Ravan Raaj: A True Story

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Ravan Raaj: A True Story
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Promotional Poster
Directed by T. Rama Rao
Written bySanjeev Duggal
Adesh K.Arjun (dialogue)
Produced byManoj Chaturvedi
Bobby Anand
Starring Mithun Chakraborty
Aditya Pancholi
Shakti Kapoor
Madhoo
Harish Kumar
Sheeba Akashdeep
Cinematography Jayanan Vincent
Music by Viju Shah
Release date
  • 28 June 1995 (1995-06-28)
Running time
153 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budgetest.₹2.50 crore [1]
Box officeest.₹8.81 crore [2]

Ravan Raaj: A True Story is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by T. Rama Rao, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Madhoo and Aditya Pancholi and Harish Kumar. The film is centred on kidney smugglers and a serial killer. It is a remake of the 1990 Tamil film Pulan Visaranai , starring Vijayakanth. [3]

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Plot summary

Crime and corruption have taken over Bombay City without any solution. A rash of kidnappings of young women takes place. One auto-rickshaw driver "Auto Kesariya" is behind this crime. The policemen of Kala Chowki Police Station are doing little to stop these crimes. Former Assistant Commissioner of Police Arjun Verma is reinstated and assigned to this case. Arjun gets himself deeply involved in this disappearance and the kidnappings and faces the shock and trauma of finding skeletal remains of young women who have been abducted as well as body parts stolen from innocent patients from hospitals. His personal life also turns upside down as his fiancée abandons him on his wedding day, while his niece is abducted and held for ransom, and above all Arjun Verma himself becomes the target of assassins hired by influential politicians and senior police officials.

Cast

Soundtrack

Ravan Raaj: A True Story
Soundtrack album by
Released28 June 1995
Recorded Tips Industries
Studio Trimurti Films T RAMA RAO
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Tips Music CD Spotify / Video TIME
Viju Shah chronology
Ravan Raaj: A True Story
(1995)
Pulan Visaranai in Hindi
(2022)

The movie has six songs composed by Viju Shah which are, to some extent, significant until date. [4] With Tips JHANKAR "Husnwaalon Se Yeh Dil Bachaaye" by Udit Narayan in his archetypal upbeat style, the catchy number "Yaar Mere Mausam Hai Mastaana Mastaana" suggestive of romance in fine weather are some well-known euphonious songs of the album. Voices for the songs were rendered by Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam, Sapna Mukherjee, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Bali Brahmbhatt and Poornima, with lyrics by the eminent lyricist Anand Bakshi.

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