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{{Infobox film
| name = Apaharan
| name           = Apaharan
| image = Apaharan.jpg
| image         = Apaharan.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| caption       = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Prakash Jha]]<ref>[http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/10/may/18-prakash-jha-ajay-devgn-has-a-huge-range-051005.asp/ Neeraj Pandey: Ajay Devgn has a huge range] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922222707/http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/10/may/18-prakash-jha-ajay-devgn-has-a-huge-range-051005.asp/ |date=22 September 2013 }}</ref>
| director       = [[Prakash Jha]]
| producer = Prakash Jha
| producer       = Prakash Jha
| screenplay = [[Manoj Tyagi]]<br>Shridhar Raghavan
| screenplay     = Prakash Jha<br />[[Manoj Tyagi]]<br />[[Shridhar Raghavan]]
| story = Prakash Jha
| story         = Prakash Jha
| starring = [[Ajay Devgn]]<br>[[Bipasha Basu]]<br>[[Nana Patekar]]
| starring       = [[Ajay Devgn]]<br />[[Nana Patekar]]<br />[[Bipasha Basu]]
| music = [[Wayne Sharpe]]
| music         = '''Songs:'''<br />[[Aadesh Shrivastava]]<br />'''Score:'''<br />Wayne Sharpe
| cinematography = Arvind K.
| cinematography = Arvind Kumar
| editing = Santosh chaulagain
| editing       = Santosh Mandal
| distributor = [[Entertainment One]]<br>Holi Cow Pictures
| studio        = Entertainment One<br />Prakash Jha Productions<br />Holi Cow Pictures
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2005|12|2|}}
| distributor    = [[Reliance Entertainment]]
| runtime = 173 minutes
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|2005|12|2|}}
| country = India
| runtime       = 173 minutes
| language = Hindi
| country       = India
| budget = {{INRConvert|110.0|m}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=274|title= Apaharan - Movie - Box Office India|website=www.boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
| language       = Hindi
| gross = {{INRConvert|231.6|m}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=274|title= Apaharan - Movie - Box Office India|website=www.boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
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'''''Apaharan''''' (English: ''Abduction'') is a 2005 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[crime action film]] directed by [[Prakash Jha]] and stars [[Ajay Devgn]], [[Bipasha Basu]] and [[Nana Patekar]] in the lead roles.<ref>[http://in.rediff.com/movies/2005/dec/02apaharan.htm/ Apaharan: A flawed good film]</ref> It is the story of a complex relationship and clashing ideologies between a father and son set in the backdrop of the kidnapping industry in the eastern state of Bihar, India. ''Apaharan'' was declared semi Hit at the Indian box-office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=274|title= Apaharan - Movie - Box Office India|website=www.boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
'''''Apaharan''''' ({{Translation|Abduction}}) is a 2005 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[crime drama film]] written and directed by [[Prakash Jha]]. The film stars [[Ajay Devgn]], [[Bipasha Basu]], and [[Nana Patekar]] in the lead roles. It revolves around the complex relationship and clashing ideologies between a father and a son set in the backdrop of the kidnapping industry in the eastern state of [[Bihar]], [[India]].  


==Plot==
''Apaharan'' was released on 2 December 2005 and was a commercial success at the box-office.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-12-19 |title=Film review: 'Apaharan' starring Nana Patekar, Ajay Devgan, Bipasha Basu |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20051219-film-review-apaharan-starring-nana-patekar-ajay-devgan-bipasha-basu-786391-2005-12-18 |access-date=2025-07-26 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 December 2005 |title=Apaharan: A flawed good film |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/dec/02apaharan.htm |access-date=13 January 2026 |website=[[Rediff]]}}</ref>
Ajay Shastri ([[Ajay Devgn]]) is an unemployed, honest graduate who dreams of joining the police force. His father, Raghuvansh Shastri ([[Mohan Agashe]]) is a highly principled and moralistic man. An ex-schoolteacher and Gandhi follower, now a social activist, Prof. Shastri expects his son to follow in his steps and believe in his ideals and values. When his father's ideals start clashing with Ajay's ideologies, a rift between father and son emerges.


Ajay borrows a lot of money, with the help of his friend ([[Ayub Khan]]) and bribes higher officials to get his name on the police force merit list. When Ajay's father discloses the corruption scandal to the media, things go awry, and left with pressure from his creditors, Ajay and his friend decide to kidnap a government official to repay the amount.
==Plot ==
Ajay Shastri, an unemployed graduate, dreams of joining the police force but faces opposition from his principled father, Raghuvansh Shastri. Desperate, he borrows money and bribes officials, but when his father exposes the corruption, Ajay turns to crime. A failed kidnapping lands him in trouble with Gaya Singh, a henchman of powerful MLA and underworld don Tabrez Alam.  
Ajay eventually joins Tabrez's gang and rises to power in Bihar's kidnapping racket. However, political betrayals and his father's moral influence lead him to turn against Tabrez. After being imprisoned, Ajay kills Tabrez when he visits him in jail but is gunned down in return, ending both their lives.


The kidnapping goes wrong at the last minute. It turns out that the victim is under protection of Gaya Singh (Yashpal Sharma), one of Tabrez Alam's ([[Nana Patekar]]) henchmen. Tabrez Alam is a powerful MLA and influential Muslim party leader, who is also an underworld don and controller of a large kidnapping racket.
== Cast ==
 
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Ajay and his friends are brought to jail. Gaya Singh and his men assault and humiliate Ajay and his friends, for meddling in their racket. Ajay pleads with the DSP, Shukla, to save him, who has recently developed strained relations with Gaya Singh due to severe conflict of opinions. DSP Shukla helps Ajay and his friends escape jail.
 
Ajay then kidnaps Sooraj Mal, one of the leading businessman and a rising figure in local politics, who was for long, a target of Tabrez Alam and Gaya Singh, but neither could do the job because of the high security provided to him. Gaya Singh goes frantic upon learning about the kidnapping and is on the lookout of killer. DSP Shukla and Ajay join forces and lure Gaya Singh into a trap. Gaya Singh heads to a location where Ajay is told to be hiding. Gaya Singh soon learns that he has been trapped and Ajay kills him after a brief fight. He surrenders himself to Tabrez, and requests him to recruit him into his gang. Tabrez sees potential in Ajay and allows him to be a part of his gang. Ajay starts working hard and rapidly rises in the ranks of Tabrez's empire. He takes Ajay in and places him higher than his own brother Usmaan (Mukul Nag), with an ulterior motive. Swimming in power, Ajay becomes the state's most powerful gangster and, under Tabrez's authority, the head of Bihar's most successful kidnapping trade, which Ajay consolidates by killing smaller players and removing all competitors.
 
The state's home minister's wife is caught on camera taking money and the scandal becomes the hottest news. The home minister offers Ajay to leave Tabrez Alam and join forces with him. He then provides the taped conversation between him and Ajay (which he surreptitiously records) to Tabrez to create differences between them. Meanwhile, news correspondent Akash Ranjan calls a press conference to clarify the scandal involving the home minister inviting a discussion. Tabrez sends Ajay to kill Akash so that he would bring a no-confidence motion against the government, bringing its fall. He would come to power by taking advantage of the political instability. Ajay is contacted by SP Anwar Khan who makes him aware of Tabrez's real motive. Ajay reaches the press conference venue only to find out that the real person behind the ongoing debate of bribery scandal is his father. He leaves without killing Akash Ranjan and is confronted by DSP Shukla, who is sent by Tabrez Alam to kill Ajay, but Ajay manages to kill Shukla and escape.
 
Ajay surrenders himself to SP Khan and gives his statement revealing everything about Tabrez Alam's illegal activities. This report is presented to the home minister by the commissioner of police citing Tabrez Alam's arrest warrant. The home minister makes a deal with Tabrez Alam, to destroy the evidence against him in exchange for money and power, and both join hands to form new government in the state with the help of their respective MLA support. SP Khan is sorry for Ajay as all his efforts are ruined by the political upheaval. Ajay goes home one last time with the help from SP Khan where he watches his father reminiscing about him and make amends with him after knowing how much he loved him. He goes back to prison where Tabrez comes to meet him after becoming the new home minister of the state. He gloats in front of Ajay at the jail. Ajay suddenly takes out his pistol and guns down Tabrez. Upon hearing then gunshots, Tabrez's men enter the room and shoot Ajay, bringing to the end of their lives.
 
==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Ajay Devgn]] as Ajay Shastri
* [[Ajay Devgn]] as Ajay Shastri
* [[Nana Patekar]] as Tabrez Alam
* [[Ayub Khan (actor)|Ayub Khan]] as Kashinath
* [[Murali Sharma]] as Muralidhar
* [[Bipasha Basu]] as Megha Basu
* [[Bipasha Basu]] as Megha Basu
* [[Nana Patekar]] as Tabrez Alam
* [[Khalid Siddiqui]] as Kamal Kishore
* [[Yashpal Sharma (actor)|Yashpal Sharma]] as Gaya Singh
* [[Yashpal Sharma (actor)|Yashpal Sharma]] as Gaya Singh
* [[Mohan Agashe]] as Professor Raghuvansh Shastri
* [[Mohan Agashe]] as Professor Raghuvansh Shastri
* [[Ayub Khan (actor)|Ayub Khan]] as Kashinat
* [[Mukesh Tiwari]] as [[Superintendent of police|SP]] Anwar Khan
* [[Anoop Soni]] as Akash Ranjan (Press Reporter)
* [[Mukesh Tiwari]] as SP Anwar Khan
*[[Daya Shankar Pandey]] as Daya Shankar
*[[Daya Shankar Pandey]] as Daya Shankar
* [[Pankaj Tripathi]] as Gaya Singh's Crony
* [[Akhilendra Mishra]] as [[Chief Minister]] Brijnath Mishra
* [[Ehsaan Khan]] as DSP Veerendra Shukla
* [[Chetan Pandit]] as [[Home Minister]] Dinkar Pandey
* [[Murli Sharma]] as Muralidhar
* [[Prithvi Zutshi]] as Dwarka
* Saurabh Dubey as Anil Shrivastava
* Sanjay Swaraj as Seth Chandmal
* [[Ashwini Kalsekar]] as Mrs. Khan, Anwar Khan's wife
* [[Anup Soni]] as Akash Ranjan, [[Aaj Tak]] news reporter
* [[Pankaj Tripathi]] as Gaya Singh's crony
*  Ehsaan Khan as [[Deputy superintendent of police|DSP]] Veerendra Shukla
* Anil Yadav as Naga
* Anil Yadav as Naga
* [[Deepak Bhatia]] as Ramdhani Singh
* Deepak Bhatia as Ramdhani Singh
* [[Brij Gopal]] as Jagannath Mandal
* Brij Gopal as Jagannath Mandal
* [[Akhilendra Mishra]] as Brijnath Mishra (Chief Minister)
* Radhakrishna Dutta as Seth Soorajmal
* [[Radhakrishna Datta]] as Seth Soorajmal
* [[Mukul Nag]] as Usman
* [[Sanjay Swaraj]] as Seth Chandmal
* Padam Singh as Dharam Singh
* Mukul Nag as Usman
* [[Mrinalini Sharma]] as Sonia
* [[Chetan Pandit]] as Dinkar Pandey (Home Minister)
* Vikram Sahu as Megha's father
* [[Padam Singh]] as Dharam Singh
* Jayashankar Tripathi as Bankalal's brother-in-law
* [[Prithvi Zutshi]] as Dwarka
* Arvind Pandey as Sukhi Chacha
* [[Khalid Siddiqui]] as Kamal Kishore
* [[Shreechand Makhija]] as Buchchi Kaka, Shastri's servant
* [[Mrinalini Sharma]]
* [[Yusuf Hussain]] as Tabrez's advocate
* [[Vikram Sahu]] as Megha's Father
{{div col end}}
* [[Prathmesh Mehta]] as Aniruddha Babu
* [[Khan Jahangir Khan]] as Salim Khan
* Ashok Beniwal as K.Prasad
* [[Milind Joshi]] as Bankalal
* [[Jayashankar Tripathi]] as Bankalal's Brother In Law
* [[Arvind Pandey]] as Sukhi Chacha
* [[S.C. Makhija]] as Buchchi Kaka
* [[Preeti Kakade]] as Doctor's Relative/Neighbor
* [[Asmita Joshi]] as Doctor's Relative/Neighbor
* [[Aditya Jadhav]] as Crying Child
* [[Saurabh Dubey (actor)|Saurabh Dubey]] as Anil Shrivastava
{{colend}}


==Music==
==Music==
#"Aaiye, aao ji babu - [[Sapna Mukherjee]], [[K. K.]]
{| class="wikitable"
Composer: [[Aadesh Shrivastav]]
!Title
!Singer(s)
!Lyrics
!Music
|-
|"Aaiye Aao Ji Babu"
|[[Sapna Mukherjee]], [[KK (singer)|KK]]  
|[[Sameer Anjaan|Sameer]]
|[[Aadesh Shrivastava]]
|}


==Box office==
== Awards and nominations ==
Apaharan grossed {{INR}} {{formatnum:80826121}} at Indian box-office till 10 weeks of theatrical run
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Award
!Category
!Recipients and nominees
!Result
!Ref.
|-
![[National Film Awards|National Film Awards(India)]]
|Best Screenplay
![[Prakash Jha]], [[Manoj Tyagi]] and [[Shridhar Raghavan]]
|{{won}}
!
|-
![[Filmfare Awards]]
|Best Dialogue
![[Prakash Jha]]
|{{won}}
!
|-
![[Filmfare Awards]]
|Best Villain
![[Nana Patekar]]
|{{won}}
!
|-
!Annual Central European Bollywood Awards (India)
|Best Supporting Actress(Popular Award)
![[Bipasha Basu|Bipasha basu]]
|{{nom}}
!
|}


==Awards==
==References==
;[[53rd National Film Awards|2006]] [[National Film Awards]] (India)
{{Reflist}}
* [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] - Prakash Jha, Manoj Tyagi and Shridhar Raghavan
'''[[Filmfare Awards]]'''
* [[Filmfare Best Dialogue Award|Best Dialogue]] - [[Prakash Jha]]
* [[Filmfare Best Villain Award|Best Villain]] - [[Nana Patekar]]


==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0451631}}
* {{IMDb title|0451631}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2013}}


[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2005 Hindi-language films]]
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[[Category:Films directed by Prakash Jha]]
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Latest revision as of 17:26, 3 March 2026

For the web series, see Apharan (web series).
Apaharan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPrakash Jha
Produced byPrakash Jha
Screenplay byPrakash Jha
Manoj Tyagi
Shridhar Raghavan
Story byPrakash Jha
StarringAjay Devgn
Nana Patekar
Bipasha Basu
Music bySongs:
Aadesh Shrivastava
Score:
Wayne Sharpe
CinematographyArvind Kumar
Edited bySantosh Mandal
Production
company
Entertainment One
Prakash Jha Productions
Holi Cow Pictures
Distributed byReliance Entertainment
Release date
  • 2 December 2005 (2005-12-02)
Running time
173 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹231.6 million[1]

Apaharan (transl. Abduction) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film written and directed by Prakash Jha. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Bipasha Basu, and Nana Patekar in the lead roles. It revolves around the complex relationship and clashing ideologies between a father and a son set in the backdrop of the kidnapping industry in the eastern state of Bihar, India.

Apaharan was released on 2 December 2005 and was a commercial success at the box-office.[2][3]

Plot[edit | edit source]

Ajay Shastri, an unemployed graduate, dreams of joining the police force but faces opposition from his principled father, Raghuvansh Shastri. Desperate, he borrows money and bribes officials, but when his father exposes the corruption, Ajay turns to crime. A failed kidnapping lands him in trouble with Gaya Singh, a henchman of powerful MLA and underworld don Tabrez Alam.

Ajay eventually joins Tabrez's gang and rises to power in Bihar's kidnapping racket. However, political betrayals and his father's moral influence lead him to turn against Tabrez. After being imprisoned, Ajay kills Tabrez when he visits him in jail but is gunned down in return, ending both their lives.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Music[edit | edit source]

Title Singer(s) Lyrics Music
"Aaiye Aao Ji Babu" Sapna Mukherjee, KK Sameer Aadesh Shrivastava

Awards and nominations[edit | edit source]

Award Category Recipients and nominees Result Ref.
National Film Awards(India) Best Screenplay Prakash Jha, Manoj Tyagi and Shridhar Raghavan Won
Filmfare Awards Best Dialogue Prakash Jha Won
Filmfare Awards Best Villain Nana Patekar Won
Annual Central European Bollywood Awards (India) Best Supporting Actress(Popular Award) Bipasha basu Nominated

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Apaharan – Movie". Box Office India.
  2. ↑ "Film review: 'Apaharan' starring Nana Patekar, Ajay Devgan, Bipasha Basu". India Today. 19 December 2005. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Apaharan: A flawed good film". Rediff. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2026.

External links[edit | edit source]

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