Angrakshak

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Angrakshak
Dvd cover of movie Angrakshak.jpg
Directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty
Written by Anees Bazmee (dialogues)
Story byPadam Kumar
Produced byVivek Kumar
Starring Sunny Deol
Pooja Bhatt
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Saeed Jaffrey
CinematographyP. S. Prakash
Edited byM. Vellaisamy
Music by Anand–Milind
Production
companies
Smita Films International,
Vicky Films
Release date
  • 17 November 1995 (1995-11-17)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office11.25 crore (equivalent to 110 croreorUS$13 million in 2023) [1]

Angrakshak (Bodyguard) is a 1995 Indian action thriller film directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty, starring Sunny Deol, Pooja Bhatt and Kulbhushan Kharbanda. Originally, Divya Bharti signed up for the female lead role. After her sudden death, Pooja was roped in for the role. [2] [3]

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Plot

Priyanka a.k.a. Priya is a teenager who lives a wealthy lifestyle with her politician father, Satyendra Pal Choudhary. Satyendra owes his allegiance to the Bharatiya Ekta Party. As Satyendra's popularity rises, fearing for his life and that of his daughter he hires an Angrakshak (Bodyguard) named Ajay.

Priyanka and Ajay fall in love. With the elections approaching, Priyanka is kidnapped. Ajay is seriously wounded while trying to protect her and gets hospitalized. When the news is made public, the wave of sympathy favors Satyendra.

Priyanka's abductors demand two crore rupees, but before Satyendra can respond, the police find the body of a young woman presumed to be that of Priyanka. A grieving Satyendra is shown on national television and he wins the election hands down. How Ajay rescues his love from the kidnappers and solves the mystery forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

Originally, Divya Bharti signed up for the female lead role. After her sudden death, Pooja was roped in for the role. [2] [3]

Soundtrack

Anand–Milind composed the music of this film. Sameer wrote the lyrics. The song "Dil Mera Churane Laga" was quite popular when the album released, especially for Sunny Deol's dance moves. The tune of "Haule Haule Dil Dole" was inspired from the Telugu song "Malli Malli Idi Rani Roju" from the film Rakshasudu (1986), which was composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja. The tune of "Dil Mera Udaas Hai" was inspired from the Tamil song "Aasaiya Kathula" from the film Johnny (1980), which also was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

#TitleSinger(s)
1"Haule Haule Dil Dole" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
2"Dil Mera Churane Laga" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
3"Dil Mera Udaas Hai" (Male)Kumar Sanu
4"Padhna Likhna Chhodo" Poornima
5"Aa Ab Aa Sun Le Sada Dil Ki"Alka Yagnik
6"Suno Suno Pyar Hua" Not in the film Abhijeet, Poornima
7"Dil Mera Udaas Hai" (Female)Poornima

References

  1. "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)
  2. 1 2 "Remembering Divya Bharti on her 43rd birth anniversary; Top 5 iconic movies".
  3. 1 2 "Angrakshak Movie". Times of India. 17 November 1995. Retrieved 12 August 2023.