Ankur Arora Murder Case is a 2013 Indian Hindimedical thriller film directed by Suhail Tatari and written and produced by Vikram Bhatt. The film takes up an urgent and disturbing issue of death during surgery and is based on a real-life incident where a boy dies on the operation table due to medical negligence. The shooting of the film started after nearly one year of research and similarities to real life are in this case, not coincidental. The movie released on 14 June 2013 and made a profit of 2.5 Crores approximately. It was declared semi hit.
Plot
Dr. Romesh is a young medical intern who dares to dream. He is in awe of Dr. Asthana, the Chief Surgeon of the Shekhawat General Hospital. All he wants is to be like him. He lives in with Dr. Riya Srivastav, his co-intern and the love of his life. However, when an eight-year-old boy, Ankur Arora dies due to Dr. Asthana's medical negligence, Romesh realises that a good surgeon is not necessarily a good person. Together with Ankur's mother Nandita Arora, and lawyer Kajori Sen, Dr. Romesh sets out on a turbulent journey to fight for what is right. A fight for justice against his mentor, the hospital and the love of his life who is initially against him for the fear of ruining her career and future. All the necessary evidence against Dr. Asthana is destroyed or literally snatched. Dr. Riya, who witnesses the operation, and nurse Rosina, who had informed Dr.Asthana about Ankur eating food before the operation, also lie in court. But later, Riya shoots the confession outburst by Dr. Asthana on her mobile, thus leading to his arrest. In the end truth wins, no matter how influential the culprits and how weak the evidence.
The production of the film began in September 2012, the initial thought was to shoot the film in the same hospital in Delhi where the case happened.
Soundtrack
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The lyrics are penned by Sagar Lahauri
Critical reception
The movie received mixed reviews. Subhash K. Jha gave the movie 4 stars and said, "Indeed The Ankur Arora Murder Case is a far cleverer, wiser and relevant film than most of what we get to see these days. Bursting at the seams with acting talent director Suhail Tatari's restorative drama hits us where it hurts the most. The conscience." Meena Iyer of Times of India gave it 3.5 stars. "Tatari is a winner in his choice of a subject. The story that has been researched from a true life incident does provide meaningful insights about the medical fraternity and facilities. However while the film is an eye-opener on medical skullduggery, it fails to become cutting edge cinema because the screenplay-offers few surprises." said ToI. Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express said "Pity because this could have been a medico-legal thriller with teeth." and gave it 2 star. Tushar Joshi of Daily News and Analysis gave it 2 stars. "The film engages you in the beginning but loses steam because of a its weak execution." wrote Tushar Joshi. NDTV Movies gave it a rating of 2.5. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 3 stars.
