Badal (transl. Cloud) is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film[2] directed by Raj Kanwar. The film stars Bobby Deol and Rani Mukerji in lead roles with Amrish Puri. It was a commercial success.[3]
| Badal | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Raj Kanwar |
| Screenplay by | Sutanu Gupta Robin Bhatt |
| Story by | Raj Kanwar |
| Produced by | Salim Akhtar Shama Akhtar |
| Starring | Bobby Deol Rani Mukerji Amrish Puri |
| Cinematography | Harmeet Singh |
| Edited by | Waman Bhonsle |
| Music by | Songs: Anu Malik Background Score: Aadesh Shrivastava |
Production company | Aftab Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 173 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹10 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹269.1 million (equivalent to ₹1.1 billion or US$13 million in 2023)[1] |
The plot of the movie is heavily inspired by The Devil's Own.
Plot
editBadal 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 sadistic fun. He is then brought up by his late father's friend Jeetram, who himself is on the run from Rana. Years later, Badal has become a dreaded terrorist working for Jeetram under the name Rajveer, 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, ACP Ranjeet Singh, who takes Badal under his wing, and Rani, a bubbly, free-spirited girl who falls madly in love with him. Ranjeet Singh and his wife Simran start considering Badal as their son, and his daughters start to look up to Badal as an elder brother. 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.
Meanwhile, Rana has now been promoted to DIG but still hasn't changed his old evil ways. He has Jeetram captured and tortured to know the location of his accomplices. Badal frees Jeetram and is pursued by the police force led by Ranjeet Singh. However, Jeetram commits suicide to protect Badal's identity from getting revealed, much to the latter's shock and grief.
Cast
edit- Bobby Deol as Rajveer / Rajvir in Police File / 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
- Sana Saeed as Preeti
- Alok Nath as Badal's father
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Rani's Grandfather
- Akash Khurana as minister Satyaprakash Shinde
- Harish Patel as Daya Shankar
- Mushtaq Khan as Police Constable Mangeram
- Vishwajeet Pradhan as Sahab Singh
- Shahbaz Khan (actor) as terrorist Asgar
- Jeetu Verma as terrorist Rafiq, and Asgar's younger brother
- Dina Pathak The Old Women Who Slapped Minister Satyaprakash
- Salim Ghouse
- Suman Ranganathan as item number Allah Allah
- Mink Brar as item number Laal Garara
- Pappu Polyester
- Dinesh Anand
- Mandira Bedi
Soundtrack
edit| Badal | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 4 December 1999 |
| 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 six original songs, a medley, and one instrumental song, featuring some popular songs like "Yaar Mere Yaaram" and others. 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
edit| Song | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|
| "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
edit- ^ a b "Badal – Movie". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Badal". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ "Badal - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ http://planetbollywood.com/Music/badal.html/ Archived 7 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine Planet Bollywood: Reviewed by: Mohammad Ali Ikram
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