Khuda Gawah खुदा गवाह |
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Directed by | Mukul S. Anand |
Produced by | Nazir Ahmed Manoj Desai |
Written by | Raj Kumar Bedi Santosh Saroj (dialogues) |
Screenplay by | Mukul S. Anand |
Story by | Santosh Saroj |
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Amitabh Bachchan Sridevi Nagarjuna Shilpa Shirodkar Danny Denzongpa Kiran Kumar |
Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
Cinematography | W. B. Rao |
Edited by | R. Rajendran |
Distributed by | Glamour Films |
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Running time
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193 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
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Released | 1992 |
Genre | Soundtrack |
Length | 56:40 |
Khuda Gawah (translation: God is witness) is a 1992 Bollywood epic Romance drama film produced by Nazir Ahmed & Manoj Desai on Glamour Films banner, directed by Mukul S. Anand. starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi, Nagarjuna, Shilpa Shirodkar, Danny Denzongpa in lead roles and music composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The film recorded as Super Hit at box office.
Khuda Gawah had lavish production values and was extensively shot in India, Afghanistan, Nepal and Bhutan. The film won much acclaim for all its actors and especially the lead pair Sridevi and Amitabh Bachchan. Both stars won Filmfare nominations for their work. The film won four Filmfare awards including Best Director and Best Action and went on to become the second-highest-grossing film of 1992. It entered India's Limca Book of Records as the first Bollywood film to use surround sound technique. A Sequel to the movie is being planned by producer Manoj Desai.
During a Buzkashi competition with a neighbouring tribe in Afghanistan, Badshah Khan (Amitabh Bachchan) falls in love with Benazir (Sridevi) and wants to marry her. Benazir agrees to marry him, on the condition that he must bring her the head of Habibullah, who killed her father. Badshah Khan goes to India to search for Habibullah. He finds Habibullah in a prison and breaks him out to take him back. He has the jailer Ranveer Singh (Vikram Gokhale) on his trail. He chops off Habibullah's head. When confronted by Ranveer, he tells him that he would be back in a month to receive punishment for taking Habibullah. Badshah goes back to Afghanistan and marries Benazir; after the time limit, he comes back to India and surrenders himself to Ranveer Singh, who he addresses as "Rajput Khan" and is jailed for five years. While Badshah Khan is away, his childhood friend Khuda Baksh (Danny Denzongpa) assumes the role of a guardian for Benazir.