Indrajeet

Indrajeet
Film poster
Directed by	K. V. Raju
Written by	Kader Khan (dialogues)
Story by	K. V. Raju
Produced by	Ramesh Behl
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Prada Kumar Gaurav Neelam
Cinematography	Peter Pereira
Edited by	Sunder Shetty
Music by	R. D. Burman
Production company	Rose Audio Visuals
Release date	2 August 1991 (1991-08-02)
Running time	182 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	1.4 Cr
Box office	8.4 Cr

Indrajeet is a 1991 Bollywood action film directed by K. V. Raju. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, and Jaya Prada in lead roles, with Kumar Gaurav, Neelam, Saeed Jaffrey, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, and Kader Khan in supporting roles. The film was a remake of the director's own Kannada film Bandha Muktha (1987), starring Tiger Prabhakar. The film was a flop at the box office.

Plot summary

Honest Police officer Inderjeet's life takes a turn for the worse when he has to arrest his lady love Shanti's (Jaya Prada) father, Mr. Din Dayal for murder, but gets transferred. Years later, retired Inderjeet arranges his adopted daughter Neelu's (Neelam Kothari) marriage with Vijay (Kumar Gaurav), but the married couple gets killed by Shanti's brother and his friends. When the police take no action, Inderjeet decides to take the law into his hands to avenge his adopted daughter's death.

Cast

• Amitabh Bachchan as Inspector Indrajeet
• Jaya Prada as Shanti
• Kumar Gaurav as Vijay
• Neelam as Neelu
• Saeed Jaffrey as Seth Dindayal
• Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Police Commissioner Shyam Sundar
• Kader Khan as Minister Sadachari
• Ajit Pal Mangat as Ajit Kumar
• Avtar Gill as Inspector Vishnu
• Vijayendra Ghatge as Inspector Sudhir
• Ashutosh Gowarikar as Ashu
• Ajinkya Deo
• Mahesh Anand as Mahesh
• Sharat Saxena as Batra
• Kamal Kapoor as College Principal
• Gulshan Bawra as Khurana
• Suresh Chatwal as Chandu
• Nirupa Roy as Mother of Indrajeet seen only in photo frame (Uncredited)
• Shagufta Ali as Item Dancer in Hotel Bar (Special Appearance) in the song Reshmi Zulfen

Soundtrack

All music was composed by Rahul Dev Burman and written by Gulshan Bawra. Main Na Jhoot Bolun notably uses an adaption of the melody for the 1987 Pakistani song Dilan Teer Bija . ^{[1] [2]}

Song	Singer
"Ab To Humko"	Asha Bhosle, Amit Kumar
"Main Khule Aam"	Asha Bhosle, Amit Kumar
"Main Na Jhuth Boloon"	Asha Bhosle, Amit Kumar
"Duniyawale Yeh"	Mir Sahib
"Jab Tak Jaan Mein"	Sudesh Bhosle
"Reshmi Zulfen, Nasheeli Aankhen"	Abhijeet, Jolly Mukherjee, Ranu Mukherjee

References

1. Bharathi, S. Pradhan (25 October 2015). "Borrowed from Pakistan". The Telegraph (India) . Retrieved 21 December 2025.
2. "'Gabbar is Back' item number rips off Pakistani song". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 17 April 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

External links

• Indrajeet at IMDb
• Cult of Kumar