Criminal (1995 film)

Criminal
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Directed by	Mahesh Bhatt
Produced by	K.S. Rama Rao
Starring	Akkineni Nagarjuna Manisha Koirala Ramya Krishna Nassar Gulshan Grover Sharat Babu
Music by	M.M. Keeravani
Cinematography	S. Gopal Reddy
Editing by	G.G. Krishna Rao
Release date(s)	October 14, 1995^{[citation needed]}
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Criminal is a 1995 Telugu film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and produced by K.S. Rama Rao. It stars Akkineni Nagarjuna, Manisha Koirala, Ramya Krishna, Nassar, Gulshan Grover, and Sharat Babu. M.M. Keeravani composed music for the film.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Crew
4 External links

Plot

This is a re-make of the Harrison Ford / Tommy Lee Jones Starrer, The Fugitive.
After witnessing the unfortunate death of a woman, who was unable to afford hospital treatment, Dr. Ajay Kumar (Akkineni Nagarjuna) cancels his U.S. immigration and instead sets out to work a plan to open a hospital that will be accessible to people who cannot afford treatment in regular hospitals, called "Amma People's Hospital". This draws quite an attention, and he becomes popular, especially with two young women, Shweta (Manisha Koirala) and Sub-Inspector Ramya (Ramya Krishna). He falls in love with Shweta and both get married, breaking Ramya's heart in the process. Shortly thereafter Shweta gets pregnant, much to their delight. Then one night, Ramya gets a distress call from Shweta, who calls the police for help as she is being attacked, and names the attacker as "Ajay". The police arrive to find her dead body and arrest Ajay for murder. It seems that Ajay's motive for killing Shweta was for money, as Shweta is a wealthy heiress. Ajay is convicted and sentenced to death. While being transported to prison, the police van meets with an accident and Ajay escapes. The police launch a manhunt for him, but are unable to catch him. Ajay secretly meets with Ramya and tells her that he did not kill Shweta, and he wants her help to catch the real killer. Will Ramya believe him, or is he just making up a story to justify his escape from facing the death penalty?

Cast

Akkineni Nagarjuna ... Ajay Kumar
Manisha Koirala ... Swetha
Ramya Krishna ... Ramya
Nassar ... Inspector Teja
Gulshan Grover ... Robert
Sharat Babu ... Pratap
Kaikala Satyanarayana ... Ajay's father
Johnny Lever ... special appearance

Crew

Director: Mahesh Bhatt
Screenplay: Mahesh Bhatt
Dialogue: Sainath
Producer: K.S. Rama Rao
Music: M.M. Keeravani
Cinematography: S. Gopal Reddy
Editor: G.G. Krishna Rao

External links

Criminal at the Internet Movie Database

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