Sarfarosh (सरफ़रोश) 1999

Published on December 12, 2012 in Cinema

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Banner	Eros Entertainment
Director	John Matthew Matthan
Writer	John Matthew Matthan
Producer	John Matthew Matthan
Orginal music	Jatin-Lalit
Cinematography	Vikas Sivaraman
Film Editing	Jethu Mundul
Art Director	Keshto Mandal
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Assistant Cameramen
Playback Singers	Jagjit Singh, Alka Yagnik, Aamir Khan , Kumar Sanu , Kavita Krishnamurthy, Roop Kumar Rathod, Sonu Nigam

Character	Actor/Actress
Ghazal singer "Gulfam Hassan"	Naseeruddin Shah
Ajay Singh Rathod	Aamir Khan
Seema	Sonali Bendre
INSP. Salim	Mukesh Rishi
Ajay's Father	Akash Khurana
Ajay's Mother	Smita Jaykar
Babhi	Sukanya Kulkarni
Haji	Ahmed Khan
Sultan	Pradeep Singh Rawat
Shiva	Makrand Deshpande
Major Baig	Shri Vallabh Vyas
Thakur	Rajesh Joshi
Shafi	Ali Khan
Mala	Upasna Singh
INSP. Yadav	Salim Shah
S.I. Bajju	Manoj Joshi
Hawaldar Kadam	Ramesh Goyal
I.S.I. General	Khodus Wadia
Fatka	Anil Upadhyay
Sultan's Mother	Surekha Sikri
Patil	Himayat Ali
Minister	Sunil Rege
D.C.P.	Sunil Shende
Sec. To Minister	Rohit Raj
Chandrapur INSP	Ramdas Jadhav
Chandrapur	Ashok Lokhande
Chintu	Ayush Morarka
Ajay's Kaka	Rajendra Mehra
Roshan	Dinesh Kaushik
Ajay's Brother	Varun Vardhan
Delhi	Avtar Sahani
Delhi Terrorist	Preet Oberoi
Sec. To Roshan	Ajit Mehra
Rajan	Bawani
Rajan's Driver	Bharat Patil
Haji's Henchman	Parminder
S.I. Crime Branch	Dinesh Phadnis
S.I. Crime Branch	Vijay Gaikwad
Corporator	Pankaj Titoria
Nayak	Jaywant Wadkar
Bar Dancer	Jaswinder Sachdev
Bar Dancer	Dimple Inamdar
Bar Dancer	Sunita Padbidri
Bar Dancer	Rita
Bar Dancer	Avantika
Bar Dancer	Radhika Sarathkumar
Doctor	Kamal Adib
Criminal	Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Criminal	Yash Raj Jadhav
Rajasthani Dancer	Pinky Chinoy
Mirchi Seth	Akhilendra Mishra
Veeran	Govind Namdeo

The film opens with illegal arms trade taking place in India. An arsenal enters Indian territory via the state of Rajasthan, which makes its way to interior of India with help of many middlemen. Bala Thakur, a gun handler in Chandrapur, provides the arms to Veeran, a forest dwelling brigand. Later, Veeran and his gang attack a bus, mercilessly gunning down every person in it. The government appoints a Special Action Team in Mumbai to trace the roots behind the attack. The team learns about Bala Thakur, but thanks to his informants, Thakur flees before he can be apprehended.

Meanwhile, ACP Ajay Singh Rathod, a resident of Mumbai, is attending a concert by the famed ghazal singer Gulfam Hassan, where he spots a familiar face, Seema. Ajay had a crush over Seema when they were studying in Delhi, but never got the courage to propose her. The duo are happy to meet each other again. Gulfam, on the other hand, is Indian by birth, but had to move to Pakistan as a child during partition. Deeply scarred due to the experience, he is still happy that the Government allows him to live in his palatial residence whenever he comes to India. Gulfam finds a huge fan in Ajay, who used to attend his programs as a child. Despite the age difference, the two bond.

Inspector Salim is taken off from the Special Action Team when a notorious gangster Sultan escapes his clutches. Despite being an honest and upright police officer with the best intelligence gathering network in the force, Salim is rueful that he is being given a step motherly treatment because he is a Muslim. His anger at the system doesn't lessen when Ajay, who was his junior, is told to head the team. Ajay wants Salim on the team, but Salim refuses. It is revealed that Ajay's father and elder brother were going to testify against some criminals, but in an attempt to stop them from doing so, Ajay's elder brother was killed. Ajay's father was kidnapped and by the time the criminals spared him, the man had lost his voice. This made Ajay to join the police force.

Unknown to Ajay, Gulfam is also working on the payroll of the bad guys. Since Gulfam likes Ajay, he sees to it that nothing untoward happens to latter. Here, Salim finds the location of Bala Thakur alongwith the information that Sultan, the man who escaped from his clutches, will also be there. Salim gives the information to Ajay. An encounter at the criminals' rendezvous results in the death of Bala Thakur and Ajay is seriously injured. Though Sultan and his right-hand man Shiva manage to escape, the operation is deemed a success as the team is able to intercept a large consignment of lethal arms and ammunition meant for terrorist acts around the country.

While recuperating, Ajay has an epiphany which leads the team to Bahid in Rajasthan and to "Mirchi Seth" Rambandhu Gupt. The investigative team save for Ajay and Salim camp in Bahid and gather all possible information on Mirchi Seth. Ajay comes over to Bahid to investigate and meets Gulfam who is temporarily staying in his ancestral manor near Bahid. Gulfam attempts to derail the investigation through political means and ordering an assault on Ajay to subvert the investigation, but of no avail. The repeated failures on Gulfam's part displease the senior officers in Pakistani Intelligence, who dispatch Major Aslam Baig to take care of the business.

Here, Ajay goes through the information collected so far and realizes that he has seen many key suspects near Gulfam, but fails to make the connection. The investigative teams prepares for a final assault on the gun-running operation and in the pursuit of Mirchi Seth land up at Gulfam's mansion. Ajay feels betrayed when he learns of Gulfam's treachery, but is aware of lack of substantial evidence to indict Gulfam for his crimes. He goads and tricks Gulfam into killing Baig and arrests him for the offense. After realizing what happened, Gulfam reveals how the incidents that happened during the partition embittered him and why he did those deeds.

In retaliation, Ajay makes him realizes that his actions are not benefiting people of any religion. After Ajay makes him see the error in his ways, Gulfam, unable to stand the humiliation and guilt, commits suicide. Gulfam's suicide is hushed up and the team returns triumphant to Mumbai to much accolades for busting the terrorist racket. At Mumbai Airport, Salim is tipped on the whereabouts of Veeran and Ajay embarks on another investigation with his team.