Garv: Pride & Honour

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Garv: Pride & Honour
Garv.gif
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Puneet Issar
Screenplay byDeepali Issar
Puneet Issar
Story byPuneet Issar
Produced by Prem Krishen
Sunil Mehta
Starring Salman Khan
Shilpa Shetty
Arbaaz Khan
Amrish Puri
Farida Jalal
Akanksha Malhotra
CinematographyKishore Kapadia
Stephen Fernandes
Edited byD. N. Malik
Music bySongs:
Sajid–Wajid
Guest Composition:
Anu Malik
Background Score:
Aadesh Shrivastava
Distributed byCinevistaas
Release date
  • 9 July 2004 (2004-07-09)
Running time
159 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹17 crore [1]
Box office₹23.48 crore [1]

Garv: Pride & Honour is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Puneet Issar. The film stars Salman Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Arbaaz Khan and Amrish Puri. Sunny Deol was the initial choice for Salman Khan's role, while Sanjay Dutt was considered for Arbaaz Khan's role. This film was Puneet Issar' s directional debut, dealing with Mumbai Underworld and politics in Maharashtra. The film was initially titled Sanghar. [2]

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Plot

The film starts with the court blaming Arjun for 18 killings at CM's Farmhouse. During the 1984 riots, Arjun's parents were killed and then Shakuntla Devi decided to adopt him. Samar wants to reduce the amount of crime in the state. The trio faces obstacles because the powerful and corrupt politicians including Kashinath Trivedi, Badrinath Trivedi, and Yashwant Deshpanday are connected with underworld don Zafar Supari. The politicians decide to transfer Samar Singh while Arjun and Hyder kill Yeda (Zafar Supari's henchman) after they get into Arjun's house to warn Arjun's mother and sister by convincing Arjun to get not involved in Zafar Supari's criminal activities. Deshpande asks Kashinath Trivedi (Now Chief Minister of Maharashtra) to collect the file from Arjun he has made to prove that all of the corrupt politicians are involved with Zafar Supari. The next day, Arjun comes with the file and Kashi burns it, surprisingly Arjun tells him that one copy has been sent to the Central Home Ministry, a second copy to the President's office and a third copy has already been sent to the Prime Minister's Office. Furious Zafar lands in Mumbai, trapping Hyder and his colleagues in Old Jassai Railway Yard. He brings RDX with Hyder successfully destroying it, but is killed by Zafar. While burying Hyder outside a mosque, Arjun receives a phone call from Zafar, unaware of what he talked about. The present-day starts at the court, when Lawyer Tyagi blames Arjun's sister Rakhi (Akanksha Malhotra), who was not at home on 1 November and was making merry with all corrupt politicians and their men at CM's Farmhouse. He further says that she even had illegitimate relations with her brother Arjun. Samar then decides to introduce Rakhi tomorrow in Court but gets to know that Arjun's killings have had a deep, mental effect on Rakhi and that she is currently being treated at Saint Mary's sanitarium. He goes there and Rakhi tells him the truth of what happened on 1 November. In the court, at first, Samar is reluctant to tell the truth, but surprisingly Rakhi herself comes and tells the truth. She says that on the night of 1 November, she was kidnapped and gang-raped by them. The court later finds politicians wrong and releases Arjun and he joins back to his duty as an honest police officer.

Cast

Soundtrack

Garv: Pride and Honour
Soundtrack album by
Sajid–Wajid
Anu Malik
Released7 May 2004
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label T-Series

The movie contains music composed by Sajid–Wajid with one track composed by Anu Malik. [6]

#TitleSinger(s)ComposerLyricistLength
1"Hum Tumko Nigahon Mein" Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal Sajid–Wajid Shabbir Ahmed 06:02
2"Dum Mast Mast" Sukhwinder Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan Sajid–WajidJalees Sherwani05:38
3"Soniye Toh Sonee"Sukhwinder Singh, Shreya GhoshalSajid–WajidJalees Sherwani05:05
4"Marhaba"Sunidhi Chauhan, Zubeen Garg Anu Malik Dev Kohli 07:05
5"Chokari Patti Nahi Naukari Mili Nahi" (Khaaya Piya)Sunidhi Chauhan, Vinod Rathod Sajid–Wajid Jalees Sherwani 05:48
6"Saiyan Mora Saiyan"Sunidhi ChauhanSajid–WajidJalees Sherwani05:57
7"Hum Tumko Nigahon Mein II" Sonu Nigam Sajid–WajidShabbir Ahmed06:17
8"Tere Hai Deewana Dil" Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal Sajid–WajidJalees Sherwani05:24

Reception

Sukanya Verma of Rediff wrote "There is nothing exceptional about Garv in terms of story or execution. You know exactly what to expect. It's a beaten-to-death plot about a righteous cop and his Satyamev Vijayate [Truth will triumph] stance. Like most do-gooder cops, here too the hero falls in love with a bar dancer (Shilpa Shetty in a role as skimpy as her wardrobe)." [7] Manish Gajjar of BBC.com wrote "Technically Garv excels in various departments, whether it is the dialogues or the musical score. Both add impact to the scenes. I have said this before and I will say it again. Be warned about the blood and gore. Garv might not appeal to those who are used to seeing family orientated flicks. Garv is on the whole, Salman's film and he does full justice to his role. Shilpa Shetty does very well in the dance numbers whilst the rest of the cast support well. [8]

In 2015, Issar told PTI in an interview that he thinks that "Garv was ahead of its times. For Salman, the movie had set a benchmark in terms of action sequences, drama and emotion. If it would have been released today then it would have definitely done business of Rs 300 crore." [9]

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