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Aatank

Aatank

19963.01h 53m

Overview

Jesu and Peter are childhood friends who live in a coastal village in India and depend on fishing as their livelihood. The community is oppressed by a powerful gangster named Alphonso. Jesu is an orphan, while Peter is brought up by his aunt and uncle, after the death of his mother. The community is all thrilled when Phillips finds black pearls off the coast. But then so does Alphonso, who asks his divers to get all the pearls, thus disturbing the ocean. Peter meets with Suzy D'Silva and they fall in love with each other, and get married. While enjoying a quiet swim on the sea-shore, Suzy disappears. A search is carried out, and a number of human body parts are recovered. With shock and horror, this community finds that their livelihood is being threatened by a gigantic, virtually indestructible man-eating shark.

Directed by Prem Lalwani
Written by Sachin Bhowmick
Produced by Prem Lalwani
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Top Cast

Nafisa Ali

Nafisa Ali

Suzy D'Silva

Dharmendra

Dharmendra

Jesu

Girish Karnad

Girish Karnad

Inspector Khan

Amjad Khan

Amjad Khan

Alphonso

Kader Khan

Kader Khan

D'Costa

Padma Khanna

Padma Khanna

Rosie K. Crasto

Ravi Kishan

Ravi Kishan

Mahesh Kumar

Hema Malini

Hema Malini

Jesu's girlfriend

Vinod Mehra

Vinod Mehra

Peter

Ranjeet Bedi

Ranjeet Bedi

Ranjeet

Themes & Keywords

plagiarismshark

About Aatank

Aatank is a thriller, horror film released in 1996 exploring themes of plagiarism, shark. Directed by Prem Lalwani, it stars Nafisa Ali, Dharmendra, Girish Karnad. Jesu and Peter are childhood friends who live in a coastal village in India and depend on fishing as their livelihood. The community is oppressed by a powerful gangster named Alphonso. Jesu is an orphan, while Peter is brought up by his aunt and uncle, after the death of his mother. The community is all thrilled when Phillips finds black pearls off the coast. But then so does Alphonso, who asks his divers to get all the pearls, thus disturbing the ocean. Peter meets with Suzy D'Silva and they fall in love with each other, and get married. While enjoying a quiet swim on the sea-shore, Suzy disappears. A search is carried out, and a number of human body parts are recovered. With shock and horror, this community finds that their livelihood is being threatened by a gigantic, virtually indestructible man-eating shark.

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