Apne (2007)

Director:

Anil Sharma

Writers:

Neeraj Pathak (screenplay)
Neeraj Pathak (story)

Release Date:

29 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sport

Plot:

A disgraced ex-boxer attempts to make his two sons champion boxers in order to clear his name. One son agrees with this goal, but the other does not, causing family conflicts.

Plot Keywords:

Boxing | Boxer | Training | Melodrama | Punch

Cast

Dharmendra	...	Baldev Singh Choudhary
Sunny Deol	...	Angad B. Singh Choudhary
Bobby Deol	...	Karan B. Singh Choudhary
Shilpa Shetty	...	Simran A. Choudhary
Katrina Kaif	...	Nandini N. Sarabhai
Kiron Kher	...	Raavi B. Choudhary
Victor Banerjee	...	Ahsan Ali
Javed Sheikh	...	Roy
Aryan Vaid	...	Gaurav Ghera
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sanjeeb Banerjee	...	Bhullar's Son
Dolly Bindra
Jonnie Brown	...	Luca Gracia (as Jonnie Louis Brown)
Parvin Dabas	...	Saket
Kurush Deboo	...	Dr. Niranjan Sarabhai
Divya Dutta	...	Pooja B. Singh Choudhary
Rajendra Gupta	...	Bullar
Gurinder Makna
Erik Markus Schuetz	...	Boxer
Amrit Pal
Jonathan Samson	...	Bodyguard
Kuldeep Sharma
Manmeet Singh
Samar Jai Singh
Marvina Vinique	...	Luca's wife (as Marvina)

Also Known As:

Ours (India: English title) (literal title)

Runtime:

173 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:15A

Filming Locations:

Chandigarh, Punjab, India

Company:

Glamour Entertainments Pvt. Ltd.

Trivia:

This film released on the same date as Aap Kaa Surroor: The Moviee - The Real Luv Story (2007), the acting debut of music director Himesh Reshammiya. Reshammiya also composed the music for this film.

Soundtrack:

Mehfoos Rakhta Hoon Dil Mein

It was like being in a cinema in India!!!

This has to be the first time that I have seen the audience clap and cheer a fight scene in the UK. When Sunny Deol exacts revenge in the climax on Luca (the current Heavyweight Champion) for what he did to his brother, the entire cinema erupted. Excellent stuff.

On the whole Apne isn't a brilliant film, but it has its moments, be it the emotional scenes between Dharamendra and his sons or the scenes in the boxing ring, it does leave its mark on you.

It was great to see Dharamendra back on screen playing a well etched character. His bitterness and failure really came across very well. Bobby Deol was also good in probably the weakest (no pun intended) character of the three. Sunny Deol as always was brilliant. No one plays rage and anger on screen as well as he does. He really gets the audience going.

To sum up Apne will leave you with moist eyes and fists. It makes a change to see a good desi film on screen, rather than the pretentious 'we're almost like Hollywood' type of films which are churned out week after week.