''Badal'' () is a 2000 Indian

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directed by

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. The film stars

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and

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in lead roles with

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. It was a commercial success.

Plot

Badal is a young man with a tragic childhood. As a child, he had witnessed his entire family, his loving father, mother, and baby sister, murdered in a village massacre by ruthless and corrupt police officer Jaisingh Rana, who kills people for sadistic fun. He is then brought up by his late father's friend Jeetram, who himself is on the run from Rana. Years later, Badal has become a dreaded terrorist working for Jeetram under the name Rajveer, whose main target in life is exacting revenge on Jaisingh Rana for his family's horrible death. In this endeavor, Badal travels to a small town, where he meets a good-natured police officer, ACP Ranjeet Singh, who takes Badal under his wing, and Rani, a bubbly, free-spirited girl who falls madly in love with him. Ranjeet Singh and his wife Simran start considering Badal as their son, and his daughters start to look up to Badal as an elder brother. Through both Singh's family and Rani, Badal is given a new lease of life and comes to understand the values of sentiments, love, and relationships, all of which he has missed out on in his life. Meanwhile, Rana has now been promoted to DIG but still hasn't changed his old evil ways. He has Jeetram captured and tortured to know the location of his accomplices. Badal frees Jeetram and is pursued by the police force led by Ranjeet Singh. However, Jeetram commits suicide to protect Badal's identity from getting revealed, much to the latter's shock and grief.

Cast

as Rajveer/ Badal *

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as Rani *

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as Soni *

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as DIG Jai Singh Rana *

as ACP Ranjeet Singh *

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as Jeet Ram *

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as Guler Mehndi *

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as Guler Mehndi's wife *

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as Simran Singh *

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as Preeti *

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as Badal's father *

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as Rani's Grandfather *

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as Minister Satyaprakash Shinde *

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as Daya Shankar *

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as Police Constable Mangeram *

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as Sahab Singh *

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as terrorist Asgar *

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as Rafiq, and Asgar's younger brother *

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The Old Women Who Slapped Minister Satyaprakash *

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Allah Allah *

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as item number Laal Garara *

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* Dinesh Anand *

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Soundtrack

The music for ''Badal'' was composed and produced by

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while the lyrics where penned by

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. The film has six original songs, a medley, and one instrumental song, featuring some popular songs like "Yaar Mere Yaaram" and others.

Track list

Reception

Sharmila Taliculam of

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wrote, "A word of warning before you watch this film -- for the sake of your sanity, leave your brains behind. There are so many things here that don't make sense."

References

External links

* {{Portal, India, Film, Bollywood 2000 films 2000s Hindi-language films Films set in 1984 Films scored by Anu Malik Fiction about the insurgency in Punjab Fictional portrayals of police departments in India 2000 action thriller films 2000 action drama films Films about terrorism in India Films directed by Raj Kanwar Indian action thriller films Indian crime drama films Indian action drama films 2000 crime drama films Hindi-language action drama films Hindi-language crime drama films