Ajay (1996 film)

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Ajay
Directed by Suneel Darshan
Written bySuneel Darshan
Kamlesh Pandey (dialogues)
Story byRajeev Kaul
Praful Parekh
Produced bySuneel Darshan
Starring Sunny Deol
Karisma Kapoor
Mohnish Bahl
CinematographyW. B. Rao
Edited byBharat Singh
Music by Anand–Milind
Distributed byShree Krishna International
Release date
  • 20 December 1996 (1996-12-20)
Running time
146 min
CountryIndia
Language Hindi
Budget₹6 crore [1]
Box office₹16.80 crore (equivalent to ₹199 crore or US$24 million in 2023) [2]

Ajay is a 1996 Hindi language romantic action drama film, produced and directed by Suneel Darshan and starring Sunny Deol, Karisma Kapoor, Reena Roy, Suresh Oberoi and Kiran Kumar. Other cast includes Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Mohnish Bahl, Sharat Saxena, Farida Jalal, Laxmikant Berde and others.

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It was declared "average" at the box office. [3] The titular character "Ajay", played by Sunny Deol, was named after the offscreen name of him.

Plot

Raja Brijraj Singh and his younger brother Raja Ranbir Singh lives in a spacious palace and are wealthy landlords of a small Indian town named as Kishengarh. They would like their only, head-strong and foreign-returned niece Manorama to marry equally wealthy Rupesh Singh but she gives her heart to a poor poultry dealer named Ajay. When Brijraj and Ranbir learn of this relationship they object and strive to prevent their niece from marrying Ajay. They threaten her and she has to give false witness that puts Ajay behind bars and has his sister's in-laws disown her, all this leads to their mother's demise. Ajay blames it on Manorama but later learns the truth and eventually retaliates by killing her uncles.

Cast

Soundtrack

The Music is scored by Anand–Milind. The songs Chamak Chhallo and Chand Sa Chehra were popular. Singers Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Sapna Awasthi and Jolly Mukherjee lent their voices.

#TitleSinger(s)
1."Chaand Sa Chehra" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
2."Chhammak Chhallo" (Hip Hop)Kumar Sanu
3."Deewana Hua Main"Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
4."Ruk Majnu"Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
5."Pan Khake Jana" Jolly Mukherjee, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
6."Chhammak Chhallo" (Dance)Kumar Sanu
7."Chanchal Chooriyan"Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
8."Banna Ghodi Pe"Kumar Sanu, Jolly Mukherjee, Alka Yagnik, Sapna Awasthi
9."Daata Mere Daata"Kumar Sanu

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References

  1. ↑ "Ajay - Movie - Box Office India".
  2. ↑ "Ajay - Movie - Box Office India".
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". www.boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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