Sangharsh (1999 film)

Infobox_Film
name = Sangharsh


imdb_id = 0111068
writer = Mahesh Bhatt
starring = Akshay Kumar,
Preity Zinta,
Ashutosh Rana
director = Tanuja Chandra
producer = Mukesh Bhatt
distributor =
released = September 3 1999
runtime =
country = IND
language = Hindi
music = Jatin-Lalit
awards =
budget =

"Sangharsh" (Hindi: सँघर्ष, Urdu: سنگھرش) is a 1999 Bollywood film directed by Tanuja Chandra. It stars Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta and Ashutosh Rana. The plot of the movie is very similar to the Academy Award-winning film "The Silence of the Lambs". [cite web|author=Ravi, P.R|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99sep26/sunday/view.htm|title="I want to tell my story from the woman’s point of view"|date=September 26, 1999|publisher="The Tribune"|accessdate=2008-05-15]

ynopsis

A series of child abduction and murders have left the police force perplexed who are unable to solve the case. Hence the case is handed over to CBI, who designate trainee Reet Oberoi (Preity Zinta) to solve the case. After some investigation the evidence points towards Lajja Shankar Pandey (Ashutosh Rana), a religious fanatic who believes in the sacrifice of children to gain immortality. Pandey's erratic behavior and Reet's traumas (as a child she witnesses her older brother, a terrorist, being gunned down by the police in their home) forces Reet to seek help from a prisoner, an unjustly implicated genius by the name Professor Aman Varma (Akshay Kumar).

At first he's rude towards Reet and refuses to help her, but with some help she manages to sway him into helping her. The case gets even more tough as she finds out that the Home Minister's only child has been kidnapped by Pandey. Reet cannot handle the pressure alone due to her traumatic childhood and her phobias, also she faces opposition from the local police partly because of Varma's methods. As they begin to spend more time together, he helps her overcome her fears and they both fall in love with each other.

They both eventually track down Pandey, who is about to begin the last sacrifice on the night of the full moon ("Pooranmasi") which will finally help him attain the unattainable Immortality. Aman and Reet eventually save the child, killing Pandey in the process, but Aman is seriously hurt and is on the brink of death. Reet and Aman share a last kiss and he dies in her arms. Reet is given a hero's welcome and she finds a new sense of life in herself.

Cast

*Akshay Kumar ... Professor Aman Varma
*Preity Zinta ... CBI Officer Reet Oberoi
*Ashutosh Rana ... Lajja Shankar Pandey
*Yash Tonk ... Special Apperance

Awards

* Filmfare Best Villain Award - Ashutosh Rana

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