''Rakshak'' () is 1996 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ashok Honda, starring

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, Karisma Kapoor, Raghuvaran, Sonali Bendre, Alok Nath and Aruna Irani. It is a remake of the

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Plot

Raj and his mother come to visit village. Raj meets his best friend Raghu, and love interest Suman. They eventually marry and Raj becomes and IPS officer. Raghu starts printing fake currency to get rid of his loans and credits and becomes to mafia boss of the village. Raj finds out his secret but is attacked severely by Raghu's goons and his mother and Suman get killed. Dr. Pooja Malhotra treats him to recover and revenge his friend turned enemy Raghu.

Cast

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as ASP Raj Sinha * Karishma Kapoor as Suman Sinha * Sonali Bendre as Dr. Pooja Malhotra * Raghuvaran as Raghavan "Raghu" * Aruna Irani as Raj's mother *

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as Bhola * Dinesh Hingoo as Suman's father * Pramod Moutho as Bardha Seth *

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as Danyaal * Alok Nath as Commissioner of Police * Harish Patel as Rokde * Deepak Shirke as ACP Shirke * Arun Bakshi as Advocate * Shiv Kumar Subramaniam as The photographer * Raveena Tandon in a special appearance in the song 'Shehar Ki Ladki' *

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Soundtrack

After average success with the movie '' Anth'' (which was a semi-hit at the box-office), producer-director Ashok Honda again employed music directors Anand–Milind for Rakshak. Lyricist Sameer was also re-hired, but for only one song (''Kuchi Kuchi''). New lyricist Deepak Chowdhary wrote the remaining songs. With almost no expectations from the music of a

-starrer, the music of ''Rakshak'' arrived rather quietly on the stands. But the moment ''Shahar Ki Ladki'' hit the TV channels, the song caught on with youthful listeners, and the music topped the charts. ''Kuchi Kuchi'' was another song that soon climbed the charts. With this new interest in the film's music, Ashok Honda picturised another song ''Sundara Sundara''. The music of Rakshak topped the charts for several weeks, and ''Shehar Ki Ladki'' and ''Sundara Sundara'' still enjoy popularity. The song "Shehar Ki Ladki" was recreated for ''

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'', the recreated version is sung by Tulsi Kumar and Badshah on the music of Tanishk Bagchi who has also rewritten the new song.

Awards

For this film, choreographers Chinni Prakash and Rekha Prakash won the Filmfare Award for Best Choreography for the song "Shehar Ki Ladki" at the Filmfare Awards 1997.

Reception

Box office India called the film an ″average″ grosser.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0135621, Rakshak 1996 films 1990s Hindi-language films Hindi remakes of Tamil films Films scored by Anand–Milind 1996 action thriller films Indian action thriller films