Elaan (2005 film)

Produced by Ganesh Jain and Ratan Jai, written and directed by Vikram Bhatt, the film stars John Abraham, Amisha Patel, Arjun Rampal, Rahul Khanna, Lara Dutta, Mithun Chakraborty.

[1][2] Modern-day secular India is held at ransom by powerful criminal Baba Sikander and his brothers, Aftab and Sameer.

He gained his father's trust over the years and was gradually given the responsibility of running the family business, much to the chagrin of his step-sister, Anjali.

Thus, unable to take any legal action, Karan recruits some mercenaries to go with him to Italy and help him bring Baba back to India.

The first man he chooses is a suspended former police inspector, Arjun Srivastav, who had located and brutally killed his then pregnant wife's assailants on his own and now lives as a single parent with his school-going daughter.

Abhimanyu is rescued in broad daylight by Arjun and his men, who were pretending to be doctors, on the pretext of a medical checkup.

Arjun and Karan convince Abhimanyu to help them with vital information about Baba and his gang in return for a heavy payment.

Priya, a press reporter from Aaj Tak, looking for a story on Karan earlier, has followed the two there, using a satellite tracker for mobile phones.

All lyrics are written by Sameer; all music is composed by Anu MalikNamrata Joshi of Outlook India gave the film 1 out of 4, writing: "So terribly infantile and hackneyed that it seems to have been deliberately manufactured for a kindergarten audience.

"[3] Jaspreet Pandohar of BBC.com gave the film 2 out of 5, writing: "Sadly, the ending is as obvious as the love story sub-plots, and you never really fear the wrath of Sikander, played by 80s Bollywood disco king Chakraborty (India's answer to John Travolta post his Saturday Night Fever heyday).

"[4] Merril Diniz of Rediff.com wrote: "If you're a die-hard John Abraham fan, then go ahead and watch the film because he looks like a million bucks and delivers a good performance.