Gumrah (1993 film)
Gumrah is a 1993 Indian crime drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt in a screenplay written by Sujit Sen and Robin Bhatt. The film stars Sridevi, Sanjay Dutt, and Rahul Roy .
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 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Mahesh Bhatt |
| Produced by | Yash Johar |
| Written by |
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| Starring | Sridevi Sanjay Dutt Rahul Roy Anupam Kher |
| Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | Pravin Bhatt |
| Edited by | Sanjay Sankla |
Production company | |
Release date | 24 September 1993 |
Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Loosely based on the Australian miniseries Bangkok Hilton, in the film, seeing Roshni's talent for singing, Rahul gives her a break and they eventually fall in love. On a trip to Hong Kong, she is arrested for possession of cocaine, not knowing that it is all Rahul's doing.
Gumrah was critically well received upon its release with major appreciation drawn towards Sridevi's performance, which many consider as one of the finest performances of her career and earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the 39th Filmfare Awards. The film was also a commercial success grossing ₹545 million (US$7.6 million) worldwide against its ₹200 million (US$2.8 million) budget. Thus it became the seventh highest-grossing film of 1993.[1]
Plot
Roshni (Sridevi) is the only child of Sharda Chadda (Reema Lagoo). Her father, Prakash Chadda (Anupam Kher), left before she was born and she has no knowledge of where he went. Roshni is introduced to Rahul Malhotra (Rahul Roy) and they share a mutual attraction. When he learns that she is an aspiring singer, he assists in her career so she becomes popular. She has a devoted fan named Jagannath alias Jaggu (Sanjay Dutt), who is a petty thief. He is in love with her, but she rejects him. During a trip, she and Rahul had taken to Hong Kong, she is arrested for trafficking cocaine and Rahul disappears. Jaggu brings an attorney, but she is quickly found guilty and sentenced to death, remanded to a prison where inmates are kept barefoot and in squalid conditions. Jaggu visits the prison and runs afoul of two guards, themselves lovers, who beat him in front of Roshni. The attorney works to help them escape. A fight ensues between Roshni and the female guard, in which the latter is killed. The warden intervenes and is killed by Jaggu, they escape and return to India. At the airport, Prakash is questioned by the police and Roshni learns that he is her father, and that he had fled the country years earlier when he has been wrongfully accused of treason. Later at Rahul's house, Rahul admits that he had been dealing with drugs that resulted in Roshni's arrest. She slaps him for deceiving her and gets him arrested. With Prakash's blessings, Roshni and Jaggu get married.
Cast
- Sridevi as Roshni Chadda
- Sanjay Dutt as Jagannath (Jaggu)
- Rahul Roy as Rahul Malhotra
- Anupam Kher as Prakash Chadda
- Soni Razdan as Angela
- Reema Lagoo as Sharda Chadda
- Tom Alter as Inspector Phillip
- Bob Christo as male cop in Hong Kong
- Laxmikant Berde as Pakya
- Kamini Kaushal as Sharda's mom
- Kunika as female cop in Hong Kong
- Mahesh Anand as Opposition Fighter in Hong Kong
- Anang Desai as Ahuja
Reception
The soundtrack for the film was the second successive hit (after Khalnayak) for the music director duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal. [2][3] When it screened in Nigeria, it is remarked that audiences loved and knew the film. "They cheered at tense points, thumping their seats and stamping their feet. At other points they mimicked dialogue and shouted out responses to the heroes and villains, the film was also well received at the Indian box office and was the seventh highest grossing Hindi film of 1993."[4]
Soundtrack
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Main Tera Ashiq Hoon" | Roop Kumar Rathod |
| 2 | "Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar" | Talat Aziz, Kavita Krishnamurthy |
| 3 | "Yeh Hai Sharabkhana" | Asha Bhosle |
| 4 | "Duniya Kismat Aur Khuda" | Roop Kumar Rathod |
| 5 | "Tere Pyar Ko Salam O Sanam" | Alka Yagnik |
| 6 | "Ram Kasam Mera Bada Naam Ho Gaya" | Vinod Rathod |
References
- "Gumrah— 18 May 5 p.m." Screen Weekly. 16 May 2003. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- "Cine blitz". Cine Blitz. Blitz Publications. 19: 98. 1993. ISSN 0971-9970. OCLC 18389308.
- "Title Track". Screen India. 8 September 2006. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
- Larkin, Brian (2008). Signal and noise: media, infrastructure, and urban culture in Nigeria (illustrated ed.). Duke University Press. pp. 146–147. ISBN 9780822341086.