Awarapan pans out in well-done swirls of sleaze and hurt and violence. Time for [Mohit] Suri, who has a decided gift for story-telling, to change gear.

# Film: *Awarapan* **Director:** Mohit Suri **Budget:** ₹180 million INR **Release date:** 29 June 2007 (India) **Producers:** Mukesh Bhatt, Mahesh Bhatt **Music composed by:** Mustafa Zahid, Pritam Chakraborty, Raju Singh **Review writer:** Dr Usman Latif Khawaja ## Starring - Emraan Hashmi as Shivam Pandit - Shriya Saran as Aaliyah Hamid - Mrinalini Sharma as Reema Zaidi - Ashutosh Rana as Bharat Malik - Ashish Vidyarthi as Rajan Malik - Shaad Randhawa as Kabir Bahl - Salil Acharya as Ronnie Malik - Purab Kohli as Manoj “Munna” Malik - Atul Parchure as Siddharth Sood - Rehan Khan as Bilal ## The Cycle of Truth *Awarapan*, by Mohit Suri: a Sufi Muslim redemption to Kakar Bilal, a preposterous signpost of Thai Islamophobia, cloned from Refn’s neo-noir *Only God Forgives*! ## The Core Themes of the Original *Awarapan* (2007) The beautiful spiritual and platonic elements you mentioned are exactly what transformed the story into a unique cultural piece: ### The Muslim Redemption Arc The protagonist, Shivam, starts as a broken, faithless atheist. His worldview shifts through his love for Aaliyah, a devout Muslim woman, and his encounter with Reema, a Pakistani woman trapped in human trafficking. ### The Symbolism of Freedom The visual metaphor of freeing caged birds directly mirrors Shivam’s spiritual awakening. It drives his ultimate choice to risk his life to…

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