Vishnu Vijaya

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Vishnu Vijaya / Ashaant
Vishnu Vijaya.jpg
VCD cover of Vishnu Vijaya
Directed by Keshu Ramsay
Screenplay byV. R. Bhaskar
Story byAnanda Vardhan
Produced byVishnuvardhan
Starring Vishnuvardhan
Akshay Kumar
Ashwini Bhave
Mamta Kulkarni
Pankaj Dheer
CinematographyAnil Sehgal
Edited byV. N. Maykar
Koushal Mishra
Prasad
Music bySongs:
Jatin–Lalit
Background score:
Raju Singh
Production
company
Vishnupriya Combines
Distributed byVishnupriya Combines
Release date
  • 26 November 1993 (1993-11-26)
Running time
140 min
CountryIndia
LanguagesKannada
Hindi

Vishnu Vijaya is a 1993 Indian action film directed by Keshu Ramsay. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Akshay Kumar, Mamta Kulkarni, Ashwini Bhave, Ashutosh Rana and Pankaj Dheer.

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The film was simultaneously filmed in Hindi as Ashaant. [1] Akshay Kumar, after the death of Vishnuvardhan, said "We did a Hindi and a Kannada version of Ashaant. The Kannada version was a super hit. The Hindi version was a flop. I realised Vishnuji was a much bigger star than I could ever be." [2] This is the first South Indian and only Kannada film of famous Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar.

Plot

Ashaant is a story about the effort made by the whole Police Force of the country, especially two police officers, A.C.P. Vishnu, Bangalore Police (Vishnuvardhan) and A.C.P. Vijay Bombay Police (Akshay Kumar), to bring peace, i.e. Shanti to the country. They wage a war against a Mafia who deals in printing fake currency notes and have become a threat to the country's security. These Mafia dons Kaka (Jai Kalgutkar) and Rana (Punit) are operating from Bangalore. But when the pressure of Police Officer Vishnu mounts on them, they decide to shift their base to Bombay. As they enter Bombay, Rana is nabbed by ACP Vijay and is arrested. Vijay starts his investigation to reach the roots of this Mafia through Rana, when orders come from the home ministry to shift Rana from Bombay custody to Bangalore court for many previous serious crimes.

Vijay, along with his friend ACP Amit (Pankaj Dheer), joins him to re-arrest Rana. Vishnu, who is in charge of Rana's case gets them permission, on two conditions; that Vijay and Amit can't use their weapons and police uniforms. Vishnu's wife Anita (Ashwini Bhave) and Vijay are ex-lovers. Their relationship ended as Anita's father Ex-Chief Minister Niranjan Das refused to let his daughter marry an ordinary Police Officer. Also, to take revenge on Vijay, he got Vijay's Sister Ritu (Amit's Wife) killed. Vijay then misused his power as a Police Officer and forced Niranjas Das to resign as Chief Minister. Anita also took an oath that she would only marry a Police Officer and married Vishnu.

On the other hand, Rana splits away from Kaka and forms his own Mafia, which gradually becomes more powerful and ruthless. Vijay and Amit, along with Vishnu, form a team to capture Rana and now Kaka also. Sonali (Mamta Kulkarni) a dancer in Kaka's hotel, joins this team of three against the two mafia operating in the city.

Kaka manages to create a misunderstanding between Vijay and Vishnu to break their unity and divide their power. Vishnu starts suspecting illegitimate relationships between his wife Anita and Vijay. The degree of suspicion rises, but Amit finally clears the misunderstanding between Vishnu and Vijay. They join each other with equal faith and then manage to take down both the Mafias. Rana and Kaka are destroyed but at the cost of sacrificing their dear friend Amit.

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Soundtrack

Kannada Tracks
#SongSinger(s)Length
1"Nannannu Nee Seru Baa" SPB, K. S. Chithra 6:12
2"Raja Nanna Raja"Chithra5:25
3"Entha Santhosha"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Manjula Gururaj 4:20
4"Kannalli Dhim Dhim"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam5:26
5"Saavira Januma"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Manjula Gururaj5:11
6"Naa Thalenu"Manjula Gururaj4:09
Hindi Tracks
#TitleSinger(s)
1"Dil Ki Ghadi Are Ghadi Ghadi" Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy
2"Tu Bhi Sharabi Main Bhi Sharabi" Udit Narayan, Abhijeet
3"Hum To Sanam Sadiyon Se" (not in the film)Abhijeet, Kavita Krishnamurthy
4"Deewane Tu Hai Jahan"Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
5"Bheege Bheege Jo Sawan"Kavita Krishnamurthy
6"Jaani Jaani Jaani" Chithra

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References

  1. ↑ "Sandalwood branded Akshay Kumar as a flop actor". The Times of India. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Akshay Kumar made his debut in South Indian Cinema 20 years ago! ENDHIRAN 2 is not his first South Indian Film!!". India Glitz. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
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