Mafia (1996 film)

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Mafia
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Directed by Aziz Sejawal
Written by Jalees Sherwani
Screenplay byYunus Sajawal
Produced byVijay Mehta
Starring Dharmendra
Aditya Pancholi
Jay Mehta
Somy Ali
Edited byWaman B. Bhosle
Music by Anand–Milind
Production
company
Prathima Films
Distributed byFilms
(1996 theatrical)
B4U Entertainment
(2006 Canadian TV)
Release date
  • 24 May 1996 (1996-05-24)(India)
Running time
141 minutes
CountryIndia
Language Hindi

Mafia [1] is a 1996 Indian-Hindi-language action crime film directed by Aziz Sejawal. It stars Dharmendra, Aditya Pancholi, Somy Ali, Gulshan Grover, Mohan Joshi and Raza Murad. [2] [3] The film was praised for its action sequences and cast performances, where it was declared a Hit at the box office. The film is an unofficial remake of the 1993 Malayalam film of the same name.

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Plot

Gawda is an influential crime boss involved in illegal supply of arms and drug smuggling activities in Mumbai, and also uses his influence to thwart communal riots and release convict prisoners. Having learnt about the rules of the crime syndicate, Gawda's ex-henchman Moosa express his animosity to Gawda and decide to start his own syndicate business. However, Gawda kills Moosa and his daughter, but their deaths become the headlines in the newspaper.

The commissioner assigns Inspector Bhagat Singh to investigate the case, but is later killed by Gawda with DCP Pawar's help. After learning his death, Bhagat's brothers Ajit, an army soldier and Jai, an unemployed man decide to take vengeance on Gawda and the police corruption. How does the brothers complete their vengeance forms the rest of the plot.

Background

This film is heavily influenced by 1990s Hollywood action films with a common theme of police corruption and a mafia dominating the government, [4] but using a comedic style. [5] The music for the film is by the famous duo Anand–Milind, with lyrics written by Sameer. The film features songs such as "Dil Mera Deewana Dhahdke", "Duniya Nazaray", "Yeh Dil Yeh Paagal Dil" and "Is Ladki Ne Mera". The film premiered on 24 May 1996 and was released by Prathima Films. It has since been released on DVD by Eros Entertainment.

Cast

Source [6]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album of the movie, composed by Anand–Milind has a number of striking songs formulated by Sameer and performed by some big-time playback singers of the period, notably Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik and a few others. The movie has pleasant tracks; "Dil Mera Deewana Dhadke", being a fine sensual number with analogous beats of percussion instruments. The track is peculiar to steamy numbers presented during that phase of Bollywood, with slow and measured use of instruments, chiefly tabla, as an example, in the song Roop Suhana Lagta Hai. [ citation needed ]

#TitleSinger(s)
1"Yeh Dil Yeh Pagal Dil" Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu
2"Mafia Mafia"Arun Bakshi, Usha Uthup
3"Is Ladki Ne Mera Dil Cheena" Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Poornima
4"Duniya Nazare Na Gulon Ka"Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu
5"Dil Mera Deewana Dhadke"Kumar Sanu, Poornima
6"Romance Road Per"Bali Brahmabhat

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References

  1. ↑ "Mafia". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dharmendra trailer from Mafia". Rediff.com . Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  3. ↑ Bowker's Complete Video Directory 2002: Entertainment : titles A-S. Bowker. 2002. p. 874. ISBN   978-0-8352-4478-7 . Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Mafia". Lovefilm.com . Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  5. ↑ Outlook, Volume 42, Issues 1-11. Hathway Investments Pvt Ltd. 2002. p. 58.
  6. ↑ "Mafia - Movie - - Box Office India". www.boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
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