Aaj Ki Awaaz | |
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Directed by | Ravi Chopra |
Written by | Shabd Kumar |
Produced by | B. R. Chopra |
Starring | Raj Babbar Smita Patil Nana Patekar Shafi Inamdar |
Cinematography | Barun Mukherjee |
Edited by | S. B. Mane |
Music by | Ravi |
Distributed by | B. R. Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Aaj Ki Awaaz (transl. Voice of the day) is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language vigilante action film directed by Ravi Chopra and produced by B. R. Chopra.[1] The film stars Raj Babbar, Smita Patil, Nana Patekar, and Shafi Inamdar in the lead. The film is based on 1982 Hollywood movie Death Wish II. It tells the story of a professor who becomes a vigilante after his sister is raped and his mother is killed. This film was remade in Telugu as Nyayam Meere Cheppali (1985), in Tamil as Naan Sigappu Manithan (1985) and in Kannada as Mahatma (2000).[2]
The film opened to positive response from critics and emerged a blockbuster at the box office.[3] At the 32nd Filmfare Awards, Aaj Ki Awaaz received six nominations, including Best Film (B. R. Chopra), Best Director (Ravi Chopra) Best Actor (Babbar), Best Actress (Patil), Best Supporting Actor (Inamdar) and Best Story (Kumar) and won for Best Lyricist (Kamal) for the title song.[4] It is available for digital streaming on Amazon Prime Video.[5]