Joshilaay

Joshilaay
Poster
Directed by Sibte Hassan Rizvi
Produced by Sibte Hassan Rizvi
Written by Javed Akhtar
Starring Sunny Deol
Anil Kapoor
Sridevi
Meenakshi Sheshadri
Music by R. D. Burman
Cinematography Pravin Bhatt,
Ko-Hung Chang,
Dilip Mukherjee
Edited by I. M. Kunnu
Production
company
New World Enterprises
Release date
  • 10 February 1989 (1989-02-10)
Country India
Language Hindi

Joshilaay is a 1989 Indian Hindi film directed by Sibte Hassan Rizvi. The film stars Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Meenakshi Sheshadri and Sridevi.

Plot

The film revolves around two men, Dara (Sunny Deol) and Karan (Anil Kapoor). Both were wronged by Jogi Thakur (Rajesh Vivek) and his partner Raja Singh (Kulbhushan Karbandha). Dara was separated from his family and left near a circus where he was brought up and Karan's family was murdered in front of him. After Jogi and Raja rob a village, they are nabbed by the police. In the chase, Raja betrays Yogi and hands him over to the police, running away with the loot himself.

Twenty years later, Raja Singh has become Raja Saab, a dreaded ruler of many villages and a respected man. Daara and Karan are both grown men now thirsting for revenge. Where Dara is the fun and witty, type Karan is the silent and angry type. Jogi Thakur is also released from jail and thirsts for revenge against Raja. The twists incurs when Daara wants Jogi Thakur alive to find who his parents were and Karan wants Jogi Thakur dead.

Karan and Dara become friends to confront Jogi Thakur and Raja Saab and drag them to death.

Production

The film was partly directed by Shekhar Kapur of Mr. India fame, who left the movie mid-way. Sibte Hasan Rizvi took over and completed the film.[1] The film have best locations and photography, all the movie was shot in Leh and Ladakh.

Cast

Soundtrack

R. D. Burman composed the music for the film, and the lyrics were given by Javed Akhtar. "Joshilay Shehzaade Hai Zameen Ke" was the last song by the duo of Kishore Kumar and R.D.. who gave innumerable hits.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Dhak Dhak Jiya Kare"Asha Bhosle and Usha Mangeshkar 
2."Dhar Dham Chak Lag Gayi"Asha Bhosle 
3."Joshilaay Shah Jaade Hein"Kishore Kumar 
4."Na Jane Jaa"Asha Bhosle and R.D.Burman 
5."O Dhola Dhol Manjira Baaje"Asha Bhosle and Suresh Wadkar 

References

  1. Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (2015). Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema’s Greatest Screenwriters. Penguin Books. p. 159. ISBN 978-93-5214-008-4.


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