Aaghaaz Explained

Aaghaaz
Director:Yogesh Ishwar
Producer:D. Ramanaidu
Based On:Sivayya (1998)
Screenplay:Nikhil Saini
Starring:Sunil Shetty
Sushmita Sen
Namrata Shirodkar
Music:Songs:
Anu Malik
Score:
M. M. Srilekha
Cinematography:Shyam K. Naidu
Editing:K. V. Krishna Reddy
Distributor:Suresh Productions
Runtime:160 minutes
Country:India
Language:Hindi

Aaghaaz (Translated: Beginning) is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Yogesh Ishwar. It is the remake of the Telugu movie Sivayya, which was also produced by D. Suresh Babu.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Plot summary

Govind Narang is an honest and chivalrous man from a small village in Punjab. He falls in love with Sudha, but marries his mentor's daughter, Pushpa, to save her from public ridicule. Pushpa was impregnated by a police officer who refused to marry her. She does not love Govind and hates Sudha with passion. Together with her brother, Laxman, Pushpa tries to expel Sudha from the village, but is unsuccessful. When Laxman finds out about Pushpa's infidelity, he poisons her. After his wife's death, Govind relocates to Mumbai with his sister, Ratna. He meets beautiful Gitika, and they fall in love.

One day, as Govind defends the honour of a young girl from the brother of a hoodlum, Johnny Handsome, he elicits hatred and animosity. Johnny is humiliated by Govind and swears vengeance with the help of Sadanand Kutty and Karim Khan Toofani. On the other hand, Govind befriends Ram Sevak and with his help and the assistance of a landowner, he arranges the purchase of a large plot of land so that hawkers and small shop-owners could set up their businesses. But nothing goes according to plan. The plot of land and the owner turn out to be fake, Ram Sevak turns out to be a member of the gangsters, and Govind gets all the blame. His sister is openly raped, and Govind himself gets seriously wounded in broad daylight before the very eyes of the people he defended. Govind is then helped by Sudha, and he decides to exact revenge. He files an FIR against everyone in the neighbourhood who witnessed what happened to his sister, except the culprits themselves. When they are brought to court, he condemns everyone for their attitude, and then tells them to be brave and fight the criminals. Encouraged by this, the entire neighbourhood decides to take on the gang. They attack the gangsters with bottles when they come to threaten them in the locality, and then move on to Johnny Handsome's office, breaking everything and attacking all the goons. They join Govind and Sudha to attack the gangsters and arrest them. The criminals are sentenced to death, and everything returns to normal. In the end, though, on a happy note, Govind's sister marries a close friend of the family, Harish, and Govind agrees to marry Sudha.

Cast

Soundtrack

Aaghaaz
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Anu Malik
Released:1 September 2000
Recorded:2000
Genre:Soundtrack
Length:44:38
Label:Tips Music
Producer:Anu Malik
Prev Title:Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega
Prev Year:2000
Next Title:Fiza
Next Year:2000

Notes and References

  1. Web site: rediff.com, Movies: Aaghaaz leaves you aghast!. www.rediff.com.
  2. Web site: Aaghaaz Review 1/5 | Aaghaaz Movie Review | Aaghaaz 2000 Public Review | Film Review . . 6 October 2000 .
  3. Web site: Aaghaaz - movie review by Anjali Abrol - Planet Bollywood .
  4. Web site: Aaghaaz review: Aaghaaz (Hindi) Movie Review - fullhyd.com.