Awarapan

Awarapan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mohit Suri
Produced by	Mahesh Bhatt (presenter) Mukesh Bhatt
Written by	Shagufta Rafiq (screenplay & dialogue)
Story by	Mahesh Bhatt
Starring	Emraan Hashmi Shriya Saran Mrinalini Sharma Ashutosh Rana
Music by	Songs: Pritam Background score: Raju Singh
Cinematography	Raaj Chakravarti
Edited by	Aditya Joshi
Production company	Vishesh Films
Distributed by	Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Release date	29 June 2007 (2007-06-29) (India) 6 July 2007 (2007-07-06) (Pakistan)
Running time	126 minutes
Country	India Pakistan
Language	Hindi

Awarapan (Hindi: आवारापन, Urdu: آوارہ پن‎) is a 2007 Indian crime drama film produced by Mukesh Bhatt and directed by Mohit Suri. It is the first joint production film between India and Pakistan. It stars Emraan Hashmi, Shriya Saran and Mrinalini Sharma and Ashutosh Rana. Awarapan released in India on 29 June 2007 under the banner of Vishesh Films, to widespread critical acclaim. This film's success was mostly credited to its immensely popular music score. The movie is an uncredited remake of a South Korean movie A Bittersweet Life.

The film was released on 6 July 2007.

The storyline revolves around Shivam (Emraan Hashmi), a heart broken and introvert atheist, gangster, and right-hand man of Malik (Ashutosh Rana), officially a businessman who runs a chain of hotels in Hong Kong. Shivam is given the responsibility of one of these hotels, which he bears capably and well, making it much more successful than Malik's other hotels. Malik holds Shivam in the highest esteem due to Shivam's loyalty, reliability, and business acumen, and treats him like an adored son whom he entrusts with almost everything - indeed, more so than his biological son, Ronnie. This is the cause of much jealousy on Ronnie's part against Shivam, but due to Malik's outspoken support for Shivam, Ronnie does not dare do openly oppose him. Shivam has a very close childhood friend, Kabir, who assists him with everything.

Malik's brother, Rajan (Ashish Vidyarthi), and Rajan's spoilt son Munna nurture a grudge against Shivam because of Shivam's repeated conflicts with Munna. Munna is mainly responsible for the start of most of these conflicts; he time and again puts Shivam down as Malik's slave, once by murdering an employee of Shivam's hotel who resisted Munna in bed. When Shivam comes to investigate this incident, Munna taunts him, the dead girl, and dares him to tell Malik, resulting in Shivam lashing out against Munna and all his henchmen. This causes an escalation of the feud between Munna, his father Rajan, and Shivam.