Apaharan

Story of a tumultuous and complex relationship between a father (Mohan Agashe) and son (Ajay Devgan), set against the backdrop of a thriving kidnapping industry in the Hindi heartland of Bihar. In the state of Bihar kidnappings are at large where the needle clearly points to MLA Tabrez Alam,who in actual conducts the kidnapping through his henchmen Gaya Singh.Ajay Shastri a medical representative dreams of joining the police force but has to bribe the officials,his father Professor Raghuvansh Shastri is man of principles and wants Ajay to follow the same.But Ajay borrows a huge some from Gaya's men Murli to bribe the officials for a job but when his father exposes the corruption in system he looses his job and money.Murli plans to kidnap Shastri in return of money in order to save his father Ajay along with his friend Kashinath plans to kidnap a sales tax officer which fails, Gaya is now behind them for coming in his business.Ajay is soon arrested for same and gets beaten by Gaya upon his release he teams up with a corrupt cop and kills Gaya.Tabrez Alam whose angered with this wants to kill Ajay anyhow but finds him at his door step where Ajay tells him that he killed Gaya only to get close to him.Ajay asks Tabrez Alam to recruit him in his gang he sees potential in him and does so within no time Ajay's gang becomes one of the most powerful kidnapping gang in the region. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com 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. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)