Farz (2001 film)

Farz
Directed by	Raj Kanwar
Produced by	N.R. Pachisia; Sunil Saini
Written by	Kamlesh Pandey (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Sutanu Gupta
Starring	Sunny Deol; Preity Zinta; Om Puri ; Jackie Shroff
Music by	Uttam Singh
Cinematography	Ishwar Bidri
Edited by	Kuldip K. Mehan
Production; company	Vishant International
Release date	12 January 2001;
Running time	178 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi/Urdu

Farz (transl. Duty) is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film starring Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Om Puri and Jackie Shroff.[1]

Synopsis

ACP Arjun Singh (Om Puri) and his brother-in-law, Tayaji (Dara Singh) are with the police force but when Tayaji is killed on duty Arjun's family are devastated by his death. His wife Rukmani (Farida Jalal), daughter Kajal (Preity Zinta) and son Rahul are shattered by his death and soon Arjun is fearful that the same person that killed his brother-in-law will come after him or his family.

His new partner, Karan Singh (Sunny Deol) is quite controversial in his methods of getting justice and can at times break the rules. Arjun is also angered about the fact that his daughter has developed a crush for Karan. Soon the city is being terrorized by Gawa Firozi (Jackie Shroff) and his brother Sikander (Mukesh Tiwari). The two officers have to work together to capture and stop them.

Cast

Sunny Deol as DCP Karan Singh
Preity Zinta as Kajal Singh
Jackie Shroff as Gawa Firozi
Farida Jalal as Rukmani Singh
Johnny Lever as Taxi Driver
Om Puri as ACP Arjun Singh
Dara Singh as Tayaji (Special Appearance)
Mukesh Tiwari as Sikander Firozi
Pooja Batra as an item number

Production

The outdoor scenes of Farz were shot in Bernese Oberland in central Switzerland. The film was made on a budget of $3 million.[2]

Soundtrack

All songs are written by Sameer Anjaan.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Music Director(s)
1	"Dekhen Bhi To Kya Dekhen"	Udit Narayan, Lata Mangeshkar	Uttam Singh
2	"Mohabbat Ke Din Ho"	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik	Anu Malik
3	"Jadoo Hai Yeh Kaisa"	Sonu Nigam, Anuradha Paudwal	Uttam Singh
4	"Har Subah Yaad Rakhna"	Udit Narayan, Lata Mangeshkar	Uttam Singh
5	"Bichua Bichua"	Anupama Deshpande	Uttam Singh
6	"Saare Sheher Mein"	KK, Sunidhi Chauhan, Richa Sharma	Aadesh Shrivastava
7	"Dhola Dhola"	Sonu Nigam, Anuradha Paudwal	Uttam Singh
8	"Aelo Aelo Ji"	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik	Uttam Singh

Reception

Suparn Verma of Rediff criticised the film for being heavily influenced by Lethal Weapon and Ricochet including the climax scene from Metro.[3] Nikhat Kazmi of Filmfare rated it 2.5 out of 5 stars.[4]

References

Hungama, Bollywood. "Farz Review 1/5 | Farz Movie Review | Farz 2001 Public Review | Film Review". Retrieved 11 May 2020.
Olson, Elizabeth (13 September 2000). "ARTS ABROAD; An Indian Idyll, Filmed in Switzerland, of Course". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
Verma, Suparn (13 January 2001). "The Rediff Review: Farz". rediff.com. Rediff. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
Kazmi, Nikhat (2001). "Farz". Filmfare. The Times Group. Indiatimes Movies. Archived from the original on 23 October 2001. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

External links

Farz at IMDb

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[1] Hungama, Bollywood. "Farz Review 1/5 | Farz Movie Review | Farz 2001 Public Review | Film Review". Retrieved 11 May 2020.

[2] Olson, Elizabeth (13 September 2000). "ARTS ABROAD; An Indian Idyll, Filmed in Switzerland, of Course". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

[3] Verma, Suparn (13 January 2001). "The Rediff Review: Farz". rediff.com. Rediff. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

[4] Kazmi, Nikhat (2001). "Farz". Filmfare. The Times Group. Indiatimes Movies. Archived from the original on 23 October 2001. Retrieved 13 October 2020.