''Yaar Gaddar'' () is a 1994 Indian

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

-language

action thriller The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...

film directed by

Umesh Mehra Umesh Mehra is an Indian film director and producer. He was prominent in the 1980s and 1990s. His notable films include '' Alibaba Aur 40 Chor'' (1980), '' Sohni Mahiwal'' (1984) and Vardi (1989). He directed Akshay Kumar in three films in the ...

, starring

Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, film producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur and politician who predominantly works in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. In a career spa ...

Saif Ali Khan Saif Ali Khan (; born Sajid Ali Khan Pataudi; 16 August 1970) is an Indian actor and film producer who primarily works in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. The titular head of the Pataudi family since 2011, he is the son of actress Sharmila Tagore a ...

, Somy Ali and

Prem Chopra Prem Chopra (born 23 September 1935) is an Indian actor in Hindi films. He has acted in 380 films over a span of over 60 years. Life and education Chopra, the third of six children of Ranveerlal and Rooprani Chopra, a Punjabi Hindu family, was ...

Plot

Shankar ithunis an honest police officer of the department and he is in love with Shashi omy Ali Even though he is a strict person to the outside world, he is lenient with his younger brother Jai aif Ali Khanat home. Jai is a "happy go lucky" guy who falls in love with Neeru hweta Meantime, a group of five criminals (played by Prem Chopra, Gulshan Grover, Puneet Issar, Amrit Pal and Sheila) plots a bank robbery and Jai is implicated in the robbery, putting him on the run from the police. Officially, Shankar is assigned the task of arresting Jai at any cost and he makes all efforts to nab Jai, but fails. Another important character is the governor, the husband of Sheila. The situation becomes even worse when the members of the group are killed one by one. Shankar is now determined to catch Jai dead or alive. Meanwhile, Shankar also reveals that his girlfriend Shashi is a bar dancer who works in the bar owned by the same criminals. On the other hand, Jai also tries to collect evidence to prove his innocence to his brother, but gets into a bigger problem as Shashi sees him coming out of the house of the criminal who was killed.

Cast

as Inspector Shankar Verma *

as Jai Verma * Somy Ali as Shashi *

as Raghunath Singh *

Gulshan Grover Gulshan Grover (born 21 September 1955) is an Indian actor and film producer who has appeared in over 100 films. He is popularly known as the "Bad Man" of Hindi cinema because of his ability to create an impact with his negative roles in films. ...

as Raguvanth Singh (General) *

Puneet Issar Puneet Issar (born 6 November 1959) is an Indian actor, writer, director, producer and dialect coach best known for his works in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam films and television shows. Issar started his acting career as a villa ...

as Captain * Amrit Pal(actor) as Vishvas *

Himani Shivpuri Himani Bhatt Shivpuri is an Indian actress who is known for her character roles in Hindi films and Hindi soap operas. She is best known for her role in the films including '' Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!'' (1994), ''Raja'' (1995), '' Dilwale Dulhan ...

as Police Inspector *

Johny Lever John Prakash Rao Janumala, better known by his stage name Johnny Lever (born on 14 August 1957) is an Indian actor and comedian who is known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is one of the most recognised comedic actors in India and is widely r ...

as Police Inspector *

Yunus Parvez Yunus Parvez (1931/1932 – 11 February 2007) was an Indian actor who played supporting roles in over 200 films from 1963 to the 2000s. He is best known for his roles in films like '' Garm Hava'' (1974), ''Deewaar'' (1975), '' Trishul'' (1978), ...

as Mulchand * Umesh Shukla as Sheila wife Kana's/bank chairman Kana *Sweta as Neeru *

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. Verma

Soundtrack

The music of the film 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 ...

and the lyrics were penned by Qateel Shifai, Pooja Ahuja and Dev Kohli . The soundtrack was released in 1994 on Audio Cassette in Weston Components Music, which consists of 6 songs. The full album is recorded by Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan.

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References

{{Reflist 1994 films 1990s Hindi-language films Mithun's Dream Factory films Cross-dressing in Indian films Films shot in Ooty Films scored by Anu Malik Films directed by Umesh Mehra Indian action thriller films 1994 action thriller films Hindi-language action thriller films