Baazigar
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Release poster
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| बाजीगर | |
| Directed by | Abbas-Mustan |
| Produced by | Ganesh Jain |
| Written by |
Robin Bhatt Akash Khurana Javed Siddiqui |
| Starring |
Shah Rukh Khan Kajol Siddharth Ray Shilpa Shetty Raakhee |
| Music by | Anu Malik |
| Cinematography | Thomas A. Xavier |
| Distributed by | Eros Labs |
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Release date
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12 November 1993 |
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Running time
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182 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | INR 40,000,000 |
| Box office | est.₹74.5 million |
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| Soundtrack album by Anu Malik | ||||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Venus Music | |||
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Baazigar (English: Gambler) is a 1993 Indian crime thriller film directed by Abbas–Mustan starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in the lead roles. It is a contemporary thriller about a young man who stops at nothing to get what he wants. This was Shah Rukh Khan's breakthrough role as the sole lead and Kajol's first commercial success. Actress Shilpa Shetty was supposed to debut with Gaata Rahe Mera Dil, however,it remained unreleased and this was her debut movie.Baazigar was the first film in which Shah Rukh Khan played the role of an anti-hero and the first which earned Khan a Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Initially Salman Khan was the choice to play the lead.
Baazigar was a major commercial success at its release and the first film of the famous Shahrukh Khan-Kajol pair.
It was remade in Tamil as Samrat with Ramki; in Telugu as Vetagaadu with Rajasekhar; and in Kannada as Nagarahavu with Upendra.
The film brought actors Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Shilpa Shetty and composer Anu Malik to the limelight. It is a remake of 1991's A Kiss Before Dying and Malayalam film Rishi.
A boy named Ajay asks a doctor to come see his mother Shobha (Rakhee), who is unconscious. Ajay promises Shobha that he will get revenge on the people, who are responsible for making them cry. The deaths of Ajay's father (Anant Mahadevan) and baby sister have made Shobha fall unconscious.
Years later, Ajay (Shah Rukh Khan) meets Madan Chopra's (Dalip Tahil) daughter Seema (Shilpa Shetty). Ajay cozies up to Seema, and she falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Ajay pretends to be Vicky Malhotra to create a good impression in the minds of Chopra and his younger daughter Priya (Kajol). Ajay keeps his affair with Seema a secret, under the impression that Seema too doesn't let anybody know she is in love. When Chopra decides to get Seema married, she decides to elope with Ajay. Ajay takes advantage of the opportunity and tricks her into writing a suicide letter.
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