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Ek Ajnabee is a film of genre Thriller directed by Apoorva Lakhia released in USA on 9 december 2005 with Amitabh Bachchan
Ek Ajnabee (2005)
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Add to a movie listEk Ajnabee – A Man Apart (Hindi: एक अजनबी, translation: "A Stranger") is Bollywood action-thriller film, remake of Tony Scott's 2004 film Man on Fire, a film based on a novel; this novel was adapted into another film in 1987. The film Ek Ajnabee is directed by Apoorva Lakhia, with Amitabh Bachchan playing Denzel Washington's role. Co-starring are Arjun Rampal and Perizaad Zorabian.
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Suryaveer "Surya" Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) is a bitter man and ex-Army officer, hired by his friend Shekhar Verma (Arjun Rampal) to protect a little girl, Anamika R. Rathore (Rucha Vaidya), who resides in Bangkok, Thailand with her Non-resident Indian (NRI) family. He drinks alcohol frequently, and is not interested in befriending the girl. Eventually, she wins his heart and he helps her to prepare for a swim meet. One day Anamika gets kidnapped and Surya receives serious injuries in his attempt to prevent the kidnapping. Her father is not able to pay the sum to release his daughter. So Suryaveer uses all his skills to save the life of the child, only to find out about the conspiracy that is behind the little girl's kidnapping. Surya learns that Chang, Shekhar's lawyer, is behind some of this. The real mastermind behind this is Chang's brother. Surya holds Chang hostage, while Chang's brother holds Anamika hostage. When they come to exchange the people, Chang's brother reveals a great secret to Surya. Surya learns that Shekhar was all behind this. Surya kills Chang's brother's men. A great fight between Shekhar and Surya starts. Shekhar is killed, and Surya spends the rest of his life with Anamika and her mother. In the end, Anamika gets a new bodyguard and the film shows her during her swimming practice, with Surya and her new bodyguard 15 years later.Actors
Amitabh Bachchan
(Col. Suryaveer "Surya" Singh)
Arjun Rampal
(Shekhar Verma)
Perizaad Zorabian
(Nikasha Rathore)
Daya Shankar Pandey
(Kripa "Krispi" Shankar)
Akhilendra Mishra
(ACP Harvinder "Harry" Singh)
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