''Naya Zaher'' is a 1991

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

thriller movie of

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

directed by

Jyoti Sarup Jyoti Sarup (born 20 August 1954 in New Delhi) is a National Award winning Indian film/serial director and producer, most known for directing the television series, ''Buniyaad'', and films like ''Chorni'' (1982) and '' Bub''(2001) . Biograph ...

. It was

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's first Hindi feature film based on

HIV/AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual ...

. The mode has given of an adult thriller, where the main villain in the film is not a person, but the disease, AIDS. The music of the film was composed by

Kalyanji–Anandji Kalyanji–Anandji are an Indian composer duo: Kalyanji Virji Shah (30 June 1928 – 24 August 2000) and his brother Anandji Virji Shah (born 2 March 1933). The duo are known for their work on Hindi film soundtracks, with many evergreen songs ...

Plot

The film revolves with the illegal way of drug smuggling and spreading HIV-AIDS virus.

Cast

Navin Nischol Navin Nischol (18 March 1946 – 19 March 2011) was an Indian actor. He made his debut with the Hindi film ''Sawan Bhadon'' in 1970. In 1996 he worked in Pyar Zindagi Hai along with Rita Bhaduri and Raj Mohammed. The film was shot in Hyderabad. ...

Satabdi Roy Satabdi Roy ()(born 5 October 1969) is an Indian actress, film director and politician. As an actress she is known for her work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. She is the recipient of Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, BFJA ...

Arjun (Firoz Khan) Arjun Firoz Khan is an Indian actor, best known for playing the character of warrior prince Arjuna in B. R. Chopra's epic television series ''Mahabharat''. He has also acted in negative roles in several Hindi language movies and television se ...

as Inspector Vikram *

Uttam Mohanty Uttam Mohanty is an Indian actor who has to his credit more than 135 Odia films to date and has acted in 30 Bengali films and in a Hindi film '' Naya Zaher''. Early life Uttam Mohanty was born and brought up at Baripada in Odisha. His grandfa ...

Shiva Rindani Shiva Rindani (born Mukesh Rindani) is an Indian actor who appeared in Bollywood, Hindi films - mostly - in either villainous roles or in comic roles. He has appeared in more than 100 films. His latest film was ''Deshdrohi'' in 2008, and ''Hu ...

Disco Shanti Santha Kumari (born 28 August 1965), famously known as Disco Shanti, is an Indian actress who was particularly famous in South India for her appearances in item numbers. She has appeared in more than 900 films in different languages of India, ...

Iqbal Durrani Iqbal Durrani is an Indian writer, director, actor and producer of Hindi films. Career 1988. ''Kaal Chakra'' 1st film of Iqbal Durrani dialogues of this movie was smash hit. It completed silver jubilee and audio cassette of dialogues were rele ...

Alka Kubal Alka Kubal (born 23 September 1963) is a Marathi film actress from Mumbai, India. She has worked in many Marathi movies and some Hindi Bollywood movies as well. Her film ''Maherchi Sadi'' made her a household name in Maharashtra. She has worke ...

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and released by Sonotone. Lyrics were penned by

Indeevar Shyamalal Babu Rai, known professionally as Indeevar, (also credited as Indiwar and Indeewar) (1 January 1924 – 27 February 1997) was one of the leading Hindi film lyricists in the 1960s. Early life He was born in Barua Sagar of Jhansi di ...

, Maya Govind,

Shail Chaturvedi Shail Chaturvedi (29 June 1936 – 29 October 2007) was a Hindi poet, satirist, humorist, lyricist and actor from India, most known for his political satire in the 70s and the 80s. He worked as a character actor in several Hindi films and TV s ...

and Vinoo Mahendra.

References

External links

* 1991 films 1990s Hindi-language films Films scored by Kalyanji Anandji HIV/AIDS in Indian films {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub