Awarapan Hindi is a 2007 Indian action crimethriller film produced by Mukesh Bhatt, Sohyl Khan and directed by Mohit Suri. It is the first joint production film between India and Pakistan. It stars Emraan Hashmi, Shriya Saran and Mrinalini Sharma and Ashutosh Rana. Awarapan released in India onJune 2007 under the banner of Vishesh Films, to widespread critical acclaim. This films success was mostly credited to its immensely popular music score. The movie is an uncredited remake of a South Korean movie A Bittersweet Life.
The storyline revolves around Shivam Emraan Hashmi, a heart broken and introvert atheist, gangster, and righthand man of Malik Ashutosh Rana, officially a businessman who runs a chain of hotels in Hong Kong. Shivam is given the responsibility of one of these hotels, which he bears capably and well, making it much more successful than Maliks other hotels. Malik holds Shivam in the highest esteem due to Shivams loyalty, reliability, and business acumen, and treats him like an adored son whom he entrusts with almost everything indeed, more so than his biological son, Ronnie. This is the cause of much jealousy on Ronnies part against Shivam, but due to Maliks outspoken support for Shivam, Ronnie does not dare do openly oppose him. Shivam has a very close childhood friend, Kabir, who assists him with everything.Maliks brother, Rajan Ashish Vidyarthi, and Rajans spoilt son Munna nurture a grudge against Shivam because of Shivams repeated conflicts with Munna. Munna is mainly responsible for the start of most of these conflicts he time and again puts Shivam down as Maliks slave, once by murdering an employee of Shivams hotel who resisted Munna in bed. When Shivam comes to investigate this incident, Munna taunts him, the dead girl, and dares him to tell Malik, resulting in Shivam lashing out against Munna and all his henchmen. This causes an escalation of the feud between Munna, his father Rajan, and Shivam. ........
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