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Zameen (2003 film)

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{{Infobox film
| name = Zameen
| native_name =
| image = Zameen poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Rohit Shetty]]
| producer = N. R. Pachisia
| writer = [[Javed Siddiqui]] (dialogues)
| studio = V.R. Entertainers
| story = Suparn Verma
| screenplay = Suparn Verma [[Robin Bhatt]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Ajay Devgn]]|[[Abhishek Bachchan]]|[[Bipasha Basu]]}}
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Himesh Reshammiya]] '''Score:''' [[Aadesh Shrivastav]]
| cinematography = [[V. Manikandan]]
| distributor = [[Rohit Shetty|Rohit Shetty Pictures]]
| editing = Bunty Nagi
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2003|9|26}}
| language = Hindi
| country = India
| runtime = 154 minutes
| budget = {{Estimation}} {{INR}} 11 [[crore]] <ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=521|title=Zameen - Movie - Box Office India|website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR}} 17.8 [[crore]] <ref name="auto"/>
}}

'''Zameen''' ({{Translation|Land}}) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language [[action thriller]] film directed by [[Rohit Shetty]] in his directorial debut. The film stars [[Ajay Devgn]], [[Abhishek Bachchan]] and [[Bipasha Basu]]. The movie did average business at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zameen cast and crew|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/538462|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Directed by Rohit Shetty!|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/sep/25rohit.htm|publisher= dounlod. [[Rediff.com]]|access-date=19 March 2012|date=25 September 2003}}</ref>

The plot of ''Zameen'' is loosely based upon the [[Indian Airlines Flight 814|Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking]] though more closely represents the [[Operation Entebbe|rescue mission]] taken by the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli Defense Forces]] (IDF) in 1976 at [[Entebbe]], [[Uganda]] where the IDF rescued 102 hostages taken by the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - External Operations|PFLP-EO]] and the West German group [[Revolutionary Cells (German group)|Revolutionary Cells]].<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gq-CBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT261 |chapter=Taking Flight: 10 Aircraft and Photos |title=Bollybook: The Big Book of Hindi Movie Trivia |author=Diptakirti Chaudhuri |publisher=Penguin UK |year=2014|isbn=9789351187998 }}</ref>

==Plot==
Terrorists, backed by [[Pakistan]], boldly attack the [[Parliament House (India)|Indian Parliament building]]. The [[Indian Army]] assigns this matter to [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] Ranvir Singh Ranawat ([[Ajay Devgn]]), who along with his men, apprehends and arrests the ring-leader Baba Zaheer Khan ([[Mukesh Tiwari]]). The Colonel takes one of his subordinates, Jaideep Rai ([[Abhishek Bachchan]]) to task, as nine soldiers were killed due to his negligence and asks him to resign. A terrorist group, [[Jaish-e-Mohammed|Al-Tahir]], recruits a group of men to try to evacuate their leader Baba Zaheer from Army prison, albeit in vain as their plans are thwarted by Jaideep, who is now an [[Assistant commissioner of police (India)|Assistant Commissioner of Police]] (ACP) in the [[Anti Terrorist Squad (India)|Anti-Terrorist Squad]] (ATS) in [[Mumbai]] city. ACP Jaideep summons a usual suspect named Fareed ([[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]]), who is a Garage owner for the vehicles recovered from the teo release their leader Baba Zaheer in lieu of the lives of all 107 on-board passengers. Presence of the professor, and throws his dead body into the sea. The professor bribes two corrupt officials of the [[Mumbai Airport]] to sneak in Guns inside the flight as they never go through the security checks. In a cross-fire between Mumbai ATS, ACP Jilitants' gets the police, this group hijacks an [[Indian Airlines Flight 814|Indian Airlines]] plane, en route from Mumbai to [[Kathmandu]], with Jaideep's fianceè, Nandini ([[Bipasha Basu]]), an in-flight supervisor, and [[Captain (airlines)|Captain]] Basheer Ali ([[Pankaj Dheer]]), ACP Jaideep's foster father on board. The plane, with 107 passengers and crew, is re-routed to Kazan in [[Pakistan-occupied Kashmir|Pakistan-administered Kashmir]] where they are met with more armed terrorists as well as the [[Pakistan Army|Pakistani Army]]. Together, they demand the release of Baba Zaheer in exchange for the lives of the passengers. ACP Jaideep soon recollects from his last conversation over the phone with Nandini that one of the two airports [[ground staff|ground-staff]] did not leave the flight till the last moment of its departure. Jaideep apprehends him to which he confesses of sneaking in guns and other ammunition into the flight. The Indian Government makes a failed attempt to convince the Pakistani Ambassador ([[Arun Bali]]) to either send the Pakistani Army or let the Indian Army enter Pakistan-controlled Kashmir to rescue the civilians on board the flight. The Army and the Indian police collaborate and both Ranvir and Jaideep are asked to work together. Ranvir is weary of Jaideep's capabilities, since Jaideep is investigating Ranvir and his men — who are suspected of supplying arms and ammunitions to terrorists and Pakistanis. The duo nevertheless works out a plan to free the hostages and apprehend the terrorists. What they do not know is that their plan has already been compromised, and they may well be headed to their respective deaths. After a major gun-battle, Ranvir and Jaideep manage to capture Baba Zaheer again only to throw him out of a flying Army helicopter, after the flight has taken off from Kazaan in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

==Cast==
*[[Ajay Devgn]] as [[Colonel (India)|Col.]] Ranvir Singh Ranawat
*[[Abhishek Bachchan]] as [[Assistant commissioner of police (India)|ACP]] Jaideep "Jai" Rai [[Indian Police Service|IPS]], an Ex-[[Captain#Indian Army|Captain]] in [[Indian Army]]
*[[Bipasha Basu]] as Nandini Rai, Jai's fianceè
*[[Pankaj Dheer]] as [[Captain (airlines)|Captain]] Basheer Ali (Pilot), Jai's foster father
*Kunwar Aziz as a Terrorist
*[[Mukesh Tiwari]] as Baba Zaheer Khan, leader of [[Harkat-ul-Mujahideen|Al-Tahir]]
*[[Mohan Joshi]] as [[Brigadier (India)|Brigadier]] Malik, Ranvir's senior officer
*[[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]] as [[henchman]] Fareed
*Kamal Chopra as [[Commissioner of Police]]
* Manish Khanna as Professor Santhanam
*[[D. Santosh (Actor)|D. Santosh]] as [[Chief of police|COP]] Kadam
*Jasbir Thandi as [[Indian Army|Army]] officer who recognises the militants
*[[Subrat Dutta]] as [[Major (India)|Major]] Puri
*[[Eijaz Khan]] in a special appearance in "[[Dillī|Dilli]] Ki Sardi"
*[[Amrita Arora]] as an [[item number]] "Dilli Ki Sardi"
*[[Ram Awana]] as Terrorist
*[[Mohit Chauhan (actor)]] as Terrorist
*[[Arun Bali]] as the [[High Commission of Pakistan, New Delhi|Pakistani ambassador to India]]
* Rajendra Sethi as Pakistan [[Inter-Services Intelligence|ISI]] [[Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence|Chief]]
Ahmad Harhash as Baby Raj Mishra

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Zameen
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Himesh Reshammiya]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 26 September 2003 (India)
| recorded = 2003
| venue = [[Mumbai]]
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label =
| producer = Himesh Reshammiya
| prev_title = [[Tere Naam]]
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = [[Tum – A Dangerous Obsession]]
| next_year = 2003
}}

The soundtrack was directed and [[Film score|composed]] by [[Himesh Reshammiya]], while [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]] wrote the lyrics. The music was released by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Zameen Soundtrack|url=http://ww.smashits.com/zameen/songs-2243.html|publisher=[[Smash Hits]]|access-date=19 March 2012|archive-date=16 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316071612/http://ww.smashits.com/zameen/songs-2243.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Sarzameen Se" (Title song)
| [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[KK (singer)|K.K.]], [[Himesh Reshammiya]] (backup vocals)
|-
| 2
| "Dilli Ki Sardi"
| [[Shweta Shetty]], K.K.
|-
| 3
| "Mere Naal"
| [[Hema Sardesai]], Shaan
|-
| 4
| "Tere Sang Ek Simple Si Coffee"
| Hema Sardesai, K.K.
|-
| 5
| "Bas Ek Baar"
| [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Babul Supriyo]], Himesh Reshammiya (backup vocals)
|-
| 6
| "Dilli Ki Sardi" (Remix)
| Shweta Shetty, K.K.
|-
| 7
| "Yehi Zameen" (Band version)
| [[Vital Signs (band)|Vital Signs]]
|-
| 8
| "Yehi Zameen" (Film version)
| Vital Signs, [[Sadhana Sargam]] and [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
|-
| 9
| "Sarzameen Se" (Instrumental)
|
|-
| 10
| "Yehi Zameen" (Instrumental)
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{BH movie|zameen}}
* {{IMDb title}}

{{Rohit Shetty}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zameen (2003 Film)}}
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2003 action thriller films]]
[[Category:2003 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:2003 films]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Maharashtra Police]]
[[Category:Films about aircraft hijackings]]
[[Category:Films about aviation accidents or incidents]]
[[Category:Films about terrorism in India]]
[[Category:Films directed by Rohit Shetty]]
[[Category:Films scored by Himesh Reshammiya]]
[[Category:Films set on airplanes]]
[[Category:Indian Army in films]]
[[Category:Indian aviation films]]
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]
[[Category:Kashmir conflict in films]]
[[Category:Military of Pakistan in films]]
[[Category:Operation Entebbe]]
[[Category:Films set in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir]]
[[Category:Millennium attack plots]]
[[Category:Films about jihadism]]
[[Category:India–Pakistan relations in popular culture]]

Zameen (2003 film)

2022-12-23T20:14:20Z

2607:FEA8:541F:CD00:54FB:9E98:CEB3:A10:

{{EngvarB|date=September 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Zameen
| native_name =
| image = Zameen poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Rohit Shetty]]
| producer = N. R. Pachisia
| writer = [[Javed Siddiqui]] (dialogues)
| studio = V.R. Entertainers
| story = Suparn Verma
| screenplay = Suparn Verma [[Robin Bhatt]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Ajay Devgn]]|[[Abhishek Bachchan]]|[[Bipasha Basu]]}}
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Himesh Reshammiya]] '''Score:''' [[Aadesh Shrivastav]]
| cinematography = [[V. Manikandan]]
| distributor = [[Rohit Shetty|Rohit Shetty Pictures]]
| editing = Bunty Nagi
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2003|9|26}}
| language = Hindi
| country = India
| runtime = 154 minutes
| budget = {{Estimation}} {{INR}} 11 [[crore]] <ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=521|title=Zameen - Movie - Box Office India|website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR}} 17.8 [[crore]] <ref name="auto"/>
}}

'''Zameen''' ({{Translation|Land}}) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language [[action thriller]] film directed by [[Rohit Shetty]] in his directorial debut. The film stars [[Ajay Devgn]], [[Abhishek Bachchan]] and [[Bipasha Basu]]. The movie did average business at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zameen cast and crew|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/538462|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Directed by Rohit Shetty!|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/sep/25rohit.htm|publisher= dounlod. [[Rediff.com]]|access-date=19 March 2012|date=25 September 2022}}</ref>

The plot of ''Zameen'' is loosely based upon the [[Indian Airlines Flight 814|Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking]] though more closely represents the [[Operation Entebbe|rescue mission]] taken by the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli Defense Forces]] (IDF) in 1976 at [[Entebbe]], [[Uganda]] where the IDF rescued 102 hostages taken by the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - External Operations|PFLP-EO]] and the West German group [[Revolutionary Cells (German group)|Revolutionary Cells]].<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gq-CBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT261 |chapter=Taking Flight: 10 Aircraft and Photos |title=Bollybook: The Big Book of Hindi Movie Trivia |author=Diptakirti Chaudhuri |publisher=Penguin UK |year=2014|isbn=9789351187998 }}</ref>

==Plot==
Terrorists, backed by [[Pakistan]], boldly attack the [[Parliament House (India)|Indian Parliament building]]. The [[Indian Army]] assigns this matter to [[Colonel (India)|Colonel]] Ranvir Singh Ranawat ([[Ajay Devgn]]), who along with his men, apprehends and arrests the ring-leader Baba Zaheer Khan ([[Mukesh Tiwari]]). The Colonel takes one of his subordinates, Jaideep Rai ([[Abhishek Bachchan]]) to task, as nine soldiers were killed due to his negligence and asks him to resign. A terrorist group, [[Jaish-e-Mohammed|Al-Tahir]], recruits a group of men to try to evacuate their leader Baba Zaheer from Army prison, albeit in vain as their plans are thwarted by Jaideep, who is now an [[Assistant commissioner of police (India)|Assistant Commissioner of Police]] (ACP) in the [[Anti Terrorist Squad (India)|Anti-Terrorist Squad]] (ATS) in [[Mumbai]] city. ACP Jaideep summons a usual suspect named Fareed ([[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]]), who is a Garage owner for the vehicles recovered from the teo release their leader Baba Zaheer in lieu of the lives of all 107 on-board passengers. Presence of the professor, and throws his dead body into the sea. The professor bribes two corrupt officials of the [[Mumbai Airport]] to sneak in Guns inside the flight as they never go through the security checks. In a cross-fire between Mumbai ATS, ACP Jilitants' gets the police, this group hijacks an [[Indian Airlines Flight 814|Indian Airlines]] plane, en route from Mumbai to [[Kathmandu]], with Jaideep's fianceè, Nandini ([[Bipasha Basu]]), an in-flight supervisor, and [[Captain (airlines)|Captain]] Basheer Ali ([[Pankaj Dheer]]), ACP Jaideep's foster father on board. The plane, with 107 passengers and crew, is re-routed to Kazan in [[Pakistan-occupied Kashmir|Pakistan-administered Kashmir]] where they are met with more armed terrorists as well as the [[Pakistan Army|Pakistani Army]]. Together, they demand the release of Baba Zaheer in exchange for the lives of the passengers. ACP Jaideep soon recollects from his last conversation over the phone with Nandini that one of the two airports [[ground staff|ground-staff]] did not leave the flight till the last moment of its departure. Jaideep apprehends him to which he confesses of sneaking in guns and other ammunition into the flight. The Indian Government makes a failed attempt to convince the Pakistani Ambassador ([[Arun Bali]]) to either send the Pakistani Army or let the Indian Army enter Pakistan-controlled Kashmir to rescue the civilians on board the flight. The Army and the Indian police collaborate and both Ranvir and Jaideep are asked to work together. Ranvir is weary of Jaideep's capabilities, since Jaideep is investigating Ranvir and his men — who are suspected of supplying arms and ammunitions to terrorists and Pakistanis. The duo nevertheless works out a plan to free the hostages and apprehend the terrorists. What they do not know is that their plan has already been compromised, and they may well be headed to their respective deaths. After a major gun-battle, Ranvir and Jaideep manage to capture Baba Zaheer again only to throw him out of a flying Army helicopter, after the flight has taken off from Kazaan in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

==Cast==
*[[Ajay Devgn]] as [[Colonel (India)|Col.]] Ranvir Singh Ranawat
*[[Abhishek Bachchan]] as [[Assistant commissioner of police (India)|ACP]] Jaideep "Jai" Rai [[Indian Police Service|IPS]], an Ex-[[Captain#Indian Army|Captain]] in [[Indian Army]]
*[[Bipasha Basu]] as Nandini Rai, Jai's fianceè
*[[Pankaj Dheer]] as [[Captain (airlines)|Captain]] Basheer Ali (Pilot), Jai's foster father
*Kunwar Aziz as a Terrorist
*[[Mukesh Tiwari]] as Baba Zaheer Khan, leader of [[Harkat-ul-Mujahideen|Al-Tahir]]
*[[Mohan Joshi]] as [[Brigadier (India)|Brigadier]] Malik, Ranvir's senior officer
*[[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]] as [[henchman]] Fareed
*Kamal Chopra as [[Commissioner of Police]]
* Manish Khanna as Professor Santhanam
*[[D. Santosh (Actor)|D. Santosh]] as [[Chief of police|COP]] Kadam
*Jasbir Thandi as [[Indian Army|Army]] officer who recognises the militants
*[[Subrat Dutta]] as [[Major (India)|Major]] Puri
*[[Eijaz Khan]] in a special appearance in "[[Dillī|Dilli]] Ki Sardi"
*[[Amrita Arora]] as an [[item number]] "Dilli Ki Sardi"
*[[Ram Awana]] as Terrorist
*[[Mohit Chauhan (actor)]] as Terrorist
*[[Arun Bali]] as the [[High Commission of Pakistan, New Delhi|Pakistani ambassador to India]]
* Rajendra Sethi as Pakistan [[Inter-Services Intelligence|ISI]] [[Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence|Chief]]
Ahmad Harhash as Baby Raj Mishra

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Zameen
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Himesh Reshammiya]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 26 September 2003 (India)
| recorded = 2003
| venue = [[Mumbai]]
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label =
| producer = Himesh Reshammiya
| prev_title = [[Tere Naam]]
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = [[Tum – A Dangerous Obsession]]
| next_year = 2003
}}

The soundtrack was directed and [[Film score|composed]] by [[Himesh Reshammiya]], while [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]] wrote the lyrics. The music was released by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Zameen Soundtrack|url=http://ww.smashits.com/zameen/songs-2243.html|publisher=[[Smash Hits]]|access-date=19 March 2012|archive-date=16 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316071612/http://ww.smashits.com/zameen/songs-2243.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Sarzameen Se" (Title song)
| [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[KK (singer)|K.K.]], [[Himesh Reshammiya]] (backup vocals)
|-
| 2
| "Dilli Ki Sardi"
| [[Shweta Shetty]], K.K.
|-
| 3
| "Mere Naal"
| [[Hema Sardesai]], Shaan
|-
| 4
| "Tere Sang Ek Simple Si Coffee"
| Hema Sardesai, K.K.
|-
| 5
| "Bas Ek Baar"
| [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Babul Supriyo]], Himesh Reshammiya (backup vocals)
|-
| 6
| "Dilli Ki Sardi" (Remix)
| Shweta Shetty, K.K.
|-
| 7
| "Yehi Zameen" (Band version)
| [[Vital Signs (band)|Vital Signs]]
|-
| 8
| "Yehi Zameen" (Film version)
| Vital Signs, [[Sadhana Sargam]] and [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
|-
| 9
| "Sarzameen Se" (Instrumental)
|
|-
| 10
| "Yehi Zameen" (Instrumental)
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{BH movie|zameen}}
* {{IMDb title}}

{{Rohit Shetty}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zameen (2003 Film)}}
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2003 action thriller films]]
[[Category:2003 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:2003 films]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Maharashtra Police]]
[[Category:Films about aircraft hijackings]]
[[Category:Films about aviation accidents or incidents]]
[[Category:Films about terrorism in India]]
[[Category:Films directed by Rohit Shetty]]
[[Category:Films scored by Himesh Reshammiya]]
[[Category:Films set on airplanes]]
[[Category:Indian Army in films]]
[[Category:Indian aviation films]]
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]
[[Category:Kashmir conflict in films]]
[[Category:Military of Pakistan in films]]
[[Category:Operation Entebbe]]
[[Category:Films set in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir]]
[[Category:Millennium attack plots]]
[[Category:Films about jihadism]]
[[Category:India–Pakistan relations in popular culture]]