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| name = Aaj Ki Awaaz |
| name = {{Lang|hi-latn|Aaj Ki Awaaz}} |
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| image = Aaj Ki Awaaz.jpg |
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| director = [[Ravi Chopra]] |
| director = [[Ravi Chopra]] |
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| producer = [[B. R. Chopra]] |
| producer = [[B. R. Chopra]] |
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| writer = |
| writer = Shabd Kumar |
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| starring = [[Raj Babbar]]<br/>[[Smita Patil]]<br/>[[Nana Patekar]] |
| starring = [[Raj Babbar]]<br/>[[Smita Patil]]<br/>[[Nana Patekar]] |
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| music = [[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]] |
| music = [[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]] |
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| cinematography = |
| cinematography = [[Barun Mukherjee]] |
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| editing = |
| editing = S. B. Mane |
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| distributor = B. R. Films |
| distributor = B. R. Films |
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| released = {{Film date|1984|9|7|df= |
| released = {{Film date|1984|9|7|df=y}} |
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| runtime = |
| runtime = 137 minutes |
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| country = [[India]] |
| country = [[India]] |
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| language = Hindi |
| language = Hindi |
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'''{{Lang|hi-latn|Aaj Ki Awaaz}}''' ({{trans|Voice of the day}}) is a 1984 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[vigilante film|vigilante]] [[action film]] directed by Ravi Chopra<ref name="LtdGulzar2003">{{cite book|author2=Gulzar|author3=Govind Nihalani|author1=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT565|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan, Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|page=541}}</ref> and produced by [[B. R. Chopra]]. The film stars [[Raj Babbar]], [[Smita Patil]], [[Nana Patekar]], and [[Vijay Arora]]. The film's music is by [[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]]. The film is based on 1982 Hollywood movie ''[[Death Wish II]]''. It tells the story of a professor who becomes a vigilante after his sister is raped and his mother is killed. This film was remade in Telugu in 1985 as ''[[Nyayam Meere Cheppali]]'', in Tamil in 1985 as ''[[Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985 film)|Naan Sigappu Manithan]]'' and in Kannada in 2000 as ''Mahatma''. |
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The censor-board certificate of the movie shows 'Re-revised', implying that censor board objected to certain scenes of the movie, and cleared the movie when it was edited |
The censor-board certificate of the movie shows 'Re-revised', implying that censor board objected to certain scenes of the movie, and cleared the movie when it was re-edited. The producers of the movie have been subsequently criticized by many for filming sexual assault scenes in a gratuitous way.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Trehan|first=Madhu|date=December 17, 1980|title=Insaaf Ka Tarazu: B.R. Chopra uses all the stale Bombay filmi cliches and symbolisms|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19801130-insaaf-ka-tarazu-b.r.-chopra-uses-all-the-stale-bombay-filmi-cliches-and-symbolisms-821642-2014-01-02|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213183346/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19801130-insaaf-ka-tarazu-b.r.-chopra-uses-all-the-stale-bombay-filmi-cliches-and-symbolisms-821642-2014-01-02 |archive-date=13 February 2020 |access-date=2021-02-10|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Deepali|date=2017-08-05|title=Evolution of the rape scene|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-evolution-of-the-rape-scene-2520956|access-date=2021-02-10|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref> |
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== Plot == |
== Plot == |
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Professor Prabhat Kumar Varma (Raj Babbar) |
Professor Prabhat Kumar Varma (Raj Babbar) lives in [[Andheri]], Mumbai with his widowed mother and sister, Madhu (Raksha Chauhan). Concerned about the rising crime rates in the city, he meets with Police Commissioner Sathe (Chandrashekhar) to voice his concerns. Meanwhile, his friend Professor Lalwani's sister-in-law, Sudha (Sonika Gill), is kidnapped, raped, and killed by Suresh Thakur (Dalip Tahil). However, Suresh's lawyers prove in court that he was not in Mumbai at the time of the incident, and he is acquitted. Frustrated by Prabhat's persistence in seeking justice for Sudha, Suresh and his gang break into Prabhat's apartment. They tie him up and sexually assault his sister in front of him before murdering his mother when she attempts to call the police. His sister subsequently commits suicide. Devastated by these events, Prabhat loses faith in the criminal justice system and becomes a vigilante, taking it upon himself to roam the city at night and kill rapists and murderers. |
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Jagmohandas along with his gang barged into the house of Prabhat Kumar and after tying him in a chair, raped his sister in front of his eyes. His sister jumped from the building out of the humiliation she faced and died. Prabhat didn't get justice from police even after trying hard. To take revenge Prabhat himself started killing criminals and rapist of the city secretly. Very soon the police was on alert and Inspector Shafi (Shafi Inamdar) was given the enquiry. |
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Inspector Shafi caught Prabhat and he was presented in the court where her girl friend Rajni (Smita Patil) fought his case and proved that there were two sides of the crime Prabhat committed. |
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Inspector Shafi (Shafi Inamdar) begins to investigate these crimes, and Prabhat soon comes under the police's radar. The inspector eventually captures Prabhat, and his girlfriend Rajni (Smita Patil), who is a lawyer, takes it upon herself to free him and seek justice for his family once and for all. |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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*[[Raj Babbar]] <small>as</small> Prof. Prabhat Kumar |
*[[Raj Babbar]] <small>as</small> Prof. Prabhat Kumar Verma |
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*[[Smita Patil]] <small>as</small> Public Prosecutor Rajni V. Deshmukh |
*[[Smita Patil]] <small>as</small> Public Prosecutor Rajni V. Deshmukh |
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*[[Nana Patekar]] <small>as</small> Jagmohandas |
*[[Nana Patekar]] <small>as</small> Jagmohandas |
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*[[Arun Bakshi]] <small>as</small> Inspector Veerkar |
*[[Arun Bakshi]] <small>as</small> Inspector Veerkar |
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*[[Ashalata]] <small>as</small> Mrs. V.V. Deshmukh |
*[[Ashalata]] <small>as</small> Mrs. V.V. Deshmukh |
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*[[Chandrashekhar]] <small>as</small> Police Commissioner Sathe |
*[[Chandrashekhar (actor)|Chandrashekhar]] <small>as</small> Police Commissioner Sathe |
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*[[Iftekhar]] <small>as</small> Judge V.V. Deshmukh |
*[[Iftekhar]] <small>as</small> Judge V.V. Deshmukh |
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*[[Alok Nath]] <small>as</small> Hotel (bar owner) |
*[[Alok Nath]] <small>as</small> Hotel (bar owner) |
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*[[Dalip Tahil]] <small>as</small> Suresh Thakur |
*[[Dalip Tahil]] <small>as</small> Suresh Thakur |
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*[[Dinesh Thakur]] <small>as</small> Advocate Dayal |
*[[Dinesh Thakur]] <small>as</small> Advocate Dayal |
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*Bashir Khan <small>as</small> Prabhat's student |
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*Chandni <small>as</small> Sudha's friend |
*Chandni <small>as</small> Sudha's friend |
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*Deepak Qazir <small>as</small> Kishan Khanna |
*Deepak Qazir <small>as</small> Kishan Khanna |
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*Sonika Gill <small>as</small> Sudha Advani |
*Sonika Gill <small>as</small> Sudha Advani |
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*[[Urmila Bhatt]] <small>as</small> Mrs. |
*[[Urmila Bhatt]] <small>as</small> Mrs. Verma |
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*Raksha Chauhan <small>as</small> Madhu, Prof. Prabhat's sister who gets raped and killed. |
*Raksha Chauhan <small>as</small> Madhu, Prof. Prabhat's sister who gets raped and killed. |
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*[[Om Katare]] as Villain |
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==Crew== |
==Crew== |
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| [[Hemant Kumar]] |
| [[Hemant Kumar]] |
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| "Saare Jahan Se Achcha" |
| "[[Sare Jahan se Accha|Saare Jahan Se Achcha]]"{{Efn|Written by [[Muhammad Iqbal]].|name=|group=}} |
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| Vijaya Majumdar |
| Vijaya Majumdar |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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{{awards table}} |
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; [[32nd Filmfare Awards]]<nowiki>:</nowiki> |
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'''Won''' |
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| rowspan="2"|1985 |
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* [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]] – Hasan Kamal for "Aaj Ki Awaaz" |
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| Hassan Kamal (for title song) |
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| [[Filmfare Best Lyricist Award]] |
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'''Nominated''' |
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| {{won}} |
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* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]] – B. R. Films |
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| [[Smita Patil]] |
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* [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] – [[Ravi Chopra]] |
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* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] – [[Raj Babbar]] |
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* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] – [[Smita Patil]] |
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* [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] – [[Shafi Inamdar]] |
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* [[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]] – Shabd Kumar |
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== Notes == |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 14:37, 13 April 2024
Aaj Ki Awaaz | |
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Directed by | Ravi Chopra |
Written by | Shabd Kumar |
Produced by | B. R. Chopra |
Starring | Raj Babbar Smita Patil Nana Patekar |
Cinematography | Barun Mukherjee |
Edited by | S. B. Mane |
Music by | Ravi |
Distributed by | B. R. Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
Land | Indien |
Sprache | Hindi |
Aaj Ki Awaaz (transl. Voice of the day) is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language vigilante action film directed by Ravi Chopra[1] and produced by B. R. Chopra. The film stars Raj Babbar, Smita Patil, Nana Patekar, and Vijay Arora. The film's music is by Ravi. The film is based on 1982 Hollywood movie Death Wish II. It tells the story of a professor who becomes a vigilante after his sister is raped and his mother is killed. This film was remade in Telugu in 1985 as Nyayam Meere Cheppali, in Tamil in 1985 as Naan Sigappu Manithan and in Kannada in 2000 as Mahatma.
The censor-board certificate of the movie shows 'Re-revised', implying that censor board objected to certain scenes of the movie, and cleared the movie when it was re-edited. The producers of the movie have been subsequently criticized by many for filming sexual assault scenes in a gratuitous way.[2][3]
Plot
[edit]Professor Prabhat Kumar Varma (Raj Babbar) lives in Andheri, Mumbai with his widowed mother and sister, Madhu (Raksha Chauhan). Concerned about the rising crime rates in the city, he meets with Police Commissioner Sathe (Chandrashekhar) to voice his concerns. Meanwhile, his friend Professor Lalwani's sister-in-law, Sudha (Sonika Gill), is kidnapped, raped, and killed by Suresh Thakur (Dalip Tahil). However, Suresh's lawyers prove in court that he was not in Mumbai at the time of the incident, and he is acquitted. Frustrated by Prabhat's persistence in seeking justice for Sudha, Suresh and his gang break into Prabhat's apartment. They tie him up and sexually assault his sister in front of him before murdering his mother when she attempts to call the police. His sister subsequently commits suicide. Devastated by these events, Prabhat loses faith in the criminal justice system and becomes a vigilante, taking it upon himself to roam the city at night and kill rapists and murderers.
Inspector Shafi (Shafi Inamdar) begins to investigate these crimes, and Prabhat soon comes under the police's radar. The inspector eventually captures Prabhat, and his girlfriend Rajni (Smita Patil), who is a lawyer, takes it upon herself to free him and seek justice for his family once and for all.
Cast
[edit]- Raj Babbar as Prof. Prabhat Kumar Verma
- Smita Patil as Public Prosecutor Rajni V. Deshmukh
- Nana Patekar as Jagmohandas
- Om Shivpuri as Judge
- Dheeraj Kumar as Prof. Lalwani
- Shafi Inamdar as Inspector Shafi
- Vijay Arora as Srivastava
- Arun Bakshi as Inspector Veerkar
- Ashalata as Mrs. V.V. Deshmukh
- Chandrashekhar as Police Commissioner Sathe
- Iftekhar as Judge V.V. Deshmukh
- Alok Nath as Hotel (bar owner)
- Gufi Paintal as Orderly in Mental Hospital
- Dalip Tahil as Suresh Thakur
- Dinesh Thakur as Advocate Dayal
- Chandni as Sudha's friend
- Deepak Qazir as Kishan Khanna
- Sonika Gill as Sudha Advani
- Urmila Bhatt as Mrs. Verma
- Raksha Chauhan as Madhu, Prof. Prabhat's sister who gets raped and killed.
- Om Katare as Villain
Crew
[edit]- Director: Ravi Chopra
- Producer: B. R. Chopra
- Banner: B R Films
Music
[edit]Song | Singer (s) |
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"Aaj Ki Awaj" | Mahendra Kapoor |
"Dil Hi Dil Main" | Mahendra Kapoor |
"Mera Chhota Sa Ghar" | Mahendra Kapoor |
"Bharat To Hai Azad" | Mahendra Kapoor |
"Mera Chhotasa Ghar" (sad) | Mahendra Kapoor |
"Shloka" | Hemant Kumar |
"Saare Jahan Se Achcha"[a] | Vijaya Majumdar |
Awards
[edit]Won
- Best Lyricist – Hasan Kamal for "Aaj Ki Awaaz"
Nominated
- Best Film – B. R. Films
- Best Director – Ravi Chopra
- Best Actor – Raj Babbar
- Best Actress – Smita Patil
- Best Supporting Actor – Shafi Inamdar
- Best Story – Shabd Kumar
Notes
[edit]- ^ Written by Muhammad Iqbal.
References
[edit]- ^ Saibal Chatterjee; Gulzar; Govind Nihalani (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan, Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd. p. 541. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.
- ^ Trehan, Madhu (17 December 1980). "Insaaf Ka Tarazu: B.R. Chopra uses all the stale Bombay filmi cliches and symbolisms". India Today. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ Singh, Deepali (5 August 2017). "Evolution of the rape scene". DNA India. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- Aaj Ki Awaaz at IMDb