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-language

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film directed by

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and produced by

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. It stars

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, and also features

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in other roles. The film is a remake of the Director's own

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Vallarasu ''Vallarasu'' () is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by N. Maharajan in his film debut. The film stars Vijayakanth and Devayani. The music is by Deva. It was released on 14 April to positive reviews and became a Blockbuster. T ...

'' and was released on 26 October 2001 with excellent box office reports, grossing a domestic nett of 18.0 million on its opening day. Made on a budget of 150 million, it was successful at the box office, earning over 540 million worldwide. The film tells the story of a strong, brave policeman who is falsely blamed for the mysterious murder of his father-in-law. It was the fourth highest-grossing Hindi film of the year in India with a nett gross of 280 million.

Plot

Raj Shekhar Azad, an honest DCP whose sole intention is to wipe out corruption, emerged unflinching patriotism from his name to aim. But for every such patriot, there is an equally motivated terrorist. Waseem Khan, a dreaded terrorist is aided by Raj's father-in-law and corrupt DGP Surya Pratap Singh, many police officers and influential industrialist Shankar Singhania. Raj's path is laden with hurdles, but he leaves no stone unturned, within the realm of law, to wage a war against the evil doers. Raj arrests Waseem and is entrusted with his interrogation. Waseem is placed in a special cell but still arranges riots in the city from within the confines of prison. Raj figures out that Surya is Waseem's accomplice. He kills Surya and performs his last rites then as his son-in-law. His wife, Anjali, is unaware of the incident and Surya's misdeeds.

Cast

as DCP Rajshekhar “Raj” Azad *

as Anjali Singh Azad *

as Shankar Singhania *

as Wasim Khan/Allah Baksh (Double role) *

as Pratap Sinha *

as DGP Surya Pratap Singh *

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as Police Commissioner *

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as Joginder Singh *Rana Jung Bahadur as Havaldar Mushtaq Singh *

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as Uttar Pradesh minister Veer Bahadur Singh *

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as Sanjay Singhania *Suresh Bhagwat as B.E.S.T. employee *

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as Francis *

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as Advocate Gill *

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as Jewellery shop owner *

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as Rahim *

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as Rahim's father *

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as Mrs. Suryapratap Singh *

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as Inspector Deshmukh *

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as Inspector Patil *

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as Inspector Moutho (as Pramod Moutho) *Dhananjay Mandrekar as Inspector *

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as Imam Saab *

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as an

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"Yeh Pyar" *

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as an

"Yeh Pyar"

Soundtrack

All songs are written by

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Reception

The website ''Online Bangalore'' described the movie as "patriotic" and described the movie as having stunts that are "vibrant and will surely appeal to the Indian masses". However they also criticised it for being overly-long, unoriginal, excessively serious, and lacking in romance. Khalid Mohammed of the ''

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'' described the film in an October 2001 as a "messy bang-a-bang movie".

Sequel

The making of a sequel, to be called ''Indian 2'', and to star Sunny Deol and to be directed by Maharajan was announced in 2018.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0300028, title=Indian Hindi remakes of Tamil films 2001 action thriller films 2001 films 2000s Hindi-language films Films scored by Anand Raj Anand Fictional portrayals of the Maharashtra Police Vijayta Films films Films about terrorism in India India–Pakistan relations in popular culture Indian action thriller films Films shot in Delhi Films shot in Switzerland