Joshilaay

Joshilaay
	Poster
Directed by	Sibte Hassan Rizvi; Shekhar Kapur
Produced by	Sibte Hassan Rizvi
Written by	Javed Akhtar
Starring	Sunny Deol; Anil Kapoor; Sridevi; Meenakshi Sheshadri
Music by	R. D. Burman
Cinematography	Pravin Bhatt,; Ko-Hung Chang,; Dilip Mukherjee
Edited by	I. M. Kunnu
Production; company	New World Enterprises
Release date	10 February 1989;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Joshilaay is a 1989 Indian Hindi film directed by Sibte Hassan Rizvi. The film stars Sunny Deol, Anil kapoor, Sridevi, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Rajesh Vivek. The film was Hit.

Plot

The film revolves around two men - Dara (Sunny Deol) and Karan (Anil Kapoor). Both were wronged by Jogi Thakur (Rajesh Vivek) and his partner Raja Singh (Kulbhushan Karbandha). Dara was separated from his family and left near a circus where he was brought up and Karan's family was murdered in front of him. After Jogi and Raja rob a village, they are nabbed by the police. In the chase, Raja betrays Jogi and hands him over to the police, running away with the loot himself.

Twenty years later, Raja Singh has become Raja Saab, a dreaded ruler of many villages and a respected man. Dara and Karan are both grown men now thirsting for revenge. Where Dara is the fun and witty type, Karan is the silent and angry type. They are helped in their quest by Gulabo (Sridevi) who is Dara's girlfriend and Mangala (Meenakshi Sheshadri) who is Karan's girlfriend. Jogi Thakur is also released from jail and thirsts for revenge against Raja. The twists occurs when Dara wants Jogi Thakur alive to find who his parents were and Karan wants Jogi Thakur dead.

Dara and Karan eventually become friends. They confront Jogi Thakur and Raja Saab and drag them to death.

Production

The film was mostly directed by Shekhar Kapur of Mr. India fame, who left the movie mid-way. Sibte Hasan Rizvi took over and completed the film.[1] The film have best locations and photography, all the movie was shot in Leh and Ladakh.

Cast

Sunny Deol as Dara
Anil Kapoor as Karan
Sridevi as Gulabo
Meenakshi Sheshadri as Mangala
Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Raja Singh
Rajesh Vivek as Jogi Thakur
Bharat Bhushan as Mangala's Father
Satish Kaushik as Bachchu Lal
Hemant Mishra as Surkhiya
Anirudh Agarwal as Damroo
Satyen Kappu as Circus Manager
Pradeep Rawat as the goon in the hotel
Deep Dhillon as the goon in the hotel

Soundtrack

R. D. Burman composed the music for the film, and the lyrics were given by Javed Akhtar. "Joshilaay Woh Shehzaade Hai Zameen Ke" was the last song by the duo of Kishore Kumar and R. D. Burman who together gave innumerable hits.

Song	Singer
"Joshilaay Woh Shehzaade Hai Zameen Ke"	Kishore Kumar
"Dhar Dham Chak Lag Gayee Jangal Mein"	Asha Bhosle
"Na Jaa Jaane Jaan"	Asha Bhosle, R. D. Burman
"O Dhola Dhol Manjira Baaje"	Asha Bhosle, Suresh Wadkar
"Dhak Dhak Jiya Kare, Jaane Kya Piya Kare"	Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar

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References

Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (2015). Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters. Penguin Books. p. 159. ISBN 978-93-5214-008-4.

External links

Joshilaay on IMDb

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[Chaudhuri2015-1] Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (2015). Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters. Penguin Books. p. 159. ISBN 978-93-5214-008-4.