''Ek Din 24 Ghante'' (

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:एक दिन चौबीस घंटे;

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directed and written by Anant Balani and starring Rahul Bose and

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. The film premiered on 7 November 2003. Director Anant Balani died before the film was released on 29 August 2003. The film is an unauthorised adaptation of the 1998

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Plot

The film revolves around a father-girl-guy relationship. Sameera Dutta (

) is the wild daughter who comes into conflict with her father when she meets Virendra "Viren" ( Rahul Bose). Sameera believes she has found true love, but it happens that Viren has a serious gambling problem and owes

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2 million to a casino owner, Patel (

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). Viren seeks Sameera's help and in desperation and out of resentment for her father she threatens to reveal to her mother that he has a mistress who is pregnant with his child. When her father fails to give her the money, she places a revolver to his head. Her father not only informs the police, but he also hires a hitman to kill his daughter. Meanwhile, a strike cripples the city so Sameera must make her way on foot to the drop-off location to pay off Patel and save Viren's life. After narrowly escaping both the police and her father's hired hitman, Sameera reaches the drop-off. After killing her pursuers, Patel takes the money and lets Viren go. However, Sameera accidentally overhears Viren telling how he staged the whole incident with Patel to obtain her father's money and that their relationship is a sham. After shooting and killing Viren, Sameera walks away.

Cast

* Rahul Bose as Virendra "Viren" Gupta *

as Sameera Dutta * Vinit Kumar as Mr. Karan Patel *

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as Mrs. Supriya Dutta * Piyush Mishra as Police Inspector *Baby Nidhi as Young Sameera *Kavita Rathod as Sonia Khandelwal * Kabir Sadanand as Hitman *

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as Mr. Vishal Dutta * Prithvi Zutshi as Mr. Ashwin Kapoor

Box office

''Ek Din'' grossed only around Rs. 30,00,000 in its opening weekend and was named a flop.

References

External links

* 2003 films 2000s Hindi-language films 2003 thriller films Indian remakes of foreign films Films directed by Anant Balani Indian thriller films Hindi-language thriller films {{2000s-thriller-film-stub