{{short description|2010 film by Priyadarshan}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Aakrosh
| image = Aakrosh 2010.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Priyadarshan]]
| producer = Kumar Mangat [[Matt Zemlin]]
| writer = Robin Bhatt [[Aditya Dhar]] Akash Khurana
| starring = [[Ajay Devgan]] [[Akshaye Khanna]] [[Bipasha Basu]] [[Paresh Rawal]] [[Reema Sen]]
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Pritam]] '''Background Score:''' [[Ouseppachan]]
| cinematography = [[Tirru]]
| editing = [[Arun Kumar Aravind|Arun Kumar]]
| studio =
| distributor = Big Screen Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. [[Zee Motion Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|10|15|}}
| runtime = 146 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/aakrosh-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00mjm0ntm|title=Aakrosh|website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]}}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}380 million<ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/105615/ramayana-aakrosh-knocked-box-office.html/ 'Ramayana', 'Aakrosh' 'Knock(ed) Out' at box office]</ref>
| gross = {{INR}}194 million<ref>[http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=318&catName=MjAxMA==/ Box Office 2010]</ref>
}}
'''''Aakrosh''''' ({{trans|Anger}}) is a 2010 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action thriller film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/action-packed-4/|title=Action Packed|website=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=22 October 2010|quote=I would call Aakrosh an action thriller. The last action thriller that I did was Qayamat,which was a big hit.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moneylife.in/article/will-aakrosh-meet-the-same-fate-as-crook-and-lamhaa/10029.html|title=Will Aakrosh meet the same fate as Crook and Lamhaa?|website=Moneylife|access-date=15 October 2010|quote=It's basically an action thriller. We are expecting revenue of Rs 40crore plus from all-over-the-world collections.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/aakrosh-knock-out-hit-theatres-today/story-S6eG6aJulD4iFmDBLoTvjI.html|title=Aakrosh, Knock-out hit theatres today|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=15 October 2010}}</ref> directed by [[Priyadarshan]] and produced by Kumar Mangat Pathak under the banner of ''Big Screen Entertainer''. It stars [[Ajay Devgan]], [[Akshaye Khanna]] and [[Bipasha Basu]]; while [[Paresh Rawal]] and [[Reema Sen]] play the supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by [[Pritam]] with lyrics by [[Irshad Kamil]]. The film features cinematography by [[Thiru]], production design by [[Sabu Cyril]] and editing by [[Arun Kumar Aravind|Arun Kumar]]. Tyag Rajan and R.P Yadav arranged and choreographed the action sequences of the film.

The film was based on news reports of [[honour killings]] in India, and has also been described as a remake of the 1988 American film, ''[[Mississippi Burning]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/fUDK8FLdl1wkXEZdQED1xL/Aakrosh--The-burning-of-Jhanjhad.html |title=Aakrosh – The burning of Jhanjhad}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/aakrosh-burning/91686 |title=Aakrosh Burning?}}</ref> It was a commercial failure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aakrosh – Movie – Box Office India |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=107 |website=boxofficeindia.com|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref>

==Plot==
Three medical friends from Delhi go missing in a small village – Jhanjhar. It's two months, and there is no clue about their disappearance. The media and students movement demand action from the henchman authorities. It's then that the government orders a [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] enquiry with officers Siddhant Chaturvedi CBI ([[Akshaye Khanna]]) and Pratap Kumar ([[Ajay Devgan]]) to solve the murder case. They find it difficult to solve the case as the local police and other authorities are a part of Shool Sena, which is supported by the Home Minister and is responsible for illicit activities. Siddhant and Pratap also face Superintendent of police Ajatshatru Singh IPS ([[Paresh Rawal]]), a ruthless police officer who misuses his power. Not only that, even the locals don't support the investigation.

It's with the help of Roshni (Amita Pathak), who is the daughter of the village head and also very wealthy, and Geeta ([[Bipasha Basu]]), who is Ajatshatru's wife and Pratap's former love, that the investigation moves ahead.

The truth behind the missing three friends is revealed by Geeta, who witnessed the killing of these boys by a local politician helped by her husband.

This investigation is filled with many traps and thrills created by Ajatshatru and his colleagues. They try to destroy the name of CBI in a number of ways. The duo also manages to get one of the criminals to believe that the shool sena is trying to kill fight again him, assuming him to be a mole, and that he had better become a government witness for their case. The criminal who intimidated was only guilty of burying the bodies. Things get worse when Ajatshatru comes to know about his wife Geeta helping CBI. He then beats Geeta brutally with his belt behind closed doors and leaves her hospitalized. An enraged Pratap traps each of the criminals by hacking their respective phone's databases and capturing their illicit activities on [[CCTV]] cameras. When it is Ajatshatru's turn, Pratap cuts him with a sharp [[razor]] and beats him brutally and mercilessly in a salon behind closed doors. In the end, all the criminals are sentenced to imprisonment. However, the longest sentence doled out was only for 10 years and the lightest was for 3. Obviously, justice is still blind because there was no sentence passed for the 300 villagers burned alive, the cruel beating of the wife, or attempted the kidnap, abuse, and cutting of the tongue of Jhamunia.

But the story does not end there. As everyone is leaving the court, Siddhant slips a revolver into to crowd village woman Jhamunia's ([[Reema Sen]]) hands, with which she manages to kill all the culprits.

The film ends with Siddhant and Pratap bidding goodbye at the railway station, and Geeta running behind Pratap as he boards the train to leave, with Siddhant watching on journalist.

==Cast==
* [[Ajay Devgan]] as Pratap Kumar
* [[Akshaye Khanna]] as Siddhant Chaturvedi CBI
* [[Bipasha Basu]] as Geeta Singh
* [[Reema Sen]] as Jhamunia
* [[Paresh Rawal]] as IPS Ajashatru Singh, Geeta’s husband
* [[Jaideep Ahlawat]] as Pappu Tiwari
* [[Pankaj Tripathi]] as Kishore
* [[Ashraful Haque (actor)|Ashraful Haq]] as Hukum Lal
* [[Sameera Reddy]], [[Item number|special appearance]] in the song "Isak Se Meetha Kuch Bhi"

== Music ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Aakrosh
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Pritam Chakraborty]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2010|9|19}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = {{Duration|m=41|s=27}}
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[Bhushan Kumar]]
| prev_title = [[Crook: It's Good To Be Bad]]
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = [[Golmaal 3]]
| next_year = 2010
}}

The songs featured in the film are composed by [[Pritam Chakraborty]]. The [[background score]] is composed by veteran Malayalam composer [[Ouseppachan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Aakrosh (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://itunes.apple.com/in/album/aakrosh-original-motion-picture/id511319305 |publisher=iTunes |access-date=25 November 2014}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline = Aakrosh (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 41:27
| all_lyrics = [[Irshad Kamil]]
| all_music =
| title1 = Isak Se Meetha Kuch Bhi
| extra1 = Ajay Jhingran, [[Kalpana Patowary]]
| length1 = 5:21
| title2 = Sauda Hai Dil Ka Ye
| extra2 = [[Anupam Amod]]
| length2 = 5:56
| title3 = Man Ki Mat Pe Mat Chaliyo
| extra3 = [[Rahat Fateh Ali Khan]]
| length3 = 4:15
| title4 = Isak Se Meetha Kuch Bhi
| note4 = Dhol Mix
| extra4 = Ajay Jhingran, [[Kalpana Patowary]]
| length4 = 5:19
| title5 = Sasural Munia Rato Ko Piya
| extra5 = [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| length5 = 5:09
| title6 = Ramkatha Ye Harlegi Sakal
| extra6 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]]
| length6 = 5:00
| title7 = Isak Se Meetha Kuch Bhi
| note7 = Remix Version
| extra7 = Ajay Jhingran, [[Kalpana Patowary]]
| length7 = 4:33
| title8 = Sauda Hai Dil Ka Ye
| note8 = Encore
| extra8 = [[Javed Ali]], [[Anupam Amod]]
| length8 = 5:54
}}

==Awards and nominations==

;[[Zee Cine Awards|2011 Zee Cine Awards]]

Nominated<ref>{{cite web |title=Nominations for Zee Cine Awards 2011 |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2011/01/01/6977/index.html |publisher=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=7 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415033726/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2011/01/01/6977/index.html |archive-date=15 April 2011}}</ref>
*[[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role|Best Actor in a Negative Role]] – Paresh Rawal.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1708453|Aakrosh}}

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[[Category:Films set in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Films shot in Daman and Diu]]
[[Category:Films shot in Karaikudi]]
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