Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAn IPS officer motivates and leads a dysfunctional, corrupt police force of Tezpur to fight against the corrupt politician.An IPS officer motivates and leads a dysfunctional, corrupt police force of Tezpur to fight against the corrupt politician.An IPS officer motivates and leads a dysfunctional, corrupt police force of Tezpur to fight against the corrupt politician.
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- 5 victoires et 31 nominations au total
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- Inspector Neelkanth Tiwari
- (as Anoop Soni)
- Boy Ravi
- (as Yash Pathak)
- Magni Ram
- (as Daya Shankar Pandey)
- Singer
- (as Manyata)
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- AnecdotesThe title of the movie (Gangaajal) means water of the sacred river Ganga in India. Water of the Ganges is supposed to be blessed and anyone who touches it gets cleansed of his/her sins. In the movie acid that is poured into the eyes of suspected criminals is called 'gangaajal' by the cops because they are supposedly cleansing the society.
- GaffesAjay is shown as a DSP yet he has brown hair which is against rules.
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Amit Kumar: [after bringing Mohan Joshi for questioning] Where is Sundar ?
[In an angrier tone]
Amit Kumar: Where's Sundar ?
[Throwing pics of Yashpal Sharma's associates on the table]
Amit Kumar: And where have you hidden these 4 ?
Sadhu Yadav: This game of hide and seek is played by people like you S.P.. I do everything in open daylight. If you have the authority, go ahead arrest me. Sadhu isn't afraid.
Amit Kumar: Till now you're oblivious to what fear actually is Sadhu. If Sundar doesn't unearth himself within 24 hours, you'll dread looking at your own face in the mirror.
Sadhu Yadav: What would you do, blast my eyes out, mutilate me, kill me ?
Amit Kumar: Liberation isn't coming THIS easy to you Sadhu. Remember, 24 hours.
- ConnexionsFeatured in 49th Manikchand Filmfare Awards 2003 (2004)
The movie begins with the coming of SP Amit Kumar(Ajay Devgan) to an imaginary town of Tezpur.He is acoompanied by his wife(Gracy Singh).Kumar is very perturbed to see the condition of law-breakers and law-keeperes in this crime filled city.Sadhu Yadav(Mohan Joshi) and his notorious son(Yashpal Sharma) are the self-proclaimed crime kings of the city.They have reduced Tezpur to a corrupt,violent and terrible city.The police officers charcters range from honest Khan(Ayub Khan) to corrupt yet brave Bachcha Yadav(Mukesh Tiwari) to totally corrupt (Akhilendra Mishra).Even the IG(Mohan Agashe) also has close inks with Sadhu.Amit tries to pump life in the dead system and succeeds to an extent.However when angry policemen start giving criminals the punishment they deserve by blinding them in jail(a violent depiction of the Bhagalpur blindings) and pouring acid over them(Gangaajal),the condition goes out of hand.What follows is a series of events which confuse Amit as much as it confuses the viewer as to what is right and what is wrong.While Amit feels that criminals should be dealt strictly,the concept of Gangaajal(acid pouring) is a total no-no.What should be done and what should not be done is the question which keeps lingering in the mind of audience hours after the saga has ended.
To start off with the negative points, it has to be said that the concept of police fighting the criminals has been done to death.Prakash Jha's saga ranges from intense to grim to drag.infact the last half an hour is unecessarily dragged and tests the patience of viewer.Anothet negative point of the movie is that it is too violent.The scenes of policemen blinding the prisoners is chilling but at the same time too gory.The usage of swear words many times in the movie will not be accepted by the family audience.The song sequence looks forced in.
Now the positive points.Prakash Jha's script shows that he has done commendable research on Bihar.Many of the incidents shown in the movie are real and have been handled very ably.Jha's direction is first rate.He has succeeded in giving that rough look and made the movie in a very realistic way.Unlike other cop movies here the hero does not use the barrel till the end as a mean to end the menace.Ajay devgan one again shows his talent as an actor and screen presence as a star.He looks every bit the police supritendent and acts amazingly controlled.The way he uses his eyes,lights his cigaratte and dailogue delivery is absolutely first rate.Mohan Joshi also tries to underplay his character but falls flat.Yashpal Sharma hams.Akhilendra Mishra is hopeless.Mohan Agashe as usual is horrible.Ayub Khan is ok.However after Ajay Devgan if any actor makes an impact it is undoubtedly Mukesh Tiwari.In the role of a police officer Tiwari has given a sterling performance which is award-worthy.
On the whole despite having its set of flaws,Gangaaajal is Still several notches above a normal hindi movie.It is quite capable of creating a controversy for its realism and very capable of getting Jha and Devgan both awards as well as critical acclaim.
- manishrvce
- 3 sept. 2003
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Box-office
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 1 875 477 $ US
- Durée2 heures 37 minutes
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