Directed by E. Nivas Written by Girish Dhamija (dialogues) Story by Vikram Bhatt Produced by Vijay Galani Pooja Galani Starring Bobby Deol Lara Dutta Ritesh Deshmukh Tara Sharma Rahul Dev Cinematography Rakesh Manikanthan Edited by Aarif Sheikh Music by Himesh Reshammiya Production company Film Folks [1] Release date 23 April 2004 Running time 153 minutes[1] Country India Language Hindi Bardaasht (English: Tolerance) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language vigilante action-thriller film produced by Vijay Galani & directed by E. Nivas. It is based on the screenplay written by Vikram Bhatt. The film stars Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta, Ritesh Deshmukh, Tara Sharma and Rahul Dev, with Vishwajeet Pradhan, Ganesh Yadav, Nagesh Bhonsle, Shivaji Satam and Virendra Saxena in important supporting roles. The film focuses on the issue of police brutality.
Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Critical reception 4 Soundtrack 5 References 6 External links Synopsis Aditya Shrivastav (Bobby Deol) is a court martialled army officer. He has a brother, Anuj (Ritesh Deshmukh). Anuj gets angry at Aditya one day and runs away. ACP Yashwant Thakur (Rahul Dev) helps Aditya find Anuj and later tells him that Anuj was killed in an encounter.
Aditya reads a police report which states that Anuj was running away with drugs and was shot dead on the spot. Aditya can't quite believe this, so he investigates it. He later meets Ramona (Tara Sharma), who reveals that ACP Yashwant Thakur and his two other police officers brutally killed Anuj for no apparent reason and lied to cover it up.
Aditya wants to take the matter to court and chooses Payal (Lara Dutta) as his lawyer. However, after losing the case, Aditya decides to take matters into his own hands by holding and torturing the three captives until they confess their crime. He is successful and, having secretly recorded this evidence, shows it to the police commissioner; thus avenging his brother's death. The last scene shows Aditya performing the final rites of Anuj.
Cast Bobby Deol as Major Aditya Shrivastav (ex-army officer) Lara Dutta as Payal Lawyer, Aditya's fiance Riteish Deshmukh as Anuj Shrivastav, Aditya's younger brother Tara Sharma as Ramona (Anuj's girlfriend)
