Gangaajal

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Gangajaal
Gangaajal poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPrakash Jha
Written byPrakash Jha
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyArvind K.
Edited byPrakash Jha
Music bySongs:
Sandesh Shandilya
Score:
Wayne Sharpe
Production
companies
  • Prakash Jha Productions
  • Entertainment One
Release date
  • 29 August 2003 (2003-08-29)
Running time
157 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹45–100 million[a]
Box office₹166.7 million[5]

Gangaajal: The Holy Weapon (transl. Holy Water) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film written, directed, co-produced and edited by Prakash Jha. Featuring an ensemble cast of 87 actors, the film revolves on the Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar (Ajay Devgn) who takes charge of Tejpur (located in Bihar), a fictitious district known for its high crime rate and organised crimes by the dons Sadhu (Mohan Joshi) and Sunder Yadav (Yashpal Sharma). Due to the slow action from police, a technique of pouring acid to the eyes of the criminals who disturb the area is introduced among the populace as an instrument for extrajudicial justice.

Following the release of his directorial debut, the 1984 political drama Damul, Jha had conceived an idea for his next venture, which would titled Gangaajal, and wanted it to have the topics of corruption and political violence. However, he did not any desire to start the production as the subjects were new for him, and dedicated two decades for perfecting the story. Announcing it in January 2001, the film was shot by Arvind K. for 60 days and took place in Wai and Satara, both of which located in Maharashtra, at the sets designed by Sukhwant Panigrahi. The film has soundtrack composed by Sandesh Shandilya—with lyrics from Akhilesh Sharma—and background score by the American composer Wayne Sharpe.

Gangaajal was released at theatres on 29 August 2003, with controversy surrounding it. Made on a production cost of ₹45 million (US$630,000) or ₹100 million (US$1.4 million), the film was declared as a moderate success at the box office and emerged as one of the highest-grossing Indian films of the year, with a total gross of ₹166.7 million (US$2.3 million) worldwide. It received widespread acclaim from critics, with some of whom praising the cast's performances—generally that of Devgn—but questioning the originality of its plot. Gangaajal is the recipient of several accolades, including the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues. A sequel, titled Jai Gangaajal, was released in 2016 and underperformed both commercially and critically.

Plot[]

The Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar takes charge of Tejpur, which is known for its crime rate and the police are controlled by the don Sadhu Yadav and his son Sunder. While travelling to the headquarters, Amit's car breaks down and he uses this to inspect the area. He observes the professional laxity among police officials, crumbling infrastructure, outdated weaponry, lack of stationery and transportation, and the dependence of the officials on corrupt local contractors.

Inspector Bachcha Yadav, a stooge of Sadhu, visits Sadhu's hideout and sees the infamous local goon Nunwa. Nunwa is found to have been there after killing an officer in Bachcha's department due to a heated argument. Fearing that arresting him would expose the nexus between Nunwa and the Tejpur Police, he kills Nunwa and misleads the public that he was killed in an encounter. Amit later realises that it is because of his relationship with Sadhu and puts Bachcha off duty temporarily as a punishment. Anxious that he would be transferred from Tejpur, Bachcha visits Sadhu's home to seek for his help but finds out that he is being ditched by Sadhu.

Amit takes notice of the incident and also finds that a girl is missing after being kidnapped by Sunder. Amit convinces the girl's mother to file a complaint with the police although she is hesitant. Sensing an opportunity, Bachcha urges Amit to give him a chance and tricks Sunder into a factory where Amit and his men are waiting. After a brief scuffle, Sunder is arrested and produced in a local court, where the judge acquits him on the account of the lack of evidence. It is due to her mother refuses to testify against Sunder after the Deputy Inspector General of Police Verma, who is loyal to Sadhu, threatens her into withdrawing her complaint.

Sadhu's men try to vandalise the shop of a pan vendor who testified against Sunder, before it is thrashed by Amit. At the jail, when Amit goes home, the accused arise fight with Bachcha and his colleagues. Bachcha pierces the accused's eyes with pouring acid, referred locally as gangaajal. The incident lead controversy, and the police were accused of vigilante justice. Taking macabre inspiration from the incident, police officials in the vicinity conduct the same things on criminals languishing in their jails, creating an acute fear throughout Tejpur with crime rates considerably lowering. The violent nature finds support in the harrowed public.

Gangaajal becomes an instrument of extrajudicial instant justice. While all officers denying their involvement in the incident, Bachcha writes his confession in a letter and submits it to Amit. When Bachcha reaches his home, he finds his son and wife taken hostage by Sunder who, after a brief struggle, kills Bachcha by a shooting in his eyes. Enraged, Amit issues a search warrant for Sunder and warns Sadhu to tell Sunder to surrender himself. Sadhu applies for an anticipatory bail for Sunder but before Sunder is produced in the court, he is arrested and is taken to jail. This time, the court rejects it and orders the police to keep Sunder in a 10-day custody.

Sadhu, however, influences the local minister to release his son which Amit refuses to do. Therefore, Amit is sent on an emergency leave. After being released, Sunder disrupts the marriage of the girl he kidnapped and kills her mother in the process. Unable to bear the loss, she kills herself. Amit detains Sadhu and Sunder and take them to the police station. However, an enraged mob of locals stops Amit and want them both to be killed at the moment with gangaajal, before Amit prevents the mob by saying anarchy only bring social decadence. He wants them to be tried as per the law. However, Sadhu and Sunder escape by snatching weapons from the guards. Amit catches up them when they hold a family hostage to ward him off, and a fight takes place between them. The film ends with Sunder and Sadhu are killed after falling on the chisels of a plough piercing through their eyes.

Cast[]

Credits adapted from Bollywood Hungama:[6]

Manyata Dutt made a special appearance in the song "Alhad Mast Jawani Bemisaal".[7]

Production[]

Development[]

During the production of his directorial debut Damul, a 1984 political drama, Prakash Jha conceived the idea for his next film, which would be named Gangaajal: The Holy Weapon, and wanted it to be about corruption and political violence.[8][9] In an interview to Screen, Jha revealed that his decision to always make a film sets in rural cities solely because he believed they have "earthy quality" which would attract the audience. For this film, he chose his hometown Bihar as the main setting since he is familiar with the culture, people, and tradition as well. However, he did not want to have another topic for his film at the time so he start improving the story for the next two decades and done it when the principal photography started.[10] According to him, the film's title reflects a metaphor that indicates ritual purification with "astonishing, stark and powerful" elements.[4] Many of his friends suggested him other suitable titles, including Police, because they felt the original one was too metaphorical but Jha maintained it. Due to numerogical reasons, he added an extra a for the title, making it Gangaajal instead of Gangajal. In preparation, Jha did interviews with several police officers and read clippings on police he had saved for a while.[10]

The film was subsequently announced by Jha in January 2001 during an interview talking about the director Subhash Ghai's contribution to his film Rahul (2001),[11] and would be produced by Jha's banner Prakash Jha Productions in association with Manmohan Shetty of Entertainment One.[6][4] He called Gangaajal his perception of affairs happening in the present-day Bihar,[10] saying that it is a "dramatic journey" from someone "into the collective consciousness of the society. It eventually becomes an intense meditation on the mechanics of crime and punishment."[8] Although several publications reporting that the film was based on the 1980 Bhagalpur blindings, he clarified that it was not but stated there are several blinding scenes in the film which are minor parts of the plot.[4] The dialogue was written by Jha.[6]

Casting[]

Ajay Devgn accepted to play the Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar—that was previously offered to Akshay Kumar—after he was impressed by the film's screenplay, marking his second collaboration with Jha after the poorly-received romantic drama Dil Kya Kare in 1999.[12] He said he had positive rapport with Jha, adding that he was allowed to speak in Hindi without Bihari accent though the character was based in Bihar.[13] Jha admitted that his acting style had led him to approach him once again, describing him as a "natural choice".[14] He further explained, "I needed someone who would look sincere and honest in the film, and he suited that. His character goes through many dilemmas, and he's capable of carrying that role well."[15] Same as Devgn, Gracy Singh also immediately chose to star in the film as his wife, Anuradha, when she was hearing the screenplay from Jha, who wanted to cast her because he felt that Indian film industry still not saw her potential as an actress.[4] Singh stated that it was difficult to play the role as it new for her.[16] The film features an ensemble cast of 87 actors, according to Jha, to "collectively make up the atmosphere".[4]

Filming[]

Produced on a budget of ₹45 million (equivalent to ₹130 million or US$1.9 million in 2019) or ₹100 million (equivalent to ₹300 million or US$4.1 million in 2019), the principal photography of Gangaajal was handled by Arvind K. in a period of 60 days.[4][12] Sukhwant Panigrahi served as the production designer.[6] Initially, Jha wanted the film to be shot in Bihar but changed his mind due to logistic reasons.[15] It subsequently took place in two areas of Maharashtra (Satara and Wai), and he asked the local people to feature briefly in several scenes of its. He confessed that most of them were co-operative to him, adding that he felt helped.[4] After filming ended in March 2003, the film was edited by Jha.[4][12] The New York-based composer Wayne Sharpe, who had worked in feature-film soundtrack compositions for 15 years, done the background score and marked his involvement with an Indian film. Sharpe used both Western and Indian instruments for Gangaajal.[12]

Soundtrack[]

Gangaajal
Soundtrack album by
Sandesh Shandilya
Released2003
GenreFeature-film soundtrack
Length20:15
LabelVenus Records & Tapes
ProducerSandesh Shandilya

The soundtrack to the film was composed by Sandesh Shandilya and the lyrics were written by Akhilesh Sharma, with Venus Records & Tapes served as the recording label.[17][18] Richa Sharma, Ustad Sultan Khan, and Lalit Pandit performed the vocals.[17]

Track listing[17]
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Alhad Mast Jawani Bemisaal"Richa Sharma5:39
2."Jaankinaath Sahay Kare"Ustad Sultan Khan6:50
3."Rasiya Man Basiya"Lalit Pandit4:08
4."Chandi Ke Rupaiya"Lalit Pandit3:38
Total length:20:15

Release[]

Gangaajal faced rejection from the populace of Bihar, particularly that in Patna (pictured)

Jha had high expectations during the pre-release of Gangaajal, wanting it to be a commercial success and set a new trend in Hindi cinema.[19] After scheduled for release in July, the film opened at theatres on 29 August 2003.[4][5] In September, during its theatrical run in Bihar, D. R. Srinivasan of The Hindu reported that a protest held by the supporters from the political party Rashtriya Janata Dal because the film's antagonist, Sadhu Yadav, has a named that similar to that of Rabri Devi's brother-in-law.[20] They were also vandalising the posters of the film, and filed a petition to the Patna High Court to ban it. According to Bollywood Hungama, distributors were told by the protesters to not screen the film in the state; they decided to stop the screening for a while.[21] The controversy ended after Yadav spoke to Jha that he did not felt offended with a villain character that shared the same name with him: "There are thousands of persons with the name of Sadhu. The controversy over the film has been created due to a misunderstanding."[22]

Gangaajal performed moderately at the box office.[5][23] It was released on 290 screens across India and grossed ₹10.8 million (US$150,000) on its first day.[5] The film subsequently collected ₹31 million (US$430,000) by the end of its opening weekend,[24] and ₹52.2 million (US$730,000) after its first week.[25] It earned a total of ₹163.3 million (US$2.3 million) in India.[5] Abroad, the film grossed ₹1.1 million (US$15,000) following the first week of screening.[26] It collected ₹3.4 million (US$48,000) after finishing its overseas theatrical run. Summing the film's total gross in India and overseas, the film-trade website Box Office India estimated Gangaajal had revenues of ₹166.7 million (equivalent to ₹490 million or US$6.9 million in 2019), making itself one of the highest-grossing Indian film of 2003.[5] On 25 July 2010, the film was released on CD by Shemaroo Entertainment as a double-disc pack in the PAL widescreen format.[27] The film has been accessible for streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Netflix,[28][29] since 11 April 2019.[30]

Critical reception[]

Ajay Devgn (pictured) got the most critical attention for his performance in the film

Critics were generally positive of Gangaajal;[31] most of whom gave Devgn appreciation for his performance in the film as a police, but questioned about the plot's originality.[32][33] Writing for Bollywood Hungama, Taran Adarsh gave the film a rating of two stars, saying that Devgn perform his role "exceedingly well, carrying the film on his firm shoulders" while noting that Singh "suffers due to poor characterisation and even otherwise, fails to impress". Adarsh criticised Jha for addressing topics that the critic believes is not suitable with the modern audience, and added the film has "oft-repeated theme".[34] Deepa Gumaste of Rediff.com stated, "Ajay Devgan pulls up an ace with a part tailormade to reinforce his seething-under-the-surface angry hero image. To his credit [...] he brings style and grace to a largely stereotypical, righteous protagonist. To a great extent, his presence covers up the film's patchiness in the second half."[35]

An Indo-Asian News Service critic saw that Devgn's "languorous body language and pinched, anguished expression confer a newness to a largely hackneyed role".[36] In a review carried by Filmfare, Dominic Ferrao praised the "flawless" screenplay and Jha for "[extracting] the best from the cast". According to Ferrao, Devgn "vindicates his talent [...] and comes out with flying fists and even higher flying colours as far as emotive abilities are concerned".[37] Screen said that Jha had gave the film "a unique flavour" with "the upright stance of the hero, who never turns renegade and remains true to the law to the very end", and appreciated him who shown the "eye-for-an-eye kind of revenge too is harmful for the society in the long run and the only solution lies in sprucing up the system."[38] Komal Nahta observed that the story and screenplay deserve "distinction marks"; he explained that Jha had successfully entertained the audience, although the film's subject could make itself similar to an art film which he believed would not popular among the audience of the time.[39]

Anupama Chopra of India Today felt that Devgn's "first-rate" performance is supported by that of Tiwari and the other supporting cast, and that Gangaajal "loses steam" after its second-half with attributing the issue to the exaggerated use of violence scenes as well as the water setting in the ending.[40] In his three-star review, Jitesh Pillai concluded that the supporting cast had delivered solid performances and described Devgn as the film's "terrific" and "note-perfect" performer.[41] Sify's Lata Khubchandani found Jha telling the story with convincing manner, and called Devgn made the film "promises to be very watchable".[42] In another article for the website, Kunal Shah wrote that Gangaajal is "rich" in the content and "good" in the technical aspect. He said Devgn's "brilliant" performance would "glue" the audience to their seats, but criticised several of the film's sequences for being "predictable" though he later added that it is still "watchable".[43] Mayank Shekhar from Mid-Day noted that Jha almost did not use black humours, unlike his previous films of the same genre. Shekhar singled out Devgn, who he thought "expectedly shines through a by-now-trademarked understated show".[44]

Writing for Outlook magazine, Namrata Joshi, who rated the film three stars, noted that the detailing of the characters is the best part from the film, writing, "The vignettes of police life, the intricacies of established corruption are well portrayed. It only helps that Jha has talented actors for support."[45] In B4U, Parag Chandrabala Maniar reviewed the technical aspects; he opined that the cinematography is "jarring", however, the dubbing sounds hesitate. Beside that, Maniar also took note of Jha's effort to do "a sincere job" in the film, although presumed that he made the climax "little implausible".[46] Dinesh Raheja hailed, "Jha adroitly recreates the appropriate ambience for the policeman who tries to work with integrity in a corrupt system. A pall of gloom and tension looms large over the frames, best illustrated in the scene where a reformed officer ensnares a fugitive. The pre-interval scene of the police brutality—the blinding of the convicts—is gut wrenching but effective."[47] Khalid Mohamed presumed Devgn's performance "flawless, as incendiary as fire and as cool as ice" but commented Singh was only used as a "decoration" to the film,[48] and NDTV's Rajen Gurabudu lauded him for perfecting his role.[49]

Accolades[]

Award Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref(s)
Filmfare Awards Best Actor Ajay Devgn Nominated [50]
Best Performance in a Negative Role Yashpal Sharma Nominated
Best Background Score Wayne Sharpe Won
International Indian Film Academy Awards Best Performance in a Negative Role Yashpal Sharma Nominated [51]
National Film Awards Best Film on Other Social Issues Gangaajal Won[b] [52]
Producers Guild Film Awards Best Film Gangaajal Nominated [53]
Best Director Prakash Jha Nominated
Best Actor in a Leading Role Ajay Devgn Nominated
Best Screenplay Prakash Jha Nominated
Best Editing Prakash Jha Nominated
Screen Awards Best Film Gangaajal Nominated [54]
Best Director Prakash Jha Nominated
Best Actor Ajay Devgn Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Mukesh Tiwari Nominated
Best Actor in a Negative Role Yashpal Sharma Nominated
Best Story Prakash Jha Nominated
Best Dialogue Prakash Jha Nominated
Best Art Direction Sukant Panigrahi Nominated
Best Action Jai Singh Nominated
Stardust Awards Best Director Prakash Jha Nominated [55]
Actor of the Year – Male Ajay Devgn Nominated[c]
Zee Cine Awards Best Director Prakash Jha Nominated [56]
Best Actor – Male Ajay Devgn Nominated
Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Male Mukesh Tiwari Nominated
Best Performance in a Negative Role Yashpal Sharma Nominated
Best Costume Design Krithi Shetty, Vijay Patil Nominated
Best Story Prakash Jha Nominated
Best Art Direction Sukant Panigrahi Nominated
Best Dialogue Prakash Jha Nominated
Best Action Jai Singh Nominated
Best Screenplay Prakash Jha Nominated
Best Background Score Wayne Sharpe Nominated
Best Re-recording Anup Dev, Raj Kamal Nominated

Sequel[]

In 2012, Hindustan Times reported that Devgn would star in a sequel to the film that was titled Gangaajal 2.[57] However, two years later, it was announced that Devgn would be replaced by a female actor, saying that he believed that he would not be suitable for the sequel.[58] Priyanka Chopra was cast for the lead, and the film was subsequently retitled Jai Gangaajal.[59] Opened at theatres on 4 March 2016,[60] the film was mixed reviewed by critics and performed poor at the box office.[61][62]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Sources inconsistenly reported the budget of Gangaajal, with Filmfare and The Hindu estimated that it was ₹45 million (US$630,000)[2] and ₹80 million (US$1.1 million).[3] Meanwhile, Prakash Jha himself stated that the film was made on a cost of ₹100 million (US$1.4 million).[4]
  2. ^ Tied with Koi... Mil Gaya.[52]
  3. ^ Also for Bhoot.[55]

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