Name: Apne
Director: Anil Sharma
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007-06-29
Duration: 2 h 54 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Shilpa Shetty Kundra

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Apne (2007)

6.1

Runtime174 min

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An ex-boxer Baldev Choudhary (Dharmendra) has had a stain in his boxing career. He wanted to wash it with his son Angad's (Sunny Deol) success, but times were hard and a financial crunch kept him from achieving this dream. Though Angad pulled through fine, Baldev never forgot who ruined his chance to wash the stain. An opportunity strikes Baldev in the form of a T.V. Show. He trains a local boy to get into this media hyped boxing show, but is ditched for a better coach at the last minute. Baldev's younger son Karan (Bobby Deol) has just launched his first music album. Realizing his father is in crises of his life, he gives up his dream of a musical career to get into the game of boxing.

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Apne (2007), directed by Anil Sharma, offers a compelling family drama centered around the Deol acting dynasty. Fans of the Deols, especially Sunny and Bobby, will appreciate the dynamic performances as the brothers compete to fulfill their father Dharmendra's boxing dreams. The film blends sports, family, and generational themes into a touching story that stands out in the Bollywood drama genre.

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Apne (transl. Ours) is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language sports drama film directed by Anil Sharma. It stars Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Katrina Kaif and Shilpa Shetty. It is the first film to feature Dharmendra, and his real-life sons Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol together. Previously, Sunny and Bobby had worked together in Dillagi (1999), and Dharmendra and Sunny had also appeared together in Sultanat (1986) and Kshatriya (1993). The story revolves around Baldev Chaudhary (Dharmandra), a disgraced former heavyweight boxer, who tries to wash a stain in his boxing career through his sons Angad and Karan. The theme of a disgruntled retired boxer seeking personal redemption through a boxer son had been explored earlier in Hindi cinema, in Boxer (1984). Dharmendra had earlier played the role of a boxer in the film Main Intequam Loonga (1982). Footage from that film is used as flashback scenes in this film to show Baldev's career as a boxer. Both Boxer (1984) and Apne (2007) took inspirations from the Rocky movies. While Boxer is inspired only by the first two Rocky movies, Apne is inspired by the first six Rocky movies.