Ankur Arora Murder Case
Ankur Arora Murder Case is a 2013 Indian Hindi medical thriller film directed by Suhail Tatari and written and produced by Vikram Bhatt. The film stars Arjun Mathur, Tisca Chopra, Kay Kay Menon, Paoli Dam. The film takes up an urgent and disturbing issue of death during surgery and is based on a real-life incident where a boy dies on the operation table due to medical negligence. The shooting of the film started after nearly one year of research, and similarities to real life are in this case, not coincidental.
Plot
Dr. Romesh Sharma is a young medical intern who dares to dream. He is in awe of Dr. Viren Asthana, the Chief Surgeon of the Shekhawat General Hospital. All he wants is to be like him. He lives with Dr. Riya Srivastava, his co-intern and the love of his life.However, when an eight-year-old boy, Ankur Arora, dies due to Dr. Asthana's medical negligence, Romesh realises that a good surgeon is not necessarily a good person.
Together with Ankur's mother, Nandita Arora, Nandita's friend, Ajay Shetty, their lawyer, Kajori Sen, and Dr. Romesh, they set out on a turbulent journey to fight for what is right. A fight for justice against his mentor, the hospital, and the love of his life, who is initially against him for the fear of ruining her career and future. It is revealed that Kajori is in a relationship with her opposing lawyer, who tells her to keep the case hanging and only blame the hospital overall, not Dr. Asthana specifically. She does the same in the court but soon finds that she is pregnant with his child. As she informs him, he orders her to abort the baby. Romesh spots them together, and with Nandita, he goes to her house, only to find her lying ill due to the abortion pill. They take her to the hospital, and she promises them that she will fight for Ankur. It turns out that all the necessary evidence against Dr. Viren Asthana is destroyed or literally snatched. Dr. Riya, who witnesses the operation, and Rosina D'Costa, a ward nurse in the hospital who had informed Dr. Asthana about Ankur eating some biscuits before the operation, also lie in court. The next day Riya goes to Dr. Viren Asthana to sign for leave. She tells him that she lied and cheated with the credibility of her profession, and her self-respect is questioning her. A heated argument between her and Dr. Asthana follows in which Dr. Asthana labels himself as the god who should be forgiven for the mistake he has done. It is revealed in the hospital the next day that Riya had actually shot the confession outburst by Dr. Viren Asthana on her mobile and presented it to the court. The case ends in their favour, and Dr. Viren Asthana gets arrested. In the last scene, Romesh and Riya reunite, and Nandita is shown remembering her memories with Ankur.
Cast
- Tisca Chopra as Nandita Arora, Ankur's mother
- Arjun Mathur as Dr. Romesh Sharma
- Kay Kay Menon as Dr. Viren Asthana
- Vishakha Singh as Dr. Riya Srivastava
- Harsh Chhaya as Shekhawat Awasthi, Owner of the hospital
- Paoli Dam as Advocate Kajori Sen, Nandita's lawyer
- Sachin Khurana as Ajay Shetty, employer and Nandita's friend
- Manish Choudhary as Advocate Rajiv Mallani, Shekhawat & Dr. Asthana's lawyer
- Kanchan Awasthi as Dr. Hiya Shah
- Vishesh Tiwari as Ankur Arora, Nandita's son
- Khushboo Kamal as Rosina D'Costa
- Krunal Pandit
- Abhay Bhargava
- Vikram Kumar Vij
- Pankaj Thakur
- Praveen Pachpore
- Anumita
- Deepak Dhawal