Qahar (transl. Calamity) is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action film directed and produced by Rajkumar Kohli. A loosely remake of the 1989 Bengali film Ladai and Tamil Movie Thalapathi (1991).,[1] it stars Sunny Deol, Suniel Shetty, Armaan Kohli, Sonali Bendre, Rambha and Deepti Bhatnagar in pivotal roles.[2]
Plot
Amar Kapoor is an honest and diligent police inspector, and the only son of Commissioner Kapoor, assigned to investigate and bring charges against Krishna, and his friend Raja.
During the course of his investigation, he does locate both Raja and Krishna, but discovers that Krishna is his brother, and Raja is involved in fighting the very forces of corruption, namely Velji Patel, his brother Nageshwar Patel, and a corrupt Police Inspector Maroo, who are all responsible for the rape and brutal murder of Neelam, the love of Raja, that he and his dad have a duty to eliminate.
Will they join forces to combat the evil-doers or will fate have something else in store for them?[3]
Cast
- Sunny Deol as Raja
- Armaan Kohli as Inspector Krishna
- Sunil Shetty as ACP Amar Kapoor
- Sonali Bendre as Neelam
- Deepti Bhatnagar as Sapna Kapoor
- Rambha as Radha
- Raj Babbar as Police Commissioner Kapoor
- Gulshan Grover as Inspector Maroo
- Ramesh Goyal as Inspector
- Paresh Rawal as Velji Patel
- Kiran Kumar as Nageshwar Patel
- Raza Murad as Minister Dharam Chand
- Siddhant Salaria as Siddhant Patel, Velji Patel son.
- Aruna Irani as Kanta
- Rohini Hattangadi as Shanti , Krishna's mother.
- Chandrashekhar Vaidya as Judge Surinder
Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by Anand–Milind and the lyrics of the songs were penned by Anand Bakshi.
References
- ^"Qahar (1997) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^"Qahar Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^"Qahar - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
External links
- Qahar at IMDb
- 1997 films
- 1997 Hindi-language films
- 1997 Indian films
- Indian action drama films
- Films scored by Anand–Milind
- 1997 action drama films
- Hindi-language action drama films
- Hindi remakes of Bengali films
- Indian rape and revenge films
- 1990s Hindi-language film stubs