The Gentleman is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language vigilante action film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and produced by Allu Aravind, starring Chiranjeevi, Juhi Chawla, Harish Kumar and Paresh Rawal. It is a remake of the Tamil film Gentleman (1993). Three of the songs were re-used without any change in tune or instrumentation, from A. R. Rahman's original compositions for the original Tamil version.[1] It was not commercially successful.[2]
| The Gentleman | |
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| Directed by | Mahesh Bhatt |
| Screenplay by | Mahesh Bhatt |
| Based on | Gentleman by S. Shankar |
| Produced by | Allu Aravind |
| Starring | Chiranjeevi Juhi Chawla Paresh Rawal Laxmikant Berde Heera Rajagopal |
| Cinematography | Jeeva |
| Edited by | Sanjay Sankla |
| Music by | Anu Malik A.R. Rahman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Geetha Arts |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
editVijay (Chiranjeevi) owns a little agarbatthi making business. When he is not busy with this, he is a master thief who steals crores and crores of money in order to build and run a school where students can study freely to become doctors, lawyers, etc. The police, led by Inspector (Paresh Rawal), are always on his tail, but he is ever elusive. Finally, he is identified as the thief and is then confronted by Roshni (Juhi Chawla), who loves him. He tells her what his intentions are and how his brother Ajay Shrivaastav (Harish Kumar), committed suicide along with his mother because he could not pay the donations for medical school. Vijay is finally caught and convicted and when he is released from prison, his dream school opens. He marries Roshni, who has waited for him for a long time.
Cast
edit- Chiranjeevi as Vijay
- Juhi Chawla as Roshni
- Paresh Rawal as Inspector
- Laxmikant Berde as Vijay's Friend
- Harish Kumar as Vijay's Brother
- Heera Rajagopal
- Roja as item number "Chika Pika"
- Shrivallabh Vyas as Judge
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Minister
- Deepak Tijori as Sub Inspector
- Virendra Saxena as Public Prosecutor
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Vijay's Lawyer
Production
editThe Gentleman was a remake of the Tamil film Gentleman (1993),[3] and it till date remains the last Hindi movie of Chiranjeevi.[4]
Soundtrack
editAnu Malik was credited as the composer, though except for one composition, every other track was sourced from Southern hits, predominantly A. R. Rahman's soundtrack for the film's original Tamil version, for instance, the song "Roop Suhana Lagta Hai" was taken from "Ottagathai Kattiko", while "Chik Pika Rika Boom Bole" was taken from "Chiku Buku Raile".
The song "Jhoom Ke Dil Ne" (which is on the soundtrack but not picturised in the film) is the Hindi version of the Telugu song "Jummani Tummeda" from Mechanic Alludu, featuring music by Raj–Koti.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Roop Suhana Lagta Hai" | Indeewar | A. R. Rahman (Uncredited) | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | 4:45 |
| 2. | "Hum Apne Gham Ko" | Rahat Indori | Anu Malik | Vinod Rathod, Sadhana Sargam | 7:43 |
| 3. | "Jhoom Ke Dil Ne" | Rajan Khera | Raj–Koti | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | 5:52 |
| 4. | "What Is Love" | Indeewar | Anu Malik | Alisha Chinai, Anu Malik | 7:58 |
| 5. | "Aashiqui Mein Had Se" | Rajan Khera | A. R. Rahman (Uncredited) | Vinod Rathod, Sadhana Sargam | 4:46 |
| 6. | "Chik Pika Rika Boom Bole" | Rajan Khera | A. R. Rahman (Uncredited) | Suresh Peters | 5:27 |
References
edit- ^ "The Gentleman - Movie - Box Office India".
- ^ Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (12 September 2014). Bollybook: The Big Book of Hindi Movie Trivia. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-93-5118-799-8.
- ^ "Action King Arjun reveals why he initially turned down Shankar's Gentleman".
- ^ "Wish Chiranjeevi on his birthday! (August 22)". Sify. Archived from the original on 29 November 2003. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
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