''Toofan'' () is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language superhero film directed by Ketan Desai, starring

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in a double role as twin brother. One is the title character Toofan, a superhero who uses his crossbow as a weapon, and the other is a magician named Shyam. Ketan Desai's father Manmohan Desai produced the film. The score and soundtrack were composed by Anu Malik. The movie was an "Average" at the box office.

Plot

The story revolves around two brothers, one of which has superpowers and is an avid follower of Lord Hanuman. The other character was that of a meek magician who aspires to perform an escape trick which had claimed the life of his street magician father.

Cast

as Toofan and Shyam Jadugar (double role) * Meenakshi Seshadri as Radha *

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as Pickpocketer * Farooq Shaikh as Gopal Sharma *

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as ACP Sharma * Goga Kapoor as Daku Shaitan Singh * Zarina Wahab as Mrs. Laxmi Gopal Sharma * Sushma Seth as Devyani * Raza Murad as Vikramjit * Mahesh Anand as Daku Zaalim Singh * Jack Gaud as Jagga, an associate of Daku Shaitan singh *

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as Inspector Hanuman Prasad Singh "Toofan / Shyam's Father" * Manik Irani as Manglu Tribal leader and brother of Radha * Sudhir Dalvi as Dr Sharma and Gopal's Father *

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as Ramesh Kumar *

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as Doctor * Bharat Bhushan as Priest in the temple (shown in the beginning) * Jagdish Raj as IGP * Bob Christo as good mark Gold smuggler * Moolchand as Seth Dharamdas * Sonu Walia as Sonu Walia guest appearance in song "Don't Worry be Happy" *

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as Bride's Father guest appearance in song "Don't Worry be Happy"

Soundtrack

The music for this movie was given by Anu Malik with lyrics penned by Indeevar. The song "Aaya Toofan" was the last song sung by

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for an

film before his death. It is also the only film that

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sung for

. Although Kishore Kumar was one of the playback singers in the film, his name did not appear on the credit title which comes at the end of the film, but other singers were all credited. The song "Haa Bhai Haa" was sampled from the Iranian song "Havar Havar" by

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which has also inspired the Hindi songs "Jawan Jawan Ishq Jawan Hai" and "Aaya Aaya" from Govinda's ''

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'' and

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's '' Aag Ka Gola'' respectively. The song "Don't Worry Be Happy" drew inspiration from Bobby McFerrin's song "

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References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=0098491 Films scored by Anu Malik 1989 films Indian action films 1980s Indian superhero films Film superheroes 1980s Hindi-language films Twins in Indian films 1989 action films Hindi-language action films Indian superhero films Indian science fiction films