Barood (1998 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = {{Lang|hi-latn|Barood}}

| image = Barood_(1998_film)_poster.jpg

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| director = Pramod Chakravorty

| producer = Pramod Chakravorty
Lakshmi Chakravorty(associate producer)

| writer = Rajeev Kaul
Praful Parekh
Javed Siddiqui(dialogue)

| narrator =

| starring = Akshay Kumar
Raveena Tandon
Amrish Puri
Rakhi Gulzar
Mohnish Behl

| music = Anand–Milind

| cinematography =

| editing = Subhiraaj Pal

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1998|08|7|df=y}}

| runtime = 165 minutes

| country = India

| language = Hindi

| budget = {{INR|5.50 crore}}{{Cite web |title=Barood - Movie - Box Office India |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2544 |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=boxofficeindia.com}}

| gross = {{INR|8.59 crore}}

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Barood ({{translation|Gunpowder}}) is an Indian Hindi-language masala film directed by Pramod Chakravorty released on 7 August 1998.{{Citation |title=Barood Movie User Reviews & Ratings {{!}} Barood (1998) {{!}} Times Of India |newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/barood/etmovie_comments/61237177.cms |access-date=2022-07-27}} In 1976, producer also directed the movie of the same name.{{Cite web |title=Barood 1998 Movie Box Office Collection, Budget and Unknown Facts – KS Box Office |date=14 September 2020 |url=https://ksboxoffice.com/barood-1998-movie-box-office-collection-budget-and-unknown-facts/movies-facts/ |access-date=2022-07-27 }} It stars Akshay Kumar and Raveena Tandon as the lead protagonists. Amrish Puri, Mohan Joshi, Rakhi Gulzar and Mohnish Behl played supporting roles in the film.{{Cite web |title=Barood (1998) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/barood-8303/cast-crew |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727115557/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/barood-8303/cast-crew |url-status=live |archive-date=27 July 2022 |access-date=2022-07-27 |website=Cinestaan}}

Plot

Honest and diligent Police Inspector Jai Sharma suspects Mr. Singhal of being a hardcore criminal don, but is unable to apprehend him due to pressure from his superior officer, Police Commissioner Kalinath Gaur. Singhal's only daughter, Neha, is in love with Jai, and this news enrages Singhal as he wants her to marry Sanjay Gaur, the only son of the Commissioner, and he will not rest until he gets Jai killed, and will utilize every possible and available resource and influence to do this, which also includes exposing Gayetri's (Jai's mom) questionable past.{{Citation |title=Barood |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/barood |access-date=2022-07-27}}{{Citation |title=Barood (1998) |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/barood-1998/ |access-date=2022-07-27}}

Cast

Source{{Cite web |title=Barood - Movie - - Box Office India |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=2544 |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=www.boxofficeindia.com}}

Akshay Kumar as Jay Sharma
Raveena Tandon as Neha Singhal
Mohnish Behl as Sanjay Gaur
Amrish Puri as Mr. Sumit Singhal
Raakhee Gulzar as Gayatri Sharma
Aruna Irani as Tara Khandelwal
Gulshan Grover as Velji Chheda
Mohan Joshi as Police Commissioner Kalinath Gaur
Arjun as Jaggu
Deepak Parashar as Shiv Sharma
Johnny Lever as Himself
Shiva Rindani as Shiva
Rana Jung Bahadur as Inspector Rana
Brij Gopal as Inspector Ashok Sharma
Ayesha Jhulka as Dancer / Singer
Suresh Chatwal as Sunder, Gayatri's brother
Rajesh Puri as Dance show organizer

Soundtrack

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| artist = Anand–Milind

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| released = 22 June 1998

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| genre = Feature film soundtrack

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| label = Venus Records & Tapes

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# ! Song ! Singer(s)
1 \| "Ek Ladki Ek Ladka" \| Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
2 \| "Meri Saanson Mein Garmi" \| Abhijeet
3 \| "Mach Gaya Shor" \| Poornima
4 \| "Hum To Tujhse Mohabbat" \| Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
5 \| "Razi Razi Mein Hoon Razi" \| Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
6 \| "Sana San Sannana" \| Abhijeet, Poornima

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! Song

! Singer(s)

| "Ek Ladki Ek Ladka"

| Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik

| "Meri Saanson Mein Garmi"

| Abhijeet

| "Mach Gaya Shor"

| Poornima

| "Hum To Tujhse Mohabbat"

| Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik

| "Razi Razi Mein Hoon Razi"