Characters
Sanjay Kumar as Dev Shastri
Dev Shastri, a protagonist is a scientist from small town Kakinada in India. He has completed doctorate in nuclear physics, he is a patriot who gets selected for a special course in IIT Mumbai to be conducted by ministry of Defense for later joining the Research and Analysis wing of the armed forces. During his special course in Mumbai he gets entangled with the underworld, due to which his life changes completely.
Ram Sujan Singh as The Don Dawoodia Pathan
Dawoodia Pathan is the one of the biggest Don of Underworld. He is very powerful and influential. His underworld business is in Gold and Silver smuggling and during 1985, his main passion was film industry in which he had invested millions of rupees. He quietly supports the protagonist Dev Shastri who is involved into an Anti film piracy project. His lieutenant Chota khatri leaves him and dares to establish his own gang and also goes into film piracy business which leads to a big Gang war in which the protagonist gets involved and loses his entire family.
Ranjeet as Dr. Ranjeet Batra
Dr. Ranjeet Batra is the topmost clinical Psychiatrist in India. The protagonist Dev Shastri goes into a serve total depression after losing his parents due to gang war due to film piracy project he had started. Dr. Ranjeet Batra plays a very important role as a Clinical Psychiatrist He uses his hypnosis techniques to analyse and help Dev Shastri come out of deep depression and Schizophrenic symptoms
Bharat Kapoor as Mukhiya of the town, Kakinada
Mukhiya Ji is a very close family friend of protagonist Dev Shastri''s family. He is a witness to the killing of Dev''s family in Kakinada. He is very religious minded and an honest man
Alok Nath as Dr. Khan
Dr. Khan is a senior Doctor employed in IIT Powai hospital where the protagonist Dev is admitted due to a head injury. Dr. Khan is a good friend of Dr. Ranjeet Batra who helps Dr. khan in analyzing and treating Dev Shastri. He is also the Boss of Dr. Pooja Sahani, treats her as his daughter and helps her out emotionally and professionally.
Raza Murad as Virendra Babu Shastri
Virendra Babu Shastri is the elder brother of protagonist Dev Shastri. They had lost their father who was in the Defense force during the Indo Pak war; hence Virendra Babu being elder to Dev has taken care of Dev as his son. Virendra Babu Shastri, being well educated, commands lot of respect in the small town Kakinada. He later gets killed due to his brother Dev Shastri who gets involved with underworld due to film Piracy project.
Ali Khan as Commander Rathod
Commander Rathod remains a mystery as he secretly comes into the life of the protagonist Dev and takes him secretly to Western Naval Headquarters department where he wants Dev to help him in decoding a mores code message being sent on scrambled frequency as Dev was genius. Commander Rathod''s presence is Real or Imaginary is revealed in the film towards the end as Dev goes into deep depression after losing his parents and shows schizophrenic symptoms
Kradhikka as Dr. Pooja Sahani
Dr. Pooja Sahani is a childhood friend of the protagonist Dev Shastri as has spent her childhood in the same small town Kakinada. She goes to Vicenza Italy to pursue her dream to become a doctor, coincidently after completing her studies. She picks up a job as a Neuro surgeon in the same institute Ute i. e IIT Mumbai where the hero dev is doing a special course in defense. Her friendship turns to love and because of her love for Dev she does everything possible for Dev, she helps him in coming out of the various problem he is getting entangled in his life.
Synopsis
The movie is a thriller which deals with the underworld gang wars. The protagonist, Mr. Dev is a genius nuclear scientist who has been selected by the defense ministry to undergo further training in IIT Powai. He gets entangled in the underworld wars during 1985/1995 period, as he is involved in a project to stop film piracy which was literally killing the film industry.
Later the hero loses his parents in the gang war & how he eventually takes his revenge. Dev meets his childhood friend Dr. Pooja, who has studied medicine in Vicenza, Italy. She works at the IIT hospital, where the hero falls in love with her. Dr. Pooja for the sake of love does everything possible for Dev in his struggle to recover from the events which happen due to his involvement in the anti film piracy project. This film is a very entertaining way to educate the masses, government and all concerned regarding the involvement of international & local mafias in film piracy & will hopefully contribute in curbing film Piracy.
Courtesy: IndiaFM.com