Koyelaanchal

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Koyelaanchal
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Theatrical Poster
Directed by Ashu Trikha
Produced by Ashu Trikha
Starring Vinod Khanna
Sunil Shetty
Vipinno
Roopali Krishnarao
Ravi Singh
CinematographyKaran B. Rawat
Edited byUmashankar Mishra
Music bySunil Singh
Sushant-Shankar
Release date
  • 9 May 2014 (2014-05-09)
Running time
145 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Koyelaanchal is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language film produced and directed by Ashu Trikha, starring Vinod Khanna, Suniel Shetty, Vipinno and Roopali Krishnarao. [1] A story that losts its track at every step..

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Plot

Koyelaanchal unveils itself through Saryu Bhan Singh, an ex-owner turned Mafioso of the region, who through his sheer brutality & blatant defiance of law of the land, forces the people & the authorities to acknowledge him as their ‘maalik’. Any protest, any voice of dissent against him is dealt with spine chilling violence of epic proportions.

Things get a bit difficult to handle for Saryu Bhan Singh when an upright District Collector Nisheeth Kumar takes charge of the region and starts asking him questions that no one dared ask him before. Caught amidst labor revolts & naxal uprisings, the last thing Saryu Bhan Singh wanted was to make enemies with the top government officer of his region. He sends his most lethal human weapon, Karua to scare Nisheeth Kumar off to silence.

But the mission don't-kill-just-scare-him goes horribly wrong when Karua ends up injuring Nisheeth's wife and in the process of escape, ends up carrying Nisheeth's infant also, thus abducting the child. What happens hereafter tells a thrilling & heart-rending story of how the real power doesn't always flow through the barrels of guns but through the tender touches of a child, the love of a mother & the heartfelt prayers of the hopless millions.

Cast

Soundtrack

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ak-47" Khesari Lal Yadav  
2."Prem Badariya"Santosh Pandit 
3."Prem Badariya"Naveen Kumar 

Critical reception

Koyelaanchal received mixed reviews from the critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated 3 stars mentioning it as an absorbing and engaging film. [2] Film Critic Subhash K. Jha gave it 3 stars and said that Koyelaanchal has a plot that reads like pulp fiction but feels like a slice of ugly Indian history. [3] Film Critic Joginder Tuteja has also given it 3 stars and termed it "Different And Unconventional". [4] Noyon Jyoti Parasara of NowRunning however called it a "Flawed, half-hearted and half-baked", rating it 1.5 stars. [5]

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References

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