Aar Ya Paar

{{Infobox film

| name = Aar Ya Paar

| image = Aar Ya Paar.jpg

| caption = Poster

| director = Ketan Mehta

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| writer = Ketan Mehta

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| starring = Jackie Shroff
Deepa Sahi
Ritu Shivpuri
Kamal Sidhu
Paresh Rawal

| music = Viju Shah

| cinematography = Dharam Gulati

| editing = Aseem Sinha

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| released = {{Film date|df=y|1997|01|31}}

| runtime = 180 minutes

| country = India

| language = Hindi

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Aar Ya Paar (English: Now or never) is a 1997 Bollywood mystery crime thriller film produced and directed by Ketan Mehta.{{Citation|title=Aar Ya Paar Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos {{!}} eTimes|newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/aar-ya-paar/movieshow/61333475.cms|access-date=2021-05-17}} It stars Jackie Shroff, Deepa Sahi, Ritu Shivpuri, Kamal Sidhu and Paresh Rawal.{{Cite web|title=AAR YA PAAR (1997)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b800829f7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125232510/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b800829f7|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 November 2020|access-date=2021-05-17|website=BFI}} The music is by Viju Shah. The movie is adapted from Agatha Christie's 1967 novel Endless Night {{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/state-editions/session-on-christies-connections-with-india-organised.html|title = Session on Christie's connections with India organised}} and James Hadley Chase's 1954 novel The Sucker Punch{{Cite web|title=The Sucker Punch|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/906854-the-sucker-punch|access-date=2021-05-17|website=www.goodreads.com}} and was partly shot in Italy.

Story

Shekhar Khosla (Jackie Shroff) is an accounts executive, an alcoholic and a penniless playboy. He has an on-and-off romance with cabaret dancer Julie (Ritu Shivpuri).

One day his boss tells him to improve himself and hands him a multi-million rupee client, Veena Sanghvi (Kamal Sidhu) and asks him to maintain and strengthen the relationship with this client. Shekhar meets with Veena, seduces her and marries her, while having an affair with her personal secretary, Anu Chauhan (Deepa Sahi). When Veena finds out about this affair, she threatens to separate from him. Shekhar doesn't know about the will. Then Shekhar and Anu plan to kill her. They carry out their plan successfully, with the police concluding that her death was accidental. Shekhar finds out that Anu does not love him. To make matters worse, the police have evidence linking him to the death of his wife.

Cast

Jackie Shroff as Shekhar Khosla
Deepa Sahi as Anu Chauhan
Ritu Shivpuri as Julie
Kamal Sidhu as Veena Sanghvi
Paresh Rawal as Inspector Khan
Satish Shah as Jagdish
Harish Patel as Gupta
Ajit Vachani as Salim
Mamik Singh as Anil (Anu's Boyfriend)
Ravi Khanvilkar as Hargovind
Hunter Hearst Helmsley as Gigilo
Doink the Clown as Joker
Yokozuna as himself
Bret Hart as himself
Savio Vega as himself
Chris Candido as himself
Owen Hart as himself
Diesel as himself

Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Viju Shah. The lyrics were penned by Indeevar, Maya Govind, Nitin Raikwar and Rani Malik. The soundtrack was released on Venus Records & Tapes Pvt. Ltd.

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! Song !! Singer

"Aar Ya Paar"

| Asha Bhosle

"Dil Diya"

| Asha Bhosle, Sudesh Bhosle

"Aar Ya Paar"

| Jolly Mukherjee

"Hulle Hulle"

| Udit Narayan, Hema Sardesai

"Manchahe Sanam"

| Abhijeet, Sadhana Sargam