Akhilendra Mishra

Set in Varanasi, the story revolves around a distraught brother Kaashi, who is in search of his missing sister Ganga. But, does Ganga really exist?

Shruti [child artiste Hansika Motwani] is the 10-year-old daughter of Shrikant [Sanjay Kapoor] and Shraddha [Raveena Tandon]. She travels to her school by the local train every morning. One day, she accidentally gets locked up in her school and by the time she catches a train to go home, it is already midnight. Three young drug addicts also board the train and seeing her alone, they rape her in front of three passengers who seem afraid and helpless to come to her aid. Shruti is brought in an unconscious state to the hospital by the police. She breathes her last in front of her aggrieved parents. The city is shocked by this untoward incident. The case is handed over to Kripa Shankar Thakur [Manoj Bajpai], an upright and honest cop from the Crime Branch. From here starts an unusual legal battle between the honest and the corrupt. —gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com Shrikant and Sharda Verma are the parents to a nine year old girl, Shruti, who attends a school in Bandra. While rehearsing for a dance play; Shruti accidentally gets locked in the school and a while later is rescued by the school's watchman who then drop her off at the Bandra rail-way station where she attempt to telephone her mother but gets busy tone. She then boards a Borivali bound local train in the ladies compartment but because of the late hour the train is almost deserted with only an elderly male, a woman and a young girl. Three young drug addicts then enter by locking the windows and door, they gang rape her. The three witnesses are unable to do anything due to the fear of losing their lives. After completing the heinous act; the assailants leave the train at Malad Railway station. When the train reaches Borivali; the male in the compartment makes an anonymous call to the police who arrive on the scene as well as arrange for the girl to be taken to the nearest hospital where she breath her last. This news then send shock waves in the city of Mumbai so much that the police commissioner decides to take the case from the rail-way police and hand it to the criminal investigating department where inspector Krupa Shankar Thakur makes an appearance and promises to work with the girl's parents in prosecuting the assailants. —gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com) Nine year old Shruti is the only child of Mumbai-based Shrikant and Shweta, and is enrolled in a school in Bandra (West). One day, while rehearsing for a play, she is stranded in the rehearsal room. When the watchman returns, he lets her out, and drops her off at Bandra Railway Station. She attempts to telephone her mom, but gets the line busy, so she boards a Borivali bound local train in the ladies compartment. Because of the late hour, the compartment is nearly deserted, save for an elderly male, a woman, and a young girl. Three youth enter this compartment, lock the doors and windows, and gang-rape her. The other people are too terrified to do anything. The three youth, their task completed, leave the train at Malad Railway Station. When the train reaches Borivali, the male in the compartment makes an anonymous call to the police, who then arrive on the scene. When the news is revealed in the media, there is an uproar in Mumbai and the suburbs. Normally such matters are handled by the Railway Police, but taking account the publicity generated by this crime, the Mumbai Crime Branch and Inspector Krupa Shankar Thakur decide to get involved. The questions remain, will they be able to apprehend the three youth and stop them from committing another outrage, and will Shruti ever recover from this trauma and identify her assailants? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Gangaajal is a story of an honest cop who is transferred to a small town that is infected with corruption and is literally owned by a mobster duo of father and son. The cop finds it tough to curb the corruption as the police officers too are as corrupt as the criminals. How he puts and end to the problem is the crux of the movie.