Maseeha

Maseeha (transl. Messiah), is a 2002 Indian action drama film written by Pradeep Ghatak and directed by Partho Ghosh.^[1] The film stars Sunil Shetty, Mohan Joshi, Mukesh Rishi, Rajpal Yadav, Inder Kumar and Namrata Shirodkar.^[2]

Maseeha
DVD Cover
Directed by	Partho Ghosh
Written by	Anwar Khan, Praveen Ghatak
Produced by	Pravin Shah
Starring	Sunil Shetty Namrata Shirodkar Inder Kumar Mohan Joshi
Cinematography	Akram Khan
Edited by	A.R. Rajendran Aarif Sheikh
Music by	Songs: Anand Raj Anand Background Score: Sanjoy Chowdhury
Production company	Time Magnetics
Release date	13 December 2002 (2002-12-13) (India)
Running time	120 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Plot

Krishna lives in Shantinagar, a town terrorized by Surajbhan who has close connection with police officers. Krishna is a victim of Surajbhan's atrocities . He vows to end his reign of terror.^[3]

Cast

• Sunil Shetty as Krishna
• Namrata Shirodkar as Pinky
• Inder Kumar as Shiva
• Manek Bedi as Vijay Shrivastav
• Rajpal Yadav as Surajbhan's Brother-in-law
• Shiva Rindani as Inspector Thapar
• Mohan Joshi as DCP Shrivastav
• Mukesh Rishi as Surajbhan
• Tiku Talsania as Pinky's father
• Beena Banerjee as Janki
• Shama Deshpande as Parvati Srivastav
• Raju Shrestha as Pinto
• Viju Khote
• Ishrat Ali as Prisoner Lambu Atta in Shrivastav's Jail
• Gurbachan Singh as Surajbhan's Henchman

Production

During the filming, Inder Kumar was bedridden for five years due to a broken vertebra from helicopter fall while doing his own stunt on the set of the film.^[4]

Soundtrack

Anand Raaj Anand composed the songs, while Dev Kohli wrote the songs.^[5]

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Aaya Maza Na Yaar"	Vinod Rathod
2	"Gal Suno Sardarji"	Anand Raj Anand, Kavita Krishnamurthy
3	"Jeena Teri Bahoon Mein"	Kavita Krishnamurthy
4	"Laila Laila"	Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik
5	"Masoom Si Ek Larkee"	Kumar Sanu
6	"Panga Na Le"	Shankar Mahadevan
7	"Subh Sawaray"	Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam

Reception

Bollywood Hungama wrote "The story of the film has nothing new to offer ? it's an amalgamation of several Hindi films released earlier. The story hardly moves in the initial portions, but does pick up with Sunil Shetty's introduction. But the expectations pale subsequently as Sunil's role lacks substance".^[6] The Hindu wrote "This is an assorted fare - a scene stolen from here, a scene from there but the sum of the parts does not add up to much. Honestly, this film defies logic, mocks at intelligence, and in the end, it is plainly ridiculous".^[7] Deccan Herald wrote "[..] the movie fails to entertain because of its repetitive theme. Equally faulty is its storyline that has only loopholes in it".^[8]