Anup Soni

After a gap of 12 years, two separated lovers Kartik and Vasuki end up meeting each other under unusual circumstances.

Set during the reign of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the film depicts the Maratha leader`s fight against the Mughal army. This historical drama portrays the grand battle between the two armies over the city of Pune.

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.

Naive, simple-minded, and illiterate Bhaskar Sarnaik (Amitabh Dayal) comes to Bombay from his far-off village, to look for his missing brother, Raghuvir. He comes in contact with Sub-Inspector Gokhale (Om Puri), who feels sorry for him, and not only offers to find his brother, but also employment at an Irani Restaurant. Bhaskar does find his brother - in the morgue - but decides not to tell his mother as this may break her heart. He decides to stay on in Bombay and undergoes training to become a police officer. A short time later he is also a Sub-Inspector working closely with Gokhale. He is wounded in an encounter, and his mother comes to look after, and gets him to marry Aditi (Nandita Das) from the same village, which Bhaskar does so. Then the police must hunt for Adi, a notorious hit-man. When Bhaskar comes face to face with Adi, he does not shoot him, and as a result Adi escapes. Adi then gives an interview on television that he is the child-hood friend of Bhaskar, and that he would never be shot at by Bhaskar. As a result, Bhaskar gets suspended from service, and becomes the subject of an intensive investigation by the Crime Branch, who are now convinced that Bhaskar is on the pay-roll of Adi and other underworld elements. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)