Zakhm Dvd

Zakhm (English: Wound) is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language drama film produced by Mukesh Bhatt for Pooja Bhatt Productions and directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The lead roles are played by Ajay Devgn, Pooja Bhatt, Sonali Bendre, Kunal Khemu and Nagarjuna, with music composed by M. M. Keeravani.

Plot

Music director Ajay (Ajay Devgn) argues with his wife, Sonia (Sonali Bendre). Sonia wants to give birth to their child in England whereas Ajay wants his child to be born in India and does not want to go to England (because of the insecurity caused by the Mumbai riots).

Ajay soon learns that his mother (Pooja Bhatt) has been burned by a group of Muslim rioters while leaving a church and is in a critical condition. In a flashback, the struggles which his mother had to undergo to raise her children are shown. She was in love with a Hindu film producer Raman Desai (Nagarjuna) but was not allowed to marry him on account of her Muslim faith. He marries her but does not document or acknowledge their marriage as it was done without any traditional upholdings. The fact that she had children with a Hindu man forces her to hide her faith and live her life as a Hindu, even in front of her son.

After his father’s sudden death caused by an accident on the day Ajay’s younger brother is born, Ajay realises his mother is a Muslim. She makes him promise to bury her according to her faith when she dies, for it is only through a proper burial that she will be able to find herself reunited with her lover in heaven. She also takes a promise from Ajay that he will never tell his brother about her real identity. Ajay’s mother succumbs to the burns. Sonia learns about her mother-in-law’s past life and decides not to leave Ajay. She stands by him and supports his decision to bury his mother. However, Ajay’s task is impeded by a fundamentalist leader Subodhbhai (Ashutosh Rana), who wanted to make this a political issue and encouraged the Hindu youth to kill Muslims. Anand (Akshay Anand) happens to be a youth leader and Ajay’s younger brother. But when Anand comes to know of Subodhbhai’s intentions, he stands by his brother’s decision to bury their mom according to Islamic customs. Her body is buried as she had desired, and she reunites with Raman in heaven. At last, Ajay is seen releasing his mother’s Mangalsutra in the sea, indicating the end of her struggleful life and meeting with her husband.

Cast

Ajay Devgn as Ajay R. Desai
Master Kunal Khemu as young Ajay R. Desai
Nagarjuna as Director Raman Desai
Pooja Bhatt as Mrs. Raman Desai
Sonali Bendre as Sonia A. Desai
Ashutosh Rana as Subodh Malgaonkar
Sharat Saxena as Inspector Pawar at hospital
Akshay Anand as Anand R. Desai
Avtar Gill as Isa
Zafar Karachiwala
Saurabh Shukla as Gurdayal Singh
Madan Jain as Anwar Hashmi (journalist)
Amardeep Jha
Namartha Dhamija
Vishwajeet Pradhan as Sr. Inspector Yadav