Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003)

CBI officer Akram seeks to nab three terrorists, Ali, Abbas and Laila, who have held 213 tourists as hostage in Elphinstone Jail. For this, he seeks help from Rachit, a former associate of the trio.

Director:

Harry Baweja

Writers:

Pathik Vats (dialogue), Suparn Verma (screenplay)

Stars:

Ajay Devgn, Sunil Shetty, Sanjay Kapoor

3 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ajay Devgn	...	Rachit
Sunil Shetty	...	Akram Sheikh (CBI officer)
Sanjay Kapoor	...	Abbas Ramani
Arbaaz Khan	...	Ali Ramani
Chunky Pandey	...	Gopal, a scientist
Ayub Khan	...	Billu
Isha Koppikar	...	Laila
Riya Sen	...	Sheetal
Neha Dhupia	...	Sapna
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kamal Adib	...	State Leader
Nitin Arora	...	James Ricardo-Computer Hacker
Ashok Beniwal	...	Jailer
Amit Bhalla
Deepak Bhatia	...	Murti (Explosives Expert)
Aashish Chaudhary	...	Rahul

Storyline

CBI Officer Akram Sheikh (Sunil Shetty) is on the verge of nabbing three dreaded Pakistan-backed arms dealers , the brothers Ali (Arbaaz Khan) and Abbas (Sanjay Kapoor) and their common moll Laila (Isha Koppikar) . When Sheikh busts an important arms deal conducted by his three targets , Ali-Abbas join forces with Gopal (Chunky Pandey) , a corrupt scientist to get hold of a deadly virus and take the tourists at the Elphinstone Jail resort as hostage . Akram Sheikh is now compelled to get help from Rachit (Ajay Devgan) , a criminal serving jail time who was a former associate of Ali-Abbas and the only person in history to have successfully escaped the Elphinstone jail . Along with a commando team , they try to pull off a rescue attempt by breaking in the jail and rescuing the hostages .

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Plot Keywords:

falling to death | escape from prison | scientist | sleazy man | shootout | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

negative characters of Sanjay Kapoor and Arbaaz Khan play brothers in love with the same woman Esha Kopikar this particular connection was shown for the first time in Hindi film that two villainous brothers in love with the same girl.

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Crazy Credits

Except the crew, main star cast names has their surnames written first followed by their first name.

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Connections

Remake of The Rock (1996)

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Soundtracks

Qayamat Qayamat
Written by Sameer
Composed by Ranjit Barot
Performed by Hema Sardesai and Sonu Nigam
Courtesy of Venus Records and Tapes Ltd.

User Reviews

Excellent!

This movie is awesome! With a movie boasting of a big, talented cast, every character is excellently developed. The idea of threatening Mumbai with biological weapons is very interesting and scary. The Sanjay-Isha-Arbaaz terrorist trio is also a completely new and unheard of concept. There is a good portion of romance but placed such that it does not blur away the action/suspense. Songs are fabulous, especially the "Qayamat" track. Although the jail seems to be inspired heavily from Alcatraz, this is a sleek, intelligent film.

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

11 July 2003 (India)

Also Known As:

Возвращение к жизни

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,489,539

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

180 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color