# Indian (2001 film)

Indian is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by N. Maharajan and produced by Dharmendra under Vijayta Films. A remake of the director's own Tamil film Vallarasu, the film stars Sunny Deol, Shilpa Shetty, Danny Denzongpa, Raj Babbar, Mukesh Rishi and Rahul Dev.
Indian was released on 26 October 2001 with excellent box office reports, grossing a domestic net of ₹18 million on its opening day. Made on a budget of ₹150 million, it was a commercial success at the box office, earning over ₹540 million worldwide. It was the fourth highest-grossing Hindi film of 2001, with a net gross of ₹280 million.

## Plot

DCP Rajashekhar Azad lives with his wife Anjali and they both have two children. Rajashekhar arrests Waseem Khan, a dreaded terrorist having connections with industrialist Shankar Singhania, and learns that his father-in-law DGP Surya Pratap Singh is also involved with Waseem Khan. Rajashekhar kills Surya, which makes Anjali to leave Rajashekhar. Rajashekhar takes the help of youths, who are disillusioned by their inability to join the police force, and manages to kill Shankar and Waseem Khan. Later, Anjali learns about her father's misdeeds and reunites with Rajashekhar.

## Cast

* Sunny Deol as DCP Rajshekhar "Raj" Azad, Surya Pratap Singh's son-in-law
* Shilpa Shetty as Anjali Singh Azad, Surya Pratap Singh's daughter
* Mukesh Rishi as Wasim Khan /Allah Baksh (Dual role)
* Rahul Dev as Pratap Sinha
* Raj Babbar as DGP Surya Pratap Singh, Anjali's father and DCP Rajshekhar's father-in-law
* Surendra Pal as new DGP After Surya Pratap Singh
* Om Puri as CBI officerJoginder Singh
* Rana Jung Bahadur as Havaldar Mushtaq Singh
* Deepak Shirke as Uttar Pradesh minister Veer Bahadur Singh
* Danny Denzongpa as Shankar Singhania, Sanjay's father
* Rajat Bedi as Sanjay Singhania, Shankar's son
* Suresh Bhagwat as B.E.S.T. employee
* Salim Ghouse as Francis
* Avtar Gill as Advocate Gill
* Dinesh Hingoo as Jewellery shop owner
* Sanjay Narvekar as Rahim
* Shakti Kapoor as Rahim's father
* Reema Lagoo as Mrs. Suryapratap Singh
* Viju Khote as Inspector Deshmukh
* Shiva Rindani as Inspector Patil
* Pramod Muthu as Inspector Moutho (as Pramod Moutho)
* Dhananjay Mandrekar as Inspector
* Dharmesh Tiwari as Imam Saab
* Sophiya Haque as an item number "Yeh Pyar"
* Malaika Arora as an item number "Yeh Pyar"
* Ankush Mohite as Inspector Shinde

## Production

Deol, who usually did not star in remakes, saw Vallarasu and loved it. This was his second home production after Dillagi, and while admitting there were no drastic changes made to the script, he revealed the only thing changed was the nativity in order to suit the northern audience."

## Soundtrack

All songs are written by Anand Bakshi.
| Title | Singer(s) |
| "Waton Walo" | Roop Kumar Rathod |
| "Deewane" | Shaan, Alka Yagnik |
| "Yeh Pyar" | Richa Sharma, Sunidhi Chauhan |
| "Rab Di Kasam" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik |
| "Jaana Maine" | Abhijeet, Sadhana Sargam |
| "Thaath Nawabi" | Anand Raj Anand, Alka Yagnik |

## Reception

Online Bangalore described that the film will certainly appeal to majority of the masses. Khalid Mohammed of The Times of India described the film as a "messy bang-a-bang movie."

## Sequel

The making of a sequel, to be called Indian 2, and to star Sunny Deol and to be directed by Maharajan was announced in 2018.