''Family'' (also known as ''Family – Ties of Blood'') is a 2006 Indian

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

-language

action thriller film The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...

directed by

Rajkumar Santoshi Rajkumar Santoshi is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter of Hindi films. A recipient of several accolades including three National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards, he made his directorial debut with the action drama ''Ghayal ...

. The film stars

Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan (; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. He is often considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema.* * * * * With a cinemati ...

Akshay Kumar Akshay Hari Om Bhatia (born Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia; 9 September 1967), known professionally as Akshay Kumar (), is an Indian actor and film producer working in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as "Khiladi Kumar", through his career span ...

Bhumika Chawla Bhumika Chawla (born Rachna Chawla; 21 August 1978) is an Indian actress known primarily for her work in Telugu cinema, along with a few Hindi and Tamil films. She made her acting debut with the film '' Yuvakudu'' (2000) and subsequently became ...

and Aryeman Ramsay. It was released on 13 January 2006.

Plot

Viren Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan) is an underworld don based out of

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. Viren's spoilt brat Abhir (Sushant Singh) is attacked by his rival Khan (Kader Khan) and Viren seeks revenge. He receives foolproof information that Khan and his nephew will be present at a local cinema theatre on a particular date, and he sets off to India to kill both of them. The story then moves in the present onto the life of a kind-hearted simple canteen owner, Shekhar Bhatia (Akshay Kumar) who married his wife Dr. Kavita (Bhumika Chawla). Shekhar lives with his parents, his wife, and his younger brother Aryan. One day Aryan runs away from home and Shekhar searches the whole city to find him. During his search he witnesses Viren attacking Khan's nephew in the cinema theatre causing a stampede and decides to help the innocent people in the cinema. Whilst helping the innocent people. Shekhar finds Khan's nephew fatally wounded and tries to take him to the hospital. Viren shoots Shekhar, thinking him to be Khan's man. as Shekhar tries to return home he ends up getting hit by Viren's car leading him dying as Aryan returns home and learns that Shekhar was killed when he set out to search for him. An enraged and shocked Aryan and his group of friends form a gang and kidnap Viren's entire family, including Abhir, with the idea of bringing Viren to Mumbai and seeking justice. Viren leaves no stone unturned to find out who dared do this. Each time he zeroes in on the gang, they manage to escape with the hostages. Abhir escapes and reaches his father. Aryan tries not to harm any of Viren's family members as he knows how precious a family is. However, Viren's wife suddenly dies when Abhir comes back to recover his family by himself with his gang, and accidentally shoots her while targeting Aryan. Aryan calls Viren to meet him at the same place where Viren killed Shekhar, along with the police. But the police help Viren; thus, Aryan's plan fails. Aryan and his friends are taken into custody. After constant pleading by his daughter and daughter in law, a changed Viren decides to end it all and surrenders to the police on the condition that his son will be de-implicated in his crimes. After cremating his wife, he also tells them to release Aryan and his friends, but the latter are so enraged that they set out to kill Viren. Viren, in the meantime, is in for the shock of his life when corrupt cops come out with the intention of killing him in an encounter at the behest of his own son Abhir, who apparently has now teamed up with Khan. An intense gun battle ensues between Viren, Aryan, and the gangsters, where Viren kills the corrupt cops, Khan, Syed, and Babubhai. Viren saved Abhir from being killed by Aryan, but Abhir treacherously tries to shoot his father, and Viren ends up killing Abhir. Viren demands that Aryan kill him, but Aryan tells him that Viren's punishment is not death, rather it is life itself, as Viren has nothing left to live for. He simply throws his gun and walks away with his friends, with a now apparently devastated and insane Viren looking on and muttering. The film ends on a note on where Aryan and his friends work in the same place that Shekhar used to work in. Aryan begins to manage Shekhar's canteen.

Cast

as Virendra "Viren" Sahai, a dreaded gangster living in Bangkok, Abhir and Smita's father and Sharda's husband *

as Shekhar Bhatia, Kishore and Vimla's elder son, Aryan's elder brother, Kavita's husband *

as Dr. Kavita Bhatia, Shekhar's wife * Aryeman Ramsay as Aryan Bhatia, Kishore and Vimla's younger son, Shekhar's younger brother *

Sushant Singh Sushant Singh (born 9 March 1972) is an Indian actor and television presenter known for his work in Hindi cinema. He made his acting debut in 1998 with Ram Gopal Varma's ''Satya'' and gained critical acclaim for his role as the bandit Durgaa N ...

as Abhir Sahai, Viren and Sharda's son, Smita's brother * Bhavna as Smita Sahai, Viren and Sharda's daughter, Abhir's sister *

Aanjjan Srivastav Aanjjan Srivastav (born 2 June 1948) is an Indian film, television and stage actor, associated with Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) in Mumbai of which he remained Vice-President for several years. Outside theatre, he is best known as ...

as Kishore Bhatia, Shekhar and Aryan's father *

Bharati Achrekar Bharati Achrekar (15 October 1957) is an Indian Marathi and Hindi theatre, film and television actress. She has been a part of several films in Indian cinema and was celebrated as Mrs Wagle from the Doordarshan show, ''Wagle ki Duniya''. She i ...

as Vimla Bhatia, Shekhar and Aryan's mother *

Shernaz Patel Shernaz Patel is an Indian film and theatre actress, who works in Hindi and English films, most known for her roles in films like ''Black'' (2005) and '' Guzaarish'' (2010) and English language theatre in Mumbai. She made her theatre debut with ...

as Sharda Sahai, Viren's wife, Abhir and Smita's mother * Rujuta Deshmukh as Abhir's Wife * Ali Haji as Abhir's son *

Sunil Grover Sunil Grover (born 3 August 1977) is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Hindi and Punjabi language films and television. He came into limelight for his portrayal as Gutthi on television show '' Comedy Nights with Kapil'' but gained popu ...

as Aryan's friend *

Nawazuddin Siddiqui Nawazuddin Siddiqui (; born 19 May 1974) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a National Film Award, an IIFA Award, and two Filmfare Awards, as well as a nomination for an ...

as Aryan's friend *

Kamlesh Sawant Kamlesh Sawant is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Marathi films. He is most known for his roles in the films ''Force'', '' Bhoothnath Returns'', and ''Drishyam ''Drishyam'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller fil ...

as Shekhar's friend *

Kader Khan Kader Khan (22 October 1937 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and film producer. As an actor, he appeared in over 300 Bollywood films after his debut in the 1973 film '' Daag'', starring Rajesh Khanna, as a prosecuting l ...

as Kalim Khan, Viren's arch-rival *

Jahangir Khan Jahangir Khan (Pashto, born 10 December 1963) is a former professional Pakistani squash player. He won the World Open title six times, and the British Open title ten times (1982–1991). He is widely regarded as the greatest squash player ...

as Feroz Khan, Kalim's Nephew *

Gulshan Grover Gulshan Grover (born 21 September 1955) is an Indian actor and film producer who has appeared in over 100 films. He is popularly known as the "Bad Man" of Hindi cinema because of his ability to create an impact with his negative roles in films. ...

as Babubhai Bichhoo, a gangster hired by Abhir *

Raza Murad Raza Murad (born 23 November 1950) is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Hindi films. He has acted in over 250 Hindi films and has also appeared in Bhojpuri, Punjabi and other languages and on Hindi television. Early life He is the so ...

as Syed Ali, Viren and Kalim's mentor *

Viju Khote Viju Khote (17 December 1941 – 30 September 2019) was an Indian actor best known for his role as Kaalia, a dacoit in the 1975 film ''Sholay'' with the iconic dialogue, “Sardar, maine aapka namak khaya hai.” His career spanned six deca ...

as Haider Chacha, Kishore's close friend

Soundtrack

The film's score and songs were composed by

Ram Sampath Ram Sampath (born 25 July 1977) is an Indian composer, music producer and musician, who started his career composing advertising jingles for Mumbai-based advertising industry, subsequently he started composing for pop albums like ''Tanha Dil'' ...

, and the lyrics were penned by

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. The official soundtrack contains seven songs and two reprise versions. The song "Janam Janam", performed by Various Artists, was not used in the film.

Track listing

References

External links

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