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Sangharsh (1999)

Sangharsh poster
Original title
संघर्ष
Directed by
Tanuja Chandra
Genre
action film, psychological thriller
Country
India
Runtime
2h 07m
Rated
A
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer tracks a serial killer with the help of a young woman whose family was killed by the same man. She must use her wits to get inside his mind and stop him.

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What happens

Sangharsh (transl. Struggle) is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language psychological horror crime thriller film directed by Tanuja Chandra. It stars Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, Ashutosh Rana and Alia Bhatt, who made a cameo appearance as a child artist in this film, playing the younger version of Zinta's character. The film was said to be based on the 1991 film The Silence of The Lambs, but Chandra rejected this, claiming the film was based on a similar lost police case in India. The film opened to positive reviews, with critical acclaim for the performances by Kumar and Zinta, as well as Rana's villainous turn. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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