''Jigar'' is a 1992 Indian

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-language martial arts film directed by Farogh Siddique. It was released during the Diwali weekend and proved to be a successful hit. The plot is inspired by the 1989 American film ''

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Plot

Raju and Duryodhan are very good friends. Suman is Raju's love interest and is like a sister to Duryodhan. Duryodhan is a wrestler and works at a martial arts training school owned by Lal Bihari. Due to some misunderstanding between Raju, Duryodhan and Raju's sister, she is raped by Duryodhan. This angers Raju, but he fails in avenging his sister because Duryodhan is a wrestler. Raju starts training as a fighter under Baba Thakur. After being fully trained, he avenges all of his enemies. Duryodhan is killed in the ring itself, and Lal Bihari is killed by Suman.

Cast

Ajay Devgan Vishal Veeru Devgan (born 2 April 1969), known professionally as Ajay Devgn, is an Indian actor, film director and producer who works in Hindi cinema. Devgn has appeared in over a hundred films and has won numerous accolades, including four ...

as Raj Verma "Raju" * Karishma Kapoor as Suman * Arjun as Duryodhan * Sukanya Kulkarni as Umaa, Raju's sister. * Ishrat Ali as Corrupt Police Inspector Manish Pandey * Salim Khan as Roshan Gupta * Gulshan Grover as Inspector Pradhan *

Aruna Irani Aruna Irani (born 3 May 1946) is an Indian actress, who has acted in over 500 films throughout Hindi, Kannada, Marathi and Gujarati cinema, playing mostly supporting and character roles. She has won two Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Act ...

as Raju's mother * Jamuna as Doctor Ganga * Yunus Parvez as Seth * Goga Kapoor as Kaalia *

Paresh Rawal Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1955) is an Indian actor, comedian, film producer and politician known for his works notably in Hindi films, and Telugu, and a few Gujarati and a few Tamil films. He has appeared in over 240 films and is the recipient ...

as Lal Bihari * Shashi Kiran as Inspector Khan * Ajit Khan as Baba Thakur * Gurbachan Singh as Henchman of Duryodhan *

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as Baba Thakur Assistant *

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as Arjun

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Anand–Milind while Sameer penned the songs. The song ''Pyar Ke Kagaz'' proved to be the biggest hit of the album. The album managed to feature in the top selling albums of 1992. Singers

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, Abhijeet, Pankaj Udhas,

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, Mohammad Aziz &

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contributed their voice. After the dispute of Dil (1990) between Anand–Milind and

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, she stopped working with them for two years.

Box office

The film was blockbuster and hit at box office.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0267617 Indian martial arts films 1990s action drama films 1990s Hindi-language films 1992 films 1992 martial arts films Films about rape in India Films scored by Anand–Milind Films shot in Ooty Indian action drama films Indian boxing films Indian rape and revenge films Films directed by Farogh Siddique