Hindi
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action film
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directed by
Mehul Kumar
Mohammed Ibrahim Baloch (or Bloch; born 1949), better known as Mehul Kumar, is an Indian filmmaker and writer in Bollywood.Amitabh Bachchan,
Nana Patekar
Vishwanath Patekar (born 1 January 1951), better known as Nana Patekar, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, film maker, and a former Indian Territorial Army officer, mainly working in Hindi and Marathi cinema. He is regarded as one of the finest an ...
Danny Denzongpa
Tshering Phintso "Danny" Denzongpa (born 25 February 1948) is an Indian actor, singer and film director who primarily works in Hindi films. He has acted in over 190 films since 1971. In 2003, Denzongpa was awarded the Padma Shree, India's four ...
, Tabu and Jackie Shroff with other supporting actors. It was an average earner at the box office.
Plot
The story starts with the death of an army officer ( Jackie Shroff), and it is believed to be the act of a terrorist group headed by Changezi ( Mukesh Rishi).
Colonel
Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations.
In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge o ...
Balbir Singh Sodhi ( Amitabh Bachchan) is asked to investigate this matter and he ends up discovering that minister Veerbhadra Singh (
Danny Denzongpa
Tshering Phintso "Danny" Denzongpa (born 25 February 1948) is an Indian actor, singer and film director who primarily works in Hindi films. He has acted in over 190 films since 1971. In 2003, Denzongpa was awarded the Padma Shree, India's four ...
) is involved in this conspiracy. Colonel Sodhi stages his own death in an attempt to kill Changezi and starts living as Dadabhai/ Devraj Hathoda in Mumbai. Major Ajit Arya ( Patekar) is sent in the guise of a
Bengali
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*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
journalist to find out the true identity of Dadabhai/Devraj Hathoda. Once Arya discovers the truth, he joins hands with Colonel Sodhi to bring the minister to justice and terminate the terrorist group. Tabu is shown to be a police officer in love with Major Ajit Arya and Jaya Pradha is shown as Colonel Sodhi's wife.
Nana Patekar
Vishwanath Patekar (born 1 January 1951), better known as Nana Patekar, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, film maker, and a former Indian Territorial Army officer, mainly working in Hindi and Marathi cinema. He is regarded as one of the finest an ...
as Major Ajit Arya/Basu Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay (BBC)
* Jaya Prada as Namrata B. Sodhi
* Jackie Shroff as Major Rathod(cameo)
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Danny Denzongpa
Tshering Phintso "Danny" Denzongpa (born 25 February 1948) is an Indian actor, singer and film director who primarily works in Hindi films. He has acted in over 190 films since 1971. In 2003, Denzongpa was awarded the Padma Shree, India's four ...
as Minister Virbhadra Singh
* Mukesh Rishi as Ghafoor Changezi
* Tabu as Inspector Kiran Patkar
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Mukul Dev
Mukul Dev (born 17 September 1970) is an Indian television and film actor. He is known for his work in Hindi films, Punjabi films, TV serials and music albums. He has also acted in few Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu films.
He received t ...
as Monty
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Kabir Bedi
Kabir Bedi ( pa, ਕਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਬੇਦੀ; born 16 January 1946) is an Indian actor. His career has spanned three continents covering India, the United States and especially Italy among other European countries in three media: f ...
as Brig. Bedi
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Ayesha Jhulka
Ayesha Jhulka (born 28 July 1972) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Hindi films. She has also worked in Odia, Kannada and Telugu languages films.
Career
She has starred in films including '' Kurbaan'' (1991), ''Jo Jeeta Woh ...
as Sweety
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Avtar Gill
Avtar Gill is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Hindi and Punjabi language films and television serials. He has done many plays with Indian People's Theatre Association Mumbai.
Selected filmography Films
* ''Noorie'' (1979)
* ''A ...
as Police Commissioner
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Kishori Godbole
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as Virbhadra Singh's daughter
Songs
Music by the duo Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen.
#"Jay Mata Dee He Ambe Baliharee" – Sanjeevani
#"Palakon Ko Kalam Banaa Ke, To Meraa Naam Nahin" – Alka Yagnik, Hariharan
#"Satanaam Vaaheguru, Baabaa Naanak Dukhiyaan De Naath Ve" – Kishanpal Singh
#"Janeman Janeman Ladakee Too Number One" –
Udit Narayan Udit is an Indian masculine given name that may refer to:
* Udit Narayan, Bollywood playback singer
* Udit Narayan (politician) (born 1960), Fijian politician of Indian descent
* Udit Narayan Singh (1770–1835), Indian monarch
* Udit Patel (born ...
Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films.
Personal life and early career
Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tam ...
,
Jaspinder Narula
Jaspinder Narula ( pa, ਜਸਪਿੰਦਰ ਨਰੂਲਾ; born 14 November 1970) is an Indian singer of playback, classical and Sufi music. She is known for her work in Hindi and Punjabi cinema.
In 2021 she was selected by BJ Sam the Ni ...
#"Ik Mashuka Hai Yeh Jindagee Tum Ho Isape Shaida" –
Sudesh Bhosle
Sudesh Bhosale is an Indian playback singer who primarily sings for Bollywood films. Bhosale is known for his ability to mimic actor Amitabh Bachchan, having sung for him in various films.
Career
Bhosale was born on 1 July 1960 to Sumantai ...
,
Amit Kumar
Amit Kumar (born 3 July 1952) is an Indian playback singer, actor, music composer. Kumar launched his own music production company, named Kumar Brothers Music. He predominantly worked in Bollywood and regional film songs since the 1970s, inc ...
#"Ladakee Ladakee Too Woh Ladakee" – Alka Yagnik, Abhijeet
#"Hum Hai Banaras Ke Bhaya" –
Sudesh Bhosle
Sudesh Bhosale is an Indian playback singer who primarily sings for Bollywood films. Bhosale is known for his ability to mimic actor Amitabh Bachchan, having sung for him in various films.
Career
Bhosale was born on 1 July 1960 to Sumantai ...
,
Amit Kumar
Amit Kumar (born 3 July 1952) is an Indian playback singer, actor, music composer. Kumar launched his own music production company, named Kumar Brothers Music. He predominantly worked in Bollywood and regional film songs since the 1970s, inc ...
Production
After his film '' Mrityudata'' (1997) flopped at the box office, director
Mehul Kumar
Mohammed Ibrahim Baloch (or Bloch; born 1949), better known as Mehul Kumar, is an Indian filmmaker and writer in Bollywood.Amitabh Bachchan Corporation. This is when he came up with the idea for ''Kohram''. The original cast announced consisted of
Dimple Kapadia
Dimple Kapadia (born 8 June 1957) is an Indian actress predominantly appearing in Hindi films. Born and raised in Mumbai by wealthy parents, she aspired to become an actress from a young age and received her first opportunity through her father ...
,
Arshad Warsi
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Before making his acting deb ...
and
Karisma Kapoor
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Kapoor made her acting d ...
with the working title as "Aye Watan Tere Liye". However, later that was scrapped and this film was made. Initially, Nana Patekar had declined Kumar's offer, but later agreed to do the film. Initially the film was slated to release on 6 August, but then Mehul Kumar advanced it to 13 August.Rediff News /ref>
Release
Initially the film was slated to release on 6 August 1999, but then Mehul Kumar advanced it to 13 August 1999. ''Kohram'' grossed 133 million at the box office, while its collections in U.S were $70,257. It performed some good in interiors but couldn't do much and finally declared an average earner.
Critical response
''Kohram'' received mixed reviews but was received better than '' Mrityudata'', Kumar's previous film. While only 16% users liked it on
Rotten Tomatoes
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, critic Ajay Chaturvedi called it an average film. He said that while the first half is good, the second half is jarringly edited, but the film is a treat for Nana Patekar fans. He also appreciated Tabu's performance in the film. ''Indolink.com'' ranked the film 9th in its list of "The Best Bollywood Films of 1999" and wrote, "Though the story isn't all suspense nor substance, the songs aren't record-breaking, the production and camerawork isn't amazing, the film is short enough to keep the audience sitting (less than three hours!), while the acting is excellent enough to keep the audience watching and listening."