Aar Ya Paar

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Aar Ya Paar
Aar Ya Paar.jpg
Poster
Directed by Ketan Mehta
Written by Ketan Mehta
Starring Jackie Shroff
Deepa Sahi
Ritu Shivpuri
Kamal Sidhu
Paresh Rawal
CinematographyDharam Gulati
Edited byAseem Sinha
Music by Viju Shah
Release date
  • 31 January 1997 (1997-01-31)
Running time
180 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Aar Ya Paar (English: Now or never) is a 1997 Bollywood mystery crime thriller film produced and directed by Ketan Mehta. [1] It stars Jackie Shroff, Deepa Sahi, Ritu Shivpuri, Kamal Sidhu and Paresh Rawal. [2] The music is by Viju Shah. The movie is adapted from Agatha Christie's 1967 novel Endless Night [3] and James Hadley Chase's 1954 novel The Sucker Punch [4] and was partly shot in Italy.

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Story

Shekhar Khosla (Jackie Shroff) is an accounts executive, an alcoholic and a penniless playboy. He has an on-and-off romance with cabaret dancer Julie (Ritu Shivpuri).

One day his boss tells him to improve himself and hands him a multi-million rupee client, Veena Sanghvi (Kamal Sidhu) and asks him to maintain and strengthen the relationship with this client. Shekhar meets with Veena, seduces her and marries her, while having an affair with her personal secretary, Anu Chauhan (Deepa Sahi). When Veena finds out about this affair, she threatens to separate from him. Shekhar doesn't know about the will. Then Shekhar and Anu plan to kill her. They carry out their plan successfully, with the police concluding that her death was accidental. Shekhar finds out that Anu does not love him. To make matters worse, the police have evidence linking him to the death of his wife.

Cast

Soundtrack

Aar Ya Paar
Soundtrack album by
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Venus Records & Tapes

The music was composed by Viju Shah. The lyrics were penned by Indeevar, Maya Govind, Nitin Raikwar and Rani Malik. The soundtrack was released on Venus Records & Tapes Pvt. Ltd.

#SongSinger
1"Aar Ya Paar" (Female) Asha Bhosle
2"Dil Diya, Pyar Kiya"Asha Bhosle, Sudesh Bhosle
3"Aar Ya Paar" (Male) Jolly Mukherjee
4"Hulle Hulle" Udit Narayan, Hema Sardesai
5"Mann Chahe Sanam" Abhijeet, Sadhana Sargam
6"Tamma Ele Tamma Ele" Shankar Mahadevan
7"Suna Hai Phool Kaliyon Se" Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy
8"Jo Hoga Hone Do" Babul Supriyo, Jolly Mukherjee, Nayan Rathod, Sanjay, Hema Sardesai, Sonali Vajpayee, Jaspinder Narula, Meera

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