Apurva

Apurva

Year: 2023

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: Hindi

Director: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat

Echo Score: 64
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In the merciless Chambal ravines, a regular girl must outwit hardcore dacoits to survive one night before any help comes her way.

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The final act erupts when Apurva, left alone with the criminals, turns the tables. After the gang’s loot is scattered, a wandering astrologer named Tara is forced to stay with her, but when the thieves are distracted Apurva slips away and frees Tara. The escape is short‑lived: the gang’s leader Jug N​u, the brute Sukkha, and their henchmen Balli and Chhota re‑convene, intent on assaulting her.

In the ensuing chaos Apurva manages to kill Chhota with her own hands. Tara is murdered by Jug N​u, but Apurva snatches Tara’s phone and tries to reach Siddharth. He initially ignores the call, dismissing the unknown number, but eventually answers and learns in vague terms where she might be. Realising that help will not arrive in time, Apurva fights for survival. She wounds Balli so badly that he collapses, and when Sukkha refuses to aid his comrade—because he had already tried to assault her—she uses their infighting to her advantage.

She lures Jug N​u into a deep well; he falls in and she finishes him off with rocks. The last two attackers, Sukkha and Balli, chase her onto railway tracks. In a desperate move she hurls Sukkha in front of an oncoming train; the impact only maims him, and as he lies dying he begs for a chance to assault her. Apurva shows no mercy and ends his life. Balli, already gravely injured, is left unable to continue.

Exhausted and shaken, Apurva reaches a telephone, the only link she has left after losing Tara’s cell. She finally connects with Siddharth, breaking down as the nightmare recedes. The film closes on her sobbing relief, implying that she has survived the ordeal but leaving the aftermath of her trauma to the viewer’s imagination.

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