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{{Infobox film
| name = Department
| image = Department movie poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Ram Gopal Varma]]
| writer = [[Nilesh Girkar]]
| producer = Siddhant Oberoi Amit Sharma
| starring = [[Amitabh Bachchan]] [[Sanjay Dutt]] [[Rana Daggubati]] [[Vijay Raaz]] [[Abhimanyu Singh]] [[Deepak Tijori]] [[Lakshmi Manchu]] [[Anjana Sukhani]] [[Madhu Shalini]]
| music = Bappa Lahiri Dharam-Sandeep Vikram Magi
| cinematography =
| editing = [[Abhijit Kokate]] Vinay Chauhan
| distributor = [[Viacom 18 Motion Pictures]] Oberoi Line Productions
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2012|05|18}}
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| runtime = 141 minutes
| budget = {{INRConvert|320|m}}<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/department#.VfWPTxHtmkq |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802054922/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/department#.VfWPTxHtmkq |archive-date=2 August 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| gross = {{INRConvert|215.149|m}}<ref>http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Collections/allrank/?11#.VfWQSRHtmkp</ref>
}}

'''''Department''''' is a 2012 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action film]] directed by [[Ram Gopal Varma]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-10/bollywood/31318457_1_sanjay-dutt-amitabh-bachchan-sarjeroa | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708221714/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-10/bollywood/31318457_1_sanjay-dutt-amitabh-bachchan-sarjeroa | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 July 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Department | date=10 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=International Film Guide 2012 |first=Ian Hayden |last=Smith |year= 2012 |isbn= 978-1908215017 |page= 141 }}</ref> The film stars [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Rana Daggubati]] and [[Amitabh Bachchan]] in lead roles.<ref>http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/Department-will-be-RGV-s-most-stylish-film-Rana-Daggubati/Article1-818864.aspx</ref> The film released on 18 May 2012, and received mixed response from critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_Review.aspx?id=710|title=NDTVMovies.com : Bollywood News, Reviews, Celebrity News, Hollywood news, Entertainment News, Videos & Photos|website=movies.ndtv.com|access-date=18 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523002511/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_Review.aspx?id=710|archive-date=23 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The filmmaker criticised Sanjay's interference after 'Department's poor show at the BO |url=http://www.masala.com/35636-rgv-and-sanjay-dutt-in-a-verbal-spat|access-date=24 May 2012}}</ref>

==Plot==
When Inspector Mahadev Bhosale ([[Sanjay Dutt]]) is asked by his seniors to form a hit squad to take on the Mumbai underworld, he recruits Shiv Narayan ([[Rana Daggubati]]), an honest and brave police officer who had been suspended for an encounter killing. Together, Mahadev and Shiv, along with others in the "Department," take on underworld don Sawatya ([[Vijay Raaz]]) and his gang. Sawatya, in spite of many exhortations by his number two, D.K. ([[Abhimanyu Singh]]), and D.K.’s feisty girlfriend, Naseer ([[Madhu Shalini]]), does not hit back at the police.

There is also the gangster-turned-minister, Sarjerao Gaikwad ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]), who takes Shiv under his wing after Shiv saves his life at a public rally. Mahadev warns Shiv that Sarjerao is just using him. After an inevitable turn of events, it is exposed that Mahadev is working for Mohammad Ghouri, who is an underworld don, and is, at the ganglord’s behest, finishing off Sawatya’s gang. While Shiv declines to be a part of Mahadev’s corrupt world, and Mahadev agrees to let him be, things start falling apart between the mentor and the apprentice when Shiv starts taking on a sub-gang formed by D.K., under Mahadev’s protection.

==Cast==
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Sarjerao Gaikwad, a gangster-turned politician
* [[Sanjay Dutt]] as Inspector Mahadev Bhosle, the DSP of an encounter squad
* [[Rana Daggubati]] as Inspector Shivnarayan, an encounter specialist
* [[Vijay Raaz]] as Sawatya, Mumbai Don
* [[Abhimanyu Singh]] as D.K., Right-hand man of Sawatya
* [[Deepak Tijori]] as Inspector Danaji, an honest member of the department
* [[Lakshmi Manchu]] as Satya Bhosle (Mahadev's Wife)
* [[Anjana Sukhani]] as Bharati (Shivnarayan's Wife)
* [[Madhu Shalini]] as Naseer, D. K.'s gun moll
* [[Neeraj Vora]] as Lalchand and Valchand
* [[Nathalia Kaur]] as [[item number]] "Dan Dan"

==Written by==
* [[Nilesh Girkar]] (Story, Screenplay, & Dialogue)

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Department
| type = soundtrack
| artist = Bappa Lahiri Dharam-Sandeep Vikram Magi
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The soundtrack is composed by Bappa Lahiri<ref>http://www.hungama.com/album/department/1431058/</ref> along with Dharam-Sandeep and Vikram Magi. The music received a negative response worldwide.

{{Tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Dan Dan Cheeni Shoot Mix
| extra1 = Paroma P.Dasgupta, Ravi, Sandeep Patil
| length1 = 4:05
| lyrics1 =

| title2 = Kammo
| extra2 = [[Mika Singh]], [[Sudesh Bhosle]]
| length2 = 5:18

| title3 = Theme Of Department – Ek Do Teen Chaar
| extra3 = Sandeep Patil
| length3 = 4:11

| title4 = Bad Boys
| extra4 = [[Ritu Pathak]], Earl
| length4 = 4:05

| title5 = Mumbai Police
| extra5 = [[Sanjay Dutt]], Farhad Bhiwandiwala
| length5 = 4:35
}}

== Box office ==

{| class="wikitable" style="float:centre; width:45%; text-align:center;"
|+ ''''Department'''' worldwide collections breakdown
|-
! Territory
! Territory wise Collections break-up
|-
| rowspan="3" | India
| ''Net Gross'': {{INRConvert|118.900|m}}
|-
| ''Distributor share'': {{INRConvert|60.050|m}}
|-
| ''Total Gross'': {{INRConvert|215.149|m}}<ref name="boxofficeindia.com"/>
|-
||'''Worldwide'''
| {{INRConvert|215.149|m}}<ref>http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Collections/allrank/?11#.VfWJPBHtmko</ref>
|-
||'''Budget'''
| {{INRConvert|320|m}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110923221121/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/varmas-department-clash-of-the-titans/185104-8-66.html ]

==External links==
{{Commons category|Department (film)}}
* {{IMDb title|2186731}}

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