Jigar (1992)

Jigar is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language martial arts film directed by Farogh Siddique.It is the 2nd movie of Ajay Devgn. It was released during the Diwali weekend and proved to be major a successful hit. The plot is inspired by the 1989 American film Kickboxer.

Plot

Raju and Duryodhan are very good friends. Suman, who is like a sister to Duryodhan, is Raju's love interest. Duryodhan is a wrestler who works at a martial arts training school owned by Lal Bihari. Following a misunderstanding involving Raju, Duryodhan and Raju's sister, Duryodhan rapes her. Raju is furious, but he is unable to avenge his sister because Duryodhan is a wrestler. Raju starts training as a fighter under Baba Thakur. After completing his training, he avenges all his enemies. Duryodhan is killed in the ring, and Lal Bihari is killed by Suman.

Cast

Ajay Devgan as Raj Verma "Raju"

Karishma Kapoor as Suman

Paresh Rawal as Lal Bihari

Ajit Khan as Baba Thakur

Arjun as Duryodhan

Sukanya Kulkarni as Umaa, Raju's sister

Ishrat Ali as Corrupt Police Inspector Manish Pandey

Salim Khan as Roshan Gupta

Gulshan Grover as Inspector Pradhan

Aruna Irani as Raju's mother

Jamuna as Doctor Ganga

Yunus Parvez as Seth

Goga Kapoor as Kaalia

Shashi Kiran as Inspector Khan

Gurbachan Singh as Henchman of Duryodhan

Cheetah Yagnesh Shetty as Baba Thakur Assistant

Khosrow Khaleghpanah as Arjun

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Anand–Milind while Sameer penned the songs. The song Pyar Ke Kagaz proved to be the biggest hit of the album. The album managed to feature in the top selling albums of 1992. Singers Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet, Pankaj Udhas, Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam, Mohammad Aziz & Kavita Krishnamurthy contributed their voice. After a dispute over Dil (1990) between Anand–Milind and Alka Yagnik, she stopped working with them for two years.

Box office

The film was major hit at the box office and one of the highest-grossing films of the year.

References

External links

Jigar at IMDb

Jigar App