''Patthar Ke Phool'' () is an Indian 1991
Hindi
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-language
action film
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directed by
Anant Balani, produced by
G. P. Sippy
Gopaldas Parmanand Sipahimalani (14 September 1914 — 25 December 2007), better known as G. P. Sippy, was an Indian film producer and director who worked in the Bollywood industry.
Biography
Sippy was born in Sindh, British India (now in Pak ...
, written by
Salim Khan, and edited by Deepak Sehgal. It stars
Salman Khan
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two Nation ...
as a police officer opposite debutant
Raveena Tandon.
The supporting cast includes
Kiran Kumar as an underworld gangster and
Reema Lagoo
Reema Lagoo (born Nayan Bhadbhade; 21 June 1958 – 18 May 2017) was an Indian theatre and screen actress known for her work in Hindi and Marathi cinema. She began her acting career in the Marathi theatre, after which she became a household nam ...
as mother of the police officer. The film was one of the highest-grossing
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 ...
films of the year. Tandon won a
Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her performance.
Plot
Suraj is the son of Inspector Vijay Verma (Vinod Mehra) and his wife, Meera (Reema Lagoo). One day, Suraj meets a girl named Kiran. Unknown to everybody, Kiran is the daughter of Balraj Khanna, the king of an underworld gang. Balraj has kept his truth a secret from the world and his own daughter. Vijay, in the meanwhile, gets assigned to the case of Balraj's gang. Joining the same college, Suraj and Kiran fall in love. As Vijay probes deeper and deeper into the gang, the gang members, especially Goga (
Goga Kapoor), become unnerved.
Balraj is disturbed by the fact that his daughter has fallen for Vijay's son. Vijay too gets an inkling that Balraj is the leader of the gang. So, when Vijay learns about the affair between his son and Kiran, he forbids their love. Suraj has a spat with his father over the matter. As Suraj vents out his feelings to his mother, Meera also reveals a secret to him: Suraj is not Vijay's biological son.
Meera tells him that his real father, her husband (
Pradeep Rawat
Pradeep Rawat may refer to:
* Pradeep Kumar Rawat, Indian diplomat
*Pradeep Rawat (politician) (born 1956), Indian politician
*Pradeep Rawat (actor)
Pradeep Rawat (born 21 January 1952) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu, Hi ...
), was also an Inspector and a friend of Vijay. Meera was pregnant with Suraj, when Suraj's father was killed while on a case by a goon named Ramsingh Gupti (
Deep Dhillon). After the death, Vijay took Meera into his home and later married her when people started talking about Meera's character.
Upon learning the truth, Suraj decides to track down Vijay and apologize to him. However, Goga decides to have Vijay killed and contacts Balraj for the matter. Balraj tells him to leave Vijay alone, as doing something to him would be unwise and also as he has decided to surrender to the cops. Goga, however, ignores the orders as he wants to take over the gang and orders a hit on Vijay. Just as Suraj apologizes to Vijay, the latter is gunned down by Goga's men.
Shocked by the events, Suraj decides to bring the criminals to book. Suraj goes on to become an Inspector just like Vijay. Suraj demands to be assigned to the last case Vijay was working on, as the criminals in that case must have killed him. Suraj is surprised to find Balraj's name in the file and doesn't take much to put two and two together. However, Kiran breaks off with Suraj, not ready to believe the allegation against her father.
Here, Goga is planning to eliminate Suraj, before he too becomes a nuisance. Balraj has a spat with him and threatens to turn over, until Goga plays the recording of the day Vijay was killed. After realizing that Goga plans to frame him as Vijay's killer, Balraj calms down. However, Kiran overhears the recording and disillusioned, leaves her father's home. Kiran moves to a ladies hostel after she has severed contacts with both Suraj and Balraj.
Here, Goga ropes in another criminal to eliminate Suraj, who turns to be none other than Ramsingh. Balraj tries to reconcile with Kiran, but in vain. Balraj decides to surrender, but Goga takes Kiran hostage. Both Balraj and Suraj come to save Kiran, only to be attacked by Goga's goons.
As Suraj eliminates all the goons one by one, he is angered to learn the identity of his real father's killer. Suraj kills Ramsingh and then Goga, who was holding Kiran and Balraj at gunpoint. Balraj surrenders unconditionally, but not before giving his blessings to Suraj and Kiran.
Cast
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Salman Khan
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (; 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. In a film career spanning over thirty years, Khan has received numerous awards, including two Nation ...
as Suraj Verma
*
Raveena Tandon as Kiran Khanna
*
Vinod Mehra as Inspector Vijay Verma
*
Reema Lagoo
Reema Lagoo (born Nayan Bhadbhade; 21 June 1958 – 18 May 2017) was an Indian theatre and screen actress known for her work in Hindi and Marathi cinema. She began her acting career in the Marathi theatre, after which she became a household nam ...
as Meera Verma
*
Kiran Kumar as Karim Khan
*
Manohar Singh as Balraj Khanna
*
Goga Kapoor as Durjan
*
Deep Dhillon as Ram Singh Gupti
*
Pradeep Rawat
Pradeep Rawat may refer to:
* Pradeep Kumar Rawat, Indian diplomat
*Pradeep Rawat (politician) (born 1956), Indian politician
*Pradeep Rawat (actor)
Pradeep Rawat (born 21 January 1952) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu, Hi ...
as Meera's First Husband
*
Dinesh Hingoo
Dinesh Hingoo (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian actor who plays comic & supporting roles in Hindi films. He had appeared in over 300 films, from ''Taqdeer (1967)'' to ''Be Careful (2011)'', and is known for his laughter and impersonations inclu ...
as Skate Owner
*
Arun Bakshi
Arun Bakshi is an Indian film and television actor and also a singer. He has acted as a character actor in over 100 Hindi films, and as a playback singer has also sung 298 songs. He has also worked in Punjabi and Bhojpuri cinema. He also played ...
as Police Commissioner
Production
Vinod Mehra died before the film was released. His voice was dubbed by Marathi actor
Sachin Khedekar
Sachin Khedekar (born 14 May 1965) is an Indian actor and director known for his work in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Gujarati language films. His well-known films include '' Kaksparsh'', '' Astitva'' and Shyam Benegal's '' Neta ...
and the film was dedicated to his memory at the start of the credits.
Music
The movie features many popular, hit songs. Theme music of Knight Rider was used in some scenes.
Awards
Raveena Tandon won a
Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year
The Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut (previously known as Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year) is given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films to recognise a performance by a female actor in their deb ...
for her performance in the film.
References
1990s Hindi-language films
1991 films
Films scored by Raamlaxman
Films directed by Anant Balani
Indian action films
External Link
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