Family (2006 film)

Family
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rajkumar Santoshi
Produced by	Keshu Ramsay
Written by	Tigmanshu Dhulia Rajkumar Santoshi
Screenplay by	Rajat Arora Shridhar Raghavan
Story by	Shaktimaan Talwar Ashok Raut
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Bhoomika Chawla Aryeman Ramsay
Music by	Ram Sampath
Cinematography	Ashok Mehta
Edited by	Shyam Salgonkar
Production company	Amitabh Bachchan Corporation
Distributed by	BIG Pictures
Release date	13 January 2006
Running time	154 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Family (also known as Family – Ties of Blood) is a 2006 Bollywood crime drama film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. The film features Amitabh Bachchan, Bhoomika Chawla and Aryeman Ramsay in lead roles. It released on 12 January 2006, and received mixed response from critics, however bombed at the box office. The movie was debut movie for Aryeman Ramsay, though the role was powerful however he faced negative feedbacks from critics.

Viren Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan), is an underworld don based in Mumbai. His son Abhir (Sushant Singh) is spoilt and believes he can do anything due to his father's power. When Viren's rival Khan (Kader Khan) attacks Abhir, Viren demands revenge. Viren receives full proof information that Khan will be hidden at a local cinema theater on an particular date. The plot then moves onto the life of a simple cook, Shekhar Bhatia (Akshay Kumar) who is married to Dr. Kavita (Bhumika Chawla). Shekhar lives with his parents, wife and his younger brother Aryan (Aryeman Ramsay). When Aryan runs away from home, Shekhar searches the whole city to find him. During his search, he witnesses Viren attacking the cinema theater in which Khan is hidden, and decides to help the innocent people in the cinema.

Whilst helping the innocent, Shekhar finds Khan's nephew fatally wounded and tries to take him to the hospital. Viren witnesses this and mistakenly shoots Shekhar instead of Khan's nephew. Soon enough, Viren realizes his mistake and brutally murders Khan's nephew and flees the theater. Wounded Shekhar tries to return home however is accidentally hit by Viren's car, leading to his death. Aryan returns home and realizes Shekhar has been murdered. Together, Aryan and his group of friends form a gang and kidnap Viren's family including Abhir. However, Abhir escapes and reaches to his father. Aryan tries not to do harm to any of his family member as he knows how precious they are, though Viren's wife suddenly dies when Abhir accidentally shoots her which was targeted for Aryan. Viren believes Aryan is responsible for this, Aryan calls Viren to meet him at the same place where Viren killed Shekhar and also the police.But the police decide to help Viren, Aryan's plan fails.