Aakrosh (2010 film)

Aakrosh
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPriyadarshan
Written byRobin Bhatt
Aditya Dhar
Akash Khurana
Produced byKumar Mangat Pathak
StarringAjay Devgn
Akshaye Khanna
Bipasha Basu
Paresh Rawal
Reema Sen
CinematographyTirru
Edited byArun Kumar
Music bySongs:
Pritam
Background Score:
Ouseppachan
Production
companies
Distributed byZee Motion Pictures (India)
Eros International (Overseas)
Release date
  • 15 October 2010 (2010-10-15)
Running time
146 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹380 million[2]
Box office₹194 million[3]

Aakrosh (transl. Outrage) is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film[4][5][6] directed by Priyadarshan and produced by Kumar Mangat Pathak under the banner of Big Screen Entertainment. It stars Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna and Bipasha Basu; while Paresh Rawal and Reema Sen and Sarfaraz Khan play the supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by Pritam with lyrics by Irshad Kamil. The film features cinematography by Thiru, production design by Sabu Cyril and editing by Arun Kumar. Tyag Rajan and R.P Yadav arranged and choreographed the action sequences of the film. The film was based on news reports of honour killings in India, and has also been described as a remake of the 1988 American film Mississippi Burning.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ "Aakrosh". British Board of Film Classification.
  2. ^ "'Ramayana', 'Aakrosh' 'Knock(ed) Out' at box office". Deccan Herald. 18 October 2010.
  3. ^ BoX office India
  4. ^ "Action Packed". The Indian Express. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010. I would call Aakrosh an action thriller. The last action thriller that I did was Qayamat, which was a big hit.
  5. ^ "Will Aakrosh meet the same fate as Crook and Lamhaa?". Moneylife. Retrieved 15 October 2010. It's basically an action thriller. We are expecting revenue of Rs 40crore plus from all-over-the-world collections.
  6. ^ "Aakrosh, Knock-out hit theatres today". Hindustan Times. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  7. ^ "Aakrosh – The burning of Jhanjhad". 15 October 2010.
  8. ^ "Aakrosh Burning?".
  9. ^ "Aakrosh – Movie – Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 22 May 2020.