Sangharsh (transl. Struggle) is a 1999 Indian psychological action horror film directed by Tanuja Chandra. It stars Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, and Ashutosh Rana in lead roles. It became a box office failure. The plot of this film was said to be based on the 1991 film The Silence of The Lambs, but the film’s director rejected this, claiming the film was based on a real police case in India.
Plot
A series of child abductions and murders have left the police force perplexed and unable to solve the case. Hence the case is handed over to the CBI, who designate trainee Reet Oberoi (Preity Zinta) to solve the case. After some investigation the evidence points towards Lajja Shankar Pandey (Ashutosh Rana), a religious fanatic who believes in the sacrifice of children to gain immortality. Pandey’s erratic behaviour and Reet’s traumas (as a child she witnesses her older brother Jassi, a terrorist, being gunned down by the police in their home) forces Reet to seek help from a prisoner, an unjustly implicated genius by the name Professor Aman Verma (Akshay Kumar).
At first he’s rude towards Reet and refuses to help her, but with some help she manages to sway him into helping her. The case gets even more tough as she finds out that the Home Minister’s only child has been kidnapped by Pandey. Reet cannot handle the pressure alone due to her traumatic childhood and her phobias, she also faces opposition from the local police partly because of Verma’s methods. As they begin to spend more time together, he helps her overcome her fears and both fall in love.
They eventually track down Pandey, who is about to begin the last sacrifice on the day of a solar eclipse (Soorya Grahan), which he believes will finally help him attain immortality. Aman and Reet eventually save the child, killing Pandey in the process, however Aman is fatally injured. Reet and Aman share a last kiss before he dies in her arms. Reet is given a hero’s welcome and she finds a new sense of life in herself.
Cast
Akshay Kumar as Professor Aman Verma
Preity Zinta as CBI Officer Reet Oberoi
Ashutosh Rana as Lajja Shankar Pandey
Vishwajeet Pradhan as CBI officer, Reet’s boss
Aman Verma as Amit, Reet’s boyfriend
Alia Bhatt as Younger Reet Oberoi
Rajesh Prasher as Jassi
Madan Jain as Police Officer
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