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Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 film, directed by Ahmed Khan
Ahmed Khan (choreographer)
Ahmed Khan is an Indian choreographer, producer, actor, director and writer. Khan began as a child actor playing small roles in films like Raakh. He played an orphan boy in his debut film, Mr. India and worked as choreographer's assistant in Anjaam. He choreographed for films such as Rangeela,...

 and starring Sunny Deol
Sunny Deol
Sunny Deol often credited as "Action King of Bollywood" is an Indian film actor, producer and director. Deol was born to Bollywood actor Dharmendra. He has won two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. He went to England to study acting...

, John Abraham
John Abraham (actor)
John Abraham is an Indian film actor and former model. After modeling for numerous advertisements and companies, Abraham made his film debut with Jism , which earned him a Filmfare Best Debut Award nomination. This was followed by his first commercial success, Dhoom...

, Sunil Shetty and Sohail Khan
Sohail Khan
Sohail Khan is an Indian director, writer, producer and actor working in the Hindi cinema. He is the younger brother of actors Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan...

. It was the biggest disaster of the year at the box office.

Plot

Karan the brother of wealthy Arjun Rana attends College and is smitten by the charm of the beautiful Bindiya, his fellow collegian, and subsequently fell in love with her. For some reason or the other Karan is unable to profess his love to Bindiya, unknown to Karan, Bindiya has no similar feelings for him but is undoubtedly attracted to Sahil, who comes from a poor background and whose brother, Sanju makes his living by operating as a mechanic. When Karan and his friends come to know about Sahil and Bindiya they publicly humiliate and insult Sahil on the College campus. Unable to bear disgrace, Sahil attempts suicide but survives after he is admitted to the hospital. In seeking revenge for his brother's state; Sanju publicly beats up Karan badly injuring him. When Arjun comes to know of this he decides to take a stand by burning the entire locality where Sanju resides. After three months things seem to have calmed down when Karan gets discharged from hospital, Sahil leaves college and takes up employment in a café and Sanju's business is once again restored to him.

Cast

  • Sunny Deol
    Sunny Deol
    Sunny Deol often credited as "Action King of Bollywood" is an Indian film actor, producer and director. Deol was born to Bollywood actor Dharmendra. He has won two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. He went to England to study acting...

     as Arjun Rana
  • Suniel Shetty
    Suniel Shetty
    Sunil Shetty is an Indian film actor, producer, hotelier and liquor and fashion boutique owner. He is mainly active in Bollywood.-Career:Shetty made his acting debut in the 1992.His film Balwaan which was a moderate success. He gave 2 hit films in 1993 Pehchaan and Waqt Hamara Hai. His first...

     as Sanju
  • Sohail Khan
    Sohail Khan
    Sohail Khan is an Indian director, writer, producer and actor working in the Hindi cinema. He is the younger brother of actors Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan...

     as Karan
  • John Abraham
    John Abraham (actor)
    John Abraham is an Indian film actor and former model. After modeling for numerous advertisements and companies, Abraham made his film debut with Jism , which earned him a Filmfare Best Debut Award nomination. This was followed by his first commercial success, Dhoom...

     as Saahil
  • Apoorva Agnihotri as Ronnie
  • Vrajesh Hirjee
    Vrajesh Hirjee
    Vrajesh Hirjee is a prominent Gujarati actor who is also well known for his comic roles in Hindi movies. Vrajesh was born in 1977.He has acted in over 40 Gujarati plays.He has since then done a number of successful movies like Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein, Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai,...

     as Brij
  • Hemant Birje
    Hemant Birje
    Hemant Birje is a Bollywood film actor. In 1985, he debuted as Tarzan in Babbar Subhash' s Adventures of Tarzan, also starring Kimi Katkar. He has had mixed success in later films. He was a regular actor in Mithun Chakraborty films. In 2005, Birje appeared in Garv: Pride and Honour, starring...

     as Anees
  • Nauheed Cyrusi
    Nauheed Cyrusi
    Nauheed Cyrusi is an Indian model of ethnic Parsi of Iranian descent, VJ and actress. She was born on 19 October 1982.- Early life :She studied in J.B...

     as Bindiya
  • Raj Zutshi
  • Suresh Chatwal
  • Avtar Gill
    Avtar Gill
    Avtar Gill is a Canadian darts player.Gill was runner up in the 1986 Canada National Championships losing to Bob Sinnaeve in the final. Gill played in the 1987 World Professional Darts Championship, losing in the first round 3-1 in sets to Belgium's Frans Devooght.-External links:*...

     as Karim
  • Razzak Khan as Javed
  • Vishwajeet Pradhan
    Vishwajeet Pradhan
    Vishwajeet Pradhan is an Indian Bollywood actor who has worked in many films. Films in which he has acted include Yalgaar, Raaz, Karam, Zeher, Zakhm, Lamhaa. Vishwajeet often plays the role of Inspector or Commissioner. Now he is playing an antagonist role of S.S.P Brahmanand Jakhar in Maryada:...

     as a Police Inspector

Soundtrack

Music Director: A.R. Rahman
Lyrics: Mehboob
Mehboob
Mehboob Alam Kotwal is a writer of Bollywood film song lyrics. He was born in the Nashik district of India in a village called Chindwara. His family moved to the city of Mumbai for good in the 1940s where he received his primary education, first in English and later in Urdu.-Career:In 1986,...


Background Score: Aadesh Shrivastava
Aadesh Shrivastava
Aadesh Shrivastava is an Indian composer and singer. Over the course of his career, he has composed the music for over 100 Hindi films. His wife Vijeta Pandit is a former Bollywood actress and the sister of the composer duo Jatin Lalit...



Rahman reused three classic songs he composed for Tamil film Rhythm
Rhythm (film)
Rhythm is a 2000 Tamil film directed by Vasanth. The film stars Arjun, Meena and Manivannan in lead roles and Ramesh Aravind and Jyothika in supporting roles. The music is by A. R. Rahman, while cinematography was handled by P.S. Vinod and Arthur A. Wilson...

, with only three new songs added due to lack of time. The songs of Rhythm were inspired from the 5 elements of the world
Five elements (Japanese philosophy)
One may encounter two kinds of five elements philosophy in Japan. One is called, in Japanese, gogyō , having its backgrounds in the Chinese five elements, and the other is called godai . Godai is usually regarded as a Buddhism term in Japan, with certain influences from Hinduism. The following...

. Rahman did not do the background score, since he was busily involved in several other projects.
Song Artist(s) Notes
Nachley Daler Mehndi
Daler Mehndi
Daler Mehndi , born August 18, 1967, is an Indian Bhangra pop singer.Mehndi was a student of traditional Punjabi music and his first album broke sales records in India. Since 1995 he has recorded several highly successful albums in India, and also sung as a playback singer for several Hindi movies...

, Kunal Ganjawala
Kunal Ganjawala
Kunal Ganjawala is popularly known as Bollywood playback singer. But he also did a very well contribution to Kanada film industry as well. Kunal began his career by singing jingles. He came to limelight with the song 'Bheege Honth Tere' form film Murder in 2004. It was his first biggest hit...

Reused Thaniye from Rhythm
Rhythm (film)
Rhythm is a 2000 Tamil film directed by Vasanth. The film stars Arjun, Meena and Manivannan in lead roles and Ramesh Aravind and Jyothika in supporting roles. The music is by A. R. Rahman, while cinematography was handled by P.S. Vinod and Arthur A. Wilson...

Paighaam Shaan
Shaan (singer)
Shaan , is an Indian playback singer, and television host. He hosted the shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Star Voice of India and "Star Voice of India 2"...

, Kavita Krishnamurthy
Reused Kaatre from Rhythm
Rhythm (film)
Rhythm is a 2000 Tamil film directed by Vasanth. The film stars Arjun, Meena and Manivannan in lead roles and Ramesh Aravind and Jyothika in supporting roles. The music is by A. R. Rahman, while cinematography was handled by P.S. Vinod and Arthur A. Wilson...

Sadiyaan Hariharan
Hariharan (singer)
Hariharan , born 3 April 1955) is an Indian playback singer in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bhojpuri and Telugu movies, an established ghazal singer, and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. His melody is strongly appreciated by the film fraternity...

, Madhushree
Madhushree
Madhushree is an Indian singer, who sings in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. A familiar voice in A. R. Rahman's compositions, Madhushree hails from a musically inclined family, having previously been trained in classical music...

, Udit Narayan
Udit Narayan
-Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B...

Offho Jalta Hai Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies...

, Sonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi movies, as well as films in Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Kannada language. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films...

Reused Pathikiche from Rhythm
Rhythm (film)
Rhythm is a 2000 Tamil film directed by Vasanth. The film stars Arjun, Meena and Manivannan in lead roles and Ramesh Aravind and Jyothika in supporting roles. The music is by A. R. Rahman, while cinematography was handled by P.S. Vinod and Arthur A. Wilson...

Rozana Viva
Viva (band)
Viva or Viva! is an Indian pop girl group that formed in 2002, and have disbanded since...

Shehzaade Kunal Ganjawala
Kunal Ganjawala
Kunal Ganjawala is popularly known as Bollywood playback singer. But he also did a very well contribution to Kanada film industry as well. Kunal began his career by singing jingles. He came to limelight with the song 'Bheege Honth Tere' form film Murder in 2004. It was his first biggest hit...

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