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Indian (2001 film)
2001 Hindi action movie by N. Maharajan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Indian is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by N. Maharajan and produced by Dharmendra under Vijayta Films. A remake of the director's own Tamil film Vallarasu, the film stars Sunny Deol, Shilpa Shetty, Danny Denzongpa, Raj Babbar, Mukesh Rishi and Rahul Dev. It's A Second Highest Blockbuster Of Sunny Deol After Gadar: Ek Prem Katha.
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Indian was released on 26 October 2001 with excellent box office reports, grossing a domestic net of ₹18 million on its opening day. Made on a budget of ₹150 million, it was a commercial success at the box office, earning over ₹540 million worldwide.[2] It was the fourth highest-grossing Hindi film of 2001, with a net gross of ₹280 million.[3][4]
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Plot
DCP Rajshekhar Azad lives with his wife Anjali and they both have two children. Rajshekhar arrests Waseem Khan, a dreaded terrorist having connections with industrialist Shankar Singhania. Shankar Singhania uses Wasim Khan as his tool to destabilize the country for his vested interests. Rajshekhar learns that his father-in-law DGP Surya Pratap Singh is also involved with Waseem Khan. Rajshekhar kills Surya, which makes Anjali to leave him. Rajshekhar then kills Wasim Khan. Rajshekhar takes the help of youths, who are disillusioned by their inability to join the police force, and manages to kill the kingpin Shankar Singhania. Later, Anjali learns about her father's misdeeds and reunites with Rajshekhar.
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Cast
- Sunny Deol as DCP Rajshekhar "Raj" Azad (main protagonist)
- Shilpa Shetty as Anjali Singh Azad (Rajshekhar’s wife)
- Danny Denzongpa as Shankar Singhania (main antagonist)
- Mukesh Rishi as Wasim Khan/Allah Baksh
- Rahul Dev as Pratap Sinha
- Raj Babbar as DGP Surya Pratap Singh, Anjali's father and DCP Rajshekhar's father-in-law
- Surendra Pal as new DGP After Surya Pratap Singh
- Om Puri as CBI officer Joginder Singh
- Rana Jung Bahadur as Havaldar Mushtaq Singh
- Deepak Shirke as Uttar Pradesh minister Veer Bahadur Singh
- Rajat Bedi as Sanjay Singhania, Shankar's son
- 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"
- Ankush Mohite as Inspector Shinde
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Production
Deol, who usually did not star in remakes, saw Vallarasu and loved it. This was his second home production after Dillagi, and while admitting there were no drastic changes made to the script, he revealed the only thing changed was the nativity in order to suit the northern audience."[5]
Soundtrack
All songs are written by Anand Bakshi.
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Reception
Online Bangalore described that the film will certainly appeal to majority of the masses.[6] Khalid Mohammed of The Times of India described the film as a "messy bang-a-bang movie."[4]
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.[7]
References
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