Jaanwar (1999)

Directed by

Suneel Darshan

Genre

drama film, action film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 41m

Rated

16

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An escaped convict takes a young boy hostage. Over time he develops a bond with the child. The film follows their uneasy journey and the changes it brings.

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What happens

Jaanwar (transl. Animal) is an Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed and produced by Suneel Darshan from a story written by Robin Bhatt and K.K. Singh. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor, and Shilpa Shetty in the lead roles. Jaanwar was released on 24 December 1999 and received mixed reviews from critics, where it became the 13th highest-grossing Hindi film of the year. The movie has been described as a "rip-off" of Clint Eastwood's A Perfect World (1993), about an escaped convict who takes a boy as hostage but eventually develops affection for him. Film critic Sukanya Verma talked of "obvious influence." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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