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action
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drama film
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directed by
Deepak Shivdasani
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and co-produced by A.K. Abdul and Jeevat A.T. The film stars
Sunil Shetty
Suniel Shetty (born Sunil V. Shetty; 11 August 1961) is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Hindi films he has also worked in tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and kannada films. In a ca ...
,
Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan (; born Sajid Ali Khan Pataudi; 16 August 1970) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi films. Part of the Pataudi family, he is the son of actress Sharmila Tagore and cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.
Khan ma ...
,
Shilpa Shirodkar
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,
Madhoo
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in pivotal roles. The film was a semi-hit at the
Indian box office.
Plot
Judge Jagdish Verma (
Raza Murad
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He has over 250 Bollywood film credits. Murad has also appeared in Bhojpuri and other regional-language films and on Hindi television.
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He i ...
) has an accused by Shankar Yogi (
Kiran Kumar
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) in his courtroom. Judge Verma was once Shankar's defence lawyer, but now must pass a sentence against him. Shankar pleads his innocence, but the Judge finds him guilty and Shankar is sentenced for 7 years in jail. He swears to avenge this injustice and humiliation. Judge Verma's family consists of Urmila, his wife (
Beena Banerjee
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), two sons, Kunal and Karan (
Sunil Shetty
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and
Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan (; born Sajid Ali Khan Pataudi; 16 August 1970) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi films. Part of the Pataudi family, he is the son of actress Sharmila Tagore and cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.
Khan ma ...
respectively).
Shankar serves out his term and is released from jail, seeking revenge against Judge Verma and his family. He abducts Urmila who is pregnant to which her family doesn't know yet. He holds her captive for few months. Urmila gives birth to young Tina after Jagdish rejects her thinking that his wife is pregnant due to Shankar, who then plans to use Tina to destroy the judge and his family. The family is instructed not to contact the police, for the safety of Urmila and to keep this abduction a secret. Tina grows up in the company of Shankar and his men, without knowing her biological family. Tina is then used to ensnare the family into more deceit and entrapment under the direction of Shankar, leaving the Verma family no choice but to go along with Shankar's plan.
Cast
*
Sunil Shetty
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as Kunal Verma
*
Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan (; born Sajid Ali Khan Pataudi; 16 August 1970) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi films. Part of the Pataudi family, he is the son of actress Sharmila Tagore and cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.
Khan ma ...
as Karan Verma
*
Shilpa Shirodkar
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as Seema Verma
*
Madhoo
Madhoo Shah (Madhubala) (born Padma Malini; 26 March 1969) is an Indian actress known for her works predominantly in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada language films. She was a part of Movies like ''Phool Aur Kaante'' (1991), ''Roja' ...
as Tina Verma
*
Raza Murad
Raza Murad (born 23 November 1950) is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Hindi films.
He has over 250 Bollywood film credits. Murad has also appeared in Bhojpuri and other regional-language films and on Hindi television.
Early life
He i ...
as Judge Jagdish Verma
*
Kiran Kumar
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Kumar co ...
as Shankar Yogi
*
Siddharth Ray
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as Robert
*
Avtar Gill
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Selected filmography Films
* ''Noorie'' (1979)
* '' ...
as Veeru
*
Beena Banerjee
Beena Banerjee (born 19 February 1943), also known as Beena or Bina, is an Indian actress in Bengali and Hindi films and television.
Biography
Beena Banerjee was born as Beena Batabyal on 19 February 1943, the daughter of film actor Pradeep ...
as Urmila Verma
Soundtrack
The music was composed by
Anand-Milind and written by Sameer. The songs were popular during the time the film was released.
References
External links
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1993 films
1990s Hindi-language films
Films scored by Anand–Milind
Films directed by Deepak Shivdasani
Indian action drama films
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