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-{{Infobox film
-| name = Abhay
-| image = Abhay (2001 film).jpg
-| caption = Poster
-| director = [[Suresh Krissna]]
-| producer = [[S. Thanu]]
-| writer = [[Kamal Haasan]]<br/>Amitabh Srivastava (dialogues)
-| based on = ''Dhayam'' by<br />Kamal Haasan
-| starring = Kamal Haasan<br />[[Raveena Tandon]]<br />[[Manisha Koirala]]
-| music = '''Songs:'''<br />[[Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy]] <br />'''Background Score:'''<br />[[Mahesh Mahadevan]]
-| cinematography = [[Tirru]]
-| editing = [[Kasi Viswanathan]]<br />K. S. Raghunath<br /><small>'''(uncredited)'''</small>
-| studio = [[V. Creations]]
-| released = 16 November 2001
-| runtime = 149 minutes<ref name=hind/>
-| country = India
-| language = Hindi
-| budget =
-| gross =
-}}
-'''''Abhay''''' (''Fearless'') is a 2001 Indian [[Hindi language|Hindi]]-language [[psychological thriller]] film directed by [[Suresh Krissna]], and produced by [[S. Thanu]]. The film stars [[Kamal Haasan]] in dual roles, with [[Raveena Tandon]], [[Manisha Koirala]], [[Navin Nischol]], [[Vallabh Vyas]] and [[Milind Gunaji]] in supporting roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/abhay/abhay.html|title=All about Abhay|website=rediff.com|accessdate=14 October 2017}}</ref> It was simultaneously shot in Tamil as ''[[Aalavandhan]]'' with a slightly different cast<ref name=hind/><ref name="nanduabhay">{{cite web|url=http://teleport-city.com/2006/06/10/abhay/|title=Abhay|date=10 June 2006|publisher=[[Teleport Communications Group]]|accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="hind">{{cite web | url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/abhay-2001 | title=Abhay (2001) - BBFC | publisher=[[BBFC]] | accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref> and was an adaptation of the Tamil novel ''Dhayam'' (1984) written by Haasan.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://getahead.rediff.com/entertai/2001/aug/25abhay.htm | title=Abhay sings a fearless tune | publisher=Rediff.com | date=25 August 2001 | accessdate=2010-02-07 | last=Fernandes | first=Vivek}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.chennaionline.com/interviews/kamal.asp |title=Everyone is a ruler-to-be… |work=chennaionline.com |accessdate=30 September 2015 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20100129163420/http://archives.chennaionline.com/interviews/kamal.asp |archivedate=29 January 2010 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }}</ref>
-It was also dubbed in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] with the same title.
-== Plot ==
-Major Vijay Kumar, an army commando working in the [[51 Special Action Group]] of [[National Security Guard]] (NSG) does a anti-terrorist operation in Kashmir. He later learns that his girlfriend Tejaswini "Teju", a news presenter, is pregnant. He later agrees to marry her. Vijay's twin brother Abhay Kumar is a chronic schizophrenic psychopath, traumatic about his past. Since childhood Abhay spent most of his life in a mental asylum for killing his stepmother Jayanti. Vijay cares about Abhay and looks forward to his release, but Abhay’s psychiatrist Srinivasa states that he is a danger to society and should not be released.
-Vijay and Teju visit the asylum where Abhay lives to share the news about their upcoming marriage. Seeing Teju, Abhay becomes angry as he thinks she is a witch, spirit of Jayanti, whom he hates for spoiling his life. Seeking to save Vijay from Teju, who he sees as the "witch", Abhay later manages to escape custody after killing two other inmates there. Abhay later meets his maternal uncle Ranganath—the person who admitted him in the asylum—who dies of a cardiac arrest upon seeing him. After the completion of wedding, Vijay and Teju are shocked to learn of Abhay’s escape. The doctor thinks that it was another patient named Sultan who escaped killing Abhay, but Vijay becomes sure that it was Abhay.
-Abhay leaves a message to Vijay's house from a public phone booth that he will kill Teju, they were sleeping at that time but Vijay wakes and listens the message. Once Abhay sees a bill-board of film-actress Sharmilee and he dances with her in rain in his imagination and Abhay gets attracted to her. Following Teju Abhay comes to a hotel and in that hotel he enters a room with Sharmilee, they take drugs, Abhay gets hallucinations after taking those things and sees Sharmilee as his stepmother and for this reason a fight occurs between them. Abhay fiercely murders her and later regrets and talks in imagination with his real mother Priya. Police visit there and thinks the killer is Sultan but Vijay confirms about the killer is his own brother.
-Vijay and Teju leave for Ooty where Vijay and Abhay passed their childhood to stay safe from Abhay, but Abhay secretly follows them. Vijay and Teju find Abhay’s old diary in the house through which they read his past and Vijay imagines: Vijay and Abhay’s mother committed suicide due to their father Colonel Santosh's affair with Jayanti, who later became their stepmother. Both brothers hate her, though Vijay’s hatred was not severe, on the other hand Abhay does miscreancy in school. A teacher complains about it to Santosh and Abhay justifies that he is only reflecting the home environment. An enraged Santosh beats both his sons for vocally abusing his wife. One day, the brothers see Jayanti having an affair with another person and Abhay tries telling this to his father who pays no heed, and instead beats him. Abhay pleads to his maternal uncle (retired colonel) to take him along with him. But as he is suffering from [[Head and neck cancer|throat cancer]], he refuses and suggests a boarding school. Eventually, Vijay leaves with his uncle to a boarding school while Abhay remains home.
-The situation gets worse at home with Abhay and Jayanti both hating each other and Santosh gets a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. Abhay overhears a conversation between his stepmother and a lawyer, and realises that she is after his father's wealth. Seeing this, Santosh dies due to another heart attack. Abhay is now shocked to see both his deceased parents in his hallucination. His mother gives him the mission of killing Jayanti, which Abhay does. Abhay stays with the corpses in the house before being incarcerated at the asylum.
-In the present, Vijay learns from his old friend Danushkut that Abhay has reached Ooty. Vijay reaches on time to save Teju from Abhay, who entered their hotel room and leaves with her. Abhay chases the car in which they escape. After a long chase, Vijay manages to push Abhay’s car into an abyss and assumes he is dead. However, Abhay escapes and continues his trail. Vijay plans to leave the city and notices Abhay coming to the hotel secretly where Vijay and Teju are staying.
-Vijay and other NSG members try to nab Abhay but he takes on everyone. He even successfully enters Teju's room, and Teju starts whacking him with belt in fear and anger, Abhay then imagines his past that Jayanti is beating him. Vijay reaches by then and sends Teju in safe room, later in outside there is a fight between Abhay and Vijay, in which the much stronger Abhay overpowers Vijay. Suddenly, Abhay sees in imagination that his mother Priya asking him to join her as Jayanti is torturing her [[Otherworld|up there]]. He realises his mistake and apologises to Vijay for chasing Teju. To kill his stepmother, he lights up some cylinders despite Vijay's request not to do so and to return. The cylinders explode and kill Abhay. Teju is later revealed to be pregnant with twins and fears that if their child becomes like Abhay, listening this Vijay ensures her that they will give good services to their children and also tells her not to be nervous.
-==Cast==
-* [[Kamal Haasan]] as Major Vijay Kumar and Abhay Kumar<ref name=nanduabhay/>
-* [[Raveena Tandon]] as Tejaswini aka 'Teju'
-* [[Manisha Koirala]] as Sharmilee, the film actress
-* [[Vallabh Vyas]] as the Psychiatrist Doctor Srinivasa Rao
-* [[Milind Gunaji]] as Colonel Santosh Kumar (Vijay-Abhay’s father)
-* [[Navin Nischol]] as Tejaswini's father
-* [[Smita Jaykar]] as Tejaswini's mother
-* [[Anu Haasan]] as Vijay and Abhay’s mother ’Priya’.
-* [[Kitu Gidwani]] as Jayanti, Vijay and Abhay’s stepmother
-* [[Riyaz Khan]] as Sultan
-* [[Vikram Gokhale]] as Vijay and Abhay’s maternal uncle Colonel Ranganath
-* [[Yashpal Sharma (actor)|Yashpal Sharma]] as the terrorist
-* Raji Iyer as Malati, Tejaswini’s colleague
-<!--==Production==
-Actor Kamal Haasan wrote a story about a psychopath which was titled ''Dhayam'' in the year of 1984 in the Tamil journal, ''Idhayam Pesugiradhu''. He had discussed to turn the story into a film with South India's famous film director of that time [[K. Balachander]], who was Kamal's mentor during the period, but he felt that the story was unsuitable of its time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinematoday2.itgo.com/Everyone%20is%20a%20ruler-to-be.htm|title=Everyone is a ruler|last=|first=|date=17 October 2000|website=Cinematoday2.itgo.com|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=5 February 2016}}</ref> In 2000, he picked up the story again and agreed to make it a film with director [[Suresh Krissna]], a former assistant of Balachander, and producer [[S. Thanu]]. When Thanu had agreed to produce a film for Haasan, he had initially rejected the storylines of the Tamil films ''[[Pammal K. Sambandam]]'' and ''[[Nala Damayanthi]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/10/17224553/Kamal-Hassan-starring-Aalavand.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206182018/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/10/17224553/Kamal-Hassan-starring-Aalavand.html|title=கமலஹாசன் நடித்த 'ஆளவந்தான்' உருவான கதை -- Kamal Hassan starring Aalavandhan film|archivedate=6 February 2015|work=maalaimalar.com|accessdate=30 September 2015}}</ref> This prompted the pair to begin work on 'Dhayam's story instead, and the film was revealed to be called 'Abhay' in Hindi and '[[Aalavandhan]]' in Tamil, a bilingual project.<ref name="Abhay">{{cite web|author=Subhash K Jha|year=2001|title=Fear becomes him! Getting under Kamal's skin |publisher=Rediff.com|accessdate=24 January 2011|url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2001/nov/10kamal.htm}}</ref><ref name="AbhayMusic">{{cite web|author=Vivek Fernandes|year=2001|title=Abhay sings a fearless tune|accessdate=24 January 2011|url=http://getahead.rediff.com/entertai/2001/aug/25abhay.htm}}</ref> [[Mahesh Mahadevan]] was signed on to make his debut as the background score composer, [[Tirru]] was selected to be the cinematographer and Sameer Chanda was picked to be the art director. Tamil actor [[Jayam Ravi]] also worked on the film as an assistant director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/success-begins-at-home/article3230588.ece|title=Success begins at home|work=The Hindu|accessdate=5 February 2016}}</ref>
-The film was first announced with Haasan and South Indian actress [[Simran (actress)|Simran]] in lead roles and [[Rani Mukerji]] in a special appearance. Both actresses left the project for its delay in start,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrintGifMSIE_PASTISSUES2&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2013/06/11&ChunkNum=0&ID=Ar02603|title=Did you Know?|last=|first=|date=11 June 2013|website=The Times of India|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=13 August 2013}}</ref> being replaced by [[Raveena Tandon]] and [[Manisha Koirala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatoday.in/programme/manisha-koirala-dear-maya-salman-khan-judwaa-2-priyanka-chopra/1/967978.html|title=Manisha Koirala talks about her film with Kamal Haasan|website=[[India Today]]|accessdate=14 October 2017}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=October 2017}} The film featured Haasan in two distinct roles, for one of which he had his head shaved bald and gained ten kilograms. To play the other in the film, he went to the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]] for a crash course.<ref name="madhu">{{cite web | url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2003/nov/08kamal3.htm | title=The Kamal I know&nbsp;– Panicker | publisher=Rediff.com | accessdate=21 January 2011 | year=2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chennaionline.com/location/alavanthaan.asp |title=Alavanthaan - on the floors |work=chennaionline.com |accessdate=30 September 2015 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20050216210351/http://www.chennaionline.com/location/alavanthaan.asp |archivedate=16 February 2005 |deadurl=yes |df=dmy }}</ref> Stunt choreographer Grant Page, who had worked in the American film ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'', was assigned to compose stunt sequences in Kashmir. Another fight sequence was shot in Delhi for 15 days using 39 cars with 3 cameras with a machine called Airramp brought from abroad for jumping scenes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/10/18210008/aalavandhan-film-fight-views-f.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021035011/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/10/18210008/aalavandhan-film-fight-views-f.html|title=ஆளவந்தான் படத்துக்கு சண்டைக்காட்சிகள் அமைக்க வெளிநாட்டு நிபுணர்|archivedate=21 October 2013|work=maalaimalar.com|accessdate=30 September 2015}}</ref> Several years after release, American film director [[Quentin Tarantino]] acknowledged that the animated violence shown in this film inspired the [[anime]] scenes in his ''[[Kill Bill]]'' films.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2012/jul/150712-Quentin-Tarantino-inspired-by-Abhay.htm | title=Quentin Tarantino inspired by Abhay | publisher=[[Mid Day]] | date=15 July 2012 | accessdate=30 September 2013 | last=Jha | first=Subhash K | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111151834/http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2012/jul/150712-Quentin-Tarantino-inspired-by-Abhay.htm | archivedate=11 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kamal Haasan inspired director Quentin Tarantino |url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/kamal-haasan-inspired-director-quentin-tarantino-488181.html |work=[[News18.com]] |date=17 July 2012 |accessdate=24 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Stice |first=Joel |date=17 April 2014 |title=20 Things You Might Not Know About 'Kill Bill: Vol. 1 & 2' |url=http://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/20-things-you-might-not-know-about-kill-bill-vol-1-2/ |work=[[Uproxx]] |accessdate=24 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kamal inspires Quentin Tarantino! |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Kamal-inspires-Quentin-Tarantino/articleshow/14987054.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=15 October 2017}}</ref>-->
-==Soundtrack==
-{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
- Name = Abhay|
- Type = Album |
- Artist = [[Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy]] |
- Cover = |
- Released = 24 August 2001 (India)|
- Recorded = |
- Genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]] |
- Length = |
- Label = [[Magnasound Records|Magnasound]]<br/>Universal Music |
- Producer = [[Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy]] |
- Reviews = |
- Last album = ''[[Dil Chahta Hai (soundtrack)|Dil Chahta Hai]]''<br />(2001) |
- This album = ''Abhay''<br />(2001) |
- Next album = ''[[Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?]]''<br />(2002)|
-}}
-The soundtrack was composed by music-director trio [[Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy]]. The lyrics were written by [[Javed Akhtar]].<!--The Tamil album created a record by selling over 200,000 copies in less than eight hours of its release.<ref name=abhaymusicsales>{{cite web|last=Fernandez|first=Vivek|title=Abhay sings a fearless tune|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/aug/25abhay.htm|publisher=Rediff.com|accessdate=24 June 2011}}</ref>-->
-{{tracklist
-| headline = Hindi track list<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.saavn.com/s/album/hindi/Abhay-OST-2008/RGWOMkW,,-A_ | title=Abhay (OST) | publisher=[[Saavn]] | accessdate=30 September 2015}}</ref>
-| extra_column = Singer(s)
-| title1 = Kal Tak Mujhko Gaurav Tha
-| extra1 = Kamal Haasan
-| length1 = 3:14
-| title2 = Hans De
-| extra2 = Kamal Haasan and [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]]
-| length2 = 6:23
-| title3 = Tum Kya Cheez Ho
-| extra3 = Kamal Haasan and Manisha Koirala
-| length3 = 2:41
-| title4 = Joote Ki Chaal (Zingoria)
-| extra4 = [[Nandini Srikar]]
-| length4 = 4:57
-| title5 = Koyal Se Mili Tumko Awaz
-| extra5 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Sujatha Mohan]]
-| length5 = 6:46
-| title6 = Aahi Gaya Dekho Abhay
-| extra6 = Shankar Mahadevan
-| length6 = 3:19
-}}
-== Release and reception ==
-Abhay was released on 16 November 2001. Film critic of IndiaFM (later known as [[Bollywood Hungama]]) [[Taran Adarsh]] said, "On the whole, ''Abhay'' has nothing to offer to the masses or the classes. Poor".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/abhay/critic-review/|title=Abhay movie review|author=Taran Adarsh|date=14 November 2001|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|accessdate=17 October 2001}}</ref> [[Rediff]] author R. Swaminathan said, "What happens when an exceptionally talented actor develops an inexplicable urge to delve into the dark side of the human psyche, and worse, decides to paint the town red about it? Well, for one, you get a film called ''Abhay"''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/nov/13abhay.htm|title=Swaminathan reviews Abhay|author=R Swaminathan|date=13 November 2001|website=rediff.com|accessdate=16 October 2017}}</ref>  Vijay Ramanan of Planet Bollywood rated the film 5.5 out of 10, saying, "The film falls flat on its face because of its failure in the two most important departments of filmmaking – scriptwriting, and direction [...] It almost seems as if Kamal Haasan and Suresh Krishna were high on drugs while making this film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=032706014019|title=Abhay - movie review by Vijay Ramanan - Planet Bollywood|website=www.planetbollywood.com|access-date=2017-10-18}}</ref> Smriti Kashyap of ''fullhyd.com'' said "The movie is a huge letdown. It lacks the pop, snap and crackle to fill you with enough guts to potter down to the theater and watch it. Catch it on the CD, it's easier on the brains."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://movies.fullhyderabad.com/abhay/hindi/abhay-movie-reviews-240-2.html|title=Abhay Movie Review|website=movies.fullhyderabad.com|access-date=2017-10-18}}</ref>
-==References==
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-==External links==
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