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| Credited cast: | |||
| Saif Ali Khan | ... | Karan Singh Rathod | |
| Urmila Matondkar | ... | Sarika Vartak | |
| Seema Biswas | ... | ACP Malti Vaidya | |
| Aditya Srivastava | ... | Kamlesh Mathur | |
| Pratima Kazmi | ... | Pramila (as Pratima Kajmi) | |
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Madan Joshi | ||
| Zakir Hussain | ... | Sanjeiv Nanda | |
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Abhay Bhargav | ||
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Rasika Oak | ||
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Seema Adhikari | ... | Dolly |
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Gopal K. Singh | ... | Abhijeet (as Gopal Singh) |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Sheeba Chaddha | |||
| Rasika Joshi | ... | Gomti the Prison Queen | |
| Kavita Kaushik | ... | Karan's girlfriend who lives in Delhi | |
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Gulfam Khan | ||
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Sarika and Karan are employed in a big city called Mumbai in India. They meet, have a date, and find that they are attracted to each other. They do not know nor care of each others' backgrounds, and get married. They start to live in a small apartment. One day Karan asks Sarika to deliver a parcel for him via an Indian airline, which she does. The authorities stop her, and a search reveals that she was carrying drugs in the parcel, and she is arrested. After her arrest, Karan visits her and assures that this is all a big misunderstanding, and she will be found not guilty and let out soon. This does not happen, Sarika is found guilty, is convicted and sentenced to a long jail term. While in prison, it slowly and painfully dawns on her that she has been used, and wants to avenge this. In order to get even with Karan, she must first of all either wait for the sentence to get over or be more daring and escape, take Karan by surprise and avenge her humiliation. Which way will Sarika take? Written by Calista
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Country:
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24 February 2004 (Kuwait) See more »Also Known As:
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INR 80,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Shah Rukh Khan was offered the role of Karan but rejected the offer. See more »Goofs
When ACP Malti Vaidya is sitting in the hotel, she's shown first sucking on a long cigarette (unlit), then in the next shot, is lighting the same cigarette with a noticeably shorter and already smoked cigarette. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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From producer Ram Gopal Varma and director Sriram Raghavan comes a pretty good revenge thriller, which is definitely one of the better Indian movies this year.
Cast against his usual roles, Saif Ali Khan plays a slick criminal whose dealings with terrorists and the Delhi underworld get his girlfriend Sarika (Urmila Matondkar) into prison. However, toughened by prison life, Sarika manages to escape and takes revenge.
Progressing somewhat slowly during the first 15 minutes, but then gaining momentum at an increasing pace, this movie never slows down and manages to keep your interest for the full duration, which at only 120 minutes is significantly less than most Bollywood movies. There are also no disruptive song or dance sequences that would distract you from the plot.
In fact, one of the problems that I have with this movie is that it is a bit too short -- in particular the prison sequence seems rushed: Sarika's character development from the innocent, naive girl to the tough, cold-blooded killer is not fully developed and feels a bit sudden as a result.
My second problem is with the ending, which, while not inappropriate, feels a bit out of line with her previous revenge strategy. It still works fine, but one feels that it could have been built up better.
Other than that, however, there are no obvious problems with the plot, and acting is good from most main and supporting actors. Seema Biswas in particularly stands out in her role as the determined female police officer in pursuit of Sarika.
Definitely worth watching, and much better than anything Hollywood, USA has produced in this genre in a long time.