Jigar is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language martial arts film directed by Farogh Siddique. It was released during the Diwali weekend and proved to be a successful hit.[1] The plot is inspired by the 1989 American film Kickboxer.[2]

Jigar
Film poster
Directed byFarouq Siddique
Written byTanveer Khan
Naeem-Ejaz(dialogues)
Veeru Devgan
Screenplay byFarooque Siddiqui
Lalit Mahajan
Produced bySaba Akhtar
Salim Akhtar
Samad Akhtar
Shama Akhtar
StarringAjay Devgn
Karisma Kapoor
CinematographyAkram Khan
Edited bySuresh Chaturvedi
Music byAnand–Milind
Production
company
Aftab Pictures
Release date
  • 23 October 1992 (1992-10-23)
Running time
174 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

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Raju and Duryodhan are very good friends. Suman is Raju's love interest and is like a sister to Duryodhan. Duryodhan is a wrestler and works at a martial arts training school owned by Lal Bihari. Due to some misunderstanding between Raju, Duryodhan and Raju's sister, she is raped by Duryodhan. This angers Raju, but he fails in avenging his sister because Duryodhan is a wrestler. Raju starts training as a fighter under Baba Thakur. After being fully trained, he avenges all of his enemies. Duryodhan is killed in the ring itself, and Lal Bihari is killed by Suman.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Anand–Milind while Sameer penned the songs. The song Pyar Ke Kagaz proved to be the biggest hit of the album. The album managed to feature in the top selling albums of 1992. Singers Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet, Pankaj Udhas, Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam, Mohammad Aziz & Kavita Krishnamurthy contributed their voice.[3] After a dispute over Dil (1990) between Anand–Milind and Alka Yagnik, she stopped working with them for two years.

# Title Singer(s)
1 "Pyar Ke Kagaz Pe" Abhijeet, Sadhana Sargam
2 "Tujhko Bahon Mein Bhar" Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam
3 "Ek Pal Ek Din" Pankaj Udhas, Sadhana Sargam
4 "Mere Dil Ko Karrar" Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam
5 "Log Barson Juda" Kavita Krishnamurthy
6 "Mohabbat Hai Khushboo" Mohammad Aziz
7 "Aaye Hum Barati" Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy

Box office

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The film was major hit at the box office and one of the highest grossing films of the year.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Ranbir, SRK, Akshay: When actors turned boxers". Rediff.com. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ^ Gupta, Rachit (2 April 2019). "Ajay Devgn's 10 Best Action Movies". Filmfare. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Jigar among most sold music albums of 1992". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012.
  4. ^ Langhans, Edward A. (2002). Box office. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.o900640.
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