Mohra (1994 film)
| Mohra मोहरा |
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| Directed by | Rajiv Rai |
| Produced by | Gulshan Rai |
| Written by |
Rajiv Rai Shabbir Boxwala |
| Starring |
Suniel Shetty Akshay Kumar Raveena Tandon Naseeruddin Shah Paresh Rawal Gulshan Grover |
| Music by | Viju Shah |
| Cinematography | Damodar Naidu |
| Edited by | Rajiv Rai |
| Distributed by | Trimurti Films Pvt. Ltd. |
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Running time
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177 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹4.75 crore (US$730,000) |
| Box office | ₹22.65 crore (US$3.5 million) |
Mohra (English: Pawn) is a 1994 Indian political action thriller film directed by Rajiv Rai starring Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon and Naseeruddin Shah in the lead roles with Paresh Rawal, Gulshan Grover, Raza Murad and Sadashiv Amrapurkar in supporting roles. The film was released on 1 July 1994 and went on to become the second highest grossing Indian film of 1994.
The film got nine Filmfare nominations in 1995. It was the first time where the trio of Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal worked together. Originally Divya Bharti was considered for the female lead and she also completed shooting for many scenes of the film, but after her death, Raveena Tandon was roped into the project as her replacement.
The film is also remembered for its songs which became chartbusters in that year. The popularity of the song "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast", which was picturised on Raveena Tandon led to her being nicknamed "The mast mast girl".
Vishal Agnihotri (Sunil Shetty), a convict, is imprisoned for the murder of a group of four criminals who had brutally raped and killed his sister-in-law. Vishal tries to get justice in court but is unsuccessful and the men are let out free with the help of a corrupt lawyer. They then visit Vishal's home for trying to file a case on them, and try to rape Vishal's wife Priya (Poonam Jhawer), but she kills herself with a knife. Angered at all this Vishal decides to take the matter into his own hands and murders the four criminals himself. He is sentenced for life in prison for the crimes.
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