Wajood (transl. Existence) is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action film directed and produced by N. Chandra.[3] The film features Nana Patekar and Madhuri Dixit in lead roles.[4]

Wajood
Directed byN. Chandra
Written byN. Chandra
Kamlesh Pandey(dialogues)
Story byN. Chandra
Produced byJayashri N. Chandra
N. Chandra
StarringNana Patekar
Madhuri Dixit
Mukul Dev
Ramya Krishnan
CinematographyW. B. Rao
Edited byPrashant Khedekar
Vinod Nayak
Music byAnu Malik Background score=Raju Rao
Distributed byAsian Video Wholesalers
Release date
  • 11 December 1998 (1998-12-11)
Running time
179 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box officeRs. 9,75,00,000[2]

Plot

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Malhar (Nana Patekar), who is born to a poor typist clerk, is a versatile character who wins trophies in dramas but is never appreciated by his father. While writing and directing dramas in his college he meets Apoorva (Madhuri Dixit), a very rich girl and falls madly in love with her. When she wins the Best Actress Award, she calls upon Malhar on stage and gives all the credit to him. Malhar misunderstands this gesture as Apoorva's love for him.

Meanwhile, Apoorva and Nihal (Mukul Dev) fall in love with each other. Nihal's father, who is a wealthy bureaucrat, decides to get them married. Malhar assumes that this marriage is against Apoorva's will and in his protest Nihal's father accidentally gets killed. Malhar is sent to jail. As Nihal loses his identity and status due to his father's death, Apoorva's father breaks off her engagement with Nihal. In jail, Malhar spends his days thinking of Apoorva, marrying her, having a child and living happily with his father; all in one family.

Malhar escapes from jail and then starts making quick money out of wrong ways. He starts seducing rich women and then looting them. He finds an accomplice in Sofia (Ramya Krishnan), who helps him in these crimes. She falls madly in love with him but he continues to love Apoorva. Nihal, a police officer now, happens to meet Apoorva, a journalist now, to solve the mystery of the "stranger murderer" in the city. The Police Commissioner (Shivaji Satam) is under great pressure from the local political leader and also the public to nab the culprit. When Sofia learns that Malhar does not love her, but loves Apoorva, she is deeply disturbed and kills herself. Finally, when Malhar comes face to face with Apoorva, she tells him that she'd never loved him. Heart-broken, Malhar is then caught and dies dramatically in the end.

Cast

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The film also features Rajdutt, Gick Grewal, Pushpa Verma, Geeta Shankar, Rajesh Singh, Paploo, Bhargava, Dhananjay and Dilawar Khan.

Soundtrack

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Wajood
Soundtrack album by
Released17 August 1998
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelSaregama

All songs are composed by Anu Malik and penned by Javed Akhtar.

# Title Singer(s)
1 "Aur Hum Tum" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
2 "Kaise Bataaoon Main" Nana Patekar
3 "Ki Tut Gayi Tadak Karke" Sapna Awasthi, Kavita Krishnamurthy
4 "Main Kya Karoon" Alka Yagnik
5 "Main Sochta Hoon Tumhaari" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
6 "Sanam Tum Hum Pe Marte Ho" Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy

References

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  1. ^ "Wajood". British Board of Film Classification.
  2. ^ "Boxoffice 1998". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  3. ^ Wajood, retrieved 24 December 2021
  4. ^ "Wajood (1998) – Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
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