The Gentleman (film)

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The Gentleman
The Gentleman 1994 poster.jpg
Poster
Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Screenplay byMahesh Bhatt
Based on Gentleman
by S. Shankar
Produced by Allu Aravind
Starring Chiranjeevi
Juhi Chawla
Paresh Rawal
Laxmikant Berde
Heera Rajagopal
Cinematography Jeeva
Edited bySanjay Sankla
Music by Anu Malik
A.R. Rahman
Production
company
Distributed by Geetha Arts
Release date
  • 18 November 1994 (1994-11-18)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

The Gentleman is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language vigilante action film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and produced by Allu Aravind, starring Chiranjeevi, Juhi Chawla, Harish Kumar and Paresh Rawal. It is a remake of the Tamil film Gentleman (1993). Three of the songs were re-used without any change in tune or instrumentation, from A. R. Rahman's original compositions for the original Tamil version. [1]

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Plot

Vijay (Chiranjeevi) owns a little agarbatthi making business. When he is not busy with this, he is a master thief who steals crores and crores of money in order to build and run a school where students can freely study to become doctors, lawyers, etc. The police, led by Paresh Rawal are always on his tail, but he is ever elusive. Finally, he is identified as the thief and then is confronted by Roshni (Juhi Chawla) character, who loves him. He tells her what his intentions are and how his brother Ajay Shrivaastav (Harish Kumar), because he could not pay the donations for medical school committed suicide along with his mother. Vijay is finally caught and convicted and when he is released from prison, his dream school opens. He marries Roshni, who has waited for him for a long time.

Cast

Production

The Gentleman was a remake of the Tamil film Gentleman (1993), [2] and it till date remains the last Hindi movie of Chiranjeevi. [3]

Soundtrack

Anu Malik was credited as the composer, though except for one composition, every other track was sourced from Southern hits, predominantly A. R. Rahman's soundtrack for the film's original Tamil version, for instance, the song "Roop Suhana Lagta Hai" was taken from "Ottagathai Kattiko", while "Chik Pika Rika Boom Bole" was taken from "Chiku Buku Raile"

The song "Jhoom Ke Dil Ne" (which is on the soundtrack but not picturised in the film) is the Hindi version of the Telugu song "Jummani Tummeda" from Mechanic Alludu, featuring music by Raj–Koti.

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtist(s)Length
1."Roop Suhana Lagta Hai" Indeewar A. R. Rahman (Uncredited) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra 4:45
2."Hum Apne Gham Ko" Rahat Indori Anu Malik Vinod Rathod, Sadhana Sargam 7:43
3."Jhoom Ke Dil Ne"Rajan Khera Raj–Koti S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra5:52
4."What Is Love"IndeewarAnu Malik Alisha Chinai, Anu Malik7:58
5."Aashiqui Mein Had Se"Rajan KheraA. R. Rahman (Uncredited)Vinod Rathod, Sadhana Sargam4:46
6."Chik Pika Rika Boom Bole"Rajan KheraA. R. Rahman (Uncredited) Suresh Peters 5:27

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