Taaqatwar

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Taaqatwar
Taaqatwar.jpg
CD soundtrack
Directed by David Dhawan
Written byDavid Dhawan
Anwar Khan
Produced byBholi Jagdish Raaj
Bobby Raj
Manu Talreja
Starring Sanjay Dutt
Govinda
Anita Raj
Neelam
CinematographyShyam Rao Shiposkar
Edited byDavid Dhawan
Music by Anu Malik
Distributed byRaaj N Raaj International
Ultra Pictures
Release date
  • 16 June 1989 (1989-06-16)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Taaqatwar (transl.: Powerful) is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by David Dhawan (in his directorial debut) and starring Sanjay Dutt, [1] Govinda, Neelam Kothari and Anita Raj. Govinda worked with David Dhawan for the first time in Taaqatwar. He then formed a successful collaboration with David Dhawan and went on to act in 17 films directed by him.

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Cast

Soundtrack

SongSinger
"John D'Mello" Kishore Kumar
"Chadh Gayi Chadh Gayi" Amit Kumar, Alisha Chinai
"Aaiye Aap Ka Intezar Tha" Anu Malik, Alisha Chinai
"Choron Ki Toli Leke" Shabbir Kumar, Amit Kumar, Anupama Deshpande, Chandrani Mukherjee
"Dhak Dhak Karti Hai" Anuradha Paudwal

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References

  1. "Taaqatwar Reviews". TV Guide . Retrieved 1 December 2024.