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{{short description|Indian Bollywood crime drama film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Ghaath
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| director = Akashdeep Sabir
| producer = Kumar Mohan<br>Atul Mohan {{small|(co-producer)}}
| writer = Akashdeep Sabir
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| starring = {{Unbulleted list|[[Manoj Bajpayee]]|[[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]]|[[Om Puri]]|[[Arshad Warsi]]|[[Irrfan Khan]]|[[Sheeba Akashdeep|Sheeba]]}}
| music = {{Unbulleted list|[[Anu Malik]]|[[Salim–Sulaiman]]}}
| cinematography = Surendra M. Rao
| editing = Aseem Sinha
| studio = K. Bhagyalaxmi Pictures
| distributor = [[B4U Films]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2000|12|08|India}}
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| country = India
| language = Hindi
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'''''Ghaath''''' is a 2000 Indian [[Bollywood]] [[crime drama]] film directed by Akashdeep and produced by Kumar Mohan. The film stars [[Manoj Bajpayee]], [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]] and [[Om Puri]] in pivotal roles and actress [[Raveena Tandon]] in a special appearance.

==Plot==
Krishna Patil aspires to become a police officer and impresses Ajay Pandey of the Police Academy. However, a local gangster Romesh Bhagwat Dada alias Maamu does not want him to pass the Academy and has him disqualified. Enraged by this Patil drinks heavily and is arrested after a scuffle with Ishwar Mohanlal Ghodbole, a corrupt cop for whom "police" is an acronym for Power, Order Liar, Incompetent, Corrupt and Encounter. It is only when Patil's father bribes him does Ghodbole release him. Patil becomes disillusioned of the system in general. One day he meets Kavita Chaudhary who recently lost her father and shares Patil's view of the system. They begin a relationship.

Patil's sister Mansi marries Divakar. Soon after their marriage, the couple dies when their building collapses. The building was constructed by Maamu, who has the Municipal Officer Khairnar killed after he refuses to hush up the inquiry. Patil learns of this and together with Chaudhary and his friends battle the gangster.

==Cast==
* [[Manoj Bajpayee]] as Krishna Patil
* [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]] as Kavita Chaudhary
* [[Om Puri]] as Ajay Pandey
* [[Aparna Sen]] as Suman Pandey
* [[Anupam Kher]] as Ramakant Patel
* [[Arshad Warsi]] as Divakar
* [[Sheeba Akashdeep|Sheeba]] as Mansi Patil
* [[Mukesh Tiwari]] as Ishwar Mohanlal Ghodbole
* [[Irrfan Khan]] as Romesh Bhagwat Dada alias Maamu
* [[Johnny Lever]] as Screwdriver
* [[Makarand Deshpande]] as Happy Singh
* [[Mehul Buch]] as Hiten
* [[Sachin Khedekar]] as Khairnar
* [[Tinnu Anand]] as Vilas Rao
* [[Raveena Tandon]] in a special appearance in "Baba Meri Ye Jawani"
* [[Narayani Shastri]] as Khainar's daughter
* [[Raju Mavani]] as Salim Haatela
* [[Daya Shankar Pandey]] as Mamu Goon

==Production==
Akashdeep directed the film, produced under the banner of K. Bhagyalakshmi Pictures.<ref name="BFI">{{cite web |title=Ghaath (2000) |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b82c23e15 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref> This was the first film in which Khan and Kher appeared together.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Raghuvanshi |first1=Aakanksha |title="53 Is No Age": Irrfan Khan's Drama School Senior Anupam Kher's Emotional Tribute |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/53-is-no-age-irrfan-khans-drama-school-senior-anupam-khers-emotional-tribute-2220495 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |access-date=2 May 2020 |date=29 April 2020}}</ref> Initially, Akashdeep was not pleased with Khan's acting and was planning to replace him. It was on the insistence of Bajpayee that Akashdeep retained him.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chaudhuri |first1=Mohini |title=For Irrfan Khan, the world is not enough |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/2015-celebrity-100/for-irrfan-khan-the-world-is-not-enough/41755/1 |access-date=2 May 2020 |work=[[Forbes India]] |date=23 December 2015}}</ref> Bajpayee was acting with Khan for the first time, so was Tabu.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parkar |first1=Shaheen |last2=KBR |first2=Upala |last3=Lulla |first3=Sonia |title=Manoj Bajpayee On Irrfan Khan: We Followed Each Other's Journey |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/manoj-bajpayee-on-irrfan-khan-we-followed-each-others-journey/22757231 |access-date=2 May 2020 |work=[[Mid-Day]] |date=30 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dedhia |first1=Sonil |title='Irrfan tries to do something different every time' |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-interview-with-tabu-on-life-of-pi/20121122.htm#5 |work=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=2 May 2020 |date=22 November 2012}}</ref> [[Raveena Tandon]] made a special appearance in the film.<ref name="BFI" />

==Soundtrack==
The music for the soundtrack is composed by [[Anu Malik]] excepting one instrumental track by [[Salim–Sulaiman]]. Lyrics are written by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ghaath (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://gaana.com/album/ghaath |publisher=[[Gaana (music streaming service)|Gaana]] |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Baba Meri Ye Jawani"
| [[Falguni Pathak]], [[Sapna Awasthi]]
|-
| 2
| "Hum Bhi Samajh Rahe Hain"
| [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
|-
| 3
| "Jo Dar Gaya Woh Mar Gaya"
| [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[KK (singer)|KK]], [[Anu Malik]]
|-
| 4
| "Jhumka Chandi Da"
| [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Jaspinder Narula]]
|-
| 5
| "Teri Aashiqui"
| [[Pankaj Udhas]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
|-
| 6
| "Teri Yeh Jawani"
| [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sapna Awasthi]]
|-
| 7
| "Kisi Ne Sach Hi Kaha"
| [[Shabbir Kumar]], [[Om Puri]], [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]], [[Manoj Bajpai]], Karsan Sagathiya
|-
| 8
| "The colors of Ghaath"
| [[Salim–Sulaiman]]
|-
|}

Ronjita Das of [[Rediff.com]] opined that the film's music had "nothing to remember".<ref name="Rediff">{{cite web |last1=Das |first1=Ronjita |title=A cop-out! |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/dec/09ghaath.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=1 May 2020 |date=9 December 2000}}</ref> ''[[Rashtriya Sahara]]'' called the soundtrack "excellent".<ref name="RS">{{cite book|title=Rashtriya Sahara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-iRuAAAAMAAJ|volume=8|year=2000|publisher=Sahara India Mass Communication|page=96}}</ref> [[Sify]] found the music "grating".<ref name="Sify" />

==Reception==
In her review for [[Rediff.com]], Ronjita Das called the film a replay of ''[[Shool]]'' (1999), a previous film of Bajpayee, and noted that Johnny Lever had been totally wasted.<ref name="Rediff" /> [[Sify]] likened the film to a "routine commercial potboiler" and noted that the "production values aren't too high". It felt that Bajpayee had overacted in certain places and Tabu fell "prey to the mediocrity of the script".<ref name="Sify">{{cite web |title=Ghaath |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/bollywood/preview.php?ctid=5&cid=2425&id=6007667 |publisher=[[Sify]] |access-date=2 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028081353/http://www.sify.com/movies/bollywood/preview.php?ctid=5&cid=2425&id=6007667 |archive-date=28 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> A review in ''[[Rashtriya Sahara]]'' noted that the film's cast was "represented by an impressive line-up of reputed actors".<ref name="RS" />

According to the Indian film trade website [[Box Office India]], the film was made at an estimated budget of {{INRConvert|3.75|c}} and had a worldwide gross of {{INRConvert|3.92|c}}, earning the label "[[box-office bomb|disaster]]".<ref name="BOI">{{cite web |title=Ghaath |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2108 |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0213677}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghaath}}
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2000 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000 crime drama films]]
[[Category:Indian crime drama films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Films scored by Salim–Sulaiman]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anu Malik]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]

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