Jigar

Jigar
Jigar
	Film poster
Directed by	Farouq Siddique
Written by	Tanveer Khan; Naeem-Ejaz(dialogues) ; Veeru Devgan
Screenplay by	Farooque Siddiqui; Lalit Mahajan
Produced by	Saba Akhtar; Salim Akhtar; Samad Akhtar; Shama Akhtar
Starring	Ajay Devgn; Karisma Kapoor
Cinematography	Akram Khan
Edited by	Suresh Chaturvedi
Music by	Anand–Milind
Production; company	Aftab Pictures
Release date	23 October 1992;
Running time	174 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Jigar is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language martial arts film directed by Farogh Siddique. It was released during the Diwali weekend and proved to be a successful hit.^[1] The plot is inspired by the 1989 American film Kickboxer.^[2]

Plot

Raju and Duryodhan are very good friends. Suman is Raju's love interest and is like a sister to Duryodhan. Duryodhan is a wrestler and works at a martial arts training school owned by Lal Bihari. Due to some misunderstanding between Raju, Duryodhan and Raju's sister, she is raped by Duryodhan. This angers Raju, but he fails in avenging his sister because Duryodhan is a wrestler. Raju starts training as a fighter under Baba Thakur. After being fully trained, he avenges all of his enemies. Duryodhan is killed in the ring itself, and Lal Bihari is killed by Suman.

Cast

Ajay Devgan as Raj Verma "Raju"
Karishma Kapoor as Suman
Paresh Rawal as Lal Bihari
Ajit Khan as Baba Thakur
Arjun as Duryodhan
Sukanya Kulkarni as Umaa, Raju's sister
Ishrat Ali as Corrupt Police Inspector Manish Pandey
Salim Khan as Roshan Gupta
Gulshan Grover as Inspector Pradhan
Aruna Irani as Raju's mother
Jamuna as Doctor Ganga
Yunus Parvez as Seth
Goga Kapoor as Kaalia
Shashi Kiran as Inspector Khan
Gurbachan Singh as Henchman of Duryodhan
Cheetah Yagnesh Shetty as Baba Thakur Assistant
Khosrow Khaleghpanah as Arjun

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Anand–Milind while Sameer penned the songs. The song Pyar Ke Kagaz proved to be the biggest hit of the album. The album managed to feature in the top selling albums of 1992. Singers Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet, Pankaj Udhas, Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam, Mohammad Aziz & Kavita Krishnamurthy contributed their voice.^[3] After a dispute over Dil (1990) between Anand–Milind and Alka Yagnik, she stopped working with them for two years.

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Pyar Ke Kagaz Pe"	Abhijeet, Sadhana Sargam
2	"Tujhko Bahon Mein Bhar"	Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam
3	"Ek Pal Ek Din"	Pankaj Udhas, Sadhana Sargam
4	"Mere Dil Ko Karrar"	Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam
5	"Log Barson Juda"	Kavita Krishnamurthy
6	"Mohabbat Hai Khushboo"	Mohammad Aziz
7	"Aaye Hum Barati"	Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy

Box office

The film was major hit at the box office and one of the highest grossing films of the year.^[4]

References

^ "Ranbir, SRK, Akshay: When actors turned boxers". Rediff.com. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
^ Gupta, Rachit (2 April 2019). "Ajay Devgn's 10 Best Action Movies". Filmfare. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
^ "Jigar among most sold music albums of 1992". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012.
^ Langhans, Edward A. (2002). Box office. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.o900640.

External links

Jigar at IMDb

[1] "Ranbir, SRK, Akshay: When actors turned boxers". Rediff.com. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

[2] Gupta, Rachit (2 April 2019). "Ajay Devgn's 10 Best Action Movies". Filmfare. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

[3] "Jigar among most sold music albums of 1992". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012.

[4] Langhans, Edward A. (2002). Box office. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.o900640.

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