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Simi helps Akash free himself and he removes Simi's blindfold. Manohar shoots Murli but is trapped in an elevator and accidentally shoots and kills himself. However, Murli and Sakhu double-cross Akash, tie him up with Simi, and plan to take the money themselves. They kidnap Simi, stage a suicide scene, and blackmail Manohar. Swami and his assistants Murli and Sakhu decide to spare Akash when he reveals he has information that will make them millions. Akash barely escapes, but he faints after hitting a telephone pole.Īkash wakes up in an illegal organ harvesting clinic. Manohar comes to Akash's home to kill him. When he wakes up, he realizes he has been blinded from the drug Simi gave him. Furious and heartbroken, Sophie leaves Akash. As she arrives, Simi arranges things to look like she and Akash are having sex. He says he will leave for London and will keep Simi's secret, but she drugs him.Ī neighbour's child, suspicious of Akash's blindness, records a video of Akash fully able to see and shows it to Sophie. Later when Simi brings poisonous offerings for him after her husband's last rites and pulls out a gun, Akash admits to faking his blindness as an experiment to help his piano playing. Akash sees the murder but is forced to continue feigning blindness. D'Sa by pushing her off the ledge of their apartment. D'Sa, talking to a police officer about Pramod's murder. Meanwhile, Simi overhears her elderly neighbour, Mrs. Simi and Manohar clean the body and stuff it into a suitcase while Akash plays.Īkash tries to report the murder to the police, but discovers that Manohar is a police inspector. Akash sees Pramod's dead body nearby but feigns ignorance and continues to play he also sees Manohar, Simi's paramour, hiding in the bathroom. Simi, convinced that Akash is blind, lets him play the piano. At the diner, a retired actor, Pramod Sinha, notices Akash and invites him to perform for his wedding anniversary.Īkash arrives at the Sinhas' flat and Pramod's wife Simi opens the door. Sophie is impressed by Akash's talent and gets him an engagement at her father's diner. She takes care of Akash and soon they begin an intimate romantic relationship. While crossing the street, he is knocked over by Sophie. The film was remade in Telugu as Maestro (2021) and in Malayalam as Bhramam (2021) while the Tamil remake Andhagan is under production.Īkash Saraf is an up-and-coming pianist who fakes being blind to improve his piano skills. The film has grossed over ₹456 crore (US$61 million) at the worldwide box office. It also won three National Film Awards: Best Feature Film in Hindi, Best Actor for Khurrana, and Best Screenplay. It won four awards, including Best Director and Best Screenplay, at the Screen Awards ceremony and five Filmfare Awards, including Best Film (Critics) and Best Actor (Critics) for Khurrana. Critics highlighted the writing, and Khurrana and Tabu's performances. The film was shot in Pune in 44 days spread over more than a year principal photography began in June 2017 and ended on 17 July 2018.Īndhadhun was released by Viacom18 Motion Pictures theatrically in India on 5 October 2018 to critical acclaim.
Khurrana was cast in the lead role after he contacted Raghavan and expressed an interest in working with him. Raghavan liked the film and was inspired from it. Rao suggested to Raghavan in 2013 that he watch L'Accordeur ( The Piano Tuner), a 2010 French short film about a blind pianist. Raftaar and Girish Nakod co-wrote the title song as guest composers. Amit Trivedi composed songs for the film and Jaideep Sahni wrote the lyrics. The script of Andhadhun was written by Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Pooja Ladha Surti, Yogesh Chandekar and Hemanth M.
The film stars Tabu, Ayushmann Khurrana, and Radhika Apte, and tells the story of a blind piano player who unwittingly becomes embroiled in the murder of a retired actor. Blindly) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language black comedy crime thriller film co-written and directed by Sriram Raghavan, produced by Matchbox Pictures, and distributed by Viacom18 Motion Pictures.