Benaam Badsha

Benaam Badsha बेनाम बादशाह
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Directed by	K. Ravi Shankar
Produced by	K. Ramji
Written by	Iqbal Durrani
Starring	Anil Kapoor Juhi Chawla Shilpa Shirodkar
Music by	Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Cinematography	K.V. Ramanna
Edited by	Waman B. Bhosle
Release date	April 19, 1991 (India)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Benaam Badsha is a 1991 Indian Bollywood thriller drama film directed by K. Ravi Shankar and produced by K. Ramji. It stars Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla and Shilpa Shirodkar in pivotal roles.^[1] This was a remake of the Tamil film Pudhiya Paadhai.

Cast

• Anil Kapoor ... Deepak
• Juhi Chawla ... Jyoti
• Shilpa Shirodkar ... Bijli
• Amrish Puri ... Jaikal
• Sudhir Pandey ... Abinandan Tiwari
• Viju Khote ... Guard
• Ashok Saraf ... Vinay Chandra 'VCR' Rathod
• Mahavir Shah ... Inspector Satyaprakash Verma
• Rakesh Bedi ... Ganpat's nephew
• Rohini Hattangadi ... Kaameshwari

Synopsis

Found in a garbage bin, abandoned by his biological parents, a young man grows up to be a paid assassin, kidnapper, and rapist (Anil Kapoor). One of his rape victims is Jyoti (Juhi Chawla), who is raped on the day of her marriage to a doctor groom. Her life ruined, unwed, she decides to convince her rapist to marry her, and goes to live in his neighborhood. But her rapist will not marry her, however, she continues to pursue her goal, and after feigning a pregnancy, she does convince him to allow her to move in with him - amongst ruins, without a roof. She soon starts to transform him, with considerable success. She names him Deepak, so that he has a name others can call him by. Deepak receives a contract to kill Kaameshwari (Rohini Hattangadi) by Jaikal (Amrish Puri). Deepak refuses to take this contract, and shortly thereafter he is arrested by the police for Kaameshwari's death. With a background such as his, will he be able to convince the authorities that he was not involved in her death, and that he was framed for it?

Soundtrack

References

External links

• Benaam Badsha on IMDb