Aaghaaz

Aaghaaz
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Directed by	Yogesh Ishwar
Produced by	D. Ramanaidu
Written by	Kamlesh Pandey, Alok Upadhyay (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Nikhil Saini
Story by	Posani Krishna Murali
Based on	Sivayya by Posani Krishna Murali
Starring	Sunil Shetty Sushmita Sen Namrata Shirodkar
Music by	Anu Malik (songs), M. M. Srilekha (Background score)
Cinematography	Shyam K. Naidu
Edited by	K. V. Krishna Reddy
Distributed by	Suresh Productions
Release date	6 October 2000 (2000-10-06)
Running time	160 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Aaghaaz (Translated: Beginning) is a 2000 Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Yogesh Ishwar. It is the remake of a Telugu movie Sivayya, which was also produced by D. Suresh Babu.

Plot summary

Govind Narang (Sunil Shetty) is an honest and chivalrous man from a small village in Punjab. He falls in love with Sudha (Sushmita Sen), but marries his mentor's daughter, Pushpa (Suman Ranganathan), to save her from public ridicule. Pushpa was impregnated by a police officer who refuses to marry her. She does not love Govind and hates Sudha with a passion. Together with her brother, Laxman (Sharad Kapoor), Pushpa tries to expel Sudha from the village, but is unsuccessful. When Laxman finds out about Pushpa's infidelity, he poisons her. After his wife's death, Govind relocates to Mumbai with his sister, Ratna (Shraddha Nigam). He meets beautiful Gitika (Namrata Shirodkar), and they fall in love. One day, as Govind defends the honor of a young girl from the brother of a hoodlum, Johnny Handsome (Sharat Saxena), he generates hatred and animosity. Johnny is humiliated by Govind and swears vengeance with the help of Sadanand Kutty (Gulshan Grover) and Karim Khan Toofani (Govind Namdeo). On the other hand, Govind befriends Ram Sevak (Alok Nath), and with his help and assistance of a landowner, he arranges the purchase of a large plot of land so that hawkers and small shop-owners could set up their businesses. But nothing goes according to plan. The plot of land and the owner turn out to be fake, Ram Sevak turns out to be a member of the gangsters, and Govind gets all the blame. His sister is openly raped, and Govind himself gets seriously wounded in broad daylight before the very eyes of the people he defended. Govind is then helped by Sudha, and he decides to exact revenge. He files an FIR against everyone in the neighbourhood who witnessed what happened to his sister, except the culprits themselves. When they are brought to court, he condemns everyone for their attitude, and then tells them to be brave and fight the criminals. Encouraged by this, the entire neighbourhood decides to take on the gang. They attack the gangsters with bottles when they come to threaten them in the locality, and then move on to Johnny Handsome's office, breaking everything and attacking all the goons. They join Govind and Sudha to attack the gangsters and arrest them. The criminals are sentenced to death, and everything returns to normal. In the end, though, on a happy note, Govind's sister marries a close friend of the family, Harish (Akshay Anand), and Govind agrees to marry Sudha.

Cast

• Suniel Shetty as Govind Narang, Ratna's brother and Pushpa's husband.
• Namrata Shirodkar as Gitika
• Sushmita Sen as Inspector Sudha
• Suman Ranganathan as Pushpa, Laxman's sister and Govind's wife.
• Shraddha Nigam as Ratna Narang, Govind's sister.
• Akshay Anand as Harish Patil
• Sharat Saxena as Johnny Handsome Mendoza, the main antagonist.
• Asrani as Gullu, Gay.
• Rakesh Bedi as Dilip Roy
• Sudhir Dalvi as Pushpa's father
• Gulshan Grover as Sadanand Kutty
• Sharad Kapoor as Laxman, Pushpa's brother and Govind's brother-in-law.
• Anupam Kher as Balraj Nanda
• Viju Khote as Deshpande
• Johnny Lever as Rajni Deva
• Govind Namdeo as Karim Khan Toofani
• Alok Nath as Ram Charan Shukla
• Yunus Parvez as Dheerajlal
• Achyut Potdar as The Judge
• Rajesh Puri as Professor Pillai
• Shiva Rindani as Suku
• Asha Sachdev as a Woman Summoned at Court.
• Anjan Srivastav as The Ordinary Man
• Mukesh Tiwari as Danny Mendoza, Johnny's younger brother.
• Manoj Joshi as The assistant of Danny Mendoza, Johnny's younger brother.
• Padmini Kapila as Mrs. Balraj Nanda

Soundtrack

Aaghaaz
Soundtrack album by Anu Malik
Released	5 October 2000
Recorded	2000
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	44:38
Label	Tips Music
Producer	Anu Malik
Anu Malik chronology
Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega (2000) Aaghaaz (2000) Fiza (2000)

All lyrics are written by Sameer; all music is composed by Anu Malik.

Track-List

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Aaghaaz Karo"	Sonu Nigam	8:53
2.	"Dil Dil Dil" (Female)	Hema Sardesai	5:23
3.	"Dil Dil Dil" (Male)	Sonu Nigam	5:22
4.	"Dil Ko Patthar"	Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik	7:12
5.	"Dosti Ho Gayi"	Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan	6:32
6.	"Man Tera Mera Man"	Babul Supriyo, Alka Yagnik	5:23
7.	"Nav Nav Lakha"	Hema Sardesai, Sunidhi Chauhan, Kumar Sanu, Rahul	5:53
Total length:			44:38

External links

• Aaghaaz on IMDb