Alag (Devanagari: अलग, Nastaliq: الگ; English: Different) is a 2006 Bollywood film starring Akshay Kapoor and Dia Mirza and directed by Ashu Trikha and produced by Subi Samuel. The film is also known as Alag: He Is Different.... He Is Alone... in some other sites, example IMDB. The film takes its premise and some plot elements from the American film Powder starring Sean Patrick Flanery, although the plots of the two films diverge significantly.

Synopsis[link]

Widower Hemant Rastogi lives in scenic Mahabaleshwar, seemingly alone. One night he has a heart attack and passes away. When the Police search his residence they find Tejas, Hemant's only son, in the basement of the house. Tejas has spent his entire life in the basement and as a result of this is extremely sensitive to sunlight. The Police ask Purva Rana, head of P.R. Institute (an institute for the rehabilitation of young criminals) to look after Tejas, whose only experience of other people up until this point has been with his father and the books he provided for him. Tejas starts showing signs of Telekenesis, and is shunned by the other boys in the institute, resulting in the near fatal accident of a security guard and the death of a fellow student. Tejas redeems himself in the eyes of Purva's wealthy father, Pushkar, when he is able to wake his wife, Gayetri Rana, from a coma-like condition. It looks like Tejas has been accepted into the Rana household, but he is subsequently harassed by doctors and scientists wishing to perform experiments on him. When Tejas and Pushkar both refuse to be part of these experiments, Tejas is abducted and held in a glass chamber by Dr. Richard Dyer, who wants to control his mind for his own benefit. Purva realises that Tejas has been abducted, and is fatally injured by Dr. Dyer in a rescue attempt. At the sight of this, Tejas' anger causes his powers to surge, shattering the glass cage and killing Dr. Dyer Purva dies by the power surge . The film ends with Tejas trying to bring Purva back to life again but it was not accomplished.

Cast[link]

• Dia Mirza ... Purva Rana
• Akshay Kapoor ... Tejas Rastogi
• Arjun Rampal ... Kabir Malhotra
• Mukesh Tiwari
• Sharat Saxena
• Yatin Karyekar ... Mr. Rastogi (Tejas' father)
• Beena Banerjee
• Tom Alter
• Rana Jung Bahadur
• Shahrukh Khan ... Special Appearance
• Preity Zinta ... Special Appearance
• Sushmita Sen ... Special Appearance
• Abhishek Bachchan ... Special Appearance
• Karan Johar ... Special Appearance
• Bipasha Basu ... Special Appearance
• Priyanka Chopra ... Special Appearance
• Bobby Deol ... Special Appearance
• Lara Dutta ... Special Appearance

Soundtrack[link]

The film features music by Aadesh Shrivastava. Kunal Ganjawala lends his voice in two songs. The song "Sabse Alag", sung by Kunal Ganjawala, Shaan, Hemachandra (singer), Nihira Joshi and Gayatri Ganjawala features many actors from the industry, as seen from the list above.

1. "Sabse Alag"
2. "Hai Junoon"
3. "Apun Ki Toli"
4. "Saanjh Ki Pighalti"
5. "Hai Junoon (The DJ Suketu Mix) Arranged by Aks"
6. "The Soul of Alag"
7. "Sabse Alag"

External links[link]

• Alag at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website

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