Farz

About the film

Farz (transl. Duty) is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Raj Kanwar, starring Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Jackie Shroff, Om Puri, Dara Singh and Mukesh Tiwari. The film was released on 12 January 2001.The film was a Superhit at the box office and created a hype for the Sunny Deol's then upcoming movie Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001) which was a blockbuster and achieved legendary status in the list of the iconic Hindi movies.

Plot

Mumbai is being terrorized by a criminal, Gawa Firozi, and his brother, Sikandar. ACP Arjun Singh and his closest friend and senior colleague, ACP Balwant Singh are Maharashtra Police Service officers working with the crime branch of the city's police department, but when Balwant is killed, Arjun is devastated by his death. Arjun is fearful that the same person who killed his friend will come after him or his family.

While Arjun is still mourning Balwant's death, he is told that a new officer ACP Karan Singh will be joining the post vacated by Balwant’s death. Just the next day at work, Arjun is informed that some criminals have entered a college and have taken some students as hostages including his daughter, Kajal. Arjun reaches the spot and while he is negotiating with the assailants, Karan storms into the building and single-handedly wipes out all the perpetrators and manages to save Kajal, who instantly falls in love with him. Arjun is not happy with Karan's methods of dealing with criminals. To cap Arjun's frustrations, Karan starts reciprocating Kajal's feelings.

Over the next few days, Karan and Arjun raid several hideouts and illicit ammunition factories belonging to Gawa and Sikandar but are unable to do much since Sikandar is an influential person in the city. One day Kajal's friend who was in an illicit relationship with Sikandar, is killed by him. While escaping, Sikandar bumps into Kajal who informs Karan and Arjun about the murder. Karan asks Kajal to identify the killer. However, Arjun advises against it.

Production

The outdoor scenes of Farz were shot in Bernese Oberland in central Switzerland. The film was made on a budget of $3 million.

Music and soundtrack

The music for the film's songs was composed by Uttam Singh and the lyrics of the songs were penned by Sameer. The background score of the movie was done by Aadesh Shrivastava.

Reception

Suparn Verma of Rediff criticised the film for being heavily influenced by Lethal Weapon and Ricochet including the climax scene from Metro. Nikhat Kazmi of Filmfare rated it 2.5 out of 5 stars.

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