Panaji: Director Svaddan Angrre is bringing to the silver screen the story of Ujjwal Nikam, the tenacious, poetry-quoting lawyer who secured the death penalty for Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab for the 26/11 Mumbai attack. He says the Marathi biopic will reveal some unknown facts about the legal eagle.
Nikam, from the boondocks of Jalgaon who rose to become one of the most renowned and high-profile public prosecutors in the country, has inspired 'Aadesh', to be released in September.
The Pune-based Svaddan said that while Nikam will not act in the film, it is entirely inspired by his life and the four most sensational cases of his career - the 1993 Bombay blasts, the 2006 Kherlanji massacre, the cooperative societies scam and the 26/11 trial.
"Most people know only about the lawyer that Nikam sir is. But the film also explores other aspects of his personality," Svaddan told IANS....
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07:53 PM, Apr 24, 2013
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08:40 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The special MCOCA court on Tuesday directed Arthur Road jail to file a report on the medical condition of key 26/11 handler Abu Jundal on his plea that he was 'hallucinating' about hanged terrorist Ajmal Kasab. ...
02:20 PM, Mar 06, 2013
RGV must have heaved a sigh of relief after getting the initial reactions to the casting of Jaiswal as Kasab. ...
04:17 PM, Mar 02, 2013
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10:21 AM, Mar 01, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Sunday said the twin blasts in Hyderabad could be a "reaction" to the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and Mumbai attack convict Ajmal Kasab. Shinde said the government was apprehending some sort of reaction from terror groups following execution of the lone surviving Pakistani gunman in the 2008 Mumbai attack and Afzal and it had been issuing alerts in this regard....
07:25 AM, Feb 25, 2013
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Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma's '26/11', based on the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, will hit the theatres on March 1. The film stars actor Sanjeev Jaiswal, who plays the role of terrorist Ajmal Kasab and Nana Patekar as Rakesh Maria, Joint Commissioner of Police. ...
02:52 PM, Feb 09, 2013
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08:32 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru has been hanged. The Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist was hanged at 6.25 am on Saturday. A recommendation to hang him had been sent to the President on January 23. The President gave it his assent on January 26. ...
08:19 AM, Feb 09, 2013
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03:22 PM, Jan 31, 2013
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05:44 PM, Jan 25, 2013
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04:53 PM, Jan 14, 2013
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06:36 PM, Jan 13, 2013
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05:18 PM, Jan 07, 2013
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Saturday said the Centre had decided not to recover from Maharashtra government Rs 21 crore on account of deployment of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) at Arthur Road Central Jail in Mumbai to guard 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab. ...
04:45 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Police have launched an investigation into the offering of prayers at a mosque in Kochi for Ajmal Kasab, who was hanged on November 21 for carrying out the Mumbai terror attack in 2008. The prayers were reportedly offered by an imam on November 23 after the Friday namaz at the mosque at nearby Trikkakara. ...
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