''Dahek: A Burning Passion'' is a 1999 Indian

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-language

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directed by Lateef Binni. The film stars

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and

Sonali Bendre Sonali Bendre Behl (born 1 January 1975), known professionally as Sonali Bendre, is an Indian actress predominantly known for her work in Hindi and Telugu films. Considered as one of the leading actresses of the 1990s and early 2000s, Bendre s ...

. The film tells the story of an

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which leads to religious tensions between

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and

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communities.

Plot

Jabbar Bakshi is the conservative eldest son of the Bakshi household in

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India, and rules the entire family with an iron hand. He finds out his sister, Sabina Bakshi, is in a relationship with Iqbal, and is angered because it is against islamic culture. Sabina and Iqbal elope to Bombay and get married, and decide to stay away from the Bakshi family. Jabbar hunts them down and kills Iqbal with a sword. Shocked at this brutality at the hands of her brother, Sabina stabs herself with the same sword and dies instantly. Jabbar is arrested by the Bombay Police, and is sentenced to twelve years in prison. His mother is devastated at Sabina's death and decides never to forgive him. After twelve years, Jabbar returns home in Bombay and finds that his past rules are not being observed, and quickly re-asserts his authority, while his mother refuses to have to do anything with him. Jabbar meets his niece, Neelima Bakshi, and is shocked to find her the very image of Sabina. He finds out that Neelima is in a relationship with a young man, but Neelima, out of fear, denies this. She is indeed in a relationship with Sameer Roshan. When they find out what happened to her aunt, they decide to run away from Bombay and Jabbar. When Jabbar learns of this he is angered, and his anger turns into blind rage when he finds out that Sameer is a Hindu, and he swears to kill them both. The news gets out of a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl eloping, and spreads like wildfire, arousing old flames, and creating a growing rift between the Hindus and the Muslims. Extreme elements on both the Hindu and the Muslim sides decide to get involved, and Jabbar decides that he will hunt them and kill them, and if necessary let history repeat itself. In the end Neelima and Sameer get killed by the rioters, whilst Jabbar relaizes his mistake.

Cast

as Sameer B.Roshan *

as Sabina Bakshi / Neelima Bakshi *

Danny Dengzongpa Danny Denzongpa (born Tshering Phintso Denzongpa; 25 February 1948) is an Indian actor, playback singer, film director, and liquor baron. His film career was primarily in Hindi, but also occasionally in Bengali, Nepali, and Tamil films. In a ...

as Jabbar Bakshi *

Dalip Tahil Dalip Tahil (born Dalip Tahilramani; 30 October 1952) is an Indian people, Indian film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his work in ''Baazigar'' (1993), ''Raja (1995 film), Raja'' (1995), ''Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke'' (1993) and ' ...

as Bhushan Roshan, Sameer's father. *

Anang Desai Anang Desai (born 4 May 1953) is an Indian film and television actor. Desai has appeared in more than 100 television shows and 70 films, known for his portrayal of the character Babuji in the television series Khichdi and its eponymous film. H ...

as Javed Bakshi, Neelima's father. *

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as Mrs. Bakshi *

Anjana Mumtaz Anjana Mumtaz (born 4 January 1941) is an Indian actress, who is known for her supporting roles in over a hundred Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati-language films. Born as Anjana Manjrekar, she married Sajid Mumtaz, an Air India official. Her son ...

as Mrs. Roshan *

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as Hindu Leader *Anil Nagrath * K.K.Raina as Naseem Bakshi *

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as Mrs. Javed Bakshi *

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as Wedding guest *

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as himself

Music

Lyrics by

Majrooh Sultanpuri Asrar ul Hassan Khan (1 October 1919 − 24 May 2000), better known as Majrooh Sultanpuri, was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist in the Hindi language film industry. He wrote lyrics for numerous Hindi film soundtracks. He was one of the dom ...

, Shyam raj and

Dev Kohli Dev Kohli (2 November 1942 – 26 August 2023) was an Indian Hindustani poet and lyricist. He penned hundreds of songs in Bollywood films and wrote many hit songs such as ''Maaye Ni Maaye'', ''Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhen'', ''Geet Gaata Hoon'','' ...

. #"Sawan Barse Tarse Dil" –

Sadhana Sargam Sadhana Sargam (née Ghanekar, born 7 March 1969) is an Indian singer known for her playback career in Indian cinema predominantly in Hindi, Marathi language, Marathi, Bengali language, Bengali, Nepali, Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, ...

, Hariharan #"Jab Se Tumhe Maine Dekha Sanam" –

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#"Kahaa Kare Koi Churaa Liyaa Dil Ko" –

#"Tujhe Dekhte Hi Ye Dil Kho Gaya Hai" –

Alka Yagnik Alka Yagnik (born 20 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. One of the most prominent singers of 1990s era Bollywood, she has received several accolades, including two National Film Awards, two Ben ...

Kumar Sanu Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), professionally known as Kumar Sanu, is a leading Indian playback singer who primarily sings in Hindi film songs. He is widely regarded as the Melody King of Bollywood. He holds the record for winn ...

#"Meri Jaan Hai Tu" –

#"Aaluvaa Aalovaa, Ho Gori Aajaa Mere Dil Men" –

Sunidhi Chauhan Sunidhi Chauhan (pronounced ; born Nidhi Chauhan, 14 August 1983) is an Indian playback singer. Known for her Bold vocal range, she has recorded songs for films in several Indian languages and List of awards and nominations received by Sunidhi ...

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#"Meri Jaan Hai Tu (Male)" –

Roop Kumar Rathod Roopkumar Rathod an Indian playback singer, pop singer, and music composer. He has performed a number of songs in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Nepali, Bhojpuri and Kannada films. Personal life Ratho ...

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*{{IMDb title, 0217351 1999 films 1990s Hindi-language films 1990s Indian films Indian romantic musical films Indian interfaith romance films Films scored by Aadesh Shrivastava Films scored by Anand–Milind Films about religious violence in India