Yalgaar

Yalgaar
Yalgaar
Directed by	Feroz Khan
Written by	Rajiv Kaul; Praful Parekh; Feroz Khan; Dialogue:; Kamlesh Pandey
Produced by	Feroz Khan
Starring	Feroz Khan; Sanjay Dutt; Kabir Bedi; Manisha Koirala; Nagma; Mukesh Khanna; Vicky Arora;
Music by	Channi Singh
Release date	23 October 1992;
Running time	192 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹3 crore
Box office	₹7 crore

Yalgaar is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language action crime thriller film directed by Feroz Khan. The film stars Khan himself, Sanjay Dutt, Kabir Bedi, Nagma, Manisha Koirala, Vicky Arora, Mukesh Khanna, Deepti Naval and Neena Gupta. The film revolves around a enmity between two childhood friends who take different paths in life, and how they react when their children fall in love with each other.

Yalgaar released worldwide on 23 October 1992, coinciding with the Diwali festival, clashing with Jigar starring Ajay Devgn. Upon release the film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Dutt, Bedi and Nagma, the music and the action sequences, while criticising the length and Khanna playing Khan's father, despite a large age difference. Commercially, the film was the 9th highest grossing film of 1992. The film did average business in India and was a moderate success in overseas.

Plot

Childhood friends become enemies when one of them, Mahendra Ashwini Kumar becomes Additional Commissioner of Police and the other Raj Pratap Singhal becomes a smuggler. Mahendra has two sons – Rajesh and Brajesh who are also police officers. While on the other hand Raj also has two sons;- Vishal who helps in developing his father's business and Vicky who finds employment in a garage. When one of Mahendra's goons murders Brajesh, Rajesh swears to avenge his brother's death. Even if for this he has to take the law into his own hands. After Brajesh's death, he is left alone with his widowed wife Kaushalya and a daughter Meghna. Meghna and Vicky meet each other and fall in love. Kumar, unaware of Vicky's family background, gives his consent. Mahendra is then promoted as Police Commissioner. Singhal is unable to bear this and sends another of his goons to murder Mahendra. Raj moves to Dubai with his wife, son, daughter-in-law Anu to escape the police and government officials. He has also kidnapped Meghna to ensure his safety from Rajesh's wrath. Meghna learns that Vicky is actually Raj's second son and has now started showing his true colours.

Cast

Feroz Khan - Rajesh Ashwini Kumar
Sanjay Dutt - Vishal Singhal (ruthless criminal)
Kabir Bedi - Raj Pratap Singhal
Manisha Koirala - Meghna Kumar
Nagma - Anu Singhal
Mukesh Khanna - Mahendra Ashwini Kumar
Vicky Arora - Vicky Malhotra / Singhal
Vishwajit Pradhan - Jaichand
Deepti Naval - Sunita
Maya Alag - Bharti Singhal
Neena Gupta - Kaushalya Kumar

Music

All lyrics are written by Sudarshan Fakir and Aziz Kaisi; all music is composed by Channi Singh

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Aakhir Tumhe Aana Hain"	Udit Narayan, Sapna Mukherjee	4:59
2.	"Dil Dil Dil"	Channi Singh, Sapna Mukherjee	5:08
3.	"Hain Dil Main Lagan"	Mohammed Aziz, Nitin Mukesh, Suresh Wadkar	6:57
4.	"Ho Jata Hain Kaise Pyar"	Kumar Sanu, Sapna Mukherjee	5:40
5.	"Kaun Si Baat Hai"	Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy	5:51
6.	"Koi Pichhle Janam Kiye"	Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy	5:01
7.	"Shahar Main Gaon Main"	Kumar Sanu	5:13
8.	"Teri Chunni Pe Sitare"	Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy	6:51

Release

Release, planned for 1987, had to be postponed due to Khan's mother death that year.^[3]

Reception

Iqbal Masood, writing for The Indian Express, panned the film as disappointing.^[4] In his book about Sanjay Dutt, Yaseer Usman called the film "terrible and eminently forgettable", and stated that the director had kept the best parts of this big-venture budget for himself.^[5]

Legacy

Sandeep Reddy Vanga's 2023 film Animal has been said to contain references to the film,^[6] which the director denied, admitting that Yalgaar was a "lovely movie" but that had no influence on his own film.^[7]