
Department
Department is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Rana Daggubati in leading roles, alongside Vijay Raaz, Abhimanyu Singh, Deepak Tijori, Madhu Shalini and Lakshmi Manchu in supporting roles. The plot revolves around a special police unit formed to take down the criminal underworld, leading to complex power struggles and moral dilemmas as they battle corruption from both sides of the law.
Plot
Inspector Mahadev Bhosale (Dutt) is tasked by his superiors to form a hit squad called the "Department" to tackle the growing threat of the Mumbai underworld. He recruits Shiv Narayan (Daggubati), a suspended police officer who had been penalized for an encounter killing. Together, Mahadev and Shiv, along with other members of the team, target crime syndicate leader Sawatya (Raaz) and his gang. Despite numerous urgings from his second-in-command D.K. (Singh) and D.K.'s girlfriend Naseer (Shalini), Sawatya refuses to retaliate against the police action.
More details
author | Nilesh Girkar |
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director | Ram Gopal Varma |
editor | Abhijit Kokate |
genre | action crime thriller |
keywords | crime syndicate kill police officer |
musicBy | Bappi Lahiri |
producer | Amit Sharma Siddhant Uberoi |
productionCompany | Uberoi Line Productions Wave Cinemas |
publisher | Hindustan Times Viacom18 Motion Pictures |
theme | gangster police |