The film received mixed reviews from critics, but Akshay Kumar's performance was praised.
, director Tanuja Chandra stated it was inspired by a real-life Indian police case. Key Cast and Crew Tanuja Chandra. Akshay Kumar as Professor Aman Varma (the intellectual prisoner). Preity Zinta as Reet Oberoi (the determined CBI trainee). Ashutosh Rana
Sangharsh is loosely based on the 1991 Hollywood classic The Silence of the Lambs . The story follows Reet Oberoi (Preity Zinta), a rookie CBI officer tasked with capturing a religious fanatic and serial killer, Lajja Shankar Pandey (Ashutosh Rana).