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Major Saab

Major Saab (transl.: Respected Major) is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Tinnu Anand, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Sonali Bendre, Ashish Vidhyarthi, and Nafisa Ali. [2][3]

Major Saab
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Directed byTinnu Anand
Written byRobin Bhatt
Santhosh Saroj
Produced byAmitabh Bachchan
StarringAmitabh Bachchan
Ajay Devgn
Sonali Bendre
Nafisa Ali
CinematographyRavi K. Chandran
Edited byPrashant Khedekar
Vinod Nayak
Music bySongs:
Anand Raaj Anand
Aadesh Shrivastava (Sona Sona)
Score:
Aadesh Shrivastava
Production
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Release date
  • 26 June 1998 (1998-06-26)
Running time
165 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹18 crore[1]

Plot

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The plot concerns playboy Virendra "Vir" Pratap Singh. A clause in the will of his wealthy father forces him to enter a military academy in order to inherit. Vir's repeated attempts to get himself discharged are foiled by Major Jasbir Singh Rana. Then Virendra falls in love with Nisha, the sister of a gangster named Shankar. Shankar wants Nisha to marry the son of his friend Parshuram Bihari and hatches a plot to separate the couple, by pretending to accept Vir, however soon beats him up badly and attempts to break both his arms and legs. After that, the Major then begins training Vir to regain his strength and fight those who wronged him to win Nisha back. Finally, both are accepted by Shankar. However, Bihari kills Shankar and tries to force Nisha to marry his son, but is foiled by the Major and Vir.

In the end, the Major is court-martialed for leading soldiers to interfere in a civilian affair.

Cast

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Production

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Many scenes of the film was filmed in Pune at National Defence Academy (NDA) including the song "Sona Sona".[4]

Box office

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The film was a moderate success at the box office, it earned 18 crore.[1] It was also the 9th highest-grossing film of the year (Bollywood films of 1998).

Soundtrack

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Major Saab
Soundtrack album by
Anand Raaj Anand
Aadesh Shrivastava
Released20 May 1998
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelT-Series

The music is composed by Anand Raaj Anand and Aadesh Shrivastava. Lyrics are penned by Anand Raj Anand and Dev Kohli. Initially Anand Raj Anand wanted to sing the song 'Akeli Na Bazaar Jaya Karo' and 'Pyar Kiya toh Nibhana' by himself, but could not due to circumstances, about which he spoke in an interview.[5] However, the whole album gained hugh popularity and tracks like 'Akeli Na Bazaar jaya karo', 'Sona Sona' and 'Pyaar Kiya toh Nibhana' became hit. In 2017, the song 'Pyar kiya toh Nibhana' was recreated with Armaan Malik and Shruti Pathak as singers. Then in 2021 it was recreated by Jonita Gandhi, Millind Gaba and Abhijeet Vaghani on T-Series Mixtape.[6]

Track listing

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No.TitleMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Akeli Na Bazaar Jaya Karo"Anand Raaj AnandUdit Narayan05:49
2."Deewana Ban"Anand Raj AnandSudesh Bhosle03:18
3."Pyaar Tumse Karna Hai"Anand Raaj AnandAlka Yagnik, Anand Raaj Anand04:50
4."Pyaar Kiya Toh Nibhana (I)"Anand Raaj AnandUdit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal03:04
5."Pyaar Kiya Toh Nibhana (II)"Anand Raaj AnandAnuradha Paudwal, Udit Narayan03:04
6."Sona Sona"Aadesh ShrivastavSudesh Bhosle, Sonu Nigam, Jaspinder Narula06:48
7."Tere Pyar Mein"Anand Raaj AnandKumar Sanu04:38

References

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  1. ^ a b "Box Office 1998". Box Office India. 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012.
  2. ^ Major Saab, retrieved 14 December 2021
  3. ^ "Major Saab (1998) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Bollywood Or Hollywood". www.whatshot.in. 13 January 2020.
  5. ^ The Bollywood Dynasty (10 August 2014), Exclusive Interview of Music Director Anand Raj Anand, retrieved 20 November 2017
  6. ^ T-Series (23 February 2017), Kehta Hai Pal Pal Video | Sachiin J. Joshi, Alankrita Sahai | Armaan Malik, Shruti Pathak | Caesar, retrieved 20 November 2017
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