''Sanak'' () is a
2021 Indian
Hindi language
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action thriller film directed by Kanishk Varma and produced by
Zee Studios and Sunshine Pictures. It stars
Vidyut Jammwal,
Rukmini Maitra,
Neha Dhupia and
Chandan Roy Sanyal
Chandan Roy Sanyal (born 30 January 1980) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in the Hindi and Bengali language films of India. After graduating with a degree in mathematics, he made his acting debut in the 2006 film ''Rang de Basanti' ...
.
Principal photography
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Personnel
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began in January 2021. The film was released digitally on 15 October 2021 on
Disney+ Hotstar.
Plot
Vivaan Ahuja, a skilled
MMA trainer, learns that his wife Anshika Maitra's
heart can stop at any time and an operation is required. The operation is successful. As she recovers in the hospital, a terrorist group led by Saju Solanki attack the hospital to retrieve their illegal arms dealer and leader Ajay Pal Singh, who was actually responsible for the deaths of 18
Indian Army
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soldiers due to his supply of faulty weapons and was moved to the hospital for emergency surgery after his
pacemaker was tampered with in prison. The hospital patients are taken hostage, including Anshika, while Ajay is unconscious under
anaesthesia after his surgery.
ACP Jayati Bhargav and her team are tasked to free the hostages.
Vivaan, who is just leaving after visiting Anishka is in the hospital basement, oblivious to the invasion until he is attacked by one of the terrorists, where he manages to kill him. Shocked, he takes the black pouch belonging to the terrorist, which contains a
walkie talkie and a remote detonator and sneaks back into the hospital. Vivaan meets a hospital guard named Riyaz and a child named Zubin who had been hiding, and befriends them. Meanwhile, Jayati is stunned to see that her daughter Aanya is being used by the terrorists, strapped to a bomb. Saju blackmails her, saying that he will blow up the hospital unless she supplies a chopper and a
bus
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to them. Jayathi agrees, but secretly plans to attack them.
Vivaan learns the hospital's layout with Riyaz's help and plans to attack the hospital's
control room so that Saju can't see him coming. He is attacked again but with Zubin's help, he kills the terrorist. The bodies of both terrorists are found and Saju orders Vivaan to be killed. Vivaan manages to contact Jayati intermittently and inform her about Saju. He continues to kill and evade the terrorists stationed around each floor and is finally able to take control of the control room with Riyaz and Zubin. Vivan frees the patients held hostage on the ground floor. Saju, who is on the ninth floor realizes that Vivaan is related to one of the hostages and tries to figure out who it is. Unable to do so, Saju kills a nurse to force Vivaan out of hiding. Ajay wakes up and they plan for their escape.
Vivaan realizes during a conversation with Riyaz that Saju was lying to the police; he was never going to use the bus and chopper he had demanded but rather escape through the sixth floor. He is actually planning to blow up the stairs and the elevator in order to erase evidence by killing the hostages. Vivaan relays this to Jayati, who decides to trust him and play by his information. She and her team enter the hospital where they free Aanya and deactivates the bomb. Vivaan kills Saju's accomplice and finally defeats Saju. Saju is eventually killed after the falling elevator collapses on him, and Jayati shoots Ajay to death. Jayati thanks Vivaan for his help, remarking that he should be given a medal for his work but respects his wish to keep his identity away from
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Cast
*
Vidyut Jammwal as Vivaan Ahuja
*
Rukmini Maitra as Anshika Maitra, Vivaan's wife
*
Neha Dhupia as
ACP Jayati Bhargav
*
Chandan Roy Sanyal
Chandan Roy Sanyal (born 30 January 1980) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in the Hindi and Bengali language films of India. After graduating with a degree in mathematics, he made his acting debut in the 2006 film ''Rang de Basanti' ...
as Saju Solanki
*
Chandan Roy as Riyaz Ahmed Motlekar
* Kiran Karmarkar as Ajay Pal Singh
* Sunil Kumar Palwal as Raman
* Daniele Balconi as Yuri
* Ivy Haralson as Taira
* Alois Knapps as Maksym
* Du Tran Au as Chad
* Harminder Singh Alag as Zubin
* Adrija Sinha as Aanya Bhargav, Jayathi's daughter
* Neha Pednekar as Anuradha
* Tanguy Guinchard as Gunnar
* Sefa Demirbus as Jesper
* Felix Fukoyoshi as Andy
* Dimitri Vujicic as KP
* Shreyal Shetty as Pasha
* Sanjay Kulkarni as Police Officer Godbole
* Karthikesh as Parma
* Asif Ali Beg as Dr. Pajwani
* Arjun Ramesh as Aditya
* Sudhanva Deshpande as Dr. Sinha
* Karan Verma aa Raghav Chaturvedi
* Anand Alkunte as
ASP
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Rakesh Jadhav
Reception
Critical response
''Sanak'' received mixed reviews from critics and audience.
''
Bollywood Hungama'' gave the film a rating of 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Vidyut Jammwal starrer Sanak majorly rests on Vidyut Jammwal's presence and the novel and exciting action scenes."
Shubhra Gupta of ''
The Indian Express
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'' gave ''Sanak'' a rating of 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "''Sanak'' should have been more like a non-stop ride but it is still sparkling because of the stylish and exciting action sequences".
Archika Khurana of ''
The Times of India
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'' gave 3 out of 5 stars and said: "Overall, Vidyut Jammwal's slick kicks, punches and backflips raise the stakes of this action-packed drama."
Udita Jhunjhunwala of ''
Firstpost
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'' gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "''Sanak'' over-emphasizes the action, leaving the story and the emotional core under-developed."
Shubham Kulkarni, from
Koimoi gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Vidyut Jammwal is the biggest reason to watch ''Sanak'', but cannot be the only attention-grabbing point of the feature length film.
Soundtrack
The film's music was composed by
Chirantan Bhatt and
Jeet Gannguli while lyrics written by
Sameer Anjaan, Manoj Yadav and
Rashmi Virag.
The song "O Yaara Dil Lagana" is a remake of the song of same name from the 1996 film
Agni Sakshi sung by
Kavita Krishnamurthy
Sharada Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kavita Krishnamurthy or Kavita Subramaniam, is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded 50,000 songs in 45 various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bh ...
, composed by
Nadeem–Shravan and written by
Sameer Anjaan.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 13912632
Indian action thriller films
2021 action thriller films
Films set in hospitals
Indian medical television series
Films scored by Jeet Ganguly
Healthcare in India
Mixed martial arts films
Martial arts in India
Films about terrorism in India
Films scored by Chirantan Bhatt
Disney+ Hotstar original films
Hindi-language Disney+ Hotstar original programming