Criminal (1995 film)

Criminal
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Directed by	Mahesh Bhatt
Produced by	K. S. Rama Rao
Written by	Sainath (Telugu dialogues) Jay Dixit (Hindi dialogues)
Screenplay by	Sainath
Story by	David Twohy (Original Story) Mahesh Bhatt (Adapted Story)
Based on	The Fugitive by Roy Huggins
Starring	Akkineni Nagarjuna Ramya Krishnan Manisha Koirala
Music by	M. M. Keeravani
Cinematography	S. Gopal Reddy
Edited by	G.G. Krishna Rao (Telugu) Sanjay Sankla (Hindi)
Production company	Telugu Vision:- Creative Commercials Hindi Vision:- Vishesh Films
Distributed by	Telugu Vision:- Creative Commercials Hindi Vision:- T-Series Films
Release dates	4 August 1994
Country	India
Language	Telugu Hindi

Criminal is a 1994, Indian bilingual thriller film, produced by Telugu version for K. S. Rama Rao on Creative Commercials banner and Hindi version for Mukesh Bhatt on Vishesh Films alone with T-Series Films and, directed by Mahesh Bhatt. Starring Akkineni Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna, Manisha Koirala in lead roles and music composed by M. M. Keeravani or MM Kreem, both of the movies simultaneously shot in Telugu and Hindi, most of the scenes and artists are same in both the versions. The film is a remake of the 1993 American film The Fugitive.

Plot

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 Hospital". This draws quite an attention, and he becomes popular, especially with two young women, Swetha (Manisha Koirala) and Sub-Inspector Ramya (Ramya Krishna). He falls in love with Swetha and both get married, breaking Ramya's heart in the process. Shortly thereafter much to their delight, Swetha becomes pregnant.

When Swetha discovers a frightening organ-smuggling operation in her hospital while going through a friend's diagnostic report, she calls Ramya. Ramya calls the police for help as Swetha is being attacked, and names the attacker as "Ajay". Swetha eventually succumbs to the attack. The police arrive to find her dead body and arrest Ajay for murder. It seems that Ajay's motive for killing Swetha was money, as Swetha was 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 Swetha, and he wants her help to catch the real killer. The film ends with Ajay catching the real killer and finding out that he was hired by Ajay's friend Dr. Pratap (Sarath Babu), the man responsible for the organ smuggling operation.

Cast

Telugu Cast

• Akkineni Nagarjuna as Dr. Ajay Kumar
• Ramya Krishna as ASP Ramya
• Manisha Koirala as Dr. Swetha
• Satyanarayana as Lawyer Chandra Shekar (Ajay's father)
• Nassar as ACP Teja
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Srinivasa Rao
• Gulshan Grover as Robert
• Sharat Babu as Dr.Pratap
• Brahmanandam as Chitti
• Johnny Lever as himself
• Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Inspector
• Devadasu Kanakala as Commissioner
• Gundu Hanumantha Rao as Dingu
• Garimalla Viswaswara Rao as Servant
• Kota Shankar Rao as Lawyer
• Husain as Prisoner
• Jenny as Inspector Nanda Gopal
• Sudha as Yashoda (Ajay's mother)
• Sujatha
• Trishna as Item number
• Madhusri

Hindi Cast

• Nagarjuna as Dr. Ajay Kumar
• Ramya Krishna as ASP Ramya
• Manisha Koirala as Dr. Swetha
• Gulshan Grover as Robert
• Nassar as ACP Teja
• Sharat Babu as Dr.Pratap
• Trishna as Item number
• Johnny Lever as Changu
• Laxmikant Berde as Mangu
• Ajit Khan as Jagdish Prasad
• Palav Vyas as Advocate
• Gurbachan
• Mukesh Pandey
• Zaheer as Advocate Varma (Ajay's father)
• Beena as Ajay's mother
• Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Inspector
• Devdasu Kanakala as Commissioner
• Garimalla Viswaswara Rao as Servant
• Husain as Prisoner
• Jenny as Inspector

Crew

• Director: Mahesh Bhatt
• Screenplay: Mukesh Bhatt
• Dialogue: Sainath Thotapalli
• Producer: K.S. Rama Rao
• Music: M.M. Keeravani
• Cinematography: S. Gopal Reddy
• Editor: G.G. rama rao

Soundtrack

Telugu Version

Criminal
Film score by M. M. Keeravani
Released	1995
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	38:16
Label	AKASH Audio Company
Producer	M. M. Keeravani
M. M. Keeravani chronology
Major Chandrakanth 1993 Criminal 1994 S. P. Parshuram 1994

Music composed by M. M. Keeravani. Lyrics written by Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry. All songs are blockbusters. Music released on AKASH Audio Company.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Hello Guru"	SP Balu, Chitra	4:50
2.	"Jamma Jamma Jamma"	SP Balu,Chitra	5:07
3.	"Paapi Paapki"	SP Balu,Chitra	5:00
4.	"Muddhante Vodhante"	SP Balu,Chitra	5:01
5.	"Thelusa Manasa"	M. M. Keeravani	6:15
Total length:			26:13

Hindi Version

Criminal
Film score by M. M. Kreem
Released	1995
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	38:16
Label	HMV Audio

Music composed by M. M. Kreem. Lyrics written by Indeevar. All songs are blockbusters. Music released on HMV Audio Company.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Tum Mile Dil Khile"	Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, K. S. Chithra	06:03
2.	"Janu Janu Janu"	Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik	05:10
3.	"Tum Mile Dil Khile (Male)"	Kumar Sanu	06:13
4.	"Mujhko Chhupa Le"	Kumar Sanu, Alisha Chinai	04:49
5.	"Kisi Ka Tu Hoja"	Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik, K. S. Chithra	05:00
6.	"Keemti Keemti Keemti Hai Zindagi"	S. P. Balasubramanyam, K. S. Chithra, Alka Yagnik	05:01
7.	"Tum Mile Dil Khile (Female)"	Alka Yagnik, K. S. Chithra	05:57
8.	"Tum Mile Dil Khile (Male 2)"	Sonu Nigam	08:17
9.	"Tum Mile Dil Khile (Duet 2)"	Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik , K. S. Chithra	07:40
Total length:			38:16

Release

The film was also later dubbed and released in Tamil as Ellame En Kadhali.

References

External links

• Criminal at the Internet Movie Database