Kurukshetra (2000 film)

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Kurukshetra
Kurukshetrahindi.jpg
Directed by Mahesh Manjrekar
Written byMahesh Manjrekar
Produced byPravin Shah
Starring Sanjay Dutt
Mahima Chaudhry
Om Puri
Mukesh Rishi
Shivaji Satam
Music byScore:
Amar Haldipur
Songs:
Himesh Reshammiya
Sukhwinder Singh
Release date
  • 10 November 2000 (2000-11-10)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹87.5 million [1]
Box office₹198.7 million [1]

Kurukshetra is a 2000 Indian action drama film written and directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. It was released on 10 November 2000 and stars Sanjay Dutt, Mahima Chaudhry and Om Puri with Mukesh Rishi and Shivaji Satam in supporting roles.

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Plot

ACP Prithviraj Singh is an honest and brave police officer. All dishonest police officers, rogues, criminals and corrupt politicians are scared of him. The day he joins duty in Mumbai, he destroys all the illegal business of Iqbal Pasina. From that day onward, Iqbal Pasina starts admiring Prithviraj.

In his personal life, Prithviraj lives with his wife, Anjali and sister, Aarti. Aarti is in love with Sub-Inspector Avinash. Anjali is sad because "Prithvi", who once used to love her a lot, is now a totally different man, a man of law and duties. She lost her lover to the uniform.

One day, a tycoon smuggler and ringleader, Baburao Deshmukh's son Ambar and his friend Rohit, trap a girl named Gita Naik in a hotel room, and both of them rape her.

This brutal incident provokes the battle of "Kurukshetra."

The battle is fought between Baburao and Prithviraj. Babu Rao Deshmukh has money, power and government infrastructure, and Prithvi Raj Singh gets support from opposition leaders Sambhaji Yadav and Iqbal Pasina.

Sambhaji Yadav later betrays Prithviraj and joins hands with the Baburao. Finally, Prithviraj realizes that the law is helpless and kills both Baburao and Sambhaji Yadav to avenge the perpetrators of the rape incident and bring justice.

Cast

Music

Kurukshetra
Soundtrack album by
Himesh Reshammiya
Sukhwinder Singh
ReleasedSeptember 2000
Recorded2000
Venue Mumbai
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length40 Min
Label Saregama

The music is composed by Himesh Reshammiya and Sukhwinder Singh.

#SongSinger(s)Lyricist(s)
1."Aap Ka Aana Dil Dhadkana" Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik Dev Kohli
2."Banthan Ke" Sukhwinder Singh and Sunidhi Chauhan Madan Pal
3."Ishq Bhi Kya Cheez Hai"Kumar Sanu, Sonu Nigam and Alka YagnikSudhakar Sharma
4."Janam Tere Liye"Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik
5."Chal Shaadi Kar Lete"Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik
6."Yeh Tera Kurukshetra Hai" Ravindra Sathe
7."Ghagra"Sunidhi Chauhan

Reception

Taran Adarsh wrote "On the whole, Kurukshetra is an engrossing good versus evil film that has all the masala to appeal to the masses ? winning performances, bravura dialogues and ample doses of action". [2] Sharmila Taliculam of Rediff.com opined that "The violence is non-stop, unremitting, and at times, overdone to the point where you find yourself wishing it would end". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kurukshetra - Movie - Box Office India". www.boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Kurukshetra Review 2.5/5 | Kurukshetra Movie Review | Kurukshetra 2000 Public Review | Film Review". Bollywood Hungama . 10 November 2000.
  3. ↑ "rediff.com, Movies: The Kurukshetra Review". www.rediff.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.


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