Aaj Ki Awaaz

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Aaj Ki Awaaz
File:Aaj Ki Awaaz.jpg
Directed byRavi Chopra
Produced byB. R. Chopra
Written byShabd Kumar
StarringRaj Babbar
Smita Patil
Nana Patekar
Music byRavi
CinematographyBarun Mukherjee
Edited byS. B. Mane
Distributed byB. R. Films
Release date
  • 7 September 1984 (1984-09-07)
Running time
137 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Aaj Ki Awaaz (transl. Voice of the day) is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language action drama film produced by B. R. Chopra and directed by Ravi Chopra.[1] The film stars Raj Babbar, Smita Patil, Nana Patekar, and Vijay Arora. The film's music is by Ravi. The film is based on 1982 Hollywood movie Death Wish II. It tells the story of a professor who becomes a vigilante after his sister is raped and his mother is killed. This film was remade in Telugu in 1985 as Nyayam Meere Cheppali, in Tamil in 1985 as Naan Sigappu Manithan and in Kannada as Mahatma.

The censor-board certificate of the movie shows 'Re-revised', implying that censor board objected to certain scenes of the movie, and cleared the movie when it was re-edited. The producers of the movie have been subsequently criticized by many for filming sexual assault scenes in a gratuitous way.[2][3]

Plot[edit]

Professor Prabhat Kumar Varma (Raj Babbar), lives with his widowed mom, and sister, Madhu (Raksha Chauhan), in Andheri, Mumbai. He is worried about the growing crime rates in the city. He meets the Police Commissioner Sathe (Chandrashekhar) and complains about it. Meanwhile, Prabhat's friend Professor Lalwani (Dheeraj Kumar)'s sister-in-law, Sudha (Sonika Gill), is abducted, raped and killed. Her rapist and killer, Suresh Thakur (Dalip Tahil), is arrested and presented in court. His lawyers manage to prove that Suresh was not in Mumbai during the incident. The court subsequently acquits him. Annoyed by Prabhat's persistence about getting justice for Sudha, Suresh Thakur along with his gang barges into Prabhat's apartment and after tying him up, gangrapes his sister in front of him. They also murder his mother when she tries to call the police. His sister subsequently commits suicide. Prabhat loses faith in the criminal justice system. To avenge the death of his family, Prabhat turns into a vigilante. Every night he roams the city killing rapists and murderers. Inspector Shafi (Shafi Inamdar) starts investigating these crimes and soon Prabhat comes under the police's radar. The inspector eventually manages to capture Prabhat. Prabhat's girlfriend Rajni (Smita Patil) who is a lawyer takes it upon herself to free him and get justice once and for all.

Cast[edit]

Crew[edit]

Music[edit]

Song Singer (s)
"Aaj Ki Awaj" Mahendra Kapoor
"Dil Hi Dil Main" Mahendra Kapoor
"Mera Chhota Sa Ghar" Mahendra Kapoor
"Bharat To Hai Azad" Mahendra Kapoor
"Mera Chhotasa Ghar" (sad) Mahendra Kapoor
"Shloka" Hemant Kumar
"Saare Jahan Se Achcha"[lower-alpha 1] Vijaya Majumdar

Awards[edit]

32nd Filmfare Awards:

Won

Nominated

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ Written by Muhammad Iqbal.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Saibal Chatterjee; Gulzar; Govind Nihalani (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan, Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd. p. 541. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.
  2. ↑ Trehan, Madhu (17 December 1980). "Insaaf Ka Tarazu: B.R. Chopra uses all the stale Bombay filmi cliches and symbolisms". India Today. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. ↑ Singh, Deepali (5 August 2017). "Evolution of the rape scene". DNA India. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

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