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{{Infobox film
| name = Sangharsh
| image = Sangharsh 1999 poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Tanuja Chandra]]
| producer = [[Mukesh Bhatt]]
| writer = [[Mahesh Bhatt]]<br />Girish Dhamija
| starring = [[Akshay Kumar]]<br />[[Preity Zinta]]<br />[[Ashutosh Rana]]
| narrator =
| music = [[Jatin-Lalit]]
| cinematography = [[Teja (film director)|Dharma Teja]]
| editing = Amit Saxena
| studio = [[Vishesh Films]]
| distributor = [[Vishesh Films]]<br>[[Sony Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1999|09|3|df=y}}
| runtime = 127 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}} 40 million<ref name="BO">{{cite web |title=Sangharsh |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2375 |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |access-date=10 October 2020 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918144259/https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2375 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| gross = {{INR}} 105 million<ref name="BO"/>
}}

'''''Sangharsh''''' ({{translation|Struggle}}) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1999|1999]] Indian [[psychological]] [[Action film|action]] [[horror thriller film]] directed by [[Tanuja Chandra]]. It stars [[Akshay Kumar]], [[Preity Zinta]], and [[Ashutosh Rana]] in lead roles. The plot of this film was said to be based on the 1991 film ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of The Lambs]]'', but the film's director rejected this, claiming the film was based on a real police case in India.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Stardom in Contemporary Hindi Cinema: Celebrity and Fame in Globalized Times|last=Viswamohan|first=Aysha Iqbal|publisher=Springer Nature|year=2020|isbn=9789811501913|pages=198}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99sep26/sunday/view.htm|title=I want to tell my story from the woman's point of view|last=Ravi|first=P.R.|date=26 September 1999|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|access-date=21 April 2015|archive-date=31 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831014101/http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99sep26/sunday/view.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Plot==
A series of child [[Kidnapping|abductions]] and [[Murder|murders]] have left the [[Mumbai Police|police force]] perplexed and unable to solve the case. Hence the case is handed over to the [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]], who designate trainee Reet Oberoi ([[Preity Zinta]]) to solve the case. After some investigation the evidence points towards Lajja Shankar Pandey ([[Ashutosh Rana]]), a [[Religious fanaticism|religious fanatic]] who believes in the [[Human sacrifice|sacrifice]] of children to gain [[immortality]]. Pandey's erratic behaviour and Reet's traumas (as a child she witnesses her older brother Jassi, a terrorist, being gunned down by the police in their home) forces Reet to seek help from a prisoner, an unjustly implicated genius by the name Professor Aman Verma ([[Akshay Kumar]]).

At first he's rude towards Reet and refuses to help her, but with some help she manages to sway him into helping her. The case gets even more tough as she finds out that the Home Minister's only child has been kidnapped by Pandey. Reet cannot handle the pressure alone due to her traumatic childhood and her phobias, she also faces opposition from the local police partly because of Verma's methods. As they begin to spend more time together, he helps her overcome her fears and both fall in love.

They eventually track down Pandey, who is about to begin the last sacrifice on the day of a [[solar eclipse]] (''Soorya Grahan''), which he believes will finally help him attain immortality. Aman and Reet eventually save the child, killing Pandey in the process, however Aman is fatally injured. Reet and Aman share a last kiss before he dies in her arms. Reet is given a hero's welcome and she finds a new sense of life in herself.

==Cast==
* [[Akshay Kumar]] as Professor Aman Verma
*[[Preity Zinta]] as CBI Officer Reet Oberoi
*[[Ashutosh Rana]] as Lajja Shankar Pandey
*[[Vishwajeet Pradhan]] as CBI officer, Reet's boss
*[[Aman Verma (actor)|Aman Verma]] as Amit, Reet's boyfriend
*[[Alia Bhatt]] as Younger Reet Oberoi
*Rajesh Prasher as Jassi
*[[Madan Jain]] as ACP Pawar

==Music==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Jatin–Lalit]] with lyrics authored by [[Sameer Anjaan|Sameer]]:<ref>{{cite book |last1=Arunachalam |first1=Param |title=BollySwar: 1991 - 2000 |date=2019 |publisher=Mavrix Infotech Private Limited |isbn=978-81-938482-1-0 |page=1026 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3vbyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1026 |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)!! Length
|-
| 1
| "Mujhe Raat Din"
| [[Sonu Nigam]]
| 05:11
|-
| 2
| "Dil Ka Qaraar"
| Sonu Nigam & [[Shraddha Pandit]]
| 05:27
|-
| 3
| "Naaraz Savera Hai"
| [[Kumar Sanu]]
| 05:07
|-
| 4
| "Nazdeek Savera Hai"
| Kumar Sanu
| 02:16
|-
| 5
| "Manzil Na Ho"
| [[Remo Fernandes]] & [[Jaspinder Narula]]
| 05:26
|-
| 6
| "Manzil Na Ho" (Male)
| Remo Fernandes
| 05:24
|-
| 7
| "Manzil Na Ho" (Female)
| Jaspinder Narula
| 05:25
|-
| 8
| "Hum Badi Door"
| [[Shraddha Pandit]] & Sonu Nigam
| 04:35
|}

==Reception==
Bella Jaisinghani of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "This crime thriller is value for money," noting the performances: "Akshay Kumar and Preity Zinta have done an impressive job as a criminal and a CBI officer".<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|title=Slick crime thriller|url=http://www.expressindia.com/fe/daily/19990905/fle05045.html|author=Jaisinghani, Bella|date=5 September 1999|access-date=16 December 2011|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310140932/https://indianexpress.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> R. Vasudevan of ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' noted the performances, believing it could be Kumar's turning point and mentioning Zinta for playing a role "different from the typical Bollywood heroine who is just an appendage of the hero."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vasudevan |first1=R. |title=Sagharsh |url=http://www.digitalht.com/bollywood/reviewssangharsh.htm |access-date=1 May 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |year=1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000123163336/http://www.digitalht.com/bollywood/reviewssangharsh.htm |archive-date=23 January 2000}}</ref> [[Rediff.com]]'s reviewer Sharmila Taliculam gave the film a positive review, but concluded, "Sangharsh may or may not do well at the turnstiles. If you are a Mahesh Bhatt fan, you may find it watchable. If you are not, give it a miss."<ref>{{cite web|author=Taliculam, Sharmila|title=Blood and gore!|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/sep/04sang.htm|date=4 September 1999|access-date=16 December 2011|work=[[Rediff.com]]|archive-date=10 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310140906/https://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/sep/04sang.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[India Today]]'' critic Madhu Jain highly praised the film's performance, noting Kumar for delivering "quite a performance", Zinta for bringing "intelligence to her role", and Rana for a performance that "remains searingly etched on the mind".<ref>{{cite journal|title=Terror in the Soul|journal=[[India Today]]|author=Jain, Madhu|date=13 September 1999|access-date=16 December 2011|url=http://archives.digitaltoday.in/indiatoday/19990913/cinema.html|archive-date=5 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805185943/http://archives.digitaltoday.in/indiatoday/19990913/cinema.html|url-status=live}}</ref> An article published by ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'' at the time of release hailed Zinta's performance as "an amazing act", calling ''Sangharsh'' "an intense film".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99sep05/sunday/bolywood.htm|title=Preity act|last=Mittal|first=Madhur|date=5 September 1999|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|access-date=21 April 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110202/http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99sep05/sunday/bolywood.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Mukhtar Anjoom of ''[[Deccan Herald]]'' wrote a positive review, noting that in spite of its possible lack of originality, "the treatment of the characters is first-rate" and "the build-up to the impending scare is brilliant". He further described Rana's performance as "outstanding" and praised Chandra for "bringing out the best" out of Kumar and Zinta.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://deccanherald.com/deccanherald/sep05/enter.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000614113548/http://deccanherald.com/deccanherald/sep05/enter.htm|archive-date=14 June 2000 |title= Sangharsh (Hindi) |last= Anjoom |first= Mukhtar |date= 5 September 1999 |newspaper= [[Deccan Herald]]|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> In 2013, [[Subhash K. Jha]] described it as one of the "rare ones in which top actors … agreed to play secondary roles" to the leading lady.<ref>{{cite news |last1=K. Jha |first1=Subhash |author-link1=Subhash K. Jha |title=A look at the change in womens' roles in Bollywood over the years |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/a-look-at-the-change-in-womens-roles-in-bollywood-over-the-years/203380 |access-date=26 August 2020 |work=[[mid-day]] |date=8 March 2013 |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role]] - Ashutosh Rana
* [[Zee Cine Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role]] - Ashutosh Rana

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0111068|title=Sangharsh}}

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