Director: Abbas-Mastan; Writer: Robin Bhatt, Akash Khurana, Javed Siddiqui; Cinematographer: Thomas A. Xavier; Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Siddharth, Shilpa Shetty, Dalip Tahil, Johnny Lever, Raakhee, Anant Mahadevan
Duration: 03:01:10; Aspect Ratio: 2.176:1; Hue: 4.120; Saturation: 0.073; Lightness: 0.395; Volume: 0.230; Cuts per Minute: 20.660; Words per Minute: 41.960
Summary: Ajay Sharma (Khan) becomes a ‘baazigar’, a
gambler, in order to win over Priya (Kajol) and
eventually to bring about the ruin of Priya’s
father, Madan Chopra (Tahil). Previously,
Chopra had similarly ruined Ajay’s father
Vishwanath Sharma (Mahadevan) by
appropriating Sharma’s industries and forcing
Ajay’s family onto the streets. Ajay’s revenge
consists of seducing Priya’s sister Seema
(Shetty) and pushing her from a tall building.
He then changes his identity and kills two more
people while ingratiating himself into the
Chopra household. In a violent ending Ajay
dies in his mother’s (Raakhee) arms after he
has killed Madan Chopra. The commercial hit
inaugurates Shah Rukh Khan’s much-discussed
playing of unusually vicious type of leading
men (cf. Darr, 1993). Here, the depiction of
his cold-blooded murder of Seema became
especially controversial. Among the first of the
several Khan-Kajol romances culminating in
the smash hit Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
(1995), the main bulk of the film features the
fresh and spontaneous performances of these
still-new stars in song hits such as Bazigar o
bazigar and Yeh kali kali aankhen.
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