Pukar (2000)
पुकार
Major Jaidev saves a politician from the clutches of a dreaded terrorist. However, the terrorist joins hands with his childhood friend Anjali to ruin his life.
- Date of release
- 2000-02-04
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (21)
- Runtime
- 2h 45m
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller, Romance
- Director
- Rajkumar Santoshi
Casting
- Anil Kapoor — Major Jaidev Rajvansh
- Madhuri Dixit — Anjali
- Danny Denzongpa — Abhrush
- Namrata Shirodkar — Pooja Mallapa
- Sudhir Joshi — Anjali's Father
- Farida Jalal — Gayetri Rajvansh
- Girish Karnad — Mr. Rajvansh
- Om Puri — Colonel Hussein
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda — Major General
- Shivaji Satham — Lt Col. Rana
- Rohini Hattangadi — Mrs. Mallapa
- Govind Namdeo — Mr. Mishra
Interesting facts
Pukar is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film co-written and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi with cinematography by Ashok Mehta, Santosh Sivan, Baba Azmi and Chota K. Naidu. It stars Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Namrata Shirodkar, Danny Denzongpa, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Shivaji Satam and Om Puri. The background score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman.
Production
Sunny Deol was the first choice for the role of Major Jaidev Rajvansh opposite Madhuri Dixit. After Deol declined the role, director Rajkumar Santoshi approached producer Boney Kapoor and cast Anil Kapoor as the male lead.
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