Khoj (1989 film)

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Khoj
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Directed by Keshu Ramsay
Produced by Kiran Ramsay
Starring Rishi Kapoor
Naseeruddin Shah
Kimi Katkar
Satish Shah
Danny Denzongpa
Music by Bappi Lahiri
Release date
21 July 1989 (1989-07-21)
Country India
Language Hindi

Khoj is a 1989 Bollywood mystery thriller directed by Keshu Ramsay, starring Rishi Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Kimi Katkar in lead roles. [1] This movie was released on 21 July 1989 [2] and is based on the British movie Chase a Crooked Shadow (1957), which was an inspiration for the Bengali thriller Sesh Anka and One of My Wives Is Missing (TV Movie 1976). The film was remade in Telugu as Police Report and in Kannada as Agni Sakshi.

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Plot

Ravi Kapoor (Rishi Kapoor) and his wife Anita are holidaying in Kathmandu. One night, Anita disappears suddenly. Ravi goes searching her everywhere but in vain. He then files a police report about her missing status and Inspector Balveer Singh (Naseeruddin Shah) begins the search for her. The next day, Ravi gets a call from Father Anthony (Danny Denzongpa) saying that his missing wife is with him in the church, but when Ravi meets her, he claims that the woman is not his wife.

Inspector Balveer finds all the evidence is against Ravi, despite his attempts to prove otherwise. Who is this mysterious woman and why is she claiming to be Ravi's wife?

Ravi still maintains that the woman is not Anita, however one-by-one all evidence seems to suggest otherwise. Starting with wedding photos, to Bobby Singh and Dr Saxena identifying the new woman as Anita, to eventually Ravi's daughter also identifying her, Ravi is not able to prove that she's not his wife.

Cast

Soundtrack

#TitleSinger(s)
1"Aaj Ki Biwi" Amit Kumar, Usha Mangeshkar
2"Yaad Tumhari Jab Jab Aaye" Nitin Mukesh
3"Sooni Sooni Raaten Hai" Alisha Chinai
4"Biwi Biwi Biwi" Amit Kumar, Chandrani Mukherjee
5"Khoj Mein Kis Ki" Sapna Mukherjee

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References

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