Aakrosh (2010)

The Central Bureau of Investigation deputes an Officer to investigate the disappearance of three medical students.

Director:

Priyadarshan

Writers:

Robin Bhatt (story), Aditya Dhar (dialogues),

Stars:

Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu

Cast

Credited cast:
Ajay Devgn	...	Pratap Kumar
Akshaye Khanna	...	Siddhant Chaturvedi
Bipasha Basu	...	Geeta
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jaideep Ahlawat	...	Pappu
Rajesh Bakshi	...	Home Minister
Jayant Gadekar	...	Panchanan Shukla
Rajendra Gupta	...	Geeta's dad
Ashutosh Jha	...	Ramesh Jain
Swapnil kiiran Kotriwar	...	Dinu
Amita Pathak	...	Roshni
Sameera Reddy	...	Dancer / Singer
Paritosh Sand
Reema Sen	...	Jamunia
Urvashi Sharma
Vineet Sharma	...	CBI Officer 'Keshav'

Storyline

Giving in to intense media pressure, the Home Minister in Delhi finally instructs the Central Bureau of Investigation to depute Special Officer Siddhant Chaturvedi to travel to Jhanjhar, Bihar, and work together with Pratap Kumar to try and locate three medical students from M.K. Gandhi Medical College. The three students, Gautam Sharma, Dhirush Patel and Dinu were in Jhanjhar to celebrate Dusshera and were scheduled to return back to Delhi. Ramesh Jain, the student Union President, informs the media that the trio were arrested by Jhanjhar Police and since then their whereabouts are unknown. Jhanjhar Police deny that the students were ever there, and are hostile, compelling the CBI to bring in more agents. While differences crop up between investigative tactics of the two agents, upper Caste Hindus, aided by the police, target the fearful Dalits and lower-caste Hindus, brutally torturing them and setting their houses on fire. With the entire local community refusing to come forward ...

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Plot Keywords:

police | hindu | investigation | cbi | fire | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi English

Release Date:

1 October 2010 (India)

Filming Locations:

Diu, Daman and Diu, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Big Screen Entertainment, ZEE Motion Pictures, Big Screen Entertainer

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Siddhant Chaturvedi: Do you believe in God?
Pratap Kumar: No.
Siddhant Chaturvedi: God comes to our aid in various disguises. This time he came in the disguise of the chief engineer. The one who shut the water of this dam. The moment the water level receded... voilà! It exposed the roof of the car.
Pratap Kumar: Then the name of this God is co-incidence.

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Connections

Remake of Mississippi Burning (1988)

User Reviews

Simply Brilliant!!

First of all, a warm welcome to Priyadarshan and Akshaye Khanna. Priyadarshan had stopped making good films years ago, he was busy making guaranteed super flops with Mr. Kumar. Akshaye Khanna had disappeared from films long time ago. Both have made a good comeback with Aakrosh. And, after a long, long time, bollywood has come up with a brilliant and meaningful movie. Aakrosh deals with the honor killing that has been prominent in a few villages for the past few years. The movie also discloses the actual truth behind these alleged honor killings and the real culprits behind them.

Three students from New Delhi are found missing from the village called Jhaanjhar for the last two months. Two CBI officers ( Ajay Devgn and Akshaye Khanna ) team up to find out the truth behind their disappearance. The Jhaanjhar village, crowded with numerous corrupt politicians is terrified with the attacks going on and the police force under the Superintendent officer( Paresh Rawal) does nothing. The CBI officers have had time doing the investigation as no one in the whole village is gutsy enough to speak against the attacks and the one who tries to open his mouth is abducted by those groups. Ajay Devgn, the hot blooded, loses his cool and takes some strong actions and Akshaye Khanna, the man with the brain, takes his chances and gambles. Hard work pays off well in the end and the truth finally comes out and the village then rests in peace.

The movie has taken its inspirations from the recent cases of honor killing but on the whole it's a work of fiction.

Acting Department is ruled by Ajay Devgn and Paresh Rawal. Both are in top form in this movie. Both are trying to outdo each other with their strong expressions and dialogue delivery. Akshaye Khanna, too has acted well but Ajay Devgn and Paresh Rawal are the show stealers. Reema Sen does well. Bipasha Basu is wasted. Action Sequences are top notch. The chasing scene between Ajay Devgn and a group leader is outstanding. Dialogues are awesome. A few of them even manage to bring a smile on your face and compel you to clap and praise! Cinematography is average. Editing could be better. Priyadarshan has directed the movie splendidly this time. He is sure to win many accolades this time. The only absurd part of the movie is the romantic song between Ajay Devgn and Bipasah Basu.

To conclude, I would say go for it as finally a good Hindi movie has arrived (which actually is rare ) and for super strong performances of Ajay Devgn and Paresh Rawal.

My Rating: 8/10 Thanks and Regards.