Ghaath

Ghaath is a 2000 Indian Bollywood crime drama film directed by Akashdeep and produced by Kumar Mohan. The film stars Manoj Bajpayee, Tabu and Om Puri in pivotal roles and actress Raveena Tandon in a special appearance.

Ghaath
Directed byAkashdeep
Produced byKumar Mohan
Atul Mohan (co-producer)
Written byAkashdeep
Screenplay byAkashdeep
Starring
Music by
CinematographySurendra M. Rao
Edited byAseem Sinha
Production
company
K. Bhagyalaxmi Pictures
Release date
  • 8 December 2000 (2000-12-08) (India)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

Krishna Patil (Manoj Bajpayee) aspires to be a police officer and impresses Ajay Pandey (Om Puri) of the Police Academy. However, a local gangster Romesh Bhagwat Dada alias Maamu (Irrfan Khan) does not want him to pass the Academy and has him disqualified. Enraged by this Patil drinks heavily and is arrested after a scuffle with Ishwar Mohanlal Ghodbole (Mukesh Tiwari), a corrupt cop for whom POLICE has the following full form: Power, Order Liar, Incompetent, Corrupt and Encounter. It is only when Patil's father (Anupam Kher) bribes him does Ghodbole releases him. Patil becomes disillusioned of the system in general. One day he meets Kavita Chaudhary (Tabu) who recently lost her father and shares Patil's view of the system. They grow closer and begin a relationship.

Patil's sister Mansi (Sheeba) marries Divakar (Arshad Warsi). Soon after their marriage, the couple dies after their building collapses. The building was constructed by Maamu, who has the Municipal Officer Khairnar killed after he refuses to hush up the inquiry. Patil comes to know of this and together with Chaudhary and his friends begins a fight against the gangster.

Cast

Production

Akashdeep directed the film, produced under the banner of K. Bhagyalakshmi Pictures.[1] This was the first film in which Khan and Kher appeared together.[2] Initially, Akashdeep was not pleased with Khan's acting and was planning to replace him. It was on the insistence of Bajpayee that Akashdeep retained him.[3] Bajpayee was acting with Khan for the first time, so was Tabu.[4][5] Raveena Tandon made a special appearance in the film.[1]

Soundtrack

The music for the soundtrack is composed by Anu Malik excepting one instrumental track by Salim–Sulaiman. Lyrics are written by Sameer.[6]

#TitleSinger(s)
1 "Baba Meri Ye Jawani" Falguni Pathak, Sapna Awasthi
2 "Hum Bhi Samajh Rahe Hain" Hariharan, Alka Yagnik
3 "Jo Dar Gaya Woh Mar Gaya" Shaan, KK, Anu Malik
4 "Jhumka Chandi Da" Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik, Jaspinder Narula
5 "Teri Aashiqui" Pankaj Udhas, Alka Yagnik
6 "Teri Yeh Jawani" Udit Narayan, Sapna Awasthi
7 "Kisi Ne Sach Hi Kaha" Shabbir Kumar, Om Puri, Tabu, Manoj Bajpai, Karsan Sagathiya
8 "The colors of Ghaath" Salim–Sulaiman

Ronjita Das of Rediff.com opined that the film's music had "nothing to remember".[7] Rashtriya Sahara called the soundtrack "excellent".[8] Sify found the music "grating".[9]

Reception

In her review for Rediff.com, Ronjita Das called the film a replay of Shool (1999), a previous film of Bajpayee, and noted that Johnny Lever had been totally wasted.[7] Sify likened the film to a "routine commercial potboiler" and noted that the "production values aren't too high". It felt that Bajpayee had overacted in certain places and Tabu fell "prey to the mediocrity of the script".[9] A review in Rashtriya Sahara noted that the film's cast was "represented by an impressive line-up of reputed actors".[8]

According to the Indian film trade website Box Office India, the film was made at an estimated budget of ₹3.75 crore (US$530,000) and had a worldwide gross of ₹3.92 crore (US$550,000), earning the label "disaster".[10]

References
  1. "Ghaath (2000)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. Raghuvanshi, Aakanksha (29 April 2020). ""53 Is No Age": Irrfan Khan's Drama School Senior Anupam Kher's Emotional Tribute". NDTV. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  3. Chaudhuri, Mohini (23 December 2015). "For Irrfan Khan, the world is not enough". Forbes India. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  4. Parkar, Shaheen; KBR, Upala; Lulla, Sonia (30 April 2020). "Manoj Bajpayee On Irrfan Khan: We Followed Each Other's Journey". Mid Day. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  5. Dedhia, Sonil (22 November 2012). "'Irrfan tries to do something different every time'". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  6. "Ghaath (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Gaana.com. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  7. Das, Ronjita (9 December 2000). "A cop-out!". Rediff.com. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  8. Rashtriya Sahara. 8. Sahara India Mass Communication. 2000. p. 96.
  9. "Ghaath". Sify. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  10. "Ghaath". Box Office India. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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