Zamaanat

Infobox_Film
name = Zamaanat
director = S. Ramanathan
producer = S. Ramanathan
writer =
starring = Amitabh Bachchan,Karisma Kapoor,Arshad Warsi,Vijya Shanti
music = Viju Shah
cinematography = Y.N. Murali
editing =
distributor = Glimpse Entertainments (Overseas)
released Date = December 2008
runtime =
country = flagicon|IndiaIndia
language = Hindi
budget = INR 200,000,000 (estimated)
amg_id = 1:379048
imdb_id = 0346172

"Zamaanat-(And Justice For All) " (literally translated as "Bail") is a 2008 Indian Bollywood movie, directed by S. Ramanathan.

Story

An advocate named Shiv Shankar leaves his practice, after he loses his eyesight and becomes blind. Years later, a young girl named Kajol approaches him to fight the case of her lover Suraj, who is falsely implicated in her mother's murder case. Refusing at first, the advocate returns to the court after many years to fight the case, and help the young couple unite and bring justice.

Cast

* Amitabh Bachchan ... Shiv Shankar
* Vijayashanti
* Arshad Warsi ... Suraj
* Karisma Kapoor ... Kajol
* Anupam Kher ... Dr. Madan
* Tinnu Anand ...
* Shivaji Satham ...
* Sharat Saxena ...
* Baby Sana ...
* Prakash Raj ...
* Satya Prakash ...
* Ayub Khan ... Sunil
* Babbanlal Yadav ...
* Aarushi ... Tara
* Govind Namdeo ...
* Salil Sudhakar ...
* Raju Mavani ...
* Pranesh Sinha...
* Sunita Rao...

Trivia

* There was huge controversy over Amitabh's sunglasses (which were said to be worth 2.7 lacs) which he used to portray his blind character.
* This movie has been over 10 years in the making. The film was launched in mid-1996 and has been put on hold for numerous reasons, varying from Karisma Kapoor's attitude, to the makers running into financial crisis. It was considered to be shelved, throughout its production phase. However the makers sorted all the hurdles and completed the project.
* This movie will have Amitabh seen appearing clean shaven for a short fight scene.
* S. Ramanathan wanted to start the movie as early as 1986 but it was shelved for "unknown" reasons. Ten years later it was decided to work on the movie again.
* The makers were considering changing the movie's title to "Godfather", but thought better of it.
* Newcomer Aarushi was spotted by S. Ramanathan walking out of producer Pahlaj Nihalani's office. She caught the attention of the veteran filmmaker, who instantly decided to cast her in a key role.
* S. Ramanathan stated when the shooting was complete, that the movie was delayed due to certain problems including a distributor's demand for dropping Arshad Warsi from the film. He decided to go through the financial struggle but not to drop the actor.
* The movies tag line 'And Justice for all' is taken from Al Pacino movie ...And Justice for All (1979), incidentally the movie was also a courtroom drama.
* The initial movies working title was 'Aaryaman', throughout production it was changed to Zamaanat.
* Amitabh Bachchan got busy with his other projects and couldn’t spare date’s to dub for the film, Director S Ramanathan decided to rope in Sudesh Bhonsle to dub Amitabh’s remaining portion. This caused some friction between the two which has been recently sorted out, insistent on dubbing for his own role. Currently (Jan 08), the actor is trying to fit the dubbing shifts into his busy schedule.

References

* http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346172/maindetails
* http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1716605,001100030009.htm