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Criminal

  • 1994
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 3m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
608
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Criminal (1994)
ActionRomanceThriller

After witnessing the sudden death of a woman, who was unable to afford hospital treatment, Dr. Ajay Kumar cancels his immigration to America and instead sets out to build a hospital that wil... Read allAfter witnessing the sudden death of a woman, who was unable to afford hospital treatment, Dr. Ajay Kumar cancels his immigration to America and instead sets out to build a hospital that will cater to people who cannot afford treatment. Soon a hospital is built and is named "Amma... Read allAfter witnessing the sudden death of a woman, who was unable to afford hospital treatment, Dr. Ajay Kumar cancels his immigration to America and instead sets out to build a hospital that will cater to people who cannot afford treatment. Soon a hospital is built and is named "Amma People's Hospital". This attracts everyone's attention, and he becomes popular, especiall... Read all

  • Director
    • Mahesh Bhatt
  • Writers
    • Jay Dixit
    • Sainath Thotapalli
  • Stars
    • Nagarjuna Akkineni
    • Manisha Koirala
    • Ramya Krishnan
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    608
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mahesh Bhatt
    • Writers
      • Jay Dixit
      • Sainath Thotapalli
    • Stars
      • Nagarjuna Akkineni
      • Manisha Koirala
      • Ramya Krishnan
    • 10User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Nagarjuna Akkineni
    Nagarjuna Akkineni
    • Dr. Ajay Kumar
    • (as Nagarjuna)
    Manisha Koirala
    Manisha Koirala
    • Mrs. Shweta Kumar
    Ramya Krishnan
    Ramya Krishnan
    • Sub-Inspector Ramya
    • (as Ramyah Krishnan)
    Laxmikant Berde
    Laxmikant Berde
    • Manghu
    Johny Lever
    Johny Lever
    • Changhu
    Beena Banerjee
    Beena Banerjee
    • Mrs. Verma
    S.M. Zaheer
      Nassar
      Nassar
      • Teja
      • (as Nasser)
      Sharad Babu
      Gulshan Grover
      Gulshan Grover
      • Robert
      Ajit Khan
      Ajit Khan
      • Jagdish Prasad
      • (as Ajit)
      Shri Vallabh Vyas
      Shri Vallabh Vyas
        Gurbachan Singh
        Gurbachan Singh
          Mukesh Pandey
          Vishweshara Rao
            Jenny
            Ravi Kiran
            Dharmavupuru
            • Director
              • Mahesh Bhatt
            • Writers
              • Jay Dixit
              • Sainath Thotapalli
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            7idas-29860

            Tu mile song and gulshan grover's menacing screen presence

            Criminal released in 1994 , an adaptation of Hollywood movie the fugitive, is a good thriller. Still lots of scope was there to make the movie effective as compared to the original but some parts of the movie is interesting.

            Direction, screenplay is okay.

            Music is good specially the song Tu mile.

            Performances are convincing, specially veteran actor gulshan grover as Robert. His non verbal role leaves a mark. Just with his body language he creates menace. Hats off Mr grover.

            Story is good, scenes are well connected.

            Action is good.

            Lights ,situation, locales well handled.

            In nutshell a good film.
            4SumanShakya

            A bland copy of "The Fugitive"

            "Criminal" is a Tamil/ Hindi copy of a very successful Hollywood thriller "The Fugitive." Many scenes are just the carbon copy of the same movie. While "The Fugitive" remains compulsively watchable and gripping, "Criminal" appears a mawkish copy of the same with the implausible stunts done in the regular Indian style. Hence, the audiences rejected to its taste which mixes the Indian movie formulas with Hollywood story. The only saving graces are the glamour Manisha Koirala creates in the film along the mesmerizing score "Tum Mile Dil Khile" and above average performances of Nagarjuna and Nazar. Overall, the film is a crap. Just go for the original movie.

            Rating: 1 star out of 4.
            farkomeister

            Bhatt is the Criminal for making this...

            With Nagarjuna and Koirala in the lead, I was expecting a decent movie. This, unfortunately, was quite bad. Not surprisingly, it sank without a trace at the box office in 1995, despite the star-studded cast.

            It's supposed to be a remake of the Fugitive, but did Bhatt even watch the original before supposedly "re-making" it? As with his other films, Bhatt takes a reasonably good story and uses his "magic" to destroy it.

            The songs are interspersed at random places in the movie, and, as is usual with Bhatt films, there is always the unnecessary sexuality. Nagarjuna's acting skills are not quite up to the par, and he looks rather tired and old, even beyond whatever is required by his role.

            The soundtrack still sounds pretty good, however, but is not quite good enough to redeem the movie.
            1gonavaramps

            Horrible copy of Fugitive

            Criminal, another movie which was supposed to be inspired by Fugitive is in-fact a horrible re-make of Harrison Ford's terrific thriller Fugitive.In the process of making it look a bit different the director makes a nonsense film with 2 heroines and duets where as in the original there is no character as a heroine.And then the character of Tomy Lee Jones is so mellowed down that it looks nothing more than a traffic constable and this is done just to make the hero look like a superman capable of doing anything.

            A worst film in every aspect.
            5akhil-10

            Decent thriller with good music and acting, but more of bollywood style.

            For starters, this is a copy of the 1993 Harrison Ford/Tommy Lee Jones starer Fugitive.

            The plot is basically the same, the first half drags on with the love story which is made unnecessarily boring with a triangle sub-plot and some typical couple dance numbers.

            the movie gains pace in the second half, and the acting by Nagarjuna/Ramya is quite good. Background score is super and haunting and personally my favourite part of the movie.

            Overall, its a decent flick.. Fugitive thriller plot + bollywood mirch masala of love triangle and songs.

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            • Trivia
              Remake of Hollywood film The Fugitive starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. The Fugitive was based on Dr. Sam Sheppard who was accused of murdering his wife, Marilyn Sheppard on July 4,1954. Years later when he was proven innocent he remarried. and was trained by his new father in law George Strickland to be a professional wrestler. He debuted in August 1969 with the name "Killer Sam Sheppard". He wrestled around 40 matches. His matches drew massive crowds due to his notoriety over the murder trial.
            • Goofs
              There are ample of loop holes in the court case against Ajay. In real life there would be no way the case could fetch him a death sentence.

              1. Cause of Death: Shweta's postmortem report should have revealed that she died of injuries on her head. This should have forced police to look for murder weapon and a simple search of the house should have got them the rod used to attack Shweta. 2. Murder Weapon: Robert used a rod to attack Shweta. After altercation with Ajay Robert left in a hurry and leaves the rod in the house. Police should have founds the rod with Robert's fingerprints on it. Since during the altercation Ajay never touches the rod, it should only have Robert's fingerprints. 3. Watchman's testimony: Watchmen had mistaken Ajay giving CPR for strangling Shweta. Her postmortem report should have confirmed that she died of head injuries and not strangling. This should nullify watchman's testimony. 4. Phone recording: The phone recording should have recorded altercation between Ajay and Robert and also Ajay's attempt to revive Shweta. 5. Shweta's Property: Police's accusation Ajay of killing Shweta for money would not stand in court. Shweta had already transferred her property to Ajay beforehand. Ajay did not have to kill Shweta for her money as her being alive or dead would have no consequences on the property. Also Ajay himself was from a wealthy family. 6. Death sentence is rare: Even if every evidence was overlooked court still would not have given death sentence to Ajay. Such extreme sentences are given for very brutal murders and to hard core criminals.
            • Connections
              Referenced in Shivamani (2003)
            • Soundtracks
              Mudante Vadant (Telugu)
              Composed By - M.M. Keeravani

              Lyrics By - Vennelakanti

              Performed By - S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, K.S. Chithra

              Duration - 4:57

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            • Release date
              • October 15, 1994 (India)
            • Country of origin
              • India
            • Languages
              • Hindi
              • Telugu
            • Also known as
              • क्रिमिनल
            • Filming locations
              • India
            • Production company
              • NH Studioz
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              • 2h 3m(123 min)
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