Ek Ajnabee (2005)

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Director:

Apoorva Lakhia

Writers:

Apoorva Lakhia (screenplay) and
Manoj Tyagi (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

9 December 2005 (India)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

A stranger comes to town

Plot:

Movie is a remake of the Hollywood movie Man on Fire (2004). Quite an effort to reproduce the movie with quite a different climax.

Plot Keywords:

Little Girl | Kidnapping | Abductor | Ransom | Alcoholic

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan	...	Col. Suryaveer Singh
Arjun Rampal	...	Shekhar Verma
Perizaad Zorabian	...	Nikasha R. Rathore
Rucha Vaidya	...	Anamika R. Rathore (as Baby Rucha Vaidya)
Vikram Chatwal	...	Ravi Rathore
Daya Shankar Pandey	...	Kripa Shankar
Akhilendra Mishra	...	ACP Harvinder Singh 'Harry'
Aditya Lakhia	...	Sammy
Rajendranath Zutshi	...	Wong
Kelly Dorji	...	Bangkok Police Officer Kelly
Denzil Smith	...	Lee Cap
Yuth	...	Advocate Chang
Abhishek Bachchan	...	Bodyguard (Special Appearance)
Lara Dutta	...	Adult Anamika (Special Appearance)
Sanjay Dutt	...	Special Appearance (Hip-hop MC)

Directed by
Apoorva Lakhia

Writing credits
Apoorva Lakhia		(screenplay) and
Manoj Tyagi		(screenplay)
Manoj Tyagi		(dialogue)

Produced by
Kulthep Narula	....	line producer: Thailand
Laxmi Singh	....	executive producer
Bunty Walia	....	producer
Jaspreet Singh Walia	....	producer (as Jassi Walia)

Original Music by
Vishal Dadlani		(as Vishal)
Amar Mohile
Shekhar Ravjiani		(as Shekar)

Cinematography by
R.J. Gururaj

Film Editing by
Steven H. Bernard

Costume Design by
Theia Bomanbehran
Pooja Sarin

Production Management
Baylon Fonseca	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gary Aranha	....	second assistant director
Shawn Arranha	....	first assistant director (as Shawn Aranha)

Sound Department
Vikram Biswas	....	sound editor
Vikram Biswas	....	sound effects editor
Sona Choudhary	....	nagra operator
Baylon Fonseca	....	dialogue editor
Baylon Fonseca	....	foley editor
Baylon Fonseca	....	sound designer
Baylon Fonseca	....	sound effects editor
Baylon Fonseca	....	supervising mix engineer
Baylon Fonseca	....	supervising sound editor
Vijay Kumar	....	foley artist
Sreejesh	....	associate re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Avik Banerjee	....	smoke artist
Bharat Patil	....	digital compositor
Kaushal Shah	....	digital compositor
Raghvendra Shrivastava	....	digital compositor
Prashant Thakur	....	digital compositor
Griboshin V.C.	....	visual effects coordinator
Jitendra Vaghani	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Ejaz Gulab	....	stunts: India (as Mohd. Aejaz Shaikh)
Abbas Ali Moghul	....	stunts
Saeng	....	stunts: Bangkok

Camera and Electrical Department
Lalit Sahoo	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Rohan Desai	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Dilip Kumar Sah	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Sunidhi Chauhan	....	playback singer
Joy D'Souza	....	playback singer
Vishal Dadlani	....	playback singer
Sanjay Dutt	....	playback singer
Kunal Ganjawala	....	playback singer
Kay Kay	....	playback singer
Kailash Kher	....	playback singer
Shilpa Rao	....	playback singer
Sukhwinder Singh	....	playback singer

Other crew
Murli Chhatwani	....	distribution
Caesar Gonsalves	....	choreographer
Bosco Martis	....	choreographer (as Bosco)
Suleman Mobhani	....	consultant: internet promotion
Himanshu Nanda	....	publicity designer
Rahul Nanda	....	publicity designer
Sachin Saraf	....	script supervisor
Anjay Thakur	....	publicity stills

Production Companies

• G.S. Entertainment

Other Companies

• Avitel Post Studioz  VFX
• Avitel Post Studioz  theatrical trailer
• Benetone Films  production services: Thailand
• Chimes Image Collaborators  public relations office
• Gabbana Fashion  costume (as Gabhana Fashions Pvt. Ltd.)
• Gaurav Digital  sound re-recording
• HR Enterprises  publicity designs
• IndiaFM.com  official website design
• Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)  soundtrack

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Runtime:

142 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

G.S. Entertainment

Trivia:

In the scene when Ravi (Vikram Chatwal) and Nikasha (Perizaad Zorabian) leave for London, Suryaveer Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) is wearing a cap which has director Apoorva Lakhia's directorial debut's name Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost (2003).

Quotes:

Kripa Shankar:Sir, don't you think it's God's look-out to punish those who are evil?
Suryaveer Singh:You're right. It's God's look-out to punish those who are evil. However, it's my job to introduce them to God.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Man on Fire (2004)

Watch it for Amitabh Bachchan's superb performance!

Ek Ajnabee directed by Apoorva Lakhia and a remake to the Hollywood movie,Man on Fire is an average movie.

But what makes this average movie turn to be awesome is the performance of Amitabh Bachchan! Amitabh Bachchan,after a long time,returns back to screen as the young angry man.It is a pleasure to see him in roles like this! Story:- Bangkok based Ravi Rathore(Vikram Chatwal) lives a wealthy lifestyle and runs a business which he took over when he married Nikasha(Perizaad Zorabiam). They now have a school-going daughter, Anamika(Ruchi Vaidya), and a failing business. In order to make up for his business losses, Ravi hires some men to kidnap Anamika, hold her for ransom, demand two million American dollars, and then release her. Ravi hires an elderly, alcoholic bodyguard named Suryaveer Singh(Amitabh Bachchan), who dislikes crowds and children. He does warm up to the bubbly Anamika and both share a bond - which is broken when Anamika is kidnapped from her piano school, Surya is severely wounded, but does manage to shoot three abductors. He recovers in hospital, and is quite upset that he has failed in his job. Meanwhile Ravi is quite relieved that the kidnapping has gone according to plan, he does notify the police, and they set up a trap to apprehend the kidnappers. But then something goes terribly wrong, the police end up shooting and killing the men, who in turn kill Anamika. Surya, who is on his way home to India, cancels his trip, returns and starts asking questions, not knowing that he is going to unearth a web of deceit, lies and deception, which may only end when he uncovers the entire truth or die's trying.

The direction is average.

The story is copied from Man on Fire.So nothing to talk about it.

The music is average.

The cinematography is good.

The action sequences are very good.

The dialogs especially the ones delivered by Amitabh Bachchan are excellent! Performances:- Amitabh Bachchan steals the show!He is superb.Arjun Rampal is excellent.Vikram Chatwal and Perizaad Zorabian are okay.Ruchi Vaidya is good.Sanjay Dutt,Abhishek Bachchan and Lara Dutta in brief roles are okay.

I am giving Ek Ajnabee a six on ten.The six marks are only for Amitabh Bachchan's superb performances!