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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = AK-47<br />
| image = AK-47 (2004 film).jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --><br />
| director = Raam Shetty<br />
| writer = K. K. Singh (dialogues)<br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = ''[[A. K. 47 (1999 film)|A. K. 47]]'' (Kannada/Telugu)<br />
| producer = Hasmukh Shah<br />
| starring = {{plainlist|<br />
*[[Aditya (actor)|Aditya Singh]]<br />
*Sheetal Bhavishi <br />
*[[Om Puri]]<br />
*[[Shivaji Satam]] <br />
*[[Ashish Vidyarthi]]<br />
}}<br />
| narrator = <br />
| cinematography = Rajan Kinagi<br />
| editing = <br />
| music = [[Sajid–Wajid]]<br />
| studio = <!-- or: | production_companies = --><br />
| distributor = Time Magnetics<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2004|10|1}}<br />
| runtime = 143 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''AK-47''''' is a 2004 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action film]] directed by Raam Shetty. A remake of the [[Kannada]]-[[Telugu language|Telugu]] film [[A. K. 47 (1999 film)|of the same name]], the film stars [[Aditya (actor)|Aditya Singh]], Sheetal Bhavishi, [[Om Puri]], [[Shivaji Satam]] and [[Ashish Vidyarthi]]. Unlike the original, the film was released to negative reviews. This was the last film produced by Time Magnetics.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{cast listing|<br />
*[[Aditya (actor)|Aditya Singh]] as Rudra Pratap<br />
*Sheetal Bhavishi as Shweta<br />
*[[Om Puri]] as [[Commissioner of Police]] Yashwant Sinha<br />
*[[Shivaji Satam]] as Dayashankar Pratap Sharma, Rudra Pratap's father<br />
*[[Ashish Vidyarthi]] as Dadua<br />
*[[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]] as RAW Officer Shyamu Saxena<br />
*[[Mohan Joshi]] as Minister Trikaal<br />
*[[Kiran Kumar]] as Adv Umesh Mehra<br />
*[[Deep Dhillon]] as Police Insp Bakhtawar<br />
*[[Reema Lagoo]] as Sharda Pratap Sharma<br />
*[[Meghna Naidu]] as an item number<br />
}}<br />
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==Production==<br />
Producer Hasmukh Shah didn't want the film to get embroiled in controversy, so the character named Dawood (alluding to [[Dawood Ibrahim]]) was renamed as Dadua.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/story/20040913-bollywood-dares-to-portray-dawood-ibrahim-liberates-itself-from-fear-of-underworld-789270-2004-09-12|title=Bollywood dares to portray Dawood Ibrahim, liberates itself from fear of underworld|date=13 September 2004|work=[[India Today]]|first=Sandeep|last=Unnithan|access-date=9 August 2024}}</ref><br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
Soundtrack was composed by Sajid-Wajid.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://myswar.co/album/ak-47-2004|title=AK-47 (2004)|website=MySwar|access-date=9 August 2024}}</ref><br />
*Nasha Nasha - [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]<br />
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==Reception==<br />
Subhash K. Jha of ''[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]]'' wrote that "Shrill, shallow and shrieked-out ''AK-47'' is the pavement-friendly actioner that you thought had ceased manufacture in Bollywood's dream factory. But it's back. And what can we do about it?"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/reviews/AK-47.asp|title=AK-47 movie review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041009200154/http://www.glamsham.com/movies/reviews/AK-47.asp|archive-date=9 October 2004|access-date=9 August 2024|first=Subhash K.|last=Jha|author-link=Subhash K. Jha|work=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]]|via=Glamsham}}</ref> [[Taran Adarsh]] of ''[[Bollywood Hungama]]'' rated the film one-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "On the whole, ''AK 47'' is an ordinary fare".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/ak-47/critic-review/ak-47-movie-review/|title=AK 47 Movie Review: AK 47 Movie|work=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|first=Taran|last=Adarsh|author-link=Taran Adarsh|date=2 October 2004|access-date=9 August 2024|archive-date=14 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114193341/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/ak-47/critic-review/ak-47-movie-review/|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Indian action films]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Kannada films]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Telugu films]]<br />
[[Category:2004 Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films about terrorism in India]]<br />
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