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Benaam Badsha
Benaam Badsha
	Poster
Directed by	K. Ravi Shankar
Screenplay by	Iqbal Durrani
Based on	Pudhea Paadhai; by R. Parthiban
Produced by	A. Krishnamoorthi; (presenter); K. Ramji
Starring	Anil Kapoor ; Juhi Chawla ; Shilpa Shirodkar
Cinematography	K.V. Ramanna
Edited by	Waman Bhonsle; Gurudutt Shirali
Music by	Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Production; company	Tina Films International
Release date	19 April 1991;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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Benaam Badsha (transl. The Nameless Emperor) is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by K. Ravi Shankar and produced by K. Ramji. It stars Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla and Shilpa Shirodkar in pivotal roles. The film was a moderate critical and commercial success, and the fourteenth highest grossing Indian film of 1991.^[1] This was a remake of the Tamil film Pudhea Paadhai.^[2]

Plot

Found in a garbage bin, abandoned by his biological parents, a young man grows up to be a paid assassin, kidnapper, and rapist. One of his rape victims is Jyoti, who is raped on the day of her marriage to a doctor groom. Her life ruined, unwed, she decides to convince her rapist to marry her, and goes to live in his neighborhood. But her rapist will not marry her, however, she continues to pursue her goal, and after feigning a pregnancy, she does convince him to allow her to move in with him – amongst ruins, without a roof. She soon starts to transform him, with considerable success. She names him Deepak, so that he has a name others can call him by. Deepak receives a contract to kill Kaameshwari by Jaikal. Deepak refuses to take this contract, and shortly thereafter, he is arrested by the police for Kaameshwari's death. With a background such as his, will he be able to convince the authorities that he was not involved in her death, and that he was framed for it?

Cast

Anil Kapoor ... Deepak
Juhi Chawla ... Jyoti
Shilpa Shirodkar ... Bijli
Amrish Puri ... Minister Jaikal
Rohini Hattangadi ... Kaameshwari
Sudhir Pandey ... Abhinandan Tiwari
Viju Khote ... Hotel Security Guard
Ashok Saraf ... Vinay Chandra 'VCR' Rathod
Yunus Parvez....Munshi of Jaikaal
Mahavir Shah ... Inspector Satyaprakash Verma
Satish Shah....Ganpat
Rakesh Bedi ... Ganpat's nephew
Ravindra Kapoor..... Jyoti's Dad
Shashi Puri ... as Doctor/Jyoti's Groom
Seema Deo ... Savitri Maa

Soundtrack

Song	Singer
"Duja Koi Roye Use"	Mohammed Aziz
"O Mata Ke Ladle Soja"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Kavita Krishnamurthy
"O Moochwale"	Kavita Krishnamurthy
"Mera Kunwara Padosi Sota Nahin"	Kavita Krishnamurthy, Amit Kumar
"Aish Karo"	Amit Kumar

References

^ "Benaam Badsha Movie Overview". Retrieved 28 January 2012.
^ ""Badrinath Ki Dulhania"… A troubling rom-com where the popcorn parts work, the 'progressive' parts don't". 12 March 2017.

External links

Benaam Badsha at IMDb

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[1] "Benaam Badsha Movie Overview". Retrieved 28 January 2012.

[2] ""Badrinath Ki Dulhania"… A troubling rom-com where the popcorn parts work, the 'progressive' parts don't". 12 March 2017.

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-| name           = Benaam Badsha<br /> बेनाम बादशाह
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+| caption        = Poster
-| caption        = movie poster
+| director       = [[K. Ravi Shankar]]
+| producer       = A. Krishnamoorthi<br />(presenter)<br /> K. Ramji
-| director       = K. Ravi Shankar
-| producer       = K. Ramji
+| writer         =
-| writer         = [[R. Parthiepan]]
+| screenplay     = [[Iqbal Durrani]]
+| based_on       = {{based on|''[[Pudhea Paadhai]]''|[[R. Parthiban]]}}
 | narrator       =
 | starring       = [[Anil Kapoor]] <br /> [[Juhi Chawla]] <br />[[Shilpa Shirodkar]]
 | music          = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
 | cinematography = K.V. Ramanna
-| editing        = Waman B. Bhosle
+| editing        = Waman Bhonsle<br />Gurudutt Shirali
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-'''''Benaam Badsha''''' ({{lit|The Nameless Emperor}}) is a [[Bollywood films of 1991|1991]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Bollywood]] [[action thriller film]] directed by K. Ravi Shankar and produced by K. Ramji. It stars [[Anil Kapoor]], [[Juhi Chawla]] and [[Shilpa Shirodkar]] in pivotal roles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Benaam Badsha Movie Overview|url=http://www.gomolo.com/benaam-badsha-movie/6618|accessdate=28 January 2012}}</ref> This was a remake of the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Pudhiya Paadhai]]''.<ref>https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2017/03/12/badrinath-ki-dulhania-a-troubling-rom-com-where-the-popcorn-parts-work-the-progressive-parts-dont/</ref>
+'''''Benaam Badsha''''' ({{translation|The Nameless Emperor}}) is a 1991 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language [[crime drama film]] directed by K. Ravi Shankar and produced by K. Ramji. It stars [[Anil Kapoor]], [[Juhi Chawla]] and [[Shilpa Shirodkar]] in pivotal roles. The film was a moderate critical and commercial success, and the fourteenth highest grossing Indian film of 1991.<ref>{{cite web|title=Benaam Badsha Movie Overview|url=http://www.gomolo.com/benaam-badsha-movie/6618|accessdate=28 January 2012}}</ref> This was a remake of the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Pudhea Paadhai]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2017/03/12/badrinath-ki-dulhania-a-troubling-rom-com-where-the-popcorn-parts-work-the-progressive-parts-dont/|title="Badrinath Ki Dulhania"… A troubling rom-com where the popcorn parts work, the 'progressive' parts don't|date = 12 March 2017}}</ref>
-==Synopsis==
+== Plot ==
-Found in a garbage bin, abandoned by his biological parents, a young man grows up to be a paid assassin, kidnapper, and rapist ([[Anil Kapoor]]). One of his rape victims is Jyothi ([[Juhi Chawla]]), who is raped on the day of her marriage to a doctor groom. Her life ruined, unwed, she decides to convince her rapist to marry her, and goes to live in his neighborhood. But her rapist will not marry her, however, she continues to pursue her goal, and after feigning a pregnancy, she does convince him to allow her to move in with him - amongst ruins, without a roof. She soon starts to transform him, with considerable success. She names him Deepak, so that he has a name others can call him by. Deepak receives a contract to kill Kaameshwari ([[Rohini Hattangadi]]) by Jaikal ([[Amrish Puri]]). Deepak refuses to take this contract, and shortly thereafter he is arrested by the police for Kaameshwari's death. With a background such as his, will he be able to convince the authorities that he was not involved in her death, and that he was framed for it?
+Found in a garbage bin, abandoned by his biological parents, a young man grows up to be a paid assassin, kidnapper, and rapist. One of his rape victims is Jyoti, who is raped on the day of her marriage to a doctor groom. Her life ruined, unwed, she decides to convince her rapist to marry her, and goes to live in his neighborhood. But her rapist will not marry her, however, she continues to pursue her goal, and after feigning a pregnancy, she does convince him to allow her to move in with him – amongst ruins, without a roof. She soon starts to transform him, with considerable success. She names him Deepak, so that he has a name others can call him by. Deepak receives a contract to kill Kaameshwari by Jaikal. Deepak refuses to take this contract, and shortly thereafter, he is arrested by the police for Kaameshwari's death. With a background such as his, will he be able to convince the authorities that he was not involved in her death, and that he was framed for it?
-==Cast==
+== Cast ==
 * [[Anil Kapoor]] ... Deepak
-* [[Juhi Chawla]] ... Jyothi
+* [[Juhi Chawla]] ... Jyoti
 * [[Shilpa Shirodkar]] ... Bijli
 * [[Amrish Puri]] ... Minister Jaikal
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 * [[Rakesh Bedi]] ... Ganpat's nephew
 *[[Ravindra Kapoor]]..... Jyoti's Dad
 *[[Shashi Puri]] ... as Doctor/Jyoti's Groom
 *[[Seema Deo]] ... Savitri Maa
-==Soundtrack==
+== Soundtrack ==
-{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
+{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
-! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
+! Song !! Singer
 |-
+| "Duja Koi Roye Use"
-| 1
+| [[Mohammed Aziz]]
-| "Duja Koi Roye"
-| [[Mohammad Aziz]]
 |-
+| "O Mata Ke Ladle Soja"
-| 2
-| "O Mata Ke Soja"
 | [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]
 |-
+| "O Moochwale"
-| 3
+| Kavita Krishnamurthy
-| "Mera Kunwara Padosi"
+|-
-| [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]], Kavita Krishnamurthy
+| "Mera Kunwara Padosi Sota Nahin"
+| Kavita Krishnamurthy, [[Amit Kumar]]
 |-
-| 4
 | "Aish Karo"
 | Amit Kumar
 |-
-| 5
-| "Moochwale Bachche"
-| Kavita Krishnamurthy
 |}
-==References==
+== References ==
 {{Reflist}}
-==External links==
+== External links ==
 *{{IMDb title|id=0101432}}
 [[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
 [[Category:1991 films]]
-[[Category:Hindi remakes of Tamil films]]
-[[Category:Indian films]]
 [[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
+[[Category:Hindi remakes of Tamil films]]
+[[Category:Indian crime drama films]]
 {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub}}
-[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]