Dushmani: A Violent Love Story Explained

Dushmani
Director:Bunty Soorma
Producer:Aly Morani
Karim Morani
Starring:Sunny Deol
Jackie Shroff
Manisha Koirala
Deepti Naval
Anupam Kher
Music:Anand–Milind
Cinematography:Manmohan Singh
Editing:Waman B. Bhosle
Distributor:Cineyugg Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Digital Entertainment Inc.
Country:India
Language:Hindi
Budget:5.75 crore[1]
Gross:7.03 crore

Dushmani is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film directed by Bunty Soorma. It stars Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Deepti Naval, Anupam Kher in pivotal roles.[2] [3] The rights of this film are now owned by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment.[4] Acclaimed director Shekhar Kapur directed major portions of the film.[5]

Plot

Bitter enmity has always existed between the Singh and the Oberoi families. With each and every generation swearing to extract vengeance. This generation consists of Suraj Singh (Sunny Deol) and his elder brother, Jai (Jackie Shroff). While Jai leads the life of a gangster, Suraj is not inclined to violence at all. He meets with a young woman named Sapna (Manisha Koirala), and both fall in love with each other. When he takes Sapna to be introduced to Jai and the rest of his family, he is forbidden from marrying Sapna, as she is the sister of Oberoi (Anupam Kher). Suraj and Sapna are able to convince Jai and the rest of the Singh family to give up this enmity, and let them marry. One day, Oberoi's men attack Suraj's friend Raghu and injure him. Suraj goes tho Oberoi's garage and kills all of his goons. However, Raghu dies from his injuries. Enraged, Suraj chases down one of the goons and kills him. Jai goes to meet Oberoi, and proposes marriage, and to his joy, Oberoi agrees, and both families start preparations for the marriage. Jai starts to relax and thinks about giving up his gangster-like life. It is then a group of men target him with automatic weapons, leaving him mortally wounded and hospitalized. When Suraj finds out, he is enraged, and decides to avenge his brother's injuries. He finds out that the assailants are none other than Oberoi's men, and he swears to bring an end to Oberoi and his criminal empire. Suraj fights Oberoi's men along with Jai and he wounds Oberoi. Before dying, Oberoi tells Jai that he was wrong about love and that he wants to seek forgiveness. However, he had tricked him and stabs Jai with a knife. Suraj then kills Oberoi. Jai tells Suraj that Oberoi had never changed at all before dying. The film ends with Suraj and Sapna united, and Suraj scattering Jai's ashes in the lake.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Anand Shrivastav and Milind Shrivastav (known together as Anand–Milind) and lyrics were provided by Sameer.

Dushmani-A violent story
Type:Album
Artist:Anand-Milind
Released:1995
Recorded:Meboob Studio, 1995
Genre:Feature film soundtrack
Label:Saregama India Limited
Song Singer
"Kabhi Hanste Hai, Kabhi Rote Hai"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Kavita Krishnamurthy
"Badi Mushkil Se"Kavita Krishnamurthy, Anand Shrivastava/Udit Narayan
"Aaj Pyar Kar Le"Udit Narayan
"Tere Bina Jiya"Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam
"Ladki Kunwari"Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Suresh Wadkar
"Mera Salaam Le, Mera Salaam Le"Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy
"Banno Teri"Sapna Awasthi

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dushmani – Movie. Box Office India. 20 June 2022. 20 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220620222357/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2832. live.
  2. Web site: Movie Review . https://web.archive.org/web/20130129102222/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/539227 . dead . 29 January 2013 . . 11 October 2012.
  3. Web site: Movie Review . Apunkachoic . 11 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023233027/http://www.apunkachoice.com/titles/dus/dushmani--a-violent-love-story/mid_14578 . 23 October 2012 . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: Red Chillies Entertainments. www.redchillies.com. 2016-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20161006020052/http://redchillies.com/movies/movie-rights.aspx. 6 October 2016. dead.
  5. Web site: The curious case of Shekhar Kapur, the man who has abandoned at least 13 FILMS, including Sushant Singh Rajput's Paani! : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama . . 17 June 2020 . 12 September 2021 . 12 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210912191905/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/curious-case-shekhar-kapur-man-abandoned-least-13-films-including-sushant-singh-rajputs-paani/ . live .