Indian (2001 film)

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Not to be confused with Indian (1996 film).

Indian
Film poster
Directed byN. Maharajan
Screenplay byN. Maharajan
Story byN. Maharajan
Based onVallarasu (2000)
Produced byDharmendra
StarringSunny Deol
Shilpa Shetty
Danny Denzongpa
Raj Babbar
Mukesh Rishi
Rahul Dev
CinematographyA. Ramesh Kumar
Edited byB. S. Vasu
Saleem
Music byAnand Raj Anand
Production
company
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • 26 October 2001 (2001-10-26)
Running time
178 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹15 crore[1]
Box office₹42.60 crore[1]

Indian is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by N. Maharajan and produced by Dharmendra under Vijayta Films. A remake of the director's own Tamil film Vallarasu, the film stars Sunny Deol, Shilpa Shetty, Danny Denzongpa, Raj Babbar, Mukesh Rishi and Rahul Dev.

Indian was released on 26 October 2001 with excellent box office reports, grossing a domestic nett of ₹18 million on its opening day. Made on a budget of ₹150 million, it was a commercial success at the box office, earning over ₹540 million worldwide.[2] It was the fourth highest-grossing Hindi film of 2001, with a nett gross of ₹280 million.[3][4]

Plot[edit]

DCP Rajashekhar Azad lives with his wife Anjali and they both have two children. Rajashekhar arrests Waseem Khan, a dreaded terrorist having connections with industrialist Shankar Singhania, and learns that his father-in-law DGP Surya Pratap Singh is also involved with Waseem Khan. Rajashekhar kills Surya, which makes Anjali to leaves Rajashekhar. Rajashekhar takes the help of youths, who are disillusioned by their inability to join the police force, and manages to kill Shankar and Waseem Khan. Later, Anjali learns about her father's misdeeds and reunites with Rajashekhar.

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

Deol, who usually did not star in remakes, saw Vallarasu and loved it. This was his second home production after Dillagi, and while admitting there were no drastic changes made to the script, he revealed the only thing changed was the nativity in order to suit the northern audience."[5]

Soundtrack[edit]

Indian
Soundtrack album by
Anand Raaj Anand
Released2001
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelUniversal Music India

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]

Online Bangalore described that the film will certainly appeal to majority of the masses.[6] Khalid Mohammed of The Times of India described the film as a "messy bang-a-bang movie."[4]

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.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Indian – Movie". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Indian - Movie". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  3. ^ Saini, Kainika (30 November 2020). "Muhurat Of Sunny Deol's Action Film Indian (2001)". Lehren. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b Khalid, Mohammed (29 October 2001). "Indian". Times of India. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  5. ^ "'I see no competition from Asoka'". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Movie Review: Indian". Online Bangalore. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Sunny Deol to play the lead in Indian 2". Cinema Express. 4 April 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

External links[edit]

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