Aaj Ki Awaaz (1984)

Original title

Aaj Ki Awaz

Directed by

Ravi Chopra

Genre

action, drama

Country

India

Runtime

2h 13m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A professor becomes a vigilante after his sister is raped and his mother is killed. He takes the law into his own hands to seek revenge.

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What happens

Aaj Ki Awaz (transl. Voice of the day) is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language vigilante action film directed by Ravi Chopra and produced by B. R. Chopra. It stars Raj Babbar, Smita Patil, Nana Patekar and Shafi Inamdar. The film is based on 1982 American film Death Wish II. It tells the story of a professor who becomes a vigilante after his sister is raped and his mother is killed. This film was remade in Telugu as Nyayam Meere Cheppali (1985), in Tamil as Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985) and in Kannada as Mahatma (2000). The film opened to positive response from critics and emerged a blockbuster at the box office. At the 32nd Filmfare Awards, Aaj Ki Awaz received six nominations, including Best Film (B. R. Chopra), Best Director (Ravi Chopra) Best Actor (Babbar), Best Actress (Patil), Best Supporting Actor (Inamdar) and Best Story (Kumar) and won for Best Lyricist (Kamal) for the title song. It is available for digital streaming on Amazon Prime Video. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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