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Indian (2001 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Indian' is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by N. Maharajan and produced by Dharmendra. It stars Sunny Deol, and also features Shilpa Shetty, Danny Denzongpa, Raj Babbar, Mukesh Rishi and Rahul Dev in other roles. The film is a remake of the Director's own Tamil film 'Vallarasu' and was released on 26 October 2001 with excellent box office reports, grossing a domestic nett of 18.0 million on its opening day. Made on a budget of 150 million, it was successful at the box office, earning over 540 million worldwide. The film tells the story of a strong, brave policeman who is falsely blamed for the mysterious murder of his father-in-law. It was the fourth highest-grossing Hindi film of the year in India with a nett gross of 280 million.
Plot
Raj Shekhar Azad, an honest DCP whose sole intention is to wipe out corruption, emerged unflinching patriotism from his name to aim. But for every such patriot, there is an equally motivated terrorist. Waseem Khan, a dreaded terrorist is aided by Raj's father-in-law and corrupt DGP Surya Pratap Singh, many police officers and influential industrialist Shankar Singhania. Raj's path is laden with hurdles, but he leaves no stone unturned, within the realm of law, to wage a war against the evil doers.
Raj arrests Waseem and is entrusted with his interrogation. Waseem is placed in a special cell but still arranges riots in the city from within the confines of prison. Raj figures out that Surya is Waseem's accomplice. He kills Surya and performs his last rites then as his son-in-law. His wife, Anjali, is unaware of the incident and Surya's misdeeds.
Cast
*Sunny Deol as DCP Rajshekhar Raj Azad
*Shilpa Shetty as Anjali Singh Azad
*Danny Denzongpa as Shankar Singhania
*Mukesh Rishi as Wasim Khan/Allah Baksh (Double role)
*Rahul Dev as Pratap Sinha
*Raj Babbar as DGP Surya Pratap Singh
*Surendra Pal as Police Commissioner
*Om Puri as Joginder Singh
*Rana Jung Bahadur as Havaldar Mushtaq Singh
*Deepak Shirke as Uttar Pradesh minister Veer Bahadur Singh
*Rajat Bedi as Sanjay Singhania
*Suresh Bhagwat as B.E.S.T. employee
*Salim Ghouse as Francis
*Avtar Gill as Advocate Gill
*Dinesh Hingoo as Jewellery shop owner
*Sanjay Narvekar as Rahim
*Shakti Kapoor as Rahim's father
*Reema Lagoo as Mrs. Suryapratap Singh
*Viju Khote as Inspector Deshmukh
*Shiva Rindani as Inspector Patil
*Pramod Muthu as Inspector Moutho (as Pramod Moutho)
*Dhananjay Mandrekar as Inspector
*Dharmesh Tiwari as Imam Saab
*Sophiya Haque as an item number "Yeh Pyar"
*Malaika Arora as an item number "Yeh Pyar"
Soundtrack
All songs are written by Anand Bakshi.
Reception
The website 'Online Bangalore' described the movie as "patriotic" and described the movie as having stunts that are "vibrant and will surely appeal to the Indian masses". However they also criticised it for being overly-long, unoriginal, excessively serious, and lacking in romance. Khalid Mohammed of the 'Times of India' described the film in an October 2001 as a "messy bang-a-bang movie".
Sequel
The making of a sequel, to be called 'Indian 2', and to star Sunny Deol and to be directed by Maharajan was announced in 2018.
References
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