Rakshak

<p>Raj and his mother come to visit village. Raj meets his best friend Raghu, and love interest Suman. They eventually marry and Raj becomes an IPS officer. Raj’s mother considers Raghu too like her own son and even helps him financially in his time of distress, when he was actually about to commit suicide. Raj and his family travel back to the city whereas Raghu starts printing fake currency to get rid of his loans and credits and becomes the mafia boss of the village. Raj, in their next trip to the village, finds out Raghu’s secret but is attacked severely by Raghu’s goons, who also kill his mother and Suman. Dr. Pooja Malhotra treats him to recover and take revenge on his friend turned enemy Raghu. After average success with the movie (which was a semi-hit at the box-office), producer-director Ashok Honda again employed music directors for Rakshak. Lyricist was also re-hired, but for only one song ( ). New lyricist Deepak Chowdhary wrote the remaining songs. With almost no expectations from the music of a -starrer, the music of arrived rather quietly on the stands. But the moment hit the TV channels, the song caught on with youthful listeners, and the music topped the charts. was another song that soon climbed the charts. With this new interest in the film’s music, Ashok Honda picturised another song . The music of Rakshak topped the charts for several weeks, and and still enjoy popularity. The song “Shehar Ki Ladki” was recreated for , the recreated version is sung by and on the music of who has also rewritten the new song. For this film, choreographers and Rekha Prakash won the Filmfare Award for Best Choreography for the song “Shehar Ki Ladki” at the Filmfare Awards 1997. The film was the 3 rd Hit of Sunil Shetty in 1996..</p>