Aatish: Feel the Fire

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Aatish: Feel the Fire
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Directed by	Sanjay Gupta
Written by	Kamlesh Pandey (dialogue)
Story by	Robin Bhatt Sujit Sen
Based on	Deewaar by Salim–Javed A Better Tomorrow by John Woo
Produced by	G. P. Sippy, Vijay Sippy
Starring	Sanjay Dutt Aditya Pancholi Raveena Tandon Karishma Kapoor Atul Agnihotri
Cinematography	Najeeb Khan
Edited by	Afaq Hussain
Music by	Nadeem-Shravan
Distributed by	Sippy Films
Release date	17 June 1994 (1994-06-17)
Running time	160 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹4 crore[2]
Box office	₹12 crore[2]

Aatish: Feel the Fire, shortly called as Aatish, is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Sanjay Gupta in his directorial debut, has an ensemble starcast Sanjay Dutt, Aditya Pancholi, Raveena Tandon, Karishma Kapoor and Atul Agnihotri in lead roles. The supporting cast includes Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover, Kader Khan, Ajit, Tanuja & others.

The film marked Sanjay Gupta's directorial debut in Bollywood. The film reworks and combines elements from two earlier crime films, the Indian film Deewaar (1975)^[3] and the Hong Kong action film A Better Tomorrow (1986).^[4] Upon release, it grossed ₹123 million (equivalent to ₹810 million or US$9.7 million in 2023) at the Indian box office. It was remade into a Nepali film, Mahaan (2009), starring Biraj Bhatt.

Baba (Sanjay Dutt) and Avinash (Atul Agnihotri) are brothers who live in a shanty house with their widowed mother, who makes a living by working as a housemaid. When a stalker attempts to assault their mother, Baba kills him and the three, along with an orphan named Nawab (Aditya Pancholi), take shelter with a crime boss named Uncle (Ajit Khan). Baba would like Avinash to study and become a better person, and in order to do this, he decides to earn money in the underworld. Avinash completes his training and becomes an Inspector, where his first assignment is to arrest Baba and Nawab - much to his shock as he had never associated Baba with having any criminal background. Avinash must now decide whether to proceed with apprehending Baba and Nawab or resign from the police force.

• Sanjay Dutt as Baba
• Aditya Pancholi as Nawab
• Raveena Tandon as Nisha
• Karishma Kapoor as Pooja
• Atul Agnihotri as Inspector Avinash "Avi"
• Tanuja as Baba's Mother
• Ajit as Uncle (Underworld Don)
• Kader Khan as Kadar
• Shakti Kapoor as Sunny
• Gulshan Grover as Kaniya
• Vishwajeet Pradhan as Ghulam
• Ram Mohan as Police Commissioner
• Dinesh Hingoo as Aar Paar
• Tiku Talsania as Jarnail Singh
• Mushtaq Khan as Bhiku
• Ghanshyam Rohera as Kainchi
• K.K.Raj as Tony
• Sumeet Pathak
• Brij Gopal

Aatish uses elements fairly similar to Deewaar (1975), written by Salim–Javed, with Sanjay Dutt as the older criminal brother (inspired by Amitabh Bachchan's character in Deewaar), Atul Agnihotri as the younger police brother (inspired by Shashi Kapoor's character in Deewaar) and Tanuja as the mother. Aatish had a story "straight out of Deewar" but added a twist, with the mother supporting the criminal brother.^[3] In addition, Aatish also unofficially reworked elements of John Woo's Hong Kong film, A Better Tomorrow (1986).^[4]

The music of the film was composed by Nadeem-Shravan and the lyrics were penned by Sameer. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 2,500,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's ten highest-selling.

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