Aatank

Aatank (English:Terror) is a 1996 Indian Bollywood action thriller written by Sachin Bhowmick and directed by duo Prem Lalwani & Desh Mukherjee.[1][2] The film stars Dharmendra, Vinod Mehra, Hema Malini, Amjad Khan, Ravi Kissen and Nafisa Ali in the lead roles.[3][4] The film began principal photography in the mid 1980s and was delayed for several years before being released in 1996.[5] A sub-plot with a killer shark may have been inspired by the Hollywood film Jaws.[5]

Aatank
Directed byPrem Lalwani
Desh Mukherjee
Produced byPrem Lalwani
Written bySachin Bhowmick
StarringDharmendra
Hema Malini
Ravi Kissen
Amjad Khan
Vinod Mehra
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Release date
  • 9 February 1996 (1996-02-09)
Running time
113 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

By the time of its release, two of its cast members, Vinod Mehra and Amjad Khan, had died. Most of the movie features a younger Dharmendra and Hema Malini, but one scene features the same actors when they were older, resulting in a continuity error. The dubbing for Amjad Khan's voice was done by a mimic artist, since he had died.[6]

Plot

Jesu and Peter are childhood friends who live in a coastal village in India and depend on fishing as their livelihood. The community is oppressed by a powerful gangster named Alphonso. Jesu is an orphan, while Peter is brought up by his aunt and uncle, after the death of his mother. The community is all thrilled when Phillips finds black pearls off the coast.[5]

But then so does Alphonso, who asks his divers to get all the pearls, thus disturbing the ocean. Peter meets with Suzy D'Silva and they fall in love with each other, and get married. While enjoying a quiet swim on the sea-shore, Suzy disappears. A search is carried out, and a number of human body parts are recovered. With shock and horror, this community finds that their livelihood is being threatened by a gigantic man-eating shark.[7]

Cast

Songs

References
  1. "Aatank - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  2. "Aatank". www.filmaboutit.com (in Italian). Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  3. Aatank Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes, retrieved 26 September 2019
  4. Aatank 1996, Shemaroo, 8 January 2002, retrieved 26 September 2019
  5. "Video: Did you know Dharmendra fought a shark in the 1980s?". The Indian Express. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ffZNSOASE0
  7. Newman, Kim (2017). Kim Newman's Video Dungeon: The Collected Reviews. Titan Books. ISBN 9781785657474.
  8. Davies, Clive (2015). Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won't Write about. SCB Distributors. ISBN 9781909394063.


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