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Aaj Ki Awaaz
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Wikipedia article
'Aaj Ki Awaaz' is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language action drama film produced by B. R. Chopra and directed by Ravi Chopra. The film stars Raj Babbar, Smita Patil, Nana Patekar, and Vijay Arora. The film's music is by Ravi. The film is based on 1982 Hollywood movie 'Death Wish II'. It tells the story of a professor who becomes a vigilante after his sister is raped and his mother is killed. This film was remade in Telugu in 1985 as 'Nyayam Meere Cheppali', in Tamil in 1985 as 'Naan Sigappu Manithan' and in Kannada as 'Mahatma'.
The censor-board certificate of the movie shows 'Re-revised', implying that censor board objected to certain scenes of the movie, and cleared the movie when it was re-edited. The producers of the movie have been subsequently criticized by many for filming sexual assault scenes in a gratuitous way.
Plot
Professor Prabhat Kumar Varma (Raj Babbar), lives with his widowed mom, and sister, Madhu (Raksha Chauhan), in Andheri, Mumbai. He is worried about the growing crime rates in the city. He meets the Police Commissioner Sathe (Chandrashekhar) and complains about it. Meanwhile, Prabhat's friend Professor Lalwani (Dheeraj Kumar)'s sister-in-law, Sudha (Sonika Gill), is abducted, raped and killed. Her rapist and killer, Suresh Thakur (Dalip Tahil), is arrested and presented in court. His lawyers manage to prove that Suresh was not in Mumbai during the incident. The court subsequently acquits him. Annoyed by Prabhat's persistence about getting justice for Sudha, Suresh Thakur along with his gang barges into Prabhat's apartment and after tying him up, gangrapes his sister in front of him. They also murder his mother when she tries to call the police. His sister subsequently commits suicide. Prabhat loses faith in the criminal justice system. To avenge the death of his family, Prabhat turns into a vigilante. Every night he roams the city killing rapists and murderers. Inspector Shafi (Shafi Inamdar) starts investigating these crimes and soon Prabhat comes under the police's radar. The inspector eventually manages to capture Prabhat. Prabhat's girlfriend Rajni (Smita Patil) who is a lawyer takes it upon herself to free him and get justice once and for all.
Cast
*Raj Babbar as Prof. Prabhat Kumar Varma
*Smita Patil as Public Prosecutor Rajni V. Deshmukh
*Nana Patekar as Jagmohandas
*Om Shivpuri as Judge
*Dheeraj Kumar as Prof. Lalwani
*Shafi Inamdar as Inspector Shafi
*Vijay Arora as Srivastava
*Arun Bakshi as Inspector Veerkar
*Ashalata as Mrs. V.V. Deshmukh
*Chandrashekhar as Police Commissioner Sathe
*Iftekhar as Judge V.V. Deshmukh
*Alok Nath as Hotel (bar owner)
*Gufi Paintal as Orderly in Mental Hospital
*Dalip Tahil as Suresh Thakur
*Dinesh Thakur as Advocate Dayal
*Chandni as Sudha's friend
*Deepak Qazir as Kishan Khanna
*Sonika Gill as Sudha Advani
*Urmila Bhatt as Mrs. Varma
*Raksha Chauhan as Madhu, Prof. Prabhat's sister who gets raped and killed.
*Om Katare as Villain
Crew
*'Director': Ravi Chopra
*'Producer': B. R. Chopra
*'Banner': B R Films
Music
Awards
; 32nd Filmfare Awards
'Won'
* Best Lyricist Hasan Kamal for "Aaj Ki Awaaz"
'Nominated'
* Best Film B. R. Films
* Best Director Ravi Chopra
* Best Actor Raj Babbar
* Best Actress Smita Patil
* Best Supporting Actor Shafi Inamdar
* Best Story Shabd Kumar
Notes
References
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