Kurukshetra is a 2000 Indian

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film written and directed by

Mahesh Manjrekar Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, əɦeːʃ maːɲd͡zɾekəɾ born 16 August 1958) is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Marathi language, ...

. It released on 10 November 2000 and stars

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and

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in lead roles with

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and

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in supporting roles.

Plot

Kurukshetra is a story of the war between evil and truth and how truth is sometimes hidden by those in power and authority. ACP Prithviraj Singh (

) is an honest and brave police officer. All dishonest police officers, rogues, criminals and corrupt politicians are scared of him. The day he joins duty in Mumbai, he destroys all the illegal business of Iqbal Pasina (

). From that day onwards, Iqbal Pasina starts admiring Prithviraj. In his personal life, Prithviraj lives with his wife, Anjali (

) and sister, Aarti. Aarti is in love with Sub-Inspector Avinash. Anjali is sad because "Prithvi", who once used to love her a lot, is now a totally different man, a man of law and duties. She lost her lover to the uniform. One day, a tycoon smuggler and ringleader, Baburao Deshmukh's son Ambar and his friend Rohit, trap a girl named Gita Naik in a hotel room, and both of them rape her. This brutal incident provokes the battle of "Kurukshetra". The battle is fought between Baburao and Prithviraj . Babu Rao Deshmukh (

) has money, power and government infrastructure, and Prithvi Raj Singh gets the support from opposition leader Sambhaji Yadav and Iqbal Pasina. Sambhaji Yadav later betrays Prithviraj and joins hands with the Baburao. Finally, Prithviraj realizes that the law is helpless and kills both Baburao and Sambhaji Yadav to avenge the perpetrators of the rape incident and bring Justice.

Cast

as ACP Prithviraj Singh *

as Anjali Singh *

as Chief Minister Baburao Deshmukh *

as Iqbal Pasina (Gangster later friend of Prithviraj) *

as Sambhaji Yadav *

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as Geeta Naik * Tina Rana as Aarti Singh *

Salil Ankola Salil Ashok Ankola (; born 1 March 1968) is a former international cricketer who played one Test match and 20 One Day Internationals (ODIs) from 1989 to 1997 for India. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played first-class cricket for Mumbai, re ...

as Sub-Inspector Avinash *

Pramod Moutho Pramod Moutho (born 7 May 1955) is an Indian film and television actor. He has appeared as a villain in number of noted Bollywood films, like ''Khalnayak'' (1993), '' Dilwale'' (1994), ''Raja Hindustani'' (1996), ''Mehndi'' (1998), Gadar'' (2 ...

as ACP Patwardhan (Corrupt officer) * Ganesh Yadav as Ambar B. Deshmukh *

Sayaji Shinde Sayaji Shinde (Marathi pronunciation: əjaːd͡ʒiː ʃin̪d̪eː born 13 January 1959) is an Indian actor who has acted in Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Bhojpuri films and several Marathi Plays. Sayaj ...

as Constable Gopinath Survey Patil "Gopi" *

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as Anna Pillai (Local Gangster work for Baburao) *

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as himself (guest appearance) *

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as a special appearance in song "Banthan" *

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"Banthan" *

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as item number "Nahi Milega Aisa Ghaghra"

Music

The music is composed by

Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya (born 23 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, music director, songwriter, film & music producer and actor in Hindi cinema. He started his career as music director in the film '' Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya'' in 1998 and made ...

Reception

Critic

Taran Adarsh Taran Adarsh (born 13 June 1965) is an Indian film critic and trade analyst. He is best known for giving trade figures and box office updates on social media. Career Taran Adarsh started his journalism career at the age of 15 with ''Trade Gui ...

wrote that "On the whole, KURUKSHETRA is an engrossing good versus evil film that has all the masala to appeal to the masses ? winning performances, bravura dialogues and ample doses of action". Sharmila Taliculam of ''

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'' opined that "The violence is non-stop, unremitting, and at times, overdone to the point where you find yourself wishing it would end". Fultoo of '' Idlebrain.com'' said that the film "Could be missed".

References

External links

* 2000 films 2000s Hindi-language films 2000s crime action films 2000 action drama films Films directed by Mahesh Manjrekar Films scored by Himesh Reshammiya Fictional portrayals of the Maharashtra Police 2000s masala films Indian crime action films Films shot in Mumbai Films shot in Switzerland Indian police films Indian films about revenge Indian vigilante films 2000s vigilante films Films about rape in India Films about police officers Indian action drama films {{2000s-Hindi-film-stub