''Naajayaz'' () is a

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directed by

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and produced on a budget of 26.8 million. It was a critical and commercial success. It stars Ajay Devgn, Naseeruddin Shah,

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, Gulshan Grover, Ashish Vidyarthi and Reema Lagoo. ''Naajayaz'' was theatrically released in India on 17 March 1995. ''Naajayaz'' received two nominations at the 41st Filmfare Awards: Best Actor for Devgn and Best Supporting Actor for Shah. It later remade in Paksitan as ''Najiaz''(1997) starting Nadeem, Babar Ali and Jan Rambo

Plot

Inspector Jai ( Ajay Devgn) is an upright and fearless cop who is given the job to take down the criminal empire of Raj Solanki ( Naseeruddin Shah). Jai and his accomplice Inspector Sandhya (

), who also happens to be his love, start taking down Raj's empire with gusto. But Raj's cronies and benefactors are not the only ones to be upset by this. Raj has problems of his own. He does not want his son (

) to turn into a criminal like him. Raj is also aware of his minion's ( Gulshan Grover) discontent; he wants to start many criminal activities that even Raj will not do. Raj tries to stop Jai without applying pressure or brutality, only to meet Jai's mother ( Reema Lagoo) and realize that Jai is his son. Now Raj finds himself in a real tight spot. Jai's mother does not like Jai trying to take down Raj, but Jai is determined. After some time, Jai learns about his relationship with Raj, but continues his job nonetheless. Raj's legitimate son and his minion try to take down Jai individually, without knowing the secret. How the story ends forms the plot of this film.

Cast

* Naseeruddin Shah as Raj "Jodhraj" Solanki * Ajay Devgan as Senior Inspector Jai Bakshi *

as Senior Inspector Sandhya *

as Deepak Solanki * Reema Lagoo as Naina Bakshi, Jai's mother * Ashish Vidyarthi as Ratan * Gulshan Grover as David * Disco Shanti as Item Dancer *

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as Assistant Commissioner of Police A.C.P. Mathur * Shri Vallabh Vyas as Pascal * Makrand Deshpande as Street Singer *Sharad Sankla as Constable Charlie * Gavin Packard as David's Goon

Soundtrack

The music for this album was composed by

Anu Malik Anwar Sardar "Anu" Malik (born 2 November 1960) is an Indian music composer, singer, music arranger and score composer. He is the recipient of a National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards, who primarily composes music for the Hindi film ...

. The biggest hit from soundtrack was the timeless song "Barsat Ke Mausam Mein", composed by

and sung by

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 ...

and

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 ...

. The song was written by Sudarshan Faakir. The poetic depth in the song is excellent.

Soundtrack

References

External links

* {{Mahesh Bhatt 1990s Hindi-language films 1995 films Films directed by Mahesh Bhatt Films scored by Anu Malik 1990s Indian films Hindi films remade in other languages