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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Ankush<br />
| image = Ankush.jpeg<br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[N. Chandra]]<br />
| producer = N. Chandra<br />Subhas R. Durgakar<br />
| writer = N. Chandra, Sayed Sultan<br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = <br />
| starring = [[Nana Patekar]]<br />[[Madan Jain]]<br />Nisha Singh<br />[[Raja Bundela]]<br />[[Arjun Chakraborty]]<br />
| music = [[Kuldeep Singh (music director)|Kuldeep Singh]]<br />
| cinematography = H. Laxminarayan<br />
| editing = N. Chandra<br />
| studio = <br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1986|07|21}}<br />
| runtime = 149 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget = {{INR|12 lakh}}<br />
| gross = {{INR|95 lakh}}<br />
}}<br />
'''''Ankush''''' is a 1986 Hindi [[action drama]] film starring [[Nana Patekar]], which was written, directed, edited and co-produced by [[N. Chandra]]. Made on a modest budget of ₹12 [[lakh]], the film grossed ₹95 lakh.<ref name=today>{{cite web | title =Mean street Moghul: Hit director N. Chandra brings realism to films|work= India Today| url = https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/films/story/19890228-hit-director-n-chandra-brings-realism-to-films-815813-1989-02-27 |author=Madhu Jain|date=28 February 1989|access-date = 2014-09-24 }}</ref><ref name=toi /> It was remade in Kannada as ''Ravana Rajya'' and in Tamil as ''[[Kavithai Paada Neramillai]]''.<br />
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== Synopsis ==<br />
The film tells the story of four [[lower middle class]] unemployed young men in Mumbai who feel disconnected with society and are wasting their lives. Their new neighbours, a beautiful young girl Anita and her grandmother, change their perspective. The men change their attitude and are trying to blend in with the normal, honest and hard-working society of 1980s India. Anita is kidnapped, tied spread eagle to the bed and is gang raped at the hands of her employer and his four friends. However, the culprits are let off for lack of evidence and Anita commits [[suicide]]. Having lost faith in the [[Law of India|law of the land]], the men take revenge on each culprit, killing them brutally. They are later tried, with all four receiving [[capital punishment]] for doing what they thought was right all the while requesting for a stronger law that protects people, which cannot be broken ever again.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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*[[Nana Patekar]] as Ravindra Kelkar aka Ravi<br />
*[[Nisha Singh (actress)|Nisha Singh]] as Anita<br />
*[[Madan Jain]] as Shashi<br />
*[[Arjun Chakraborty]] as Arjun<br />
*[[Mahavir Shah]] as Arvind Gupta<br />
*[[Raja Bundela]] as Saxena<br />
*[[Dinesh Kaushik]] as Dave<br />
*[[Rabia Amin]] as Manda<br />
*[[Gajanan Bangera]] as Shashi's elder brother<br />
*[[Ashalata Wabgaonkar]] as Anita's Grandmother<br />
*[[Suhas Palshikar (actor)|Suhas Palshikar]] as Laalya<br />
*[[Satyajit (Kannada Actor)|Sathyajith]] as Subhlya<br />
* [[Ravi Patwardhan]] – College Principal (Uncredited Role)<br />
*[[Raj Zutshi]] as a gay man, who is perceived to be in love with Shashi (Uncredited Role)<br />
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== Production ==<br />
Chandra started his career with [[Gulzar]] in 1971, and later also worked as an editor with him. Influenced by Gulzar's ''[[Mere Apne]]'' (1971) and bringing in his experiences growing up in Mumbai, Chandra wrote a story of four frustrated unemployed men who roam the streets of Mumbai. He even based the character Ravindra upon the role played by [[Vinod Khanna]] in the original. The role of Ravindra was written with leading actor of Marathi cinema, [[Ravindra Mahajani]] in mind. When Chandra couldn't afford him, [[Nana Patekar]] was eager to do the same role and signed on for Rs. 10,000.<ref name=today /><ref name=toi>{{cite web | title = I sold my house for 'Ankush': N Chandra | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/I-sold-my-house-for-Ankush-N-Chandra/articleshow/16833019.cms |date=16 October 2012| access-date = 2014-09-25| work =The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
| 1<br />
| " Uparwala Kya Maangega Humse Koi Jawab"<br />
|[[Ashok Khosla]], [[Ghanshyam Vaswani]], Shekhar Sawkar<br />
|-<br />
| 2<br />
| "Itani Shakti Hamen De Na Daataa"<br />
| [[Pushpa Pagdhare]], [[Sushma Shreshta]]<br />
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| 3<br />
| "Aaya Maaza Dildara, Dil Hamara Na Aawara"<br />
| [[Ashok Khosla]], Ghanshyam Vaswani, Shekhar Sawkar<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Remakes ==<br />
The film was remade in Tamil as ''[[Kavithai Paada Neramillai]]'' and in Kannada as ''[[Ravana Rajya]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arunachalam |first=Param |title=BollySwar: 1981–1990 |publisher=Mavrix Infotech |year=2020 |isbn=978-81-938482-2-7 |pages=696}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0157316}}<br />
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[[Category:1986 Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1986 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1986 films]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Films about rape in India]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by N. Chandra]]<br />
[[Category:Indian rape and revenge films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films about revenge]]</div>DexterEdmonson0