Benaam Badsha
Benaam Badsha (lit. 'The Nameless Emperor') is a 1991 Indian Bollywood action thriller film directed by K. Ravi Shankar and produced by K. Ramji. It stars Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla and Shilpa Shirodkar in pivotal roles.[1] This was a remake of the Tamil film Pudhiya Paadhai.[2]
| Benaam Badsha बेनाम बादशाह | |
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| Directed by | K. Ravi Shankar |
| Produced by | K. Ramji |
| Written by | R. Parthiepan |
| Starring | Anil Kapoor Juhi Chawla Shilpa Shirodkar |
| Music by | Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | K.V. Ramanna |
| Edited by | Waman B. Bhosle |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Synopsis
Found in a garbage bin, abandoned by his biological parents, a young man grows up to be a paid assassin, kidnapper, and rapist (Anil Kapoor). One of his rape victims is Jyothi (Juhi Chawla), who is raped on the day of her marriage to a doctor groom. Her life ruined, unwed, she decides to convince her rapist to marry her, and goes to live in his neighborhood. But her rapist will not marry her, however, she continues to pursue her goal, and after feigning a pregnancy, she does convince him to allow her to move in with him - amongst ruins, without a roof. She soon starts to transform him, with considerable success. She names him Deepak, so that he has a name others can call him by. Deepak receives a contract to kill Kaameshwari (Rohini Hattangadi) by Jaikal (Amrish Puri). Deepak refuses to take this contract, and shortly thereafter he is arrested by the police for Kaameshwari's death. With a background such as his, will he be able to convince the authorities that he was not involved in her death, and that he was framed for it?
Cast
- Anil Kapoor ... Deepak
- Juhi Chawla ... Jyothi
- Shilpa Shirodkar ... Bijli
- Amrish Puri ... Minister Jaikal
- Rohini Hattangadi ... Kaameshwari
- Sudhir Pandey ... Abhinandan Tiwari
- Viju Khote ... Hotel Security Guard
- Ashok Saraf ... Vinay Chandra 'VCR' Rathod
- Yunus Parvez....Munshi of Jaikaal
- Mahavir Shah ... Inspector Satyaprakash Verma
- Satish Shah....Ganpat
- Rakesh Bedi ... Ganpat's nephew
- Ravindra Kapoor..... Jyoti's Dad
- Shashi Puri ... as Doctor/Jyoti's Groom
- Seema Deo ... Savitri Maa
Soundtrack
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
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| 1 | "Duja Koi Roye" | Mohammad Aziz |
| 2 | "O Mata Ke Soja" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Kavita Krishnamurthy |
| 3 | "Mera Kunwara Padosi" | Amit Kumar, Kavita Krishnamurthy |
| 4 | "Aish Karo" | Amit Kumar |
| 5 | "Moochwale Bachche" | Kavita Krishnamurthy |