The Awakening (2006 film)

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The Awakening
Directed by Faruk Kabir
Written byFaruk Kabir
Produced by Ajay Devgn
Kumar Mangat Pathak
Starring Ajay Devgn
Anjaan Ali
Edited by Ajay Devgn
Distributed by Big Screen Entertainer
Release date
  • 28 July 2006 (2006-07-28)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

The Awakening is a 2006 Bollywood documentary short film produced by Ajay Devgn and Kumar Mangat Pathak and directed by Faruk Kabir. [1] [2]

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Plot

The film has an interaction between Ajay Devgn and a small kid who lost his parents in the Mumbai floods on 26 July 2005. Ajay Devgan then shares his own bad experience on that day.

Cast

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