Tezaab
Acid
1988 · India · 174 min
- Director
- N. Chandra
- Music
- Laxmikant-Pyarelal
- Cinematography
- N. Chandra
Cast
What it is about
Inspector Singh learns that Munna, a young man linked to a bank robbery in Nashik years earlier, is heading into his jurisdiction. Checking his record, he identifies him as Mahesh Deshmukh, whom he first met after a massacre that killed Mahesh's parents and several bank employees. Their reunion leads Munna to recount how he and his sister Jyoti settled in Bombay and met Mohini, a young woman forced to dance to support her drunken father, who owes money to a feared gangster. Among studies, friendships and clashes with the gang responsible for the tragedy, the story weaves together love, revenge and the law.
How it was made
N. Chandra directed, produced and co-wrote the film, and also handled the cinematography. Laxmikant-Pyarelal composed the music. Aditya Pancholi was originally cast as the male lead before Anil Kapoor took the role, opposite Madhuri Dixit, who gained her big break with the picture. The result is a romantic action drama running 174 minutes, with musical numbers that form an essential part of the whole.
Reception and legacy
Tezaab was released on 11 November 1988 and became a major box office success, the highest-grossing Indian film of that year, running for more than fifty weeks. Critics and audiences praised its story, screenplay, dialogue, soundtrack and performances. At the 34th Filmfare Awards it received twelve nominations and won four, including Best Actor for Kapoor. The song
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