Khuda Gawah

Khuda Gawah (1992)

ख़ुदागवाह

Baadshah Khan falls in love with Benazir, a member of a rival clan who has defeated him in a game of buzkashi. Benazir will not marry him unless he brings back the head of her father's killer, Habibullah, from India. He is successful, but he must return to India. He is then tragically separated from Benazir through a series of incidents that are only resolved years later with the arrival of his daughter, Menhdi, and his release from prison.

Date of release
1992-05-08
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (24)
Runtime
3h 13m
Genres
Romance, Action, Adventure
Director
Mukul Anand

Casting

Interesting facts

Khuda Gawah is a 1992 Indian epic crime action film written and directed by Mukul S. Anand. The film features Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi, Nagarjuna, Shilpa Shirodkar, Danny Denzongpa, and Kiran Kumar in pivotal roles. The music was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. The film marked Sridevi and Bachchan's third collaboration after Inquilaab (1984) and Aakhree Raasta (1986). Set against the backdrop of Afghanistan and India, the film follows Badshah Khan, an Afghan warrior who travels to India to avenge the murder of his beloved Benazir's father. After completing his mission, he is falsely accused of another murder and subsequently imprisoned in India.

Filming

Khuda Gawah had lavish production values and was extensively shot in and around the cities of Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan as well as Nepal and India. Then-Afghan President Mohammad Najibullah, a fan of Bachchan and his allied leader, Sayed Mansur Naderi of Kayan Valley provided security from the Afghan Air Force during the 18-day shooting of the film in 1991.

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