Auzaar

Auzaar (transl. Tool or Weapon) is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Sohail Khan and written by Anwar Khan. The film stars Salman Khan, Sanjay Kapoor and Shilpa Shetty.^[2]

Plot

Suraj, who is a police officer, discovers that Yash's, father, runs an illegal business. He must now convince Yash to make his father mend his ways or face criticism from his superiors for not confronting him.

Cast

Sanjay Kapoor as Yash Thakur, Prathna's husband.
Salman Khan as CBI Officer Suraj Prakash
Shilpa Shetty as Prathna Thakur, Yash's wife.
Nirmal Pandey as Baba the main antagonist.
Johnny Lever as Peter
Kiran Kumar as Bhaiji
Aashif Sheikh as Inspector Bhudev
Paresh Rawal as Mr. Thakur, Yash's father.
Ila Arun as herself in song "Apni To Ek Hi Life"
Vishwajeet Pradhan as Baba's Associate
Arun Bakshi as Arun Bhai
Achyut Potdar
Vikas Anand as Doctor
Tiku Talsania as College professor
Mukesh Rawal as Thakur's Associate
Dinesh Hingoo as Qawwal Singer in song "Apni To Ek Hi Life"
Joginder Shelly as Truck driver in song "Apni To Ek Hi Life"
Sulabha Arya

Production

Sohail Khan initially wanted Aamir Khan for Sanjay Kapoor's role, but he declined it for unknown reasons. Then Sohail Khan approached Suniel Shetty for the role, but he was busy shooting of another filn. Raveena Tandon was offered the female lead, but declined. Then Shilpa Shetty received the role.^[3]^[4]

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack album was composed by Anu Malik.

The song "I Love You, I Love You" was reportedly plagiarized from Pakistani Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's "Allah Hoo, Allah Hoo".^[5]^[6] Khan was reportedly aggrieved when Malik turned his spiritual "Allah Hoo, Allah Hoo" into "I Love You, I Love You".^[5] Khan said "He has taken my devotional song Allahu and converted it into I love you. He should at least respect my religious songs."^[6]

References

^ a b "Auzaar – Movie". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ Auzaar Cast and Crew – Hindi Movie Archived 15 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Apunkachoice.com. Retrieved on 2014-03-21.
^ "26 Years of 'Auzaar': Sanjay Kapoor shares old picture with Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty". Mid-day. 28 February 2023. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
^ "25 Years of Auzaar: From Salman Khan and Sanjay Kapoor's casting to Anu Malik's controversial music, lesser-known facts about Sohail Khan's first directorial". Bollywood Hungama. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
^ a b Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (2018). Bioscope: A Frivolous History of Bollywood in Ten Chapters. Hachette. p. 93. ISBN 9789351952299. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ a b "A rare encounter with Ustad Nusrat Ali Khan". Rediff. 1997. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2018.

External links

Auzaar at IMDb
Planet Bollywood review
Bollywood Hungama article