Ek: The Power of One
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| Directed by | Sangeeth Sivan |
| Written by | Pankaj Trivedi Sachin Shah |
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| Produced by | Jasswant Khera |
| Starring | Bobby Deol Nana Patekar Shriya Saran |
| Cinematography | Ramji |
| Edited by | Chirag Jain |
| Music by | Score: Sanjoy Chowdhury Songs: Pritam Chakraborty |
| Distributed by | K Sera Sera Dharam Films |
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Running time | 146 minutes[1] |
| Template:Pluralize from text | India |
| Template:Pluralize from text | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹6 crore[2] |
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Ek: The Power of One is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Sangeeth Sivan, starring Bobby Deol, Nana Patekar and Shriya Saran. It is a remake of the 2005 Telugu-language film Athadu.[3][4]
Plot
Template:More plot Politician Anna Mhatre, leader of the opposition, intends to win the upcoming election by staging a failed assassination attempt on himself, which would garner him sympathy votes. To accomplish this, Mhatre, his deputy Joshi and their aide Rafiq hire Nandkumar Sharma alias Nandu, a contract killer, along with his partner Shekhar. On the day of the staged attack, Nandu's plan goes awry when Mhatre is actually shot dead. Attempting escape, Nandu sees Shekhar die in a car accident and manages to evade the police by jumping onto a moving train.
On the train, Nandu meets Puran Singh, who is returning to his hometown, Hoshiarpur, after running away as a child many years ago. While the train halts at a station, the police searching for Nandu arrive. The sub-inspector of the search party spots Nandu and fires at him, but hits Puran instead. Nandu uses the distraction to escape and goes to Hoshiarpur. However, Puran's unsuspecting family mistakes Nandu for their long-lost relative and welcomes him with open arms. Over time, he bonds with them and falls in love with Preet Kaur, Puran's childhood friend. Nandu helps the family resolve several issues, including protecting their farmland, aiding a struggling family affected by Puran's past actions, and withdrawing money from his own bank account to fund Puran's sister's wedding. He confides his real identity to Puran's friend Guru.
Meanwhile, CBI officer Nandkumar Rane is assigned to investigate Mhatre's assassination. Noting inconsistencies in the evidence, he goes to Hoshiarpur but fails to uncover Nandu's identity. All evidence points toward the deceased Shekhar, leading Rane to consult Savte, Nandu and Shekhar's former mentor in prison. After surreptitiously confirming Nandu's identity and the location of the payment for the job, Rane discovers a withdrawal from Nandu's account, calls the household, and tricks Nandu into revealing himself, causing him to flee. Arriving at the house, Rane informs Puran's family of his real fate and departs.
The revelation leaves the family devastated, but Guru defends Nandu, highlighting his contributions to the family, saying he didn't take credit for or make anyone know of his actions. After learning of the family’s reaction, Nandu returns and admits his true identity. He admits to the lie but says he never intended to deceive the family. Puran's grandfather, Kripal Singh, takes him to his study and privately acknowledges Nandu as his grandson, noting that he didn't need to do what he did but did it out of love anyway.
Nandu contacts Joshi and blackmails him with a fake recording of their original conversation. Joshi reveals that Shekhar is alive and was bribed to kill Mhatre and frame Nandu so that Joshi could secure the chief minister position. Nandu secretly records this confession.
In a confrontation, Nandu fights with Shekhar but spares him for the sake of Puran's family. Shekhar is about to kill Nandu but is shot dead by a CBI officer hired by Joshi to get the evidence and gets arrested. Nandu later hands over the recorded evidence to Rane, who uses it to confront Joshi, who arrogantly dismisses the evidence as inadmissible in court. However, Rane points out that Mhatre's vengeful son would not hesitate to kill him once the truth emerged. With no escape, Joshi commits suicide.
Later, Rane finds Nandu performing Puran's last rites. Addressing him as Puran, he reveals that he has officially cleared Nandu's name and allows him to go free. Nandu, having fully embraced his new identity, returns to Hoshiarpur to live happily with his newfound family.
Cast
- Bobby Deol as Nandkumar 'Nandu' Sharma / Puran Singh (Fake)
- Shriya Saran as Preet Kaur
- Nana Patekar as CBI Inspector Nandkumar Rane
- Pradeep Kharab as Shekhar
- Sachin Khedekar as Opposition Minister Anna Mhatre
- Raghuveer Yadav as Minister Joshi
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Kripal Singh, Puran's grandfather
- Prete Bhutani as Nandini
- Jackie Shroff as Savte (special appearance)
- Zarina Wahab as Gayathri
- Gurpreet Ghuggi as Guru
- Jaspal Bhatti as Amrik Singh Nasa
- Upasana Singh as Manjeet
- Sanjay Mishra as Advocate Parminder Singh
- Rana Ranbir as Dev
- Akshay Kapoor as Puran Singh
- Ajaz Khan as Yuvaraj, Anna Mhatre's son
- Rana Jung Bahadur as Chaudhary
- Chunky Pandey as Balli
- Vikramjeet Virk (special appearance)
- Dhritiman Chatterjee as DIG Shergill
- Ritu Vij as Balbir
- Anant Jog as Police Inspector
- Shishir Sharma as CBI Officer
- Simran Deepali as Channo
Soundtrack
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Review: Ek – the Power of One". Hindustan Times. 27 March 2009. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
