ved Prakash
Meera Savoor	...	Seth Nandlal's Mother
Pradeep Chaudhry	...	Politician (as Pradeep Chowdhary)
Amit Thakur	...	Dr. Ajit Sinha
Arti Dave	...	Sudha Prasad
Ashish Kapoor	...	Sameer Prasad
Kevin Kothari	...	Dwarka's Grandson
Komal Kaushik	...	Dwarka's Granddaughter
Imtiaz Bagvan	...	Kali (as Imtiaz Bhagwan)
Sunil Bob	...	Arms Dealer
Upendra Joshi	...	Rich Businessman
Rajan Kapoor	...	Businessman's Son
Chetan Dave	...	Tabrez's Jr. Lawyer
Deepak Bhatia	...	Ramdhani Singh
Shailesh Pitambare	...	Jailor
Vanraj Kumkar	...	Banwarilal
Prasanna Ketkar	...	Seth Soorajmal's Manager
Neha Kelkar	...	Aaj Tak Reporter
Tushar Bhadre	...	Dainik Jagran's Editor
Sandip Kudke	...	Srilal
Sunil Hendre	...	Judge
Harish Maru	...	Public Prosecutor
Kiran Mane	...	Doctor's Brother
Vandana Voknis	...	Bankalal's Wife (as Vandana Waknis)
Sunetra Bhadre	...	Seth Soorajmal's Wife
Madhavi Adagale	...	Chandmal's Wife
Archana Phadke	...	Seth Nandlal's Wife
Hemangi Joshi	...	Mrs. Dinkar Pandey
Rajvi Halgekar	...	Gaya's Wife
Asmita Pathak	...	Doctor's Wife
Sanyogita Majgaonkar	...	Telephone operator
Jaya Shahane	...	Telephone operator
Srikant K.T.	...	School Principal
Ajit Apte	...	School Principal
Vaishali Phadnis	...	School Principal
Jalpa Jadhav	...	School Principal
Shyamsundar Devlekar	...	School Principal
Srikant Kenjale	...	Tabrez's Doctor
Sandip Shinde	...	Tabrez's Bodyguard
Prakash Tope	...	Dayashankar's P.A.
Hemant Giri	...	Chief Minister's P.A.
Amol Nikam	...	Home Minister's P.A.
Pradip Kadam	...	Home Minister's Bodyguard
Sujit Shaikh	...	S.P. Khan's P.A.
Tanmay Thatte	...	S.P. Khan's Son
Rajesh Bartakke	...	Inspector with S.P. Khan
Pramod Giri	...	Constable on Walky Talky
Atul Salunke	...	Constable in Telephone Exchange (as Atul Salunkhe)
Surendra Patil	...	District Magistrate
M. Thosar	...	Jailward Doctor
Poonam Dalvi	...	Jailward Nurse
Ramakant Sanglikar	...	Madho Dhobi
Jyoti Patel	...	Tabrez's family - young lady (as Jyoti Patil)
Haroon Memon	...	Tabrez's family - old man
Damaji Gosavi	...	Tabrez's Servant
Abhijit Azagaonkar	...	Tabrez's Home Security - with Dress
Mahadev Bhise	...	Tabrez's Home Security - with Dress
Deepak Kamble	...	Tabrez's Home Security - with Dress
Ashok Jadhav	...	Tabrez's Home Security - with Dress
Sachin Choure	...	Tabrez's Home Security - with Dress
Sanjay Wadkar	...	Tabrez's Home Security - with Dress
Sagar Chavan	...	Tabrez's Home Security - with Dress
Rafiq Khan	...	Tabrez's Home Security - with Dress
Hemant Yadav	...	Tabrez's Home Security - with Dress
Umesh Salunke	...	Tabrez's Home Security - with Dress (as Umesh Salunkhe)
Rajendra Yadav	...	Tabrez's Home Security - with Dress
Anil Pisal	...	Tabrez's Home Security - with Dress
Krishnat More	...	Tabrez's Home Security - with Dress
Prathmesh Joshi	...	Tabrez's Home Security - Civil
Salim Mulani	...	Tabrez's Home Security - Civil
Sangram Dhomkar	...	Tabrez's Home Security - Civil
Navraj Bisukarma	...	Tabrez's Home Security - Civil
Mohsin Baghwan	...	Tabrez's Home Security - Civil
Kaka Ghadge	...	Tabrez's Home Security - Civil
Amit Deshmukh	...	Tabrez's Home Security - Civil
Ajit Bhosle	...	Tabrez's Home Security - Civil (as Ajit Bhosale)
Shashi Para	...	Tabrez's Home Security - Civil
Manaji Gosavi	...	Tabrez's Home Security - Civil
Siddheshwar Bhise	...	Tabrez's Home Security - Civil
Natraj Shinde	...	Tabrez's Home Security - Civil
Samruddhi Jadhav	...	Gaya Singh's Crony
Mahesh Chawan	...	Gaya Singh's Crony (as Mahesh Chavan)
Raj Sawant	...	Gaya Singh's Crony
Santosh Divate	...	Gaya Singh's Crony
Ashok Chaudhary	...	Gaya Singh's Crony (as Ashok Chowdhari)
Shakir Banne	...	Naga's Crony
Devanand Jogdand	...	Naga's Crony
Ganesh Shelar	...	Naga's Crony
Sadik Nayab	...	Murli's Crony
Shashi Chavan	...	Murli's Crony
Bablu Chavan	...	Murli's Crony
Samir Dange	...	Murli's Crony
Suhas Mohite	...	Murli's Crony
Devendra Deo	...	MLA with Tabrez
Popatrao Rawat	...	MLA with Tabrez
Nitin Jadhav	...	MLA with Tabrez
Anil Jadhav	...	MLA with Tabrez
Padmanabh Joshi	...	MLA with Tabrez
Vijay Pawar	...	MLA with Tabrez
Jitendra Jadhav	...	MLA with Tabrez
Sambhaji Pujari	...	MLA with Tabrez
Shivajirao Ingavale	...	MLA with Tabrez
Bhalchandra Parange	...	MLA with Tabrez
Virabhadra Kawade	...	MLA with Tabrez
Sagar Patki	...	MLA with Tabrez
Rajesh Gurav	...	MLA in Government
Ravindra Ghanekar	...	MLA in Government
Mangesh Dongare	...	MLA in Government
Prakash Jadhav	...	MLA in Government
Kumar Jagdale	...	MLA in Government
Uttam Kumbhar	...	MLA in Government
Pandurang Jadhav	...	MLA in Government
Ashutoh Parange	...	MLA in Government
Dnyandev Kadam	...	MLA in Government
Rekhata Ghadge	...	MLA in Government
Vaishali Patil	...	MLA in Government
Aparna Joshi	...	MLA in Government
Amol Kashid	...	Police Inspector
Jeevan Pawar	...	Police Inspector
Ravi Kadam	...	Police Inspector
Udayraj Wadamkar	...	Police Inspector
Ramchandra More	...	Police Inspector
Munir Pattankutte	...	Police Inspector
Santosh Satarkar	...	Police Inspector
A.C. Sarkar	...	Jail Inspector
Datta Domse	...	Jail Inspector
Rajendra Ghadge	...	CID Officer
Vishnu Khalal	...	CID Officer
Vijay Kshirsagar	...	CID Officer
Rajendra Salunke	...	CID Officer (as Rajendra Salunkhe)
Manoj Jadhav	...	CID Officer
Hemant Zore	...	Media Reporter
Ganesh Pujari	...	Media Reporter
Kishore Khude	...	Media Reporter (as Kishor Khude)
Ashish Abhyankar	...	Media Reporter
Prachi Thatte	...	Media Reporter
Dhanashri Sawant	...	Media Reporter
Vinaya Hankare	...	Media Reporter
Ajit Devre	...	Press Reporter
Madhukar Phalle	...	Press Reporter
Leena Patil	...	Press Reporter
Sonali Band	...	Press Reporter
Jitendra Chavan	...	Press Reporter
Hemant Gaud	...	Press Reporter
Suresh Tope	...	Police Constable (as Suresh Tupe)
Dnyaneshwar Ingle	...	Police Constable
Rahul Ranbagle	...	Police Constable
Jagdish Devlekar	...	Police Constable
Ashok Khairmode	...	Police Constable
Rajaram Thorat	...	Police Constable
Bashir Dange	...	Police Constable
Avinash Jadhav	...	Police Constable
Sadiq Paliwan	...	Police Constable
Deepak Gupta	...	Jail Police Constable
Shashikant Dombe	...	Jail Police Constable
Arjun Kankate	...	Jail Police Constable
Pramod Chitte	...	Jail Police Constable
Datta Jadhav	...	Jail Police Constable
Prashant Gaikwad	...	Jail Police Constable
Harish Pardeshi	...	Jail Warden
Ashok Shirke	...	Jail Warden
Mahesh Thite	...	Jail Warden
Rajendra Borse	...	Jail Warden
Surendra Gangurde	...	Jail Warden
Anil Khairnar	...	Jail Warden
Jaiwant Gaikwad	...	Jail Warden
Prakash Pore	...	Trader
Rahul Patil	...	Trader
Rajendra Oswal	...	Trader
Prashant Kulkarni	...	Trader
Sridhar Jagtap	...	Trader
Amar Pawar	...	Trader
Jitendra Khadilkar	...	Trader
Kaushtubh Ghadge	...	Trader
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cleo Isaacs	...	Sonia

Directed by
Prakash Jha

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Prakash Jha		dialogue
Prakash Jha		screenplay
Prakash Jha		story
Shridhar Raghavan		screenplay
Anjum Rajabali		script consultant
Manoj Tyagi		screenplay

Produced by
Prakash Jha	....	producer

Original Music by
Wayne Sharpe

Cinematography by
Arvind K.		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Santosh Mandal

Art Direction by
Smita Gupta		(as Smita)
Salim Syed		(as Salim)

Makeup Department
Mahesh Angane	....	makeup department
Tanuja Dabir	....	hair stylist: Mrinalini Sharma (as Tanuja Dabbir)
Tanuja Dabir	....	makeup artist: Mrinalini Sharma (as Tanuja Dabbir)
Ravi Futane	....	makeup artist
Pravesh Kumar	....	makeup department
Swati Mane	....	hair stylist
Rajesh Patil	....	makeup department
Shrikant Sabnies	....	makeup department
Surendra	....	wigs: Natural Hair

Production Management
Kirti Banarase	....	production manager
K.L. Chhabra	....	production manager
Hemanth Gadkar	....	production manager (as Hemant Gadekar)
Hemant Giri	....	production manager
Vijay Jadhav	....	production manager
Jayant	....	production manager
Rishi Jha	....	production manager
Rajesh Kumar Khanna	....	production manager (as Rajesh K. Khanna)
Amit Kulkarni	....	production manager
Surendra Sathi	....	chief production manager (as Surendra Sathe)
Dawood Sheikh	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anil Ajitabh	....	associate director
Disha Jha	....	assistant director: apprentice
Priya Om Jha	....	assistant director
Amit Khedekar	....	assistant director
Ankita Kumar	....	assistant director
Santosh Mandal	....	assistant director
Rajbhushan Sahastrabuddhe	....	assistant director
Deepak Sharma	....	assistant director
Alankrita Shrivastava	....	chief assistant director
Neeraj Tiwari	....	assistant director
Aditya Uppoor	....	assistant director

Art Department
Santosh Bholo	....	chief assistant art director
Ladu Kishor Das	....	art department
Purna Chahotra Nayak	....	art department
Sudesh Patil	....	art department
Shanker Reddy	....	art department (as Sankar Redy)
Sabya Sachi	....	art department
Abhishek Kumar Singh	....	assistant art director
K.K. Singh	....	art department (as KK)
Kapil Tiwari	....	art department
Mohammed Munir Uzzama	....	chief assistant art director (as Md. Munir Uzzama)

Sound Department
Ravi Bhagat	....	assistant sound re-recordist
Alok De	....	sound re-recordist
Rajendra Hegde	....	sound recordist
Rama Kutti	....	outdoor effects (as Rama Kuthi)
Umesh Patel	....	dialogue editor
Umesh Patel	....	dubbing matching
Prithvi Rajan	....	outdoor effects (as Prithvi)
M. Ravi	....	outdoor effects (as Ravi)
Sadanand Shetty	....	outdoor effects
Karan Singh	....	indoor effects (as Karan)
Xavier	....	assistant sound recordist (as R. Xavier)
Umesh Yadav	....	sound system: Toofan

Special Effects by
Ankur Chaudhary	....	graphics
Praveen Dhankar	....	graphics
Sumeet Jaiswal	....	graphics (as Sumit Jaiswal)
Ranjit N. Patil	....	special effects (as Ranjit Patil)
Siddharth Chyau Pattnaik	....	special effects
Vikas Sawlani	....	graphics
Raiya Sinha	....	graphics
Lezlie George Sparkx	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Ranjit N. Patil	....	digital recording (as Ranjit Patil)
Ranjit N. Patil	....	digital scanning (as Ranjit Patil)

Stunts
Peter Fernandes	....	assistant action coordinator
Jai Singh Nijjar	....	action coordinator
Harpal Singh	....	assistant action coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Hanif Ansari	....	crane assistant
Mahendra Aware	....	lighting
Ashok Chaturvedi	....	camera department assistant: Abhijit Sawant
Ravi Dhumal	....	lighting
Putter Raju Gowda	....	chief lighting technician (as Putter Raju Gouwda)
Ramesh Gowda	....	lighting technician (as Ramesh Gouwda)
Chotan Kumar Gupta	....	lighting
Hussain	....	assistant camera
Rafiq Inamdar	....	crane operator
Kishan Jadhav	....	Steadicam assistant (as Kishan Jhadhav)
Sanjay Jadhav	....	lighting technician (as Sanjay Yadav)
Ravi Kachhawa	....	still photography
Sagar K. Katwal	....	lighting
Javed Khan	....	camera department assistant: V.S. Ramu
Mukim Khan	....	generator operator
Basha Lal	....	assistant camera (as Badshah)
Mrinal Kanti Maity	....	lighting
Gopal Malo	....	assistant camera
Ramesh Nitore	....	camera department assistant: V.S. Ramu
Devram Vinayak Patil	....	lighting technician
Bijan Pradhan	....	lighting
Basudev Ram	....	assistant camera
V.S. Ramu	....	camera equipment in charge: Arri 3, Tina Films Enterprises
Pranav Raval	....	Steadicam assistant
Rajkumar Rawat	....	lighting
Bipin Ray	....	lighting
G. Sreenivas Reddy	....	chief assistant camera
Mohammed Sabir	....	camera department assistant: Abhijit Sawant (as Mohammad Sabir)
Uttam K. Samanta	....	lighting
Subi Samuel	....	still photographer
Abhijeet Sawant	....	camera equipment in charge: Arri 435, Zen Quipts (as Abhijit Sawant)
Mehboob Sayyed	....	crane assistant
Taufiq Sayyed	....	crane assistant
Abhijit Sen	....	jimmy jib operator
B.K. Sen	....	Steadicam operator
Sudhanshu Sen	....	assistant camera
Sujit Sen	....	Steadicam operator
Pramod Sharma	....	lighting
Alham Gir Sheikh	....	Steadicam assistant
Vasudev A. Shelar	....	lighting
Heera Singh	....	camera department assistant: V.S. Ramu
Praveen K. Singh	....	assistant camera
Sanjay Sonia	....	crane assistant
Ramji R. Yadav	....	camera department assistant: Abhijit Sawant
Tribhuvan Yadav	....	generator operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shivani Cherian	....	additional costumes: Bipasha Basu, Ashwini Kalsekar, Mrinalini Sharma
Tanuja Dabir	....	costumes: Mrinalini Sharma (as Tanuja Dabbir)
J.B. Dave	....	tailor
Ganesh Gawali	....	costume department
Santu Hazra	....	costume department
Arvind Kharvi	....	costume department
Vijaya Kohli	....	additional costumes: Bipasha Basu, Ashwini Kalsekar, Mrinalini Sharma
Madhav	....	tailor: Nata Patekar
Jitu Madliya	....	tailor
Sarita Mishra	....	general costume supervisor
Vijay Patil	....	costume coordinator
Rajesh Sabadkar	....	costume department
Sathpadi Satyanarayana	....	costume department
Shashi Sharma	....	costume department
Anna Singh	....	costume designer: Ajay Devgan
Neeraj Tiwari	....	costume coordinator

Editorial Department
Jitendra Matharoo	....	negative cutter (as Jeetendra Mutharoo)
Raaj Nadar	....	assistant editor (as N. Vannia Raj Kumar)
Shyam Sonar	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Sunidhi Chauhan	....	playback singer
Chien-Nien Chen	....	composer: additional music (as Chien Nien Chen)
Yogesh Pradhan	....	music arranger
Pramod	....	music editor
Pramod	....	music recordist (as Pramod)
Pandit Bhawani Shankar	....	musician: pakhawaj (as Pt. Bhawani Shankar)
Adesh Shrivastava	....	composer: songs (as Aadesh Srivastava)
Tiffany Wu	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Devidas Pawar	....	transportation
Pradyuman Sharma	....	transportation (as Pradhyuman Sharma)

Other crew
Ashok Aditya	....	researcher
Amit Agarwal	....	finance coordinator: Entertainment One
Atmanand	....	publicity designer: Studio Link
Promita Bhattacharya	....	additional public relations
Digambar Bhosle	....	production boy
Rooh Ruksh Chatterjee	....	making-of: Aparahan
K.L. Chhabra	....	general manager
Deepak Chheda	....	office administrator
Yusuf Umar Ali Desai	....	production assistant
Ashok Dev	....	production boy
Anthony Fernandes	....	fire arms
Ramji Gautam	....	office administrator (as Ramji Goutam)
Ramji Gautam	....	personal assistant to direction department (as Ram Goutam)
Robina Gupta	....	promotion
Robina Gupta	....	public relations
Manisha Israni	....	additional public relations
Anil Jadhav	....	production assistant
Dhirendra Jain	....	additional public relations (as Dhirender Jain)
Subodh Jha	....	researcher
Rishi Kumar	....	office administrator
Chhaya C. Mahale	....	production boy
Ranjeet Mandal	....	production boy
Joginder Maurya	....	production assistant (as Jogender Morya)
Milind	....	junior artist coordinator
Sudhirbhai Mishra	....	production controller
Ravi Kant Mitra	....	production boy in charge (as Ravikant Mitra)
Hedwig Monteiro	....	arms assistant
Vaibhav Morye	....	accountant
Vaibhav Morye	....	office administrator
Prakash Nikharge	....	color correction engineer
Kailash Paswan	....	production boy
Lala Kumar Paswan	....	production boy
Sanjay Kumar Paswan	....	office administrator
Jagdish Patil	....	production boy
Ranjit N. Patil	....	color correction engineer (as Ranjit Patil)
Jayesh Pradhan	....	assistant choreographer
Remo	....	choreographer
Subi Samuel	....	publicity stills
Moti Shah	....	production boy
Babu Shaikh	....	production boy (as Sheikh Babu)
Amrendra Singh	....	production assistant
Deepak Singh	....	nagra attendant
K.K. Singh	....	nagra attendant
Ajit Sinha	....	researcher (as Dr. Ajit Sinha)
Raosaheb Suryavanshi	....	production assistant
Vivek	....	publicity designer: Studio Link

Thanks
Yashovardhan Azad	....	grateful appreciation (as Shri Yashovardhan Azad)
Sitaram Saheb Babar	....	acknowledgement: Zillha Parishad, Satara (as Shri Sitaram Saheb Babar)
Bhurke Bandhu	....	acknowledgement: Satara (as Shri Bhurke Bandhu)
K.N. Bhatt	....	acknowledgement: hotel Abhiruchi Garden, Satara (as Shri K.N. Bhatt)
Shrimant Chhatrapati Shivendra Singh Raje Bhonsle	....	acknowledgement: Satara (as Shrimant Chhatrapati Shivendra Singh Raje Bhosale)
Shrimant Chhatrapati Udyan Raje Bhonsle	....	acknowledgement: Satara (as Shrimant Chhatrapati Udyan Raje Bhosale)
Mahendra Chauhan	....	acknowledgement: Hotel Maharaja, Satara (as Shri Mahendra Chauhan)
Ravindra Chauhan	....	acknowledgement: Maharaja Hotel, Satara (as Shri Ravindra Chauhan)
Gayatri Devi	....	acknowledgement: Zilla Parishad, Satara (as Smt. Gayatri Devi)
S.M. Galande	....	acknowledgement: CM, The United Western Bank, Satara (as Shri S.M. Galande)
Ashok N. Gawhane	....	acknowledgement: Ajinkyatara Sugar Factory, Satara (as Shri Ashok N. Gawhane)
Ajay Ghadge	....	acknowledgement: Dir. Sanjeewana Hospital, Satara (as Shri Ajay Ghadge)
Chandramohan Hangekar	....	acknowledgement: S.E., D.S.O, Nashik (as Shri Chandramohan Hangekar)
A.D. Ingle	....	acknowledgement: ASP, Satara (as Shri A.D. Ingle)
H.R. Jadhav	....	acknowledgement: Nasik Jail, Nasik (as Shri H.R. Jadhav)
Arvind Ramkrishna Kulkarni	....	acknowledgement: Satara (as Shri Arvind Ramkrishna Kulkarni)
Neeraj Kumar	....	grateful appreciation (as Shri Neeraj Kumar)
Sunil Kumar	....	acknowledgement: GM, BSNL, Satara (as Shri Sunil Kumar)
Chandrakant Kumbhar	....	acknowledgement: SP, Satara (as Shri Chandrakant Kumbhar)
Ajay Mahadar	....	acknowledgement: Principal, YCIS, Satara (as Shri Ajay Mahadar)
C.V. Mohan	....	acknowledgement: Symbiosis, Pune (as Col. C.V. Mohan)
K.S. Mohite	....	acknowledgement: Principal, C.S. College, Satara (as Shri K.S. Mohite)
Ajit Mutha	....	acknowledgement: Sata (as Shri Ajit Mutha)
B.T. Nghinglova	....	acknowledgment: IG of Prison, Pune (as Shri B.T. Nghinglova)
Praveen Nischol	....	grateful appreciation (as Shri Praveen Nischol)
Subarao Pati	....	acknowledgment: DM, Satara (as Shri Subarao Pati)
Advocate Keshavrao Patil	....	acknowledgement: Satara
B.R. Patil	....	acknowledgement: ASP Traffic, Satra (as Shri B.R. Patil)
Jagdish Patil	....	acknowledgement: C.O., Zillha Parishad, Satara (as Dr. Jagdish Patil)
Ranjana Rawat	....	acknowledgement: Nagaradhyaksha, Nagar Parishad, Satara (as Smt. Ranjana Rawat)
Himanshu Roy	....	acknowledgement: Police Commissioner, Nasik (as Shri Himanshu Roy)
Bipin Bhai Saha	....	acknowledgement: Hem Group of Companies, Satara (as Shri Bipin Bhai Saha)
Bipul Bhai Saha	....	acknowledgement: Hem Group of Companies, Satara (as Shri Bipul Bhai Saha)
Hemant Bhai Saha	....	acknowledgement: Hem Group of Companies, Satara (as Shri Hemant Bhai Saha)
Manmohan Shetty	....	grateful appreciation (as Shri Manmohan Shetty)
Shri Parikshit Yadav	....	acknowledgement: Nagar Parishad, Satara
V.B. Yadav	....	acknowledgement: Hospital, Satara (as Dr. V.B. Yadav)

Production Companies

• Entertainment One Pvt. Ltd. (presents) (as Entertainment One)
• Holy Cow Pictures (as Holi Cow Pictures)
• Prakash Jha Productions (in association with)

Distributors

• Kria (2005) (USA) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• BGIL Studios

Other Companies

• Aaj Tak News Channel  media partners
• Aarti Sound Service  supplier (as Aarti Sound)
• Advista Bombay  promotion agency
• Ananta English School  acknowledgement: school
• Anil Sekhri & Co.  chartered accountants
• Annabel  foreign artists supplier (as Annabelle)
• Ashish Chadha and Company  junior artists supplier (as M/S Ashish Ashok Chhadha)
• Audeus  dubbing studio
• Audeus  indoor effects
• B.R. Sound N Music  dubbing studio (as B.R. Studios)
• Big Screen Enterprises  lights
• DNS Consultant  media partners: internet
• Dainik Jagran  media partners: print media
• Dreamscape  website design
• Evergreen Decorators  supplier
• Fiesta Entertainments Pvt. Ltd.  sound re-recording (as Fiesta)
• Film 9 Services  cameras
• Film 9 Services  edited at
• Gyanvardhan School  acknowledgement: school
• Jai Kali Foods  catering
• Jigna Enterprises  generators
• Karan Novelty Bhandar  other rentals
• Kardhar Paints & Hardware  supplier (as Kardhar Electric & Hardware Store)
• Keshav Studio  video camera
• Mapa Planks  supplier
• Modern Furniture  supplier
• Mona School  acknowledgement: school
• Narmada Education Academy  acknowledgement: school
• Natraj Canteen  catering (as Natraj Caterers)
• Natural Hair  wigs
• New English School  acknowledgement: school
• Nirmal Convent School  acknowledgement: school
• People of Satara  dedicated to
• Popular Agencies  supplier (as Popular Agency)
• Professional Stationary & Xerox  other rentals
• Raj Lite  supplier
• Rediff.com  media partners: internet
• Rocky S. Fashions  costume design: Bipasha Basu (as Rocky S.)
• S.R. Enterprises  cranes
• Saint Paul School  acknowledgement: school
• Sandhu Transport Services  travel and transportation (as Sandhu Transport)
• Studio Link  publicity designs
• Studio One  background music recorded at
• Swastik Ply-N-Wood  supplier
• Tina Films Equipments  camera equipment: Arri 3 (as Tina Films Enterprises)
• Tiranga Enterprises  sound system
• Travel Inn  makeup van
• Trump Timber  supplier
• Vasant Travels  travel and transportation
• Welcome Store  other rentals
• Yadav Tempo Service  travel and transportation
• Zen Equipments  camera equipment: Arri 435 (as Zen Quipts)
• Zen Films  steadicam equipment

Also Known As:

Runtime:

173 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | India:UA | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Entertainment One Pvt. Ltd.

Trivia:

Lara Dutta was approached for the film but as her dates were booked with Kaal and Jackie Chan's movie The Myth. She later opted out of The Myth.

Movie Connections:

References Company (2002)

Prakash Jha does it one more time.

I went in to watch this movie expecting something very good from Prakash Jha and it was worth. The promos of the movie were released just a week or two in advance of the movie; so there was not much hype, hoopla or curiosity surrounding the movie. As always, director has done a lot of research in writing the script and his efforts have paid well.

As the title suggests, it is about the thriving kidnapping industry in the Indian state of bihar. Many of the characters may actually resemble the real life people. The movie makes you aware of the whole kidnapping process. The hostage is referred as "delivery" and it exchanges hands with 2 or more different parties, before landing with the one who decided, planned and ordered the kidnap. Each party (or intermediary) keeps account of all the expenses/cost incurred during their task (including vehicles, arms and meals). Everyone in the state administration - includes police, ministers - gets cut in the ransom - WOW, what a perfect business model.

Alongwith is a story of a Professor Shastri who wants to fight the corruption in the old Gandhian ways and will in no way compromise with his value system, not even for his unemployed son, who is unable to make his way in this system through honest ways. When he tries to bend and makes slight adjustments (by offering bribe, even when his name was there in the first merit list for state police officers), his unluck prevails landing himself into big trouble. He decides to get into the kidnapping industry - the one he once wanted to fight against. First half of the movie is awesome, but it looses its steam in the last one hour and is just like any other movie of this kind. End was not at all good - I still can't understand, why even directors of this genre believe that movies always have to end on a positive note.

The main characters have delivered power packed performance. Ajay Devagan and Nana Patekar once again prove themselves. Other Parkash Jha regulars like Mohan Agashe, Yashpal Sharma and Ayub Khan are also good. Once in the lifetime opportunity to watch fully clothed Bipasha Basu, but her role is useless and movie was very much possible without her.