Apne (2007)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

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:

Mainu Chain Na Ik Pal Aaye

Apne is a brave Attempt

Too bad that I was just thinking for the past 1 month that this movie will be nothing but an ego show of the deols. I watched it yesterday and after the movie finished, I just thought- "We Indians rate the movie on the basis of what we see in promos.".. OK, just consider Tara rum pum, It began to bore me within fifteen minutes. The racing sequence was so pathetic.. I was wondering where this kinda race happens on this planet. The kids were equally worse.

Coming back to 'Apne', this will surely go down among the underrated films of 2007. I last saw a great sports sequence in a Hindi movie in 'Jo Jeeta Wahi Sikander'. And then, I saw it here. Boxing scenes were well directed, if not excellent. Acting of the three deols were equally good.

I don't usually favor emotional and long films. This film had both. it was long and highly emotional. But I didn't feel anytime that it was getting on me. May be thats what you call brilliant film making.