Ek: The Power of One
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Ek: The Power of One | |
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Directed by | Sangeeth Sivan |
Produced by | Jasswant Khera |
Screenplay by | Trivikram Srinivas |
Story by | Trivikram Srinivas |
Starring | Bobby Deol Shriya Saran Nana Patekar |
Music by | Songs: Pritam Background Score: Sanjoy Chowdhury |
Cinematography | Ramji |
Edited by | Chirag Jain |
Distributed by | K Sera Sera Dharam Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Box office | ₹6 crore[1] |
Ek: The Power of One is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film starring Bobby Deol and Nana Patekar. It is a remake of the Telugu-language film Athadu.
Plot[edit]
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Nandu an orphan turned assassin, somehow gets wrongly accused of a politician's murder and is on the run. On his escapade on a train, he meets Puran, who is homebound after eighteen years, they get chatting, and Nandu finds all about his joint family and the wedding of Puran's sister that he is going to attend.
However, the police catch up with Nandu on the train and shoot at him, but Puran gets hit accidentally and dies on the spot. Nandu goes to Puran's family home in his village to return his grandfather's watch and also to break the news of his grandson's death to him. However, it turns out that Puran's family mistakes Nandu for Puran and makes him a part of the celebration at home. He thinks that it is his responsibility to fulfill the deeds the Puran had to fulfill.
Preet, who is the daughter of Puran's grandfather's friend, is in awe of Nandu and falls in love with him. CBI Inspector Rane, is given the responsibility of tracking down the killer and is after Nandu.
At the end, Nandu realizes that his friend Shekar is behind everything. He has a tape of his innocence and gives it to Inspector Rane. He then goes back to Puran's family and lives with them.
Cast[edit]
- Bobby Deol as Nandkumar 'Nandu' Sharma / 'Fake' Puran Singh
- Shriya Saran as Preet
- Pradeep Kharab as Shekhar
- Sanjay Mishra as Advocate Parminder Singh
- Sachin Khedekar as Opposition Minister Anna Mhatre
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Kripal Singh
- Nana Patekar as CBI Inspector NandKumar Rane
- Jackie Shroff as Savte (Special Appearance)
- Zarina Wahab as Gayatri bua
- Gurpreet Ghuggi as Guru
- Rana Ranbir as Dev
- Akshay Kapoor as Puran Singh
- Raghuveer Yadav as minister Joshi
- Vikramjeet Virk as (Special Appearance)
- Preeti Bhutani as Nandni
- Jaspal Bhatti as Amrik Singh Nasa
- Upasana Singh as Manjeet bua
- Dhritiman Chatterjee as DIG Shergill
- Ritu Vij as Balbir
- Anant Jog as Police Inspector
- Chunky Pandey as Balli
- Rana Jung Bahadur as Chaudhary
- Shishir Sharma as CBI Chief
- Simran Deepali as Channo
- Ajaz Khan as Anna Mhatre's son
Soundtrack[edit]
Ek: The Power of One | ||||
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Released | 2009 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Pritam chronology | ||||
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The songs of the film were composed by Pritam, and the song "Bang Bang" was written by Mayur Puri.
No. | Title | Singers | Lyrics | Length |
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1 | "Sambhale" | Sukhwinder Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan | Shabbir Ahmed | 5:45 |
2 | "Sona Lagda" | Shashwati Phukan | Shabbir Ahmed | 5:09 |
3 | "Tum Saath Ho" | Shreya Ghoshal, Abhijeet Bhattacharya | Shabbir Ahmed | 5:21 |
4 | "Bang Bang" | Rana Mazumder | Mayur Puri | 5:40 |
5 | "Sona Lagda" (Kilogram Mix) | Shashwati Phukan | Shabbir Ahmed | 3:54 |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Dashavtaar Opens To A Poor Response". Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network. 18 April 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2009.