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Wikipedia article
'Insan' is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language masala film, starring Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Esha Deol, Lara Dutta and Tusshar Kapoor. Directed by K. Subash, it is a remake of Telugu film 'Khadgam' (2002), directed by Krishna Vamsi.
'Insan' released on 14th January 2005 to mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, with most of them praising Kumar's performance and was commercially unsuccessful, grossing only 104.1 million worldwide against a budget of 125 million.
Plot
Amjad (Akshay Kumar), an auto rickshaw driver, who is searching his long lost brother Munna, and struggler Avinash (Tusshar Kapoor) who wants to be a star in Bollywood industry. Amjad wants to marry his lover Heena (Esha Deol). But her parents want her to marry a rich man. So Amjad plans to win her parents' trust by a fake drama with Avinash and his friend to act as fake goons and they involve Rathod to arrest and win Heena's heart. The plan goes wrong as real goons appear but Amjad fights them leading Heena's parents agreeing to marry her to Amjad. Meanwhile, Inspector Ajit Rathod (Ajay Devgn) is on a mission to eliminate a notorious terrorist Azhar Khan (Rahul Dev) who killed his wife (Koena Mitra) and the latter is underground from the eyes of law and planning to destroy Mumbai. Avinash, who is a struggler, on the other hand, loses his job as an extra in films after an argument with an egoistic actor. A newcomer Indu (Laila) is helped by Avinash to enter the industry and soon both fall in love with each other not knowing that she had been subjected to a compromise with the producer. Hopeless, Avinash decides to be an auto-rickshaw driver but Indu apologises and encourages Avinash to be a good actor. Soon, Avinash and Indu's luck turns when the filmmaker (Asrani) casts them as leads in his next film after being impressed on their acting skills. Meghna, a news reporter (Lara Dutta) develops a liking towards Rathod, but the latter is still traumatised and angered on his wife's death.
Azhar returns home after the exile, but seeking the same motive of destruction: planning a bomb blast on train with passengers. He kills Rathod's friend, Inspector Deepak and is on the loose. Rathod learns that Azhar is none other than Amjad's younger brother, Munna, and arrests Amjad. Azhar calls Rathod at the Bandra Terminus where he kept passengers as hostages, with a deal to release his aide Masood (Ashok Samarth) and Amjad and demands a helicopter for escaping. Rathod goes according to the plan and reaches the station where a horrified Amjad learns that his brother is a terrorist. Amjad pleads Azhar to leave the innocent people but the latter denies by naming it as 'jihad'. A fight ensues on during explosion at the station which Rathod and Amjad kill Azhar's men. Just when Azhar and Masood tries to attack Rathod and Amjad, both shoot them down. Rathod condoles Amjad to which the latter refuses and disowns him instead, stating that any person who kills innocent people in the name of religion should be gunned down. At the end, Rathod, Amjad and Avinash along with the hostages return from the ambush.
Cast
* Ajay Devgn as Inspector Ajit Rathod
* Akshay Kumar as Amjad Khan
* Lara Dutta as Meghna Malhotra
* Esha Deol as Heena Amjad khan
* Sunil Grover as Mahesh Sharma / Ranga (Avinash's friend)
* Laila as Indu Gill
* Rahul Dev as Azhar Khan (Munna), Amjad's brother and terrorist
* Viju Khote as Real Estate Agent
* Laxmikant Berde as Laxman Mundi
* Sharat Saxena as Heena's father
* Asrani as Film Director
* Himani Shivpuri as Indu's mother
* Tusshar Kapoor as Avinash Kapoor / Rana
* Vivek Vaswani as Agarwal
* Archana Puran Singh as Rajjo
* Beena as Amjad's mother
* Ashok Samarth as Masood
* Mac Mohan
* Koena Mitra as Sonali Rathod (special appearance)
* Vidyut Jammwal as a background dancer in the song "Rain Rain"
Soundtrack
Critical reception
Sumit Bhattacharya from Rediff criticised the film, stating "Insan could be good for you. If you suffer from depression, or are traumatised, or suffer from insomnia". Planet Bollywood rated the film 4.5/10, stating, "The lone actor worth watching in the enterprise is Akshay Kumar, who is continuing to solidify his status as one of the most versatile, bankable, and talented actors in Hindi commercial cinema today. His mirth-evoking turn strikes a near-perfect balance between artistic integrity and mass-oriented entertainment. Kumar serves as a reminder of the kind of aesthetic the film should have had - unpretentious about its populist intentions, but still sincere enough not to insult audience intelligence." Bollywood Mantra stated, "INSAN belongs to Akshay Kumar completely. The actor has a better role and of course, better lines. Enacting a comic role yet again [he provided the light moments in an otherwise serious KHAKEE; also, he enacted the comic role in MUJHSE SHAADI KAROGI with aplomb], Akshay proves that there's more to him than just using fisticuffs. His sequences with Esha - especially the birthday portions - are simply hilarious."
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