''Grahan'' (
English
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: ''Eclipse'') is a 2001 film directed by
Shashilal K. Nair
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, starring
Jackie Shroff
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,
Manisha Koirala
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and
Raghuvaran
Raghuvaran Velayutham (11 December 1958 – 19 March 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in films made in South India. He has acted in more than 200 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. According to the ''Hindustan ...
. The film follows the story of Parvati, a rape victim who quests for justice, and learns that it is not such a simple task.
Synopsis
The widowed Chief Minister Jagdish Acharya lives an opulent lifestyle along with his daughter, Sunita and son, Sanjay. One day he gets a phone call from the Police Commissioner informing him that a woman named Parvati has filed a F.I.R. (
First Information Report
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A first information report (FIR) is a document prepared by police organisations in Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asian countries including Myanmar, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan when they receive information about the commi ...
) of rape against Sanjay. A shocked Jagdish instructs the Police Commissioner to proceed according to law. Soon after, while touring, Jagdish has a heart attack and dies. Sunita is asked to be the new Chief Minister and she accepts.
After the funeral the Police arrest Sanjay, hold him in a cell, and try him in court. Sunita's boyfriend, advocate Jaggan Sinha, whose brother, Raghu, is also a lawyer, represents Sanjay. Jaggan examines the evidence, witnesses and the complainant. He proves that the complaint was politically motivated by a journalist named Vidyarthi and that there was no evidence of rape. The Judge rules in favour of Sanjay and he is set free.
While the Archarya family celebrates Sanjay's release, Parvati's ensuing marriage with Bhaskar is called off by his parents and relatives due to the stigma on Parvati.
In the meanwhile, Jaggan finds out that Sanjay did indeed abduct and rape Parvati. Jaggan decides to reopen the case, much to the chagrin of Sunita and her brother. Sunita decides to support her brother and breaks-off with Jaggan.
Jaggan takes on the responsibility of caring for Parvati and takes her to a far off country house and also gets her mentally treated for her trauma. Parvati recovers and returns to the city.
She learns of the swearing-in ceremony of Sanjay and shoots at him during the ceremony. Parvati is arrested and jailed. Sunita does not want Jaggan to defend Parvati but Jaggan goes ahead and fights the case and wins it: Sanjay had died due to heart attack and not due to Parvati's shot. Parvati is acquitted and Bhaskar accepts Parvati and they get married. Jaggan and Sunita also reconcile.
Cast
*
Jackie Shroff
Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff (born 1 February 1957), popularly known as Jackie Shroff, is an Indian actor and former model. He has been in the Bollywood industry for over four decades, and , has appeared in over 220 films in 13 languages namely Hi ...
as Advocate Jaggan 'Jaggu' Sinha
*
Manisha Koirala
Manisha Koirala (; born 16 August 1970) is a Nepalese actress who works in Indian films, predominantly in Hindi and Tamil films and has also worked in few Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam, Nepali and English films. Known for her work in both comme ...
as Parvati 'Paro' Shastri
* Anupama Verma as Sunita J. Acharya
* Prasad Purandare as Sanjay Jagdish Acharya
*
Raghuvaran
Raghuvaran Velayutham (11 December 1958 – 19 March 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in films made in South India. He has acted in more than 200 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. According to the ''Hindustan ...
as Advocate Raghu Sinha
*
Raj Zutshi
Rajendranath Zutshi, more commonly known as Raj Zutshi (born 4 February 1961), is an Indian film and television actor.
Personal life
Zutshi was born on 4 February 1961 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India into a Kashmiri Pandit family. Raj ...
as Bhaskar, Parvati's fiancé
*
Achyut Potdar
*
Chandrakant Gokhale
Chandrakant Raghunath Gokhale (7 January 1921 – 20 June 2008) was a well-known veteran Marathi film and stage actor and singer.
Gokhale's mother, Kamlabai Gokhale (nee Kamlabai Kamat) was the first female child actor of the Indian cinema
...
as Parvati's father
* Babban
*
Ameeta
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Career
Beginning
A fan of Madhubala, Ameeta was enacting her idol's sword fight f ...
*
Ranjit Kapoor
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* Mirchandani
* Shashi Sharma
* Rahman Naushad
* Uday Dhruv
*
Poornima
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*
Anant Jog
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Personal life
Jog's daughter, Kshitee Jog
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as Inspector Shinde
*
Ravi Patwardhan
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as Vidyarthi, journalist
Soundtrack
The songs in the film have been composed by
Karthik Raja
Karthik Raja is an India composer based in Chennai, India. He made his debut as film composer in the Tamil film ''Pandiyan'' (1992) and went on to score music for many critically and commercially acclaimed feature films.
Personal life
Karthi ...
and the lyrics are written by
Mehboob Mahbūb (also spelled Mahboob, or Mehboob, from Arabic: , passed to other languages such as ur, محبوب is a masculine given name.
Given name Mahboob
* Maulana Mahboob Alam (1863–1933), founder of the daily Pakistani newspaper ''Paisa Akhbar ...
and
Ila Arun
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Personal life
...
.
Critical response
Taran Adarsh
Taran Adarsh (born 13 June 1965) is an Indian film critic and trade analyst. He is best known for giving trade figures and box office updates on social media.
Career
Taran Adarsh started his journalism career at the age of 15 with ''Trade Gui ...
of
IndiaFM
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The website provide ...
gave the film 1 star out of 5, writing "On the whole, GRAHAN is a weak film in all respects. Lack of proper publicity, not-too-hot star cast and dull initial response will prove unfavourable for the film." Sukanya Verma of
Rediff.com
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, it had more than 300 e ...
wrote "Grahan doesn't give any sign of being a long-in-the-making project. In a nutshell, Grahan misfires for the want of a tight script and hard-hitting characters."
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Accolades
*Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent
The Filmfare R. D. Burman Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. Named in honour of music director R. D. Burman, the award recognises new and upcoming talent in the Bollywood music indu ...
- Karthik Raja
References
External links
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Films about rape in India
2001 films
2000s Hindi-language films
2001 drama films
Films scored by Karthik Raja
Indian courtroom films