Armaan (2003 film)
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Movie poster for Armaan
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| Directed by | Honey Irani |
| Produced by | Dinesh Gandhi |
| Written by |
Javed Akhtar Honey Irani |
| Starring |
Amitabh Bachchan Anil Kapoor Preity Zinta Gracy Singh Randhir Kapoor |
| Music by |
Songs: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy Background Score: Raju Singh |
| Cinematography | Ravi Varman |
| Edited by | Shirish Kunder |
| Distributed by |
Aarti Enterprises Eros Entertainment |
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Release date
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16 May 2003 |
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Running time
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159 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹21.4 crore (equivalent to ₹55 crore or US$8.2 million in 2016) |
| Box office | ₹11.2 crore (equivalent to ₹29 crore or US$4.3 million in 2016) |
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| Released |
4 April 2003 (India)
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| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
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| Producer | Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy | |||
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Armaan (English: Desire) is an Hindi Bollywood film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Preity Zinta, Gracy Singh, and Randhir Kapoor. The film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. This is the first time Preity Zinta played a negative role for which she received a Filmfare nomination for Best Villain. The film marked the first time Amitabh Bachchan and Anil Kapoor appeared together on screen. 21 years earlier they both appeared in Shakti but did not share any scenes together.
The film is about Dr. Siddharth Sinha (Amitabh Bachchan) and his son Dr. Akash Sinha (Anil Kapoor). Both work in the same hospital founded by Siddharth. Siddharth wishes to run a state of the art hospital but his work and profession means he dedicates his time to his patients.
Soon enough Dr. Neha Mathur (Gracy Singh) walks into Akash's life and they eventually fall in love with each other. The arrival of Sonia Kapoor (Preity Zinta) changes everything between Neha and Akash. Sonia is a rich, arrogant and an obsessive woman who is used to having things her own way and it is not long before she wants Akash for herself. She decides that since Akash is the man for her, she can latch on to him by literally 'buying' his love through financial agreement. The agreement states that on marrying Sonia, her father Gulshan Kapoor (Randhir Kapoor) will help finance the hospital project.
As fate would have it, Siddharth Sinha dies in his attempt to bring a child injured in an accident to his hospital. His last wish is for the hospital to be properly completed. Akash, now burdened with the increasing debts to purchase equipment for the hospital, cannot arrange for further funds. Over a broken heart, he agrees to marry Sonia, in order to set up the hospital, and thus fulfilling his father's final wish. Neha understands this and agrees to break up with Akash, but offers to continue working in the same hospital because she is a professional and dedicated person.
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