Suhaag (1994 film)

Suhaag (English: Marriage) is a 1994 Indian Hindi action film directed by Kuku Kohli starring Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Karishma Kapoor and Nagma. Suhaag was one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of 1994 and was the first film where actors Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar shared screen space. It was after a decade that the duo went on to appear in Khakee (2004) and then in Insan (2005) the very next year.

Suhaag
Poster
Directed byKuku Kohli
Produced byAnil Sharma
Written byHoney Irani
Tanveer Khan
StarringAjay Devgn
Akshay Kumar
Karishma Kapoor
Nagma
Music byAnand-Milind
CinematographySameer Arya
Edited byKuldip K. Mehan
Distributed byShweta International
Release date
  • 4 November 1994 (1994-11-04)
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹30 million[1]
Box office₹121.45 million[1]

Plot

The story is about Ajay Sharma (Ajay Devgn) & Raj Sinha (Akshay Kumar) who are best friends studying in the same college. Pooja (Karisma Kapoor) & Madhu (Nagma) are their respective girlfriends. Raj is from a rich family. He stays with his uncle (Gufi Paintal) as his father (Dalip Tahil) lives in another town. Ajay Sharma lives in Bombay with his widowed mother Asha (Aruna Irani). Raj treats Ajay's mother as his own mother & they share a brotherly relationship. After graduating from college, Raj's maternal uncle asks Ajay to bring his birth certificate so that he can make his passport and find work for him in Canada. Ajay goes home to look for his birth certificate and finds out that his real name is Ajay Malhotra and his father, Dr. Ravi Malhotra (Romesh Sharma), is still alive, serving a life sentence in prison for stealing a patient's organs. Ajay questions his mother and finds out that his father was framed by the hospital owner, Rai Bahadur (Suresh Oberoi). Upon discovering the truth, Raj and Ajay go to fight Rai Bahadur & release his father. In the course of their investigation, it is revealed that Raj's father whose name is Dr. Sanjay Sinha (Dalip Tahil) also a key member of the Rai Bahadur's hospital & was involved in framing Ajay's father. Rai Bahadur counterattacks by killing Raj's father before he could go to court. Then Raj and Ajay bring the corpse of Dr. Sanjay Sinha in the courtroom just before the deadline of time of the case. They create an illusion that Dr. Sanjay Sinha is still alive and by that, they made corpse pointing finger at Rai Bahadur. Angry Rai tries to shoots at him into the court. Then Ajay and Raj throw him off the building in which he dies.

Cast

Box office

According to Boxoffice-India, Suhaag grossed ₹12.15 crore.[1] It was also the seventh highest grossing Bollywood film of 1994.[2]

Soundtrack

The album was one of the best selling albums of 1994.[3] Lyrics authored by Sameer. The song "Tere Liye Jaanam" song is heavily inspired by the song "Roja Janeman" (Kaadhal Rojave in Tamil) from the critically acclaimed-movie Roja (1992).

#TitleSinger(s)
1 "Gore Gore Mukhde Pe" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
2 "Kagaz Kalam" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
3 "Tere Liye Jaanam" S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra
4 "Main Dekhu Tumhe" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
5 "Pyar Pyar" Udit Narayan, Bela Sulakhe
6 "Yeh Nakhra Ladki Ka" Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik
7 "Taa Na Na" Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam

References
  1. "Suhaag".
  2. "Box Office India 1994". Box Office India. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  3. "Suhaag one of the most sold music album of 1994". Archived from the original on 28 May 2011.
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