Akira (2016 Hindi film)

Akira
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	AR Murugadoss
Produced by	AR Murugadoss Fox Star Studios
Written by	Karan Singh Rathore (Dialogue)
Screenplay by	AR Murugadoss (Additional Screenplay) Santha Kumar (Original Screenplay)
Story by	Santha Kumar
Based on	Mouna Guru By Santha Kumar
Starring	Sonakshi Sinha Konkona Sen Sharma Anurag Kashyap
Music by	Songs: Vishal–Shekhar Background Score: John Stewart Eduri
Cinematography	R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Production company	A.R.Murugadoss Productions
Distributed by	Fox Star Studios
Release date	2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹300 million
Box office	est. ₹465.2 million

Akira is a 2016 Indian action drama film co-written, directed, and produced by AR Murugadoss. It is a remake of the 2011 Tamil film Mouna Guru, and features Sonakshi Sinha in the titular role.

Principal photography began in March 2015, and the film released worldwide on 2 September 2016. The soundtrack composed by Vishal-Shekhar has been released on August 16, 2016.

Akira Sharma, (Sonakshi Sinha) is a little girl in a small town who lives happily with her father and mother. One day, she witnesses a crime involving a group of unruly men ruthlessly throwing acid on a young woman's face. Akira helps police to catch the criminal, but the accomplices of the criminal swear vengeance. Akira's father realizes the importance of self-defense and enrolls her in a self-defense class. One day on her way to home, Akira notices gang members who scared her tease another girl. She beats them up, but one of them takes out a bottle of acid to throw acid on Akira. When it backfires on him, Akira is accused of throwing acid on his face and is sent to juvenile jail.

Fourteen years later, Akira has grown into a brave and headstrong young woman, but her father has died. Akira and her mom move in with her brother, who she hates because he left them to marry. Akira joins Holy Cross College and lives in a hostel, as her mom decides to stay back with her brother, while taking care of his child. A couple of students try to bully her but end up learning the hard way to not mess with her. One night, an inspector, (Anurag Kashyap) runs into one of the college professors with his car and beats him up because the professor is upset about the policeman's behaviour. The college students reach out to the commissioner with the aid of a strike. The police brutally beats them up and tries to move all of the students away; only Akira remains. She hands over the signed petition sheet and the information to the commissioner when he arrives.

A couple of days later, the same police man who hit the professor robs and kills a man. When he admits this on the phone at his girlfriend's place, she records his confession and decides to show it to her friends. At the last moment, her camera with all the information is stolen, and someone blackmails the policeman. All this makes the inspector nervous; he kills his girlfriend and begins researching who is behind this. This case is handled by ACP Rabiya, (Konkona Sen Sharma) who suspects that the policeman's girlfriend did not commit suicide, but that she had been murdered. One day, Akira finds a bag full of stolen items, including the camera, in front of her dorm. The policemen see her and take her away and decide to kill her. She sees three of the policemen kill two other men. The main ACP calls them and tells them they have the wrong girl, but because she saw everything to just shoot her. She escapes, goes to her principal, and tells him everything that has happened. He tells her he would love to help her but can only do so in the morning.