Apaharan - (2005) - Netflix

2h41m - Dramas

Raised under the condescending eye of his activist father, an underachieving loafer is lured into the local kingpin’s web of corruption and kidnapping.

Director: Prakash Jha
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Nana Patekar, Bipasha Basu, Ayub Khan, Mohan Agashe, Mukesh Tiwari, Yashpal Sharma, Anoop Soni, Chetan Pandit
Netflix Rating:
7.4/5
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 0/100
Countries Available in: Au

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Available Since: 2020-12-31
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Synopsis Ajay lives with his stern honest disciplinarian and Gandhian widowed father Prof. (retd.) Raghuvansh Shastri. Ajay works as a salesman but soon finds himself out of work. He applies for a position with the Police but is turned down even though he always makes it to the merit list. Finally he borrows 5 lakh rupees to bribe his way on the merit list & soon his name is shown on the shortlist. Just before his selection major differences crop up between Home Minister Dinkar Pandey and his dad with the later threatening to expose the corruption within the State Ministry. Dinkar ensures that Ajay's name is dropped from the shortlist and the money-lender sends his goons after him giving him 3 days to come up with the money. A desperate Ajay decides to be part of the lucrative kidnapping scheme in Bihar abducts a Government official and demands a ransom so that he can re-pay his loan. Unfortunately this Government official was under the protection of underworld Don Gaya Singh who carries out his operation from prison. When it is discovered that Gaya is involved the abduction goes awry with Ajay being arrested by the police held in a cell where he is severely beaten and humiliated by Gaya Singh. Ajay is discharged from custody when no one identifies him. Ajay is enraged frustrated with his life and he decides to take kidnap another government official. This official was on the list to be kidnapped by Gaya Singh under instructions from corrupt MLA Tabrez Alam. When Gaya finds out that Ajay is behind this kidnapping he locates and decides to kill him a tussle ensues which results in Gaya's death. Ajay then takes over from Gaya and is accepted with open arms by Tabrez and his men. What Ajay does not know is that Tabrez is a ruthless man who has killed his very own nephew the son of his brother Usman Alam when he became an informant for the police. When Ajay's popularity grows he is invited by Dinkar to join forces with him as everyone from a lowly Police Constable to the Home Minister gets a share in the ransom money. Ajay refuses however Tabrez is misinformed about this and thinks that Ajay is against him. Now Ajay finds himself alone as even his father has forsaken him. The girl he hoped to marry Megha no longer cares for him and the police want him dead or alive - that is if he can escape from the clutches of Usman and Tabrez first.

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