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Aakrosh

  • 20102010
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 26m
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7.0/10
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Bipasha Basu, Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna, Paresh Rawal, and Reema Sen in Aakrosh (2010)
The Central Bureau of Investigation deputes two officers to investigate the disappearance of three medical students, which they believe to be an incident of 'honour killing' in a small, closed community.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation deputes two officers to investigate the disappearance of three medical students, which they believe to be an incident of 'honour killing' in a small, clos... Read allThe Central Bureau of Investigation deputes two officers to investigate the disappearance of three medical students, which they believe to be an incident of 'honour killing' in a small, closed community.The Central Bureau of Investigation deputes two officers to investigate the disappearance of three medical students, which they believe to be an incident of 'honour killing' in a small, closed community.
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3.9K
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  • Director
    • Priyadarshan
  • Writers
    • Robin Bhatt(story & screenplay)
    • Aditya Dhar(dialogues)
    • Irshad Kamil(lyrics)
  • Stars
    • Ajay Devgn
    • Akshaye Khanna
    • Bipasha Basu
  • Director
    • Priyadarshan
  • Writers
    • Robin Bhatt(story & screenplay)
    • Aditya Dhar(dialogues)
    • Irshad Kamil(lyrics)
  • Stars
    • Ajay Devgn
    • Akshaye Khanna
    • Bipasha Basu
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 37User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations

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    Ajay Devgn in Aakrosh (2010)
    Akshaye Khanna in Aakrosh (2010)
    Paresh Rawal in Aakrosh (2010)
    Reema Sen in Aakrosh (2010)
    Bipasha Basu in Aakrosh (2010)
    Bipasha Basu in Aakrosh (2010)
    Bipasha Basu and Ajay Devgn in Aakrosh (2010)
    Bipasha Basu and Ajay Devgn in Aakrosh (2010)
    Ajay Devgn in Aakrosh (2010)
    Ajay Devgn and Akshaye Khanna in Aakrosh (2010)
    Reema Sen in Aakrosh (2010)
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    Ajay Devgn
    Ajay Devgn
    • Pratap Kumar
    Akshaye Khanna
    Akshaye Khanna
    • Siddhant Chaturvedi
    Bipasha Basu
    Bipasha Basu
    • Geeta
    Paresh Rawal
    Paresh Rawal
    • Inspector Azad Shatru
    Reema Sen
    Reema Sen
    • Jamuniya
    Amita Pathak
    • Roshni
    Sameera Reddy
    Sameera Reddy
    • Dancer (Paresh House)
    Rajendra Gupta
    Rajendra Gupta
    • Father of Bipasha Basu
    Atul Tiwari
    Atul Tiwari
    • Thakur Omkar Sukul (Bahubali)
    • (as Atul Tiwary)
    Jaideep Ahlawat
    Jaideep Ahlawat
    • Pappu
    Rajesh Bakshi
    • Home Minister
    Raymond D'Souza
    • Gang member
    Abhishek Singh Er
    • Dhiresh
    Jayant Gadekar
    Jayant Gadekar
    • Panchanan Shukla
    Bharat Ganeshpure
    Bharat Ganeshpure
    Ashraf Ul Haq
    • Himmatlal
    Ashutosh Jha
    • Ramesh Jain
    Swapnil kiiran Kotriwar
    Swapnil kiiran Kotriwar
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    • Director
      • Priyadarshan
    • Writers
      • Robin Bhatt(story & screenplay)
      • Aditya Dhar(dialogues)
      • Irshad Kamil(lyrics)
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    • Trivia
      The film was Priyadarshan's return to serious films but didn't do well. It also marked the comeback of Ajay and Akshaye together after Deewangee(2002).
    • 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.

    • Crazy credits
      During the rolling title credits, the sound of a moving train is heard as a continuation of the ending scene.
    • Alternate versions
      Originally, the film was given an A certificate with a few cuts. Later, when it was re-certified for television, it got a UA certificate with very minimal cuts.
    • Connections
      Remake of Mississippi Burning (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Isak Se Meetha Kuch Bhi
      Music by Pritam Chakraborty

      Lyrics by Irshad Kamil

      Performed by Ajay Jhingran, Kalpana Patowary

    User reviews37

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    8/10
    A Nutshell Review: Aakrosh
    Besides the usual disclaimer that precedes a film that all incidents, characters and similarities portrayed within are coincidental at best, Priyadarshan's Aakrish takes one extra step to reinforce this point, as it wants to tackle the real world issue of "honour killing" on film, cobbling together a series of faux pas newspaper articles and stamping them as "Fact", before hammering a full size "Fiction" inter-title across the screen prior to the commencement of the film proper. And up until the last frame did it dawn upon me that the narrative also took issue, besides caste, with that of corrupt cops and politicians who exploit an inherently weak justice system.

    The story is sufficient to make you seethe with rage as we follow the investigations into the disappearance of three students, whose final moments will get enacted in due course, but only as we gain a certain foothold and breakthrough as experienced by the police officers Sidhant Chaturvedi (Akshaye Khanna) and Pratap Kumar (Ajay Devgan). Arriving from Delhi under the orders of the central government under pressure by a demonstrating student group seeking answers, the two protagonist have to quickly learn and get comfortable with each other's working style to maintain a certain degree of sanity as they tackle an environment that is most hostile, and alien to Sidhant, whose by-the-book methods are in danger of collapsing anytime.

    This especially so when faced with an uncooperative local police force who cooks up possibly every reason available not to do work, and through their blatant obstruction of justice, may seem to suggest some involvement in the primary case as well. While on one hand providing unintentional comedy, I feel the investigating officers' pain when they hit a brick wall from within their own support group who more often than not seem to be on the other side of the fence.

    It's the culture of silence that is most deafening, and for the first hour before the interval, Aakrosh is quite frustrating to sit through not because of its relatively slow pace, but how we see how helpless our heroes can be given their operating within red tape, and letting others rip them apart because processes rightfully bound them from hitting out. Those who have information are also cowered by threats and an innate fear that it's best to keep one's mouth shut, otherwise punishment will come in the form of bodily harm, and even death as dished out by the masked militia of men who call themselves Shool's Army, intolerant individuals bandied together to bully others into submitting to their bigoted beliefs.

    For those not versed in the caste system, this film may give you an idea what it's about as it laments about the state of current affairs, and how there's so much room for improvement in terms of people's attitudes. Director Priyadarshan, whom I associate with comedies like Billu Barber and De Dana Dan, goes all serious and doesn't mince his words in Aakrosh's epilogue, as he crafts a somewhat bleak film with an ending that will raise some eyebrows, suggesting at times that you got to play fire with fire, and some of the techniques employed by the cops here may highlight certain (il)legal framework that many may not be familiar with for us outside India, but so long as it works (and a brilliant plan and execution I must add).

    The film works because of the great chemistry between the pairing of Aakshaye Khanna and Ajay Devgan as cops who have the potential to be the best of buddies, yet operating on different investigative philosophies that put them at loggerheads as well. They share some explosive charisma on screen that just chews up all the surrounding scenery, with magnetic qualities that help to tide through the less happening stages of the film, one of which I felt was overly long and probably unnecessary was the entire backstory song/dance routine for Ajay's Pratap and his one time lady love Geetha (Bipasha Basu), their relationship being a victim of caste hypocrisy.

    Despite being passed with an Adults only rating in India and suffering 2 cuts from a reported 30 planned by the censor board there, Aakrosh is still a hard hitting investigative thriller. While the trailer may suggest high octane action, these sequences are fairly limited in the film, with nothing that especially stands out to wow. There's a rooftop chase sequence with a fair bit of parkour, but it's more reminiscent of Hollywood's Bourne series which delivered the action scenes with a bit more of a refined flair, with this being a bit rough off the edges. However a ballsy story without mincing its themes make Aakrosh the winner here.
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    • Release date
      • October 15, 2010 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Hindi
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Anger
    • Filming locations
      • Diu, Daman and Diu, India
    • Production companies
      • Big Screen Entertainment
      • ZEE Motion Pictures
      • Big Screen Entertainer
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,424,574
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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