Veergati

Veergati
DVD cover
Directed by K.K. Singh
Produced by K.K. Singh
Written by K.K. Singh
Starring Salman Khan
Divya Dutta
Atul Agnihotri
Pooja Dadwal
Akhilendra Mishra
Music by Aadesh Shrivastava
Indeevar (lyrics)
Release date
 29 September 1995
Running time
 166 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Box office 8.6 crores[1]

Veergati (Martyrdom) is a 1995 Hindi-language Action film Indian feature film written directed and produced by K.K Singh, starring Salman Khan, Atul Agnihotri, Divya Dutta and Akhilendra Mishra.[1] Upon release the film received positive reviews mostly for its action, but the film failed at the box office,[2] but had a successful DVD release.[3]

Plot

Hawaldar finds an abandoned newborn baby boy in the gutter of Kamathipura, a red light area of Mumbai. A prostitute, meanwhile gave birth to another baby boy. She decides to educate him and requests Hawaldar to give him a father's name. Hawaldar's wife does not accept the child and leaves for her parents home. Hawaldar adopts the child and names him Ajay while the prostitute's son is named Shlok. Both are admitted to School and become friends. Shlok does well in studies whereas Ajay takes up gambling. Shlok falls in love with Pooja, daughter of J.K - a millionaire. Ajay does not believe in love and is a cynic. Havaldar tries his best to get Ajay a job, but Ajay finds it difficult to work in a corrupt society. Ekka Seth is a terror in the prostitutes' basti, he exploits the innocent girls and forces them into prostitution. Shlok graduates and completes his M.B.A. Ajay wins a crore rupees in gambling and encourages Shlok to pursue his project. Ekka and his men abduct and kill Hawaldar's son, Shlok. Ajay decides to avenge this and proceeds to kill Ekka's men and frees the sex workers from his clutches. He then takes on Ekka and manages to kill him, but is grievously wounded in the fight. The final scene shows Ajay dying to protect his brother and attaining martyrdom.

Cast

Soundtrack

#TitleSinger(s)Length
1 "Mausam Ne Badal Se" Kumar Sanu, Bela Sulakhe 04:36
2 "Meri Nigah Main" Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam 07:18
3 "Tum Dil Main Bas Gaye Ho" Mangal Singh, Sadhana Sargam 05:27
4 "Tu Meethi Hai Tu Namkeen Hai" Aadesh Shrivastava, Vijeta Pandit 06:02
5 "Khud Se Har Koi Rootha Hai" Kumar Sanu, Poornima 05:55
6 "Jahan Kabhi Dil Ne Khai Thokar" Suresh Wadkar, chorus 05:55

References

  1. 1 2 "Veergati". Box Office India. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Veergati-Salman Khan's 10 BEST action moments!". Rediff.com. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Atul Agnihotri (Veergati)". Rediff.com. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2018.


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