Criminal (1994 film)

Criminal
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Directed by	Mahesh Bhatt
Produced by	K. S. Rama Rao
Written by	Sainath (Telugu dialogues) Jay Dixit (Hindi dialogues)
Screenplay by	Sainath
Story by	David Twohy (Original Story) Mahesh Bhatt (Adapted Story)
Based on	The Fugitive by Roy Huggins
Starring	Akkineni Nagarjuna Ramya Krishnan Manisha Koirala
Music by	M. M. Keeravani
Cinematography	S. Gopal Reddy
Edited by	G.G. Krishna Rao (Telugu) Sanjay Sankla (Hindi)
Production company	Telugu Vision:- Creative Commercials Hindi Vision:- Vishesh Films
Distributed by	Telugu Vision:- Creative Commercials Hindi Vision:- T-Series Films
Release date	Telugu Version 14 October 1994 (1994-10-14) Hindi Version 4 August 1994 (1994-08-04)
Country	India
Language	Telugu Hindi

Criminal is a 1994 Telugu-Hindi bilingual thriller film, produced by Telugu version for K. S. Rama Rao on Creative Commercials banner and Hindi version for Mukesh Bhatt on Vishesh Films alone with T-Series Films and, directed by Mahesh Bhatt. Starring Akkineni Nagarjuna, Ramya Krishna, Manisha Koirala in lead roles and music composed by M. M. Keeravani or MM Kreem, both of the movies simultaneously shot in Telugu and Hindi, most of the scenes and artists are same in both the versions. The film is a remake of the 1993 American film The Fugitive.This is a last film of famous bollywood actor Ajith

After witnessing the unfortunate death of a woman, who was unable to afford hospital treatment, Dr. Ajay Kumar (Akkineni Nagarjuna) cancels his U.S. immigration and instead sets out to work a plan to open a hospital that will be accessible to people who cannot afford treatment in regular hospitals, called "Amma Hospital". This draws quite an attention, and he becomes popular, especially with two young women, Swetha (Manisha Koirala) and Sub-Inspector Ramya (Ramya Krishna). He falls in love with Swetha and both get married, breaking Ramya's heart in the process. Shortly thereafter much to their delight, Swetha becomes pregnant.

When Swetha discovers a frightening organ-smuggling operation in her hospital while going through a friend's diagnostic report, she calls Ramya. Ramya calls the police for help as Swetha is being attacked, and names the attacker as "Ajay". Swetha eventually succumbs to the attack. The police arrive to find her dead body and arrest Ajay for murder. It seems that Ajay's motive for killing Swetha was money, as Swetha was a wealthy heiress. Ajay is convicted and sentenced to death. While being transported to prison, the police van meets with an accident and Ajay escapes. The police launch a manhunt for him, but are unable to catch him. Ajay secretly meets with Ramya and tells her that he did not kill Swetha, and he wants her help to catch the real killer. The film ends with Ajay catching the real killer and finding out that he was hired by Ajay's friend Dr. Pratap (Sarath Babu), the man responsible for the organ smuggling operation.