Sangharsh (1999)

Country of Origin: India
Year of Production: 1999
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Colour Format: colour
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Sound: DTS, Dolby Digital (in Hindi)

DIRECTION

Director: Tanuja Chandra

CREW

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Vishesh Films Pvt. Ltd.
Producer: Mukesh Bhatt
Production Manager: Sadashiv Athule

SCRIPT
Screenplay: Mahesh Bhatt
Dialogue: Girish Dhamija

DIRECTION
Associate Director: Girish Dhamija

PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography: Dharma Teja

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Amit Saxena

MUSIC
Music: Jatin Lalit
Lyrics: Sameer

SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
Playback Singers: Remo Fernandes, Jaspinder Narula, Sonu Nigam, Shraddha Pandit, Kumar Sanu

SOUND
Sound: Uday Inamati

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Gappa Chakravorty

LOCATIONS
Locations: Delhi, India; Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India

STUNTS
Action: Abbas Ali

CAST

Akshay Kumar (Professor Aman Varma)
Preity Zinta (CBI Officer Reet Oberoi)
Ashutosh Rana (Lajja Shankar Pandey)
Madan Jain
Vishwajeet Pradhan
Vicky Chopra
Aman Varma
Amarjeet Jha
Ninad Kamat
Abhay Chopra
S.M. Zaheer
Arif Zakaria
Yash Tonk
Alia Bhatt
Krishna Bhatt
Shahad Chavan
Saurabh Dubey
Master Mazhar
Rajesh Prashar
Brij Bhushan Sahni
Jash Trivedi
Sanjeeva Vatsa

PLOT SUMMARY

Childern are being abducted and murdered and the Indian police are baffled. Central Bureau of Investigation Officer Reet Oberoi investiges and comes to suspect Lajja Shankar Pandey, a religious fanatic who is offering his victims as human sacrifices. To help gain an insight into Pandey's mind, Oberoi turns to convicted murdered Professor Aman Varma for help.

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Broadcasters: ITV

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

India
Rating: A

UK
Rating: 18

TIMELINE

1999
September
3: India - theatrical release

2001
October
29: UK - television broadcast (on ITV1)

2002
August
5: UK - television broadcast (on ITV1)

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)

KEYWORDS

children, human sacrifices, insanity, police, prison, professors, religious fanatics, serial killers

Last Updated: 25 April, 2010