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Aaj Ki Awaaz

Aaj Ki Awaz (transl. Voice of the day) is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language vigilanteaction film directed by Ravi Chopra and produced by B. R. Chopra. It stars Raj Babbar, Smita Patil, Nana Patekar and Shafi Inamdar. The film is based on 1982 American film Death Wish II. It tells the story of a professor who becomes a vigilante after his sister is raped and his mother is killed. This film was remade in Telugu as Nyayam Meere Cheppali (1985), in Tamil as Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985) and in Kannada as Mahatma (2000).
The film opened to positive response from critics and emerged a blockbuster at the box office. At the 32nd Filmfare Awards, Aaj Ki Awaz received six nominations, including Best Film (B. R. Chopra), Best Director (Ravi Chopra) Best Actor (Babbar), Best Actress (Patil), Best Supporting Actor (Inamdar) and Best Story (Kumar) and won for Best Lyricist (Kamal) for the title song. It is available for digital streaming on Amazon Prime Video.