Talaash: The Hunt Begins
Seen it?2003 | 153 min | Action, Drama, Mystery, Crime
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Epic and sweeping, at 2 hr 33 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 33 min.
- It's in Hindi, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Babu works for three underworld dons and must go to prison to protect them. When his sentence is over, he returns home to find that Purnima (his wife), Arjun (his son) and Pooja (his daughter) live a destitute life. When he confronts his bosses, he is beheaded in front of his wife and children, and his daughter is abducted. Purnima (Raakhee) loses her mind, and is hospitalized in a mental hospital. Growing up, Arjun (Akshay Kumar) becomes a high profile vigilante. As for Purnima, she becomes terribly ill and can be saved only if she sees her daughter again. Thus, Arjun decides to re-unite his mother and sister. In order to do so, he must discover the identity of his father's killers.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 58K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Suneel Darshan
- Akshay KumarArjun
- Kareena Kapoor KhanTina
- Gulshan GroverSardar Vichitra Singh
- Shakti KapoorUpadhyay
- Rakhee GulzarPurnima (Arjun’s Mother)
- Raj BabbarRajjo Singh
- Pooja BatraKamini
- Kabir BediChhote Pathan
- Suresh OberoiBabu (Arjun’s Father)
- Dalip TahilD.K. Sharma