Suhaag (1994 film)

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Suhaag
Suhaag Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Kuku Kohli
Written by Honey Irani
Tanveer Khan
Produced byBalraj Irani
Anil Sharma
Starring Ajay Devgn
Akshay Kumar
Karisma Kapoor
Nagma
CinematographySameer Arya
Edited byKuldip K. Mehan
Music by Anand–Milind
Distributed byShweta International
Release date
  • 4 November 1994 (1994-11-04)
Running time
162 minutes
Country India
LanguageHindi
Budget3 crore [1]
Box office12.14 crore [1]

Suhaag (transl.Marriage) is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Kuku Kohli starring Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Karisma Kapoor and Nagma in lead roles. Suhaag was one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of 1994 and was the first film where actors Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar shared screen space. The duo went on to appear in Khakee (2004), Insan (2005) and in Rohit Shetty's Cop Universe films Sooryavanshi (2022) and Singham Again (2024).

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Plot

The story is about Ajay Malhotra and Raj Sinha who are best friends studying in the same college. Pooja and Madhu are their respective girlfriends. Raj is from a rich family. He stays with his uncle as his father lives in another town. Ajay Sharma lives in Bombay with his widowed mother Asha. Raj treats Ajay's mother as his own mother and they share a brotherly relationship. After graduating from college, Raj's maternal uncle asks Ajay to bring his birth certificate so that he can make his passport and find work for him in Canada. Ajay goes home to look for his birth certificate and finds out that his real name is Ajay Malhotra and his father, Dr. Ravi Malhotra, is still alive, serving a life sentence in prison for stealing a patient's organs. Ajay questions his mother and finds out that his father was framed by the hospital owner, Rai Bahadur. Upon discovering the truth, Raj and Ajay go to fight Rai Bahadur & release his father. In the course of their investigation, it is revealed that Raj's father whose name is Dr. Sanjay Sinha also a key member of the Rai Bahadur's hospital & was involved in framing Ajay's father. Rai Bahadur counterattacks by killing Raj's father before he could go to court. Then Raj and Ajay bring the corpse of Dr. Sanjay Sinha in the courtroom just before the deadline of time of the case. They create an illusion that Dr. Sanjay Sinha is still alive and by that, they made a corpse pointing a finger at Rai Bahadur. Angry Rai tries to shoots at him into the court. Then Ajay and Raj throw him off the building in which he dies.

Cast

Box office

According to Boxoffice-India, Suhaag grossed 12.14 crore and was a hit. [2] It was also the seventh highest grossing Bollywood film of 1994. [3]

Soundtrack

The album was one of the best selling albums of 1994. [4] Lyrics authored by Sameer. The song, "Tere Liye Jaanam", song is heavily inspired by the song, "Roja Janeman" (Kaadhal Rojave in Tamil), from the critically acclaimed and cult classic Roja (1992).

SongSinger
"Ta Na Na Na" Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam
"Pyar Pyar Pyar Pyar" Udit Narayan, Bela Sulakhe
"Gore Gore Mukhde" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
"Main Dekhoon" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
"Kagaz Kalam" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
"Yeh Nakhra Ladki Ka" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu
"Tere Liye Jaanam Tere Liye" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra

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References

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  3. "Box Office India 1994". Box Office India. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  4. "Suhaag one of the most sold music album of 1994". Archived from the original on 28 May 2011.