Baazigar

<p>Madan Chopra, a wealthy businessman, has two daughters—Seema and Priya. During a car race in Madras, Chopra meets Vicky Malhotra, a seemingly charming young man who allows him to win the race to earn his trust. Chopra becomes impressed by Vicky, and Priya gradually falls in love with him. However, Vicky is revealed to be Ajay Sharma, who has assumed a false identity to take revenge on Chopra. Seema, who is in a secret relationship with Ajay, faces pressure from her father to marry someone else. Ajay tricks her into writing a suicide note was an honest cop, in a bodyguard and later pushes her off a building, staging her death as a suicide. To avoid scandal, Chopra quickly closes the case. Suspicious of her sister’s death, Priya begins investigating with the help of Inspector Karan Saxena, an old college friend. Seema’s friend Ravi discovers a photograph of Seema and Ajay together. Before Priya can see it, Ajay kills Ravi and forces him to write a suicide note, framing him as Seema’s murderer. Meanwhile, Chopra plans Priya’s engagement to Vicky, still unaware of his true identity. Through flashbacks, it is revealed that Chopra once worked for Ajay’s father, Mr. Sharma. When Sharma caught him embezzling company funds, Chopra was jailed. Upon his release, Chopra pretended to repent but betrayed Sharma when he gave Madan power of attorney, taking over his business and leaving the Sharma family destitute. This led to Sharma’s death from a heart attack, the death of Ajay’s baby sister, and his mother Shobna’s mental breakdown. Witnessing Chopra’s cruelty, Ajay vowed to destroy him. Back in the present, Priya meets the real Vicky Malhotra and begins to suspect Ajay. She discovers a locket with photos of Ajay and Seema, confirming her suspicions and confronts Ajay who reveals Chopra’s theft of his family’s wealth to a shocked Priya who feels sympathy for him despite his crimes. Chopra, becomes aware of Ajay’s identity after giving him power of attorney which Ajay uses to steal his company. Chopra confronts him at his home with goons. A brutal fight ensues, during which Chopra’s goons badly beat Ajay and Madan hits Shobna, who regains her sanity upon hearing Madan’s voice. In the end, Ajay fights back but Chopra fatally impales Ajay with a rod, but Ajay retaliates, fatally wounding Chopra who dies immediately. A wounded Ajay struggles back to his mother, promising her he has reclaimed everything that was meant to be their’s. Now only wanting to rest peacefully in his mothers arms, a despondent Priya and Karan watch as Ajay dies in his mothers arms, finally at peace. Cast listed as per film credits:- The film’s premise is a subversion of a concept loosely inspired by a Hollywood film, (1991), which itself was based on a novel of . While it borrows the basic premise, tells a different, subversive story. While ‘s character in is a who murders for money, subverts this, with ‘s character instead being a sympathetic seeking vengeance for the brutal injustices done to his family. In an interview, revealed that when he first saw , he wanted to appear as the lead in the Hindi adaptation of the film. So he showed it to Abbas-Mustan and later to producer . They liked it and was ready to do the film, but after meeting Nihalani, Abbas-Mustan told that they want in the lead and already have other producers aboard. They told Tijori that they will definitely do a film with him in the near future, but that never happened and he (Tijori) lost the part. Although Nihalani was ready to make the film with Tijori with another director, he also told him to go-ahead and film the adaptation of the film. Several A-list Bollywood stars were approached for the lead role, but they turned it down, due to the character being a murderous antihero. was the first choice to play the leading role though he turned it down due to the negativity of the role. also turned down the role for the same reason but would go on to play a full fledged villain in Abbas-Mastan’s next film (1996). and also turned down the role due to its negativity. eventually convinced producer Ratan Jain and Ganesh Jain that only he could pull off the role; Jain liked his confidence, and cast him in the role. However, his casting was criticized by trade pundits who incorrectly predicted that “a boy with cute dimples” would never be accepted as an anti-hero. Initially, was supposed to play both the female roles (as twin sisters) as did in the original film, but the director later realized that because to her massive popularity, the audience would not sympathize with the hero, if he killed the character played by Sridevi, hence they decided to cast two different actresses. was then offered the role of Seema, but she rejected. was then approached for the same role, but she rejected it too. The filming began December 1992 and lasted till June 1993. The director filmed two endings, the first where the police arrest Vicky Malhotra (Ajay Sharma) and the second, which eventually they kept in the film, where Ajay eliminates the villain. The music was composed by and won him the . The song “Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhein” earned singer his fourth consecutive after , and . Sanu and supplied vocals for Khan as “Vicky” and Ajay, respectively. Other singers featured in the album are , , , and Sonali Vajpai. The lyrics were written by Gauhar Kanpuri, Rani Mallik, Zafar Gorakhpuri, Zameer Kazmi, Nawab Arzoo & . The soundtrack was released by . ‘s song ” ” is also featured in the film. A soundtrack was also released in Marathi. The film’s sold 10 million units, making it the best-selling album of 1993. The soundtrack was ranked #67 on the list of “100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks of All Time”, as compiled by . emerged a major commercial success at the box-office, ranking as the , behind another Shah Rukh Khan-starrer, . s collections in India were net and gross, equivalent to (US$68 million) adjusted for inflation. A remake, , released in 1995, followed by a remake, , which released in 1997 and a remake, , which released in 2002. The Bengali remake, was released in 2007. is a remake of the film (1956).</p>