Indian (2001 film)

Indian
Indian
	File:Indian (2001).jpg Film poster
Directed by	N. Maharajan
Produced by	Dharmendra
Screenplay by	N. Maharajan
Story by	N. Maharajan
Based on	Vallarasu (2000) by N. Maharajan
Starring	Sunny Deol; Shilpa Shetty; Danny Denzongpa; Raj Babbar; Mukesh Rishi; Rahul Dev
Music by	Anand Raj Anand
Cinematography	A. Ramesh Kumar
Edited by	B. S. Vasu; Saleem
Production; company	Vijayta Films
Distributed by	Eros International
Release date	26 October 2001;
Running time	178 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹150 million
Box office	₹540 million

Indian is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by N. Maharajan and produced by Dharmendra. It stars Sunny Deol, and also features Shilpa Shetty, Danny Denzongpa, Raj Babbar, Mukesh Rishi and Rahul Dev in other roles. The film is a remake of the Director's own Tamil film Vallarasu and was released on 26 October 2001 with excellent box office reports,^[1] grossing a domestic nett of ₹18.0 million on its opening day. Made on a budget of ₹150 million, it was successful at the box office, earning over ₹540 million worldwide. The film tells the story of a strong, brave policeman who is falsely blamed for the mysterious murder of his father-in-law. It was the fourth highest-grossing Hindi film of the year in India with a nett gross of ₹280 million.^[2]^[3]

Plot[edit]

Raj Shekhar Azad, an honest DCP whose sole intention is to wipe out corruption, emerged unflinching patriotism from his name to aim. But for every such patriot, there is an equally motivated terrorist. Waseem Khan, a dreaded terrorist is aided by Raj's father-in-law and corrupt DGP Surya Pratap Singh, many police officers and influential industrialist Shankar Singhania. Raj's path is laden with hurdles, but he leaves no stone unturned, within the realm of law, to wage a war against the evil doers.

Raj arrests Waseem and is entrusted with his interrogation. Waseem is placed in a special cell but still arranges riots in the city from within the confines of prison. Raj figures out that Surya is Waseem's accomplice. He kills Surya and performs his last rites then as his son-in-law. His wife, Anjali, is unaware of the incident and Surya's misdeeds.

Cast[edit]

Sunny Deol as DCP Rajshekhar “Raj” Azad
Shilpa Shetty as Anjali Singh Azad
Danny Denzongpa as Shankar Singhania
Mukesh Rishi as Wasim Khan/Allah Baksh (Double role)
Rahul Dev as Pratap Sinha
Raj Babbar as DGP Surya Pratap Singh
Surendra Pal as Police Commissioner
Om Puri as Joginder Singh
Rana Jung Bahadur as Havaldar Mushtaq Singh
Deepak Shirke as Uttar Pradesh minister Veer Bahadur Singh
Rajat Bedi as Sanjay Singhania
Suresh Bhagwat as B.E.S.T. employee
Salim Ghouse as Francis
Avtar Gill as Advocate Gill
Dinesh Hingoo as Jewellery shop owner
Sanjay Narvekar as Rahim
Shakti Kapoor as Rahim's father
Reema Lagoo as Mrs. Suryapratap Singh
Viju Khote as Inspector Deshmukh
Shiva Rindani as Inspector Patil
Pramod Muthu as Inspector Moutho (as Pramod Moutho)
Dhananjay Mandrekar as Inspector
Dharmesh Tiwari as Imam Saab
Sophiya Haque as an item number "Yeh Pyar"
Malaika Arora as an item number "Yeh Pyar"

Soundtrack[edit]

All songs are written by Anand Bakshi.

Title	Singer(s)
"Waton Walo"	Roop Kumar Rathod
"Deewane"	Shaan, Alka Yagnik
"Yeh Pyar"	Richa Sharma, Sunidhi Chauhan
"Rab Di Kasam"	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
"Jaana Maine"	Abhijeet, Sadhana Sargam
"Thaath Nawabi"	Anand Raj Anand, Alka Yagnik

Reception[edit]

The website Online Bangalore described the movie as "patriotic" and described the movie as having stunts that are "vibrant and will surely appeal to the Indian masses". However they also criticised it for being overly-long, unoriginal, excessively serious, and lacking in romance.^[4] Khalid Mohammed of the Times of India described the film in an October 2001 as a "messy bang-a-bang movie".^[3]

Sequel[edit]

The making of a sequel, to be called Indian 2, and to star Sunny Deol and to be directed by Maharajan was announced in 2018.^[5]

References[edit]

↑ "rediff.com, Movies: 'I see no competition from Asoka'".
↑ Saini, Kainika (30 November 2020). "Muhurat Of Sunny Deol's Action Film Indian (2001)". Lehren. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Khalid, Mohammed (29 October 2001). "Indian". Times of India. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
↑ "Movie Review: Indian". Online Bangalore. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
↑ "Sunny Deol to play the lead in Indian 2". Cinema Express. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

External links[edit]

Indian on IMDb

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[1] "rediff.com, Movies: 'I see no competition from Asoka'".

[Saini-2] Saini, Kainika (30 November 2020). "Muhurat Of Sunny Deol's Action Film Indian (2001)". Lehren. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

[Khalid-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Khalid, Mohammed (29 October 2001). "Indian". Times of India. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[4] "Movie Review: Indian". Online Bangalore. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

[Cinema_Express-5] "Sunny Deol to play the lead in Indian 2". Cinema Express. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

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