Apaharan

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{{Infobox film

| name = Apaharan

| image = Apaharan.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Prakash Jha[http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/10/may/18-prakash-jha-ajay-devgn-has-a-huge-range-051005.asp/ Neeraj Pandey: Ajay Devgn has a huge range] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922222707/http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/10/may/18-prakash-jha-ajay-devgn-has-a-huge-range-051005.asp/ |date=22 September 2013 }}

| producer = Prakash Jha

| screenplay = Prakash Jha
Manoj Tyagi
Shridhar Raghavan

| story = Prakash Jha

| starring = Ajay Devgn
Bipasha Basu
Nana Patekar
Murli Sharma

| music = Songs:
Aadesh Shrivastava
Score:
Wayne Sharpe

| cinematography = Arvind Kumar

| editing = Santosh Mandal

| distributor = Entertainment One
Holi Cow Pictures

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2005|12|2|}}

| runtime = 173 minutes

| country = India

| language = Hindi

| budget = {{INR|110.0 million}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=274|title= Apaharan – Movie |publisher=Box Office India}}

| gross = {{INR|231.6 million}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=274|title= Apaharan – Movie |publisher=Box Office India}}

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Apaharan (English: Abduction) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime action film directed by Prakash Jha and stars Ajay Devgn, Bipasha Basu, and Nana Patekar in the lead roles.[http://in.rediff.com/movies/2005/dec/02apaharan.htm/ Apaharan: A flawed good film] It is the story of a complex relationship and clashing ideologies between a father and a son set in the backdrop of the kidnapping industry in the eastern state of Bihar, India. Apaharan was declared a semi-hit at the Indian box office.{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=274|title= Apaharan – Movie |publisher=Box Office India}}

Plot

Ajay Shastri, an unemployed graduate, dreams of joining the police force but faces opposition from his principled father, Raghuvansh Shastri. Desperate, he borrows money and bribes officials, but when his father exposes the corruption, Ajay turns to crime. A failed kidnapping lands him in trouble with Gaya Singh, a henchman of powerful MLA and underworld don Tabrez Alam.

Ajay eventually joins Tabrez's gang and rises to power in Bihar's kidnapping racket. However, political betrayals and his father's moral influence lead him to turn against Tabrez. After being imprisoned, Ajay kills Tabrez when he visits him in jail but is gunned down in return, ending both their lives.

Cast

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Music

  1. "Aaiye, aao ji babu – Sapna Mukherjee, K. K.

Composer: Aadesh Shrivastav

Awards and nominations

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!Award

!Category

!Recipients and nominees

!Result

!Ref.

National Film Awards(India)

|Best Screenplay

!Prakash Jha, Manoj Tyagi and Shridhar Raghavan

|{{won}}

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Filmfare Awards

|Best Dialogue

!Prakash Jha

|{{won}}

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Filmfare Awards

|Best Villain

!Nana Patekar

|{{won}}

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Annual Central European Bollywood Awards (India)

|Best Supporting Actress(Popular Award)

!Bipasha basu

|{{nom}}

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References