''Aakrosh'' () is a 2010 Indian

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-language

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directed by

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and produced by Kumar Mangat Pathak under the banner of Big Screen Entertainment. It stars

Ajay Devgn Vishal Veeru Devgan (born 2 April 1969), known professionally as Ajay Devgn, is an Indian actor, film director, and producer. One of the most prolific actors of Hindi cinema, Devgn has appeared in over Ajay Devgn filmography, 100 films and ha ...

Akshaye Khanna Akshaye Khanna (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. Khanna is known for his versatility, which has secured him numerous accolades including two Filmfare Awards. Born to actor Vinod Khanna, he made his acting deb ...

Bipasha Basu Bipasha Basu (born 7 January 1979) is an Indian actress. Primarily known for her work in Hindi films, she List of awards and nominations received by Bipasha Basu, has received a Filmfare Awards, Filmfare Award. In the 2000s and 2010s, she was ...

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and

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. The film was based on news reports of honour killings in India, and has also been described as a remake of the 1988 American film ''

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'' by

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(based on the 1964

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Plot

Three medical friends from

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go missing in a small village, Jhanjhar. It's been two months, and there is no clue about their disappearance. The media and student movement demand action from the authorities. It's then that the government orders a

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inquiry with CBI officers Siddhant Chaturvedi and Pratap Kumar to solve the case. They find it difficult to solve the case as the local police and other authorities are a part of Shool Sena, which is supported by the

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and is responsible for illicit activities. Siddhant and Pratap also face

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Ajatshatru Singh IPS, a ruthless police officer who misuses his power. Not only that, even the locals don't support the investigation. It's with the help of Roshni, who is the daughter of the

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and also very wealthy, and Geeta, who is Ajatshatru's wife and Pratap's former love, that the investigation moves ahead. The truth behind the missing three friends is revealed by Geeta, who witnessed the killing of the boys by a local politician helped by her husband. This investigation is filled with many traps and thrills created by Ajatshatru and his colleagues. They try to destroy the name of CBI in a number of ways. The duo also manages to get one of the criminals to believe that the Shool Sena is trying to kill him, assuming him to be a mole, and that he had better become a government witness for their case. The criminal who intimidated was only guilty of burying the bodies. Things get worse when Ajatshatru learns about his wife Geeta helping the CBI. He then beats Geeta brutally with his belt behind closed doors and leaves her hospitalized. Pratap, filled with anger, traps each of the criminals by hacking their respective phones' databases and capturing their illicit activities on

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cameras. When it is Ajatshatru's turn, Pratap cuts him with a razor and beats him brutally and mercilessly in a salon behind closed doors. In the end, all the criminals are sentenced to imprisonment. However, the longest sentence doled out was only for ten years, and the lightest was for three. Obviously, justice is still blind because there was no sentence passed for the 300 villagers burned alive, the cruel beating of the wife, or the kidnapping, abuse, and cutting of Jamunia's toungue. But the story does not end there. As everyone is leaving the court, Siddhant slips a revolver into Jamunia's hands, with which she manages to kill all the culprits. The film ends with Siddhant and Pratap bidding goodbye at the railway station and Geeta running behind Pratap as he boards the train to leave, with Siddhant watching on.

Cast

Ajay Devgan Vishal Veeru Devgan (born 2 April 1969), known professionally as Ajay Devgn, is an Indian actor, film director, and producer. One of the most prolific actors of Hindi cinema, Devgn has appeared in over 100 films and has won numerous accola ...

as CBI Officer Pratap Kumar *

as CBI Officer Siddhant Chaturvedi *

as Geeta Singh, Pratap's former lover and Ajatshatru's wife *

as Jamunia, Geeta's domestic help *

Ajatshatru Singh, Geeta's husband *

Jaideep Ahlawat Jaideep Ahlawat (born 8 February 1980) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi films and series. He has received several awards including three Filmfare OTT Awards and nominations for two Filmfare Awards. After graduating from the Film ...

as Pappu Tiwari *

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as Kishore * Ashraful Haq as Hukum Lal *

Sameera Reddy Sameera Reddy (born 14 December 1978) is a former Indian actress who primarily worked in Hindi, Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu language films. She made her film debut with the 2002 film ''Maine Dil Tujhko Diya''. Reddy is bes ...

in a special appearance in the song "Isak Se Meetha Kuch Bhi" * Swapnil Kotriwar as Dinu * Kanchan Pagare as Hawaldar Ramkhelavan Tripathi "Natey"

Music

The songs featured in the film are composed by

Pritam Chakraborty Pritam Chakraborty (born 14 June 1971), also popularly known mononymously as Pritam, is a National Award winning Indian composer, instrumentalist, music producer and singer. Graduating from FTII in Sound Engineering, he worked as an ad jin ...

. The

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is composed by Malayalam composer

Ouseppachan Mechery Louis Ouseppachan (born 13 September 1955), known mononymously as Ouseppachan, is an Indian film composer and singer who primarily works in Malayalam films. He is a recipient of National Film Award, Filmfare Award and Kerala State Fil ...

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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