Major Saab | |
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Directed by | Tinnu Anand |
Produced by | Amitabh Bachchan |
Written by | Robin Bhatt, Santhosh Saroj |
Starring |
Amitabh Bachchan Ajay Devgan Sonali Bendre Nafisa Ali |
Music by |
Anand Raj Anand Aadesh Shrivastav |
Cinematography | Ravi K. Chandran |
Edited by | Prashant Khedekar, Vinod Nayak |
Production
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Amitabh Bachchan Film Corporation
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Release date
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26 June 1998 |
Running time
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165 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Major Saab is a 1998 Hindi film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Sonali Bendre and Ashish Vidhyarthi.
The plot concerns playboy Virendra Pratap Singh (Ajay Devgan). A clause in the will of his wealthy father forces him to enter a military academy in order to inherit. Virendra's repeated attempts to get himself discharged are foiled by Major Jasbir Singh Rana (Amitabh Bachchan). Then Virendra falls in love with Nisha (Sonali Bendre), the sister of a gangster named Shankar (Ashish Vidhyarthi). Shankar wants Nisha to marry the son of his friend Parshuram Bihari (Mohan Joshi) and hatches a plot to separate the couple, by pretending to accept Virendra, however soon beats him up badly & attempts to break both his arms and legs. Now Major Jasbir trains Virendra to get back into his strength, trains him to fight against Shankar, and win over Nisha.
The film was a moderate success at the box office, it earned Rs.10 crores and was overall declared an average grosser by boxoffice-india. It was also the tenth highest-grossing film of the year (Bollywood films of 1998).
The music is composed by Anand Raj Anand and Aadesh Shrivastav. Lyrics are penned by Anand Raj Anand and Dev Kohli.