Ek Ajnabee (2005)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Apoorva Lakhia

Writers:

Apoorva Lakhia (screenplay) and
Manoj Tyagi (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

9 December 2005 (India)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

A stranger comes to town

Plot:

Movie is a remake of the Hollywood movie Man on Fire (2004). Quite an effort to reproduce the movie with quite a different climax.

Plot Keywords:

Kidnapping | Bodyguard | Bangkok | Abductor | Alcoholic

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan	...	Col. Suryaveer Singh
Arjun Rampal	...	Shekhar Verma
Perizaad Zorabian	...	Nikasha R. Rathore
Rucha Vaidya	...	Anamika R. Rathore (as Baby Rucha Vaidya)
Vikram Chatwal	...	Ravi Rathore
Daya Shankar Pandey	...	Kripa Shankar
Akhilendra Mishra	...	ACP Harvinder Singh 'Harry'
Aditya Lakhia	...	Sammy
Rajendranath Zutshi	...	Wong
Kelly Dorji	...	Bangkok Police Officer Kelly
Denzil Smith	...	Knee Cap (Knee Kapoor)
Yuth	...	Advocate Chang
Abhishek Bachchan	...	Bodyguard (Special Appearance)
Lara Dutta	...	Adult Anamika (Special Appearance)
Sanjay Dutt	...	Special Appearance (Hip-hop MC)

Also Known As:

One Stranger (International: English title)

Runtime:

142 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:18 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

G.S. Entertainment

Trivia:

The snaps of 'Amitabh Bachhan' seen when Kelly Dorjee browses police records are actually from the film "Lakshya" which also had Amitabh playing an army officer (Colonel Damle).

Quotes:

Kripa Shankar: Sir, don't you think it's God's look-out to punish those evil?
Suryaveer Singh: You're right.
Suryaveer Singh: It's God's look-out to punish those evil. However...
Suryaveer Singh: It's my job to introduce them to God.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Man on Fire (2004)

similar to "Man on Fire"

This strange Bollywood copy of the film "Man on Fire" was neither better nor worse than the original. It was just very much the same, and I didn't like the original film much. Luckily, this film wasn't as long as a normal Bollywood film, although like "Man on Fire" I found it a touch long, and it wasn't packed with songs. The setting was changed to Thailand, but otherwise the story and even the lines were very much the same - depressed ex-soldier goes to be a bodyguard for the child of a rich family. They form a special bond, and then she gets kidnapped. The bodyguard goes on a brutal revenge rampage. I thought the actors were okay and the girl did quite a good job. Unfortunately the director decided to imitate a lot of the strange cinematography and jerky edits of the original film. In my opinion it didn't work originally and it still didn't work in this version. There seemed to be less of the violent revenge in this, which was good, although there also seemed to be less of an insight into the business of kidnapping, or into corruption. It was just very much the same as "Man on Fire" and not even significantly Bollywoodised, just with different actors and half spoken in Hindi. (Incidentally, I really admire the actors' ability to switch languages the whole time.) It doesn't matter which version you watch because the story is silly and the camera work will probably make you seasick.