| Kurukshetra | |
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| Directed by | Mahesh Manjrekar |
| Written by | Mahesh Manjrekar |
| Produced by | Pravin Shah |
| Starring | Sanjay Dutt Mahima Chaudhry Om Puri Mukesh Rishi Shivaji Satam |
| Music by | Score: Amar Haldipur Songs: Himesh Reshammiya |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Kurukshetra is a 2000 Indian action drama film written and directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. It released on 10 November 2000 and stars Sanjay Dutt, Mahima Chaudhry and Om Puri with Mukesh Rishi and Shivaji Satam in supporting roles.
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 onwards, 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 the support from opposition leader 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.
| Kurukshetra | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | September 2000 |
| Recorded | 2000 |
| Venue | Mumbai |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
The music is composed by Himesh Reshammiya and Sukhwinder Singh.
| Song | Singer(s) | Lyricist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Aap Ka Aana Dil Dhadkana" | Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik | Dev Kohli |
| "Banthan" | Sukhwinder Singh and Sunidhi Chauhan | Madan Pal |
| "Ishq Bhi Kya Cheez Hai" | Kumar Sanu, Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik | Sudhakar Sharma |
| "Jaanam Tere Liye" | Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik | Sudhakar Sharma |
| "Chal Shaadi Kar Lete" | Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik | Sudhakar Sharma |
| "Yeh Tera Kurukshetra Hai" | Ravindra Sathe | Sudhakar Sharma |
| "Ghagra" | Sunidhi Chauhan | Sudhakar Sharma |
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". [1] 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". [2]
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