''Jhanjhaar'' (Fire) is a 1987

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social drama film directed by

V. Shantaram Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre (18 November 1901 – 30 October 1990), referred to as V. Shantaram or Shantaram Bapu, was an Indian filmmaker, film producer, and actor known for his work in Hindi and Marathi films. He is most known for films such ...

. Made under

Rajkamal Kalamandir Rajkamal Kalamandir was a noted film production company and studio in Mumbai. It was established by V. Shantaram in 1942, after he left Prabhat Films. The studio produced films both in Hindi and Marathi, and it was best known for '' Dr. Kotnis Ki Am ...

banner it was a V. Shantaram Productions film. It had music by

Kalyanji Anandji Kalyanji Virji Shah (30 June 1928 – 24 August 2000) was the ''Kalyanji'' of the Kalyanji-Anandji duo. He and his brother Anandji Virji Shah have been famous Indian film musicians, and won the 1975 Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, f ...

. The film starred Sushant Ray (Shantaram's grandson), with

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, and the rest of the cast included Yunus Parvez,

Sudhir Pandey Sudhir Pandey is an Indian film and serial television actor.Ranjana Deshmukh Ranjana Deshmukh (1955 – March 3, 2000) was a popular Marathi language, Marathi actress in 1970s & '80s, famous on-screen as just Ranjana. Life and career She is the daughter of Vatsala Deshmukh. Her aunt, Sandhya was married to V. Sha ...

(niece of Hindi film actress Sandhya who was

's wife). Ranjana's career came to a halt when she met with a car accident on the way to the shooting of this film in Bangalore. Culminating the end of a career that "spanned" nearly seventy years in Indian cinema, ''Jhanjhaar'' was Shantaram's last released film, and a commercial failure at the box-office. Shantaram was 85 years at the time of making Jhanjhaar. The film is set in a village where a man claiming to be a freedom-fighter takes advantage of the villagers for his own evil purposes. The story then follows the rise of the villagers against him.

Plot

Pushpa and Gayatri are the daughters of an ex-army man, Veer Bahadur, now retired to his village. He fights against the atrocities inflicted by Nagoji, a man pretending to be a freedom fighter. Nagoji uses this as a way of fuelling wrongdoings in the village. When Veer Bahadur opposes Nagoji, he is killed. Bahadur’s daughters vow to avenge their father and save the village from Nagoji. They are helped by Nagoji's son, Santosh, who despises the evil ways of his father and more so when Nagoji attempts to molest Pushpa. Gayatri, Pushpa and Santosh together with the help of the villagers manage to bring an end to Nagoji’s wicked ways.

Cast

* Sushant Ray *

Ranjana Deshmukh Ranjana Deshmukh (1955 – March 3, 2000) was a popular Marathi language, Marathi actress in 1970s & '80s, famous on-screen as just Ranjana. Life and career She is the daughter of Vatsala Deshmukh. Her aunt, Sandhya was married to V. Sha ...

Sudhir Pandey Sudhir Pandey is an Indian film and serial television actor.Kalyanji–Anandji Kalyanji–Anandji are an Indian composer duo: Kalyanji Virji Shah (30 June 1928 – 24 August 2000) and his brother Anandji Virji Shah (born 2 March 1933). The duo are known for their work on Hindi film soundtracks, with many evergreen songs ...

and released by

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. All lyrics were penned by Vishwamitra Adil.

References

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* {{V. Shantaram 1987 films 1980s Hindi-language films Films directed by V. Shantaram 1980s Marathi-language films Indian multilingual films