''The Gentleman'' is a 1994 Indian

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directed by Mahesh Bhatt and produced by

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, starring

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, Harish Kumar and Paresh Rawal. It is a remake of the Tamil film '' Gentleman'' (1993). Three of the songs were re-used without any change in tune or instrumentation, from

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's original compositions for the original Tamil version.

Plot

Vijay (

) owns a little agarbatthi making business. When he is not busy with this, he is a master thief who steals crores and crores of money in order to build and run a school where students can freely study to become doctors, lawyers, etc. The police, led by Paresh Rawal are always on his tail, but he is ever elusive. Finally, he is identified as the thief and then is confronted by

character, who loves him. He tells her what his intentions are and how his brother Ajay Shrivaastav ( Harish Kumar), because he couldn't pay the donations for medical school committed suicide along with his mother. Vijay is finally caught and convicted and when he is released from prison, his dream school opens. He marries Juhi Chawla, who has waited for him for a long time.

Cast

as Vijay *

as Roshni * Paresh Rawal as Inspector *

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as Vijay's Friend * Harish Kumar as Vijay's Brother *

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"Chika Pika" *

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as Judge *

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as Minister *

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as Sub Inspector *

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as Public Prosecutor * Ashish Vidyarthi as Vijay's Lawyer

Production

''The Gentleman'' was a remake of the

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film '' Gentleman'' (1993), and it till date remains the last Hindi movie of

Soundtrack

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was credited as the composer, though except for one composition, every other track was sourced from Southern hits, predominantly

's soundtrack for the film's original Tamil version. The song "Jhoom Ke Dil Ne" (which is on the soundtrack but not picturised in the film) is the Hindi version of the Telugu song "Jummani Tummeda" from ''Mechanic Alludu'', featuring music by Raj–Koti.

References

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* 1994 films 1990s Hindi-language films Indian action films Indian vigilante films Hindi remakes of Tamil films Films directed by Mahesh Bhatt Films scored by Anu Malik Geetha Arts films Robin Hood films 1994 action films 1990s vigilante films Hindi-language action films {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub