Baazigar

Directed by Abbas-Mustan
Produced by Ganesh Jain
Written by Robin Bhatt
Akash Khurana
Javed Siddiqui
Starring Shah Rukh Khan
Kajol
Siddharth Ray
Shilpa Shetty
Raakhee
Music by Anu Malik
Cinematography Thomas A. Xavier
Distributed by Eros Labs /Warner Bros.
Release dates 12 November 1993
Running time 182 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Box office est.₹74.5 million



Baazigar (Gambler ) is a 1993
Indian crime thriller film directed by
Abbas – Mustan starring Shah Rukh Khan
and Kajol in lead roles. It is a
contemporary thriller about a young man
who stops at nothing to get what he wants.
This was Shah Rukh Khan's breakthrough
role as the sole lead and Kajol's first
commercial success. [2] Actress Shilpa
Shetty was supposed to debut with film
Gaata Rahe Mera Dil , however, the film
remained unreleased and this was her
debut movie. [3] Baazigar was the first film
in which Shah Rukh Khan played the role of
an anti-hero [4] and also the first film which
earned Khan a Filmfare Award for Best
Actor. [5] Initially Salman Khan was the first
choice to play the lead in the film. [6][7]
Baazigar was a major commercial success
at the time of its release[8][2] and the first
film of the famous Shahrukh Khan-Kajol
pair. [9] The film was remade in Tamil as
Samrat with Ramki , in Telugu as Vetagadu
with Rajasekhar and in Kannada as
Nagarahavu with Upendra . The film brought
actors Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Shilpa
Shetty and composer Anu Malik to the
limelight. It is a remake of the 1991
Hollywood film A Kiss Before Dying .



Cast

Shah Rukh Khan as Ajay Sharma/Vicky
Malhotra
Kajol as Priya Chopra
Shilpa Shetty as Seema Chopra, Priya's
sister
Raakhee in a special appearance as
Ajay's mother
Dalip Tahil as Madan Chopra, Priya and
Seema's father
Siddharth Ray as Inspector Karan Saxena
Johnny Lever as Babu Lal, the head
servant
Anant Mahadevan as Vishvanath Sharma
Resham Tipnis as Anjali Sinha, Seema's
friend
Dinesh Hingoo as Bajodia Seth
Manmauji Taalia as the servant
Adi Irani as real Vicky Malhotra
Master Sumeet as Young Ajay
Sharad Sankla as Charlie (a guy in party)
Daboo Malik as Ramesh
Raju Srivastav as a guy in party with
Charlie
Harpal as Motu the cook.
Amrut Patel as Seema's driver


Soundtrack

The music was composed by Anu Malik and
won him the Filmfare Award for Best Music
Director .[11] The song "Yeh Kaali Kaali
Aankhein" bagged singer Kumar Sanu his
fourth consecutive Filmfare Award for Best
Male Playback Singer after Aashiqui , Saajan
and Deewana .[12] Other singers who
featured in the album are Asha Bhosle ,
Pankaj Udhas, Alka Yagnik, Vinod Rathod
and Sonali Bajpai. The soundtrack was
released by Venus Music .[13] Dr. Alban's
song "Its My life" was also featured in the
film.


Song Singer Picturised
on Lyricist
"Baazigar
O
Baazigar"
Kumar
Sanu
& Alka
Yagnik
Shahrukh
Khan &
Kajol
Nawab
Arzoo
"Yeh Kaali
Kaali
Aankhein"
Kumar
Sanu
& Anu
Malik
Shahrukh
Khan &
Kajol
Dev Kohli
"Kitabein
Bahut Si"
Asha
Bhosle
&
Vinod
Rathod
Shahrukh
Khan &
Shilpa
Shetty
Zafar
Gorakhpu
"Chhupana
Bhi Nahi
Aata"
Vinod
Rathod
Siddharth
& Kajol Rani Mali
"Chhupana
Bhi Nahi
Aata"
Pankaj
Udhas
In
soundtrack,
excluded in
the film
Rani Mali
"Samajh
Kar Chand
Jis Ko"
Alka
Yagnik
&
Vinod
Rathod
In
soundtrack,
excluded in
the film
Zameer
Kazmi
"Ae Mere
Humsafar"
Alka
Yagnik
&
Vinod
Rathod
Shahrukh
Khan &
Shilpa
Shetty
Gauhar
Kanpuri
"Tere
Chehre Pe"
Kumar
Sanu
&
Sonali
Bajpai
In
soundtrack,
excluded in
the film
Rani Mali