Daava

Daava
Directed bySunil Agnihotri
Story byS. Khan
Produced byNitin Raj Arayadath
StarringNaseeruddin Shah
Akshay Kumar
Raveena Tandon
Akshay Anand
CinematographyPramod Bhandari
Edited byPappu Sharma
Music byJatin–Lalit
Production
company
Eklavya Visions
Release date
  • 18 July 1997 (1997-07-18)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget3.75 crore
Box office5.98 crore[1]

Daava is a 1997 Indian Hindi action drama movie directed by Sunil Agnihotri[2] and starring Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon and Akshay Anand in lead roles.[3]

Plot

Inspector Arjun is an honest and diligent police officer. He has an older stepbrother named Bhishma, and a younger brother named Suraj. While Bhishma, the former army officer lives with their mother in the village, Arjun and Suraj live in the city. In the city, he meets Seema, a pickpocket, and falls in love with her. Suraj gets employed at a poultry farm, but finds out that this is just a front for drugs like cocaine. His attempts to get this information to the police and his brother are in vain, as he is captured by the owners of the poultry farm, who owe their allegiance to notorious gangster Dhaman Chamunda. When Dhaman learns about Suraj, he decides to teach Arjun and Bhishma a lesson – first by splitting them up over the property they own in the village, then by framing Bhishma for the death of Suraj. With anger and hostilities reigning high amongst the two remaining brothers, the Chamunda Brothers decide to take full advantage of this situation, and watch in glee as the two brothers go against each other, in a fight to the death. Bhishma and Arjun clear their misunderstandings, but when their stepmother is killed by the Chamunda Brothers, they unite and kill them one by one until eventually destroying their empire.[4]

Cast

Soundtrack

# Title[5] Singer(s) Length Lyricist(s)
1 Theme music Naseeruddin Shah 02:32 Madan Pal
2 "Dil Mein Hai Tu" Kumar Sanu, Poornima 06:08 Vinod Mahendra
3 "Ru Tu Tu Tu" Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy 05:51 Vinod Mahendra
4 "Humse Hai Yaaro" (not in the film) Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet 05:24 Vinod Mahendra
5 "Deewane Hain Deewano Se" Kumar Sanu, Vijayeta Pandit, Kavita Krishnamurthy 04:34 Vinod Mahendra
6 "Kyun Aanchal Hamara" Asha Bhosle 05:53 Israr Ansari
7 "One For All" Kumar Sanu 04:58 Rani Malik

References

  1. ^ "Daava". Box Office India.
  2. ^ Daava, retrieved 18 May 2022
  3. ^ "Daava (1997) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Daava - Movie - Box Office India". www.boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  5. ^ Arunachalam, Param (2018). BollySwar: 1991 - 2000. Mavrix Infotech Private Limited. pp. 788–789. ISBN 9788193848210 – via Google Books.