''Department'' is a 2012 Indian

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directed by

Ram Gopal Varma Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born 7 April 1962), often referred to by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema in addition to Bollywood, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada language ...

. The film stars

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and

Rana Daggubati Ramanaidu "Rana" Daggubati (; born 14 December 1984) is an Indian actor and producer known primarily for his work in Telugu language films, in addition to Hindi and Tamil languages. Rana is described as one of the few actors in India who were ...

as the starring characters. The film which was released on 18 May 2012 received mixed response from critics.

Plot

When Inspector Mahadev Bhosale (

) was asked by his seniors to form a hit squad to take on the Mumbai underworld, he recruited Shiv Narayan (

), an honest and brave police officer who had been suspended for an encounter killing. Together, Mahadev and Shiv, along with others in the "Department," took on the underworld don Sawatya (

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) and his gang. Sawatya, in spite of many exhortations by his number two, D.K. (

Abhimanyu Singh Abhimanyu Singh (born 20 September 1974) is an Indian actor who works mainly in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Bhojpuri films. Career Singh made his debut with '' Aks'' (2001), directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. He got his first break with the r ...

), and D.K.'s feisty girlfriend, Naseer (

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), does not hit back at the police. There is also the gangster-turned-minister, Sarjerao Gaikwad (

), who takes Shiv under his wing after Shiv saves his life at a public rally. Mahadev warns Shiv that Sarjerao is just using him. After an inevitable turn of events, it is exposed that Mahadev is working for Mohammad Ghouri, who is an underworld don, and is, at the ganglord's behest, finishing off Sawatya's gang. While Shiv declines to be a part of Mahadev's corrupt world, and Mahadev agrees to let him be, things start falling apart between the mentor and the apprentice when Shiv starts taking on a sub-gang formed by D.K., under Mahadev's protection.

Cast

as Sarjerao Gaikwad, a gangster-turned politician *

as Inspector Mahadev Bhosle, the DSP of an encounter squad *

as Inspector Shivnarayan, an encounter specialist *

as Sawatya, Mumbai Don *

as D.K., Right-hand man of Sawatya *

Deepak Tijori Deepak Tijori (born 28 August 1961) is an Indian film director and actor who works in Bollywood and Gujarati films and is well known for his supporting roles in ''Aashiqui'' (1990), '' Khiladi'' (1992), ''Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar'' (1992), ''Kab ...

as Inspector Danaji, an honest member of the department *

Lakshmi Manchu Manchu Lakshmi Prasanna (born 8 October 1977) is an Indian actress, producer, and television presenter who works in Telugu cinema and worked in American television. The daughter of actor Mohan Babu, Manchu holds a bachelor's degree in Theatre fr ...

as Satya Bhosle (Mahadev's Wife) *

Anjana Sukhani Anjana Sukhani (born 10 December 1978) is an Indian actress and model, who predominantly appears in Hindi and a few Telugu films and one Kannada films. Early life Anjana was born on 10 December 1978 in Jaipur to Preethi and Om Sukhani and has ...

as Bharati (Shivnarayan's Wife) *

as Naseer, D. K.'s gun moll *

Neeraj Vora Neeraj Vora (22 January 1963 14 December 2017) was an Indian film director, writer, actor and composer from Gujarat. He made a mark in Bollywood with his work as a writer for Ram Gopal Verma's film '' Rangeela'' (1995). His directorial debut ...

as Lalchand and Valchand *

Nathalia Kaur Nathalia Pinheiro Felipe Martins, known professionally as Nathalia Kaur, is a Brazilian model and actress who works in Indian cinema. Early life Kaur was born as Nathalia Pinheiro Felipe Martins in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her mother has Portu ...

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"Dan Dan"

Soundtrack

The soundtrack is composed by Bappa Lahiri along with Dharam-Sandeep and Vikram Magi. The music received a negative response worldwide.

Box office

References

External links

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Ram Gopal Varma's 'Department': Clash of the titans – Movies News – Bollywood – ibnlive
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