''Kurukshetra'' is a 2000 Indian

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film written and directed by

Mahesh Manjrekar Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, əɦeːʃ maːɲd͡zɾekəɾ born 16 August 1958) is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Marathi language, ...

. It was released on 10 November 2000 and stars

Sanjay Dutt Sanjay Balraj Dutt (born 29 July 1959) is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who works in Hindi cinema in addition to a few Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi films. Dutt has won several accolades and acted in over 160 films. ...

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and

Om Puri Om Prakash Puri, (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, English, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, and Marathi films, as well as ind ...

with

Mukesh Rishi Mukesh Rishi (born 19 April 1956) is an Indian actor and film producer who works primarily in Hindi and Telugu films. He has also appeared in Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Marathi and Tamil films. He got his first break in Hindi in 1993 with ...

and

Shivaji Satam Shivaji Satam (born 21 April 1950/1953) is an Indian television and film actor. He is best known for his role as ACP Pradyuman in the detective television series '' CID''. Early life and education Shivaji Satam attended school at the Antonio ...

in supporting roles.

Plot

ACP Prithviraj Singh is an honest and brave police officer. All dishonest police officers, rogues, criminals and corrupt politicians are scared of him. The day he joins duty in Mumbai, he destroys all the illegal business of Iqbal Pasina. From that day onward, Iqbal Pasina starts admiring Prithviraj. In his personal life, Prithviraj lives with his wife, Anjali and sister, Aarti. Aarti is in love with Sub-Inspector Avinash. Anjali is sad because "Prithvi", who once used to love her a lot, is now a totally different man, a man of law and duties. She lost her lover to the uniform. One day, a tycoon smuggler and ringleader, Baburao Deshmukh's son Ambar and his friend Rohit, trap a girl named Gita Naik in a hotel room, and both of them rape her. This brutal incident provokes the battle of "Kurukshetra." The battle is fought between Baburao and Prithviraj. Babu Rao Deshmukh has money, power and government infrastructure, and Prithvi Raj Singh gets support from opposition leaders Sambhaji Yadav and Iqbal Pasina. Sambhaji Yadav later betrays Prithviraj and joins hands with the Baburao. Finally, Prithviraj realizes that the law is helpless and kills both Baburao and Sambhaji Yadav to avenge the perpetrators of the rape incident and bring justice.

Cast

as ACP Prithviraj Singh *

as Anjali Singh *

as Chief Minister Baburao Deshmukh *

as Iqbal Pasina *

as Sambhaji Yadav *

Rakhi Sawant Rakhi Sawant (also Rakhi Sawant Fatima; born Neeru Bheda; 25 November 1978) is an Indian media personality, actress and dancer, who has performed item numbers predominantly in Hindi films. Her notable film appearances have been in '' Chura L ...

as Geeta Naik * Tina Rana as Aarti Singh *

Salil Ankola Salil Ashok Ankola (; born 1 March 1968) is a former international cricketer who played one Test match and 20 One Day Internationals (ODIs) from 1989 to 1997 for India. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played first-class cricket for Mumbai, ...

as Sub-Inspector Avinash *

Pramod Moutho Pramod Moutho (Pramod Sharma; born 7 May 1955) is an Indian film and television actor. He has appeared as a villain in number of noted Bollywood films, like '' Khalnayak'' (1993), '' Dilwale'' (1994), ''Raja Hindustani'' (1996), ''Mehndi'' (19 ...

as ACP Patwardhan * Ganesh Yadav as Ambar B. Deshmukh *

Sayaji Shinde Sayaji Shinde (Marathi pronunciation: əjaːd͡ʒiː ʃin̪d̪eː born 13 January 1959) is an Indian actor who has acted in Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Gujarati, Hindi, and Bhojpuri films. Sayaji started his act ...

as Constable Gopinath Survey Patil "Gopi" *

Mahesh Anand Mahesh Anand (13 August 1961 – 9 February 2019) was an Indian actor, dancer and martial artist who primarily worked in Hindi and Telugu films. He is remembered for playing villainous roles in Hindi films. He was a black belt in Karate ...

as Anna Pillai *

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as himself (guest appearance) *

Sukhwinder Singh Sukhwinder Singh (born 18 July 1971) is an Indian playback singer who primarily sings Bollywood songs. He sang " Jai Ho" in the film '' Slumdog Millionaire'', for which he won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Televisi ...

as a special appearance in song "Banthan" *

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"Banthan" *

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as item number "Nahi Milega Aisa Ghaghra"

Music

The music is composed by

Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya (born 23 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, music director, songwriter, film and music producer, and actor in Hindi cinema, with over 1,300 songs to his credit as a music director. He started his career as a music direct ...

and

Reception

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, as well as his reviews for Bollywood Hungama. Career Taran Adarsh started his journ ...

wrote "On the whole, Kurukshetra is an engrossing good versus evil film that has all the masala to appeal to the masses ? winning performances, bravura dialogues and ample doses of action". Sharmila Taliculam of ''

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'' opined that "The violence is non-stop, unremitting, and at times, overdone to the point where you find yourself wishing it would end".

References

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* 2000 films 2000s Hindi-language films 2000s crime action films 2000 action drama films Films directed by Mahesh Manjrekar Films scored by Himesh Reshammiya Fictional portrayals of the Maharashtra Police 2000s masala films Indian crime action films Films shot in Mumbai Films shot in Switzerland Indian police films Indian films about revenge Indian vigilante films 2000s vigilante films Films about rape in India Films about police officers Indian action drama films {{2000s-Hindi-film-stub