Koyelaanchal

Koyelaanchal is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language film produced and directed by Ashu Trikha, starring Vinod Khanna, Suniel Shetty, Vipinno and Roopali Krishnarao.^[1]

Koyelaanchal
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ashu Trikha
Produced by	Ashu Trikha
Starring	Vinod Khanna Sunil Shetty Vipinno Roopali Krishnarao Ravi Singh
Cinematography	Karan B. Rawat
Edited by	Umashankar Mishra
Music by	Sunil Singh Sushant-Shankar
Release date	9 May 2014 (2014-05-09)
Running time	145 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Plot

Koyelaanchal unveils itself through Saryu Bhan Singh, an ex-owner turned Mafioso of the region, who through his sheer brutality and blatant defiance of the law of the land, forces the people and the authorities to acknowledge him as their ‘maalik’. Any protest, any voice of dissent against him, is dealt with spine chilling violence of epic proportions.

Things get a bit difficult to handle for Saryu Bhan Singh when an upright District Collector Nisheeth Kumar takes charge of the region and starts asking him questions that no one dared ask him before. Caught amidst labor revolts and naxal uprisings, the last thing Saryu Bhan Singh wanted was to make enemies with the top government officer in his region. He sends his most lethal human weapon, Karua to scare Nisheeth Kumar off to silence.

But the mission don't-kill-just-scare-him goes horribly wrong when Karua ends up injuring Nisheeth's wife and in the process of escape, ends up carrying Nisheeth's infant also, thus abducting the child. What happens hereafter tells a thrilling and heart-rending story of how the real power doesn't always flow through the barrels of guns but through the tender touches of a child, the love of a mother and the heartfelt prayers of the hopeless millions.

Cast

• Vinod Khanna as Saryu Bhan Singh aka Maalik
• Suniel Shetty as Nisheeth Kumar
• Vipinno as Karua
• Rupali Krishnarao as Roopmati
• Purva Parag
• Deepraj Rana
• Brij Gopaleee
• Kannan Arunachalam as Kannan Iyer (cop from Intelligence Bureau)
• Ravi Singh as Bhushan & Puran
• Biswanath Basu as Ghosh Babu
• Lata S Singh as Mrs. Ghosh
• Himayat Ali
• Chitragupta sinha as chacha
• Ranjit as Bhatija
• Master Manjeet Singh
• Raman Gupta

Soundtrack

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ak-47"	Khesari Lal Yadav
2.	"Prem Badariya"	Santosh Pandit
3.	"Prem Badariya"	Naveen Kumar

Critical reception

Koyelaanchal received mixed reviews from the critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated 3 stars mentioning it as an "absorbing and engaging" film.^[2] Film Critic Subhash K. Jha gave it 3 stars and said that Koyelaanchal has a plot that reads like pulp fiction but feels like a slice of ugly Indian history.^[3] Film Critic Joginder Tuteja has also given it 3 stars and termed it "Different And Unconventional".^[4]