Badal
Badal (transl. Cloud) is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Raj Kanwar. The film stars Bobby Deol and Rani Mukerji in lead roles. The movie is inspired by The Devil's Own, starring Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt. It was a commercial success.[2]
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Directed by | Raj Kanwar |
Produced by | Salim Akhtar Shama Akhtar |
Screenplay by | Sutanu Gupta Robin Bhatt |
Story by | Raj Kanwar |
Starring | Bobby Deol Rani Mukerji |
Music by | Anu Malik |
Cinematography | Harmeet Singh |
Edited by | Waman Bhonsle |
Production company | Aftab Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 173 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹ 10 crore[1] |
Box office | ₹26.9 crore |
Plot
Badal (Bobby Deol) is a young man with a tragic childhood. As a child, he had witnessed his entire family, his loving father, mother, and baby sister, murdered in a village massacre by ruthless and corrupt police officer Jaisingh Rana, who kills people for fun. Years later, Badal has become a dreaded terrorist whose main target in life is exacting revenge on Jaisingh Rana for his family's horrible death. In this endeavor, Badal travels to a small town, where he meets a good-natured police officer, Ranjeet Singh (Amrish Puri), who takes Badal under his wing, and Rani (Rani Mukerji), a bubbly free spirit who falls madly in love with him. Ranjeet Singh's family eventually takes Badal in as a son. Through both Singh's family and Rani, Badal is given a new lease of life and comes to understand the values of sentiments, love, and relationships, all of which he has missed out on in his life.
However, after Ranjeet Singh finds out who Badal is, and Badal comes face-to-face with Jaisingh Rana, who is now a big-name but still evil police inspector, he must figure out how to clear the misunderstanding between him and Ranjeet Singh, withhold Rani's love, and finally get the revenge he has thirsted for against Jaisingh Rana. [3]
Cast
- Bobby Deol as Raja / Badal
- Rani Mukherji as Rani
- Mayuri Kango as Soni
- Ashutosh Rana as DIG Jai Singh Rana
- Amrish Puri as ACP Ranjeet Singh
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Jeet Ram
- Johnny Lever as Guler Mehndi
- Upasna Singh as Guler Mehndi's wife
- Neena Kulkarni as Simran Singh Soni's mother
- Sana Saeed as Preeti
- Alok Nath as Badal's father
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Rani's Father
- Akash Khurana as minister Satyaprakash Shinde
- Harish Patel as Daya Shankar
- Mushtaq Khan as Police Constable Mangiram
- Vishwajeet Pradhan as Sahab Singh
- Shahbaz Khan (actor) as Asgar, lead terrorist
- Jeetu Verma as Rafiq, a terrorist and Asgar's younger brother
- Dina Pathak
- Salim Ghouse
- Suman Ranganathan as item number
- Mink Brar as item number
- Pappu Polyester
- Dinesh Anand
- Mandira Bedi
Soundtrack
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Soundtrack album | |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Length | 48:08 |
Label | T-Series |
Producer | Anu Malik |
The music for Badal was composed and produced by Anu Malik while the lyrics where penned by Sameer. The film has 6 original songs, a medley and 1 instrumental song. The soundtrack for the film has received a rating of 5/10 from Mohammad Ali Ikram of Planet Bollywood, with the author saying, "The tunes of Badal might not be that bad but one expects far better from the man who gave us timeless tunes in Border, Kareeb, Baazigar and Main Khiladi Tu Anari." [4]
Track list
Song | Singer(s) | Length |
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"Jugni Jugni" | Sukhwinder Singh, Jaspinder Narula, Anuradha Paudwal | 7:40 |
"Na Milo Kahin Pyar" | Sonu Nigam, Kavita Krishnamurthy | 6:47 |
"Yaar Yara Mere Yaaram" | Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal | 5:40 |
"Medley Song" | - | 5:21 |
"Allah Allah" | Mukesh Kumar Munna, Dominique, Kavita Krishnamurthy | 5:30 |
"Lal Garara" | Anu Malik, Jaspinder Narula, Sapna Awasthi | 6:50 |
"Tujhe Dekh Ke Dil" | Udit Narayan, Jaspinder Narula | 5:33 |
"Na Milo Kahin Pyar (Instrumental)" | Instrumental | 6:47 |
References
- Chopra, Anupama (27 December 1999). "New Year fare". India Today. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- "Badal - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- IMDb: Badal
- http://planetbollywood.com/Music/badal.html/ Archived 7 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine Planet Bollywood: Reviewed by: Mohammad Ali Ikram