Shikari (2000 film)

Shikari
Directed by	N. Chandra
Produced by	Kishan G. Kishnani
Written by	Kamlesh Pandey (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Rajeev Kaul, Praful Parikh
Story by	N. Chandra
Starring	Govinda Karisma Kapoor Tabu Kiran Kumar
Music by	Aadesh Shrivastava
Cinematography	W.B. Rao
Edited by	Prashanth Khedekar, Vinod Nayak
Production company	Kavita Pictures
Release date	6 October 2000
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Shikari (English: The Hunter) is 2000 Bollywood thriller film directed by N. Chandra and starring Govinda, Karisma Kapoor, Tabu, Kiran Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Gulshan Grover, Johnny Lever, Sushma Seth, Shweta Menon, Nirmal Pandey, and Raja Jung Bahadur.

Virendra (Nirmal Pandey) is a business tycoon in Cape Town, South Africa. His sister Rajeshwari (Karishma Kapoor), wife Suman (Tabu) and his mother are his only relatives. Virendra's marital life is in apparent discord, since he has never had any relations with Suman. One day, Virendra gets a rival in business world in form of Mahendra Pratap Singh (Govinda). Mahendra is an Indian spice tycoon wanting to expand his business in South Africa.

Virendra is initially wary of Mahendra's expansion plans, but sees the latter's entry as a tool to expand his own business. Unknown to Virendra, Mahendra is actually a well disguised man named Om Srivastav. Om has a bigger agenda than becoming a tycoon. Mahendra & Virendra strike a deal, upon which Virendra is invited to a house in forest for celebration. Once there, Mahendra reveals his true face to Virendra, who is revealed to know Om.

Om kills Virendra and covers up his death. Later, he shows up at Virendra's funeral, claiming that he and Virendra met in India, where they became friends. Rajeshwari suspects him from day one and finds his timing suspicious. Suman too is particularly unhappy on seeing Om. Suman reveals to her mother-in-law that she & Om were in love with each other, but her father got her married to Virendra, the son of her father's old friend.

Suman tells her that she had told Virendra about the relationship, after which he told her to go with Om. Instead, she stayed with Virendra, being overwhelmed by his compassion. However, Virendra thought that Suman was a gold-digger, explaining his attitude towards her. Meanwhile, a cat and mouse game starts between Om and Rajeshwari, in which she nearly exposes him. Om is able to save his skin once again, but Rajeshwari gets a feeling that Om is hurt by something.