Angrakshak

Angrakshak
Directed by	Ravi Raja
Screenplay by	Ravi Raja
Story by	Padam Kumar
Dialogues by	Anees Bazmee
Produced by	Vivek Kumar
Starring	Sunny Deol Pooja Bhatt Kulbhushan Kharbanda Saeed Jaffrey
Cinematography	P. S. Prakash
Edited by	M. Vellaisamy
Music by	Anand–Milind
Production companies	Smita Films International Vicky Films
Release date	17 November 1995 (1995-11-17)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹11.25 crore (equivalent to ₹110 croreorUS$13 million in 2023) [1]

Angrakshak (Bodyguard) is a 1995 Indian action thriller film film directed by Ravi Raja. It stars Sunny Deol, Pooja Bhatt, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Saeed Jaffrey. ^[2]

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

• Sunny Deol as Ajay (Priya’s bodyguard and later boyfriend)
• Pooja Bhatt as Priyanka "Priya" Choudhary (Ajay’s girlfriend)
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Satyendra Pal Choudhary
• Saeed Jaffrey as Sanghvi
• Mohnish Bahl as Vijay (Special appearance)
• Rami Reddy as Velu Bhai
• Mohan Agashe as Khare
• Amita Nangia as Asha
• Nassar as Deva

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.

#	Title	Singer(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.
2. "Angrakshak Movie". Times of India. 17 November 1995. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

External links

• Angrakshak at IMDb