Sarfarosh Dvd

Sarfarosh (transl. Fervour) is a 1999 Indian action drama film written, produced and directed by John Matthew Matthan and starring Aamir Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Mukesh Rishi and Sonali Bendre. John started working on Sarfarosh in 1992.

Plot

Arms trafficking is taking place in India. Bala Thakur, a gun handler, provides the arms to Veeran, a brigand. Veeran and his gang attack a wedding bus, gunning down every person in it. The government appoints a Special Action Team in Mumbai to trace the attack.

ACP Ajay Singh Rathore (Aamir Khan), a resident of Mumbai, attends a concert by famed ghazal singer, the elderly Gulfam Hassan (Naseeruddin Shah), a Muhajir. Gulfam is Indian by birth but had to move to Pakistan as a child during the partition; deeply scarred by the experience, he is happy that the government allows him to live in his palatial residence whenever he comes to India. Gulfam finds a huge fan in Ajay, who used to attend his programs as a child, and the two bond. Ajay also reunites with Seema (Sonali Bendre), whom he had a crush on when they were studying in Delhi. The duo fall in love.

Inspector Salim (Mukesh Rishi), a Muslim inspector, is taken off the team when notorious gangster Sultan (Pradeep Rawat) escapes his clutches. He is reprimanded for this failure and for causing the death of three officers in the attempt. Despite being an honest officer, Salim is rueful that he is given second class treatment because he is Muslim. He becomes more angry when Ajay, who is younger and inexperienced, is told to head the team. Ajay’s past is revealed: his father was going to testify against a terrorist and in an attempt to stop them, Ajay’s elder brother was killed. His father was kidnapped and by the time the terrorists spared him, the man had lost his voice. This motivated Ajay to join the police force.

Gulfam is revealed to be working for the Pakistani intelligence, which is attempting to indulge in a proxy war with India. Since Gulfam likes Ajay, he sees to it that nothing happens to him. Salim finds the location of Bala Thakur and Sultan and gives the information to Ajay, who makes convinces him to join the team again. An encounter with the criminals results in the death of Bala Thakur while Ajay is injured. Though Sultan escapes, the operation is a success as the team is able to intercept a consignment of lethal arms meant for terrorist Veeran. Sultan is assassinated on Gulfam’s orders because of his failure.

Ajay has an epiphany which leads the team to Bahid in Rajasthan. There, Ajay meets Gulfam, who is temporarily staying in his ancestral manor. Gulfam attempts to derail the investigation, even ordering an assault on Ajay, are of no avail. The repeated failures displease the Pakistani Intelligence, who dispatch Major Aslam Baig to take care of the business.

The team prepares for a final assault on the gun-running operation and land at Gulfam’s mansion. Ajay feels betrayed when he learns of Gulfam’s betrayal, but is aware of lack of evidence to indict him for his crimes. He tricks Gulfam into killing Baig and arrests him for it. Gulfam reveals that he did what he did because of how his experiences during the partition hurt him. Ajay makes him realise that his actions are not benefiting any people of any religion, and Gulfam, unable to stand the humiliation and guilt, commits suicide. His suicide is hushed up and the team returns to Mumbai to much accolades for busting the terrorist racket. Salim is tipped on the whereabouts of Veeran and Ajay embarks on another investigation with his team.

Cast

Aamir Khan as ACP Ajay Singh Rathod
Naseeruddin Shah as Gulfam Hassan, a Pakistani singer
Sonali Bendre as Seema
Vallabh Vyas as Major Aslam Baig
Dinesh Kaushik as Roshan, Seema’s brother
Mukesh Rishi as Inspector Saleem
Pradeep Rawat as Sultan
Govind Namdeo as Veeran
Akhilendra Mishra as Rambandhu Gupta / Mirchi Seth
Makrand Deshpande as Shiva
Rajesh Joshi as Bala Thakur
Salim Shah as Inspector Yadav
Manoj Joshi as SI Bajju
Ramesh Goyal as Hawaldar Kadam
Smita Jaykar as Ajay’s mother
Akash Khurana as Ajay’s father
Ahmed Khan as Haji Seth
Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Goon in police custody who gives information after torture
Surekha Sikri as Sultan’s Mother
Upasana Singh as Mala
Ashok Lokhande as Chandrapur Hawaldar
Dinesh Phadnis as a SI Crime Branch
Sunil Shende as DCP
Sunil Rege as Minister
Rajendra Mehra as Ajay’s Kaka
Sukanya Kulkarni as Ajay’s Bhabhi
Varun Vardhan as Ajay’s Brother
Ayush Morarka as Chintu
Ali Khan as ISI Capt. Javed Abbas aka Shafi
Khodus Wadia as ISI General
Anil Upadhyay as Fatka
Ramdas Jadhav as Chandrapur