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Overseas first weekend collection was (US$25,000) and worldwide first weekend collection was (₹2,61,30,750). Overseas first week collection was (US$40,000) and worldwide first week collection was (₹4,48,53,000). Total netgross collection was (₹5,18,00,000) and films verdict was declared as "Average" at Indian Boxoffice.
Overseas first weekend collection was (US$25,000) and worldwide first weekend collection was (₹2,61,30,750). Overseas first week collection was (US$40,000) and worldwide first week collection was (₹4,48,53,000). Total netgross collection was (₹5,18,00,000) and films verdict was declared as "Average" at Indian Boxoffice.


On IMDb it was rated at 5.7/10 stars and it was 17[[th]] (seventeenth) higest grossing film of 1998 on "Boxoffice India".
On IMDb it was rated at 5.7/10 stars and it was 17 (seventeenth) higest grossing film of 1998 on "Boxoffice India".


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Keemat
Film poster
Directed bySameer Malkan
Screenplay bySachin Bhowmick
Madan Joshi (dialogue)
Story bySayed Sultan
Produced byGanesh Jain
Ramesh Jain
StarringAkshay Kumar
Saif Ali Khan
Raveena Tandon
Sonali Bendre
CinematographyThomas Xavier
Edited byShirish Kunder
Music byRajesh Roshan
Production
company
Distributed byB4U Films
Release date
  • 10 April 1998 (1998-04-10)
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹47.5 million
Box office₹51.8 million

Keemat – They Are Back (transl.The Price – They Are Back) is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Sameer Malkan and produced by brothers Ganesh Jain and Ramesh Jain. It stars Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Raveena Tandon and Sonali Bendre. Anupam Kher and Ravi Kishen have supporting roles. This was the fourth collaboration between Kumar and Khan after hits like Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Yeh Dillagi and Tu Chor Main Sipahi.This film was delayed for 2 years.Manisha Koirala was offered but later Sonali Bendre was replaced.Saif Ali Khan's role was offered before to Ajay Devgan.It was last film of Akshay Kumar and Raveena Tandon before their breakup.Armaan Kohli was approached but he was busy in Qahar.

Synopsis

Two brothers Dev (Akshay Kumar) and Ajay (Saif Ali Khan) who are thieves as well as con-men by profession, used to cheat people. Sharmili (Raveena Tandon) being also a thief meets Dev and Ajay in a pub, steals their wallets and runs away from there. On the way some goons attack her and then Dev and Ajay appear there and save her. Sharmili being really impressed with Dev's fighting skill and understanding that he is a good human being, falls in love with him. In the meanwhile oneday Dev and Ajay accidentally kill a young man named Mohan Tripathi (Ravi Kishen). This weighs heavily on their minds, so they find out the address of the deceased and travel to his village called Badlapur. They come to know that Mohan went to Mumbai for his further studies for being a doctor. They meet Mohan's father, Dinanath Tripathi (Anupam Kher), his mother, Sulakshana (Moushumi Chatterjee), a sister (Sheetal Suvarna), and Mohan's wife (Kiran Zaveri), but are unable to tell them the sad news. So they lie and tell the Tripathis that Mohan is alive, and they are his friends. They decide to stick around longer so that they can assist the Tripathis. In this village Ajay meets Mansi (Sonali Bendre), a village girl, and they both fall in love with each other. Sharmili also reaches at the village-Badlapur chasing her love interest, Dev. Dev also starts loving Sharmili.

Dev and Ajay come to know that this village is being terrorized by a tyrant land-owner named Bhanu Pratap Singh (Dalip Tahil) and his men. Bhanu Pratap wants to seize the lands of the poor villagers at any cost, so that he can start building on it. With the course of the story it is revealed that Bhanu Pratap brutally killed his honest elder brother as well as the original land-owner of this village Thakur Suraj Pratap Singh (Mukesh Khanna) and his wife to seize all the "zamindari" in the past. Dev and Ajay start opposing Bhanu Pratap and his men. Meanwhile, Mohan's wife who is pregnant with Mohan's child, had died during her labour pain because there is no hospital at that village, and the doctor from the other village came late. That time Dev and Ajay reveal the truth of Mohan's death in front of everyone and also confess that they were responsible for his accidental death. Then Dinanath drives them away from the village but they stay there and save the villagers from Bhanu Pratap's torture. Then Bhanu Pratap finds out with the help of Lala Wajanlal (Shakti Kapoor), a greedy money-lender that Ajay has vices of drinking and gambling — and he decides to exploit this in order to separate the two brothers, He creates differences and bitterness between Dev and Ajay and starts taking advantage of the situation. Ajay succumbs to his temptation to gamble and starts losing money. Shortly thereafter he has lost all his money. Humiliated, he steals some gold bangles belonging to the Tripathis and sells them, so that he can continue playing. Dev finds out about this theft, and thus begins the rift between the two brothers that Bhanu has been waiting for. But later it is revealed that Ajay's transformation was a master plan schemed by both Dev and Ajay to deceive Bhanu Pratap and to get money from him by winning his confidence, so that they can use the money in building a hospital in the village which was Dinanath's dream too. When Bhanu Pratap comes to know about their conspiracy, he attacks them and Dinanath's family with his goons. They fight with the goons, save Dinanath and his family, specially Dinanath's daughter and the poor villagers. Meanwhile, Bhanu Pratap reveals the fact in front of everyone that Mohan was not accidentally killed by Dev and Ajay, it was he who intentionally killed Mohan by hitting him by his car. Dev ends it up by killing Bhanu Pratap. Finally they all get united and the movie ends on a happy note.

Cast

Sheetal Suvarna as Sharda (Mohan's sister)

Soundtrack

# Title Singer(s) Music Lyrics
1 "O' Meri Chaila" Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Babul Supriyo, Nayan Rathod Rajesh Roshan Indeevar
2 "De Diya Dil Piya" Alisha Chinai, Sonu Nigam Rajesh Roshan Indeevar
3 "Koi Nahi Tere Jaisa" Abhijeet, Udit Narayan, Hema Sardesai Rajesh Roshan Indeevar
4 "Nahi Kahi Thi Baat" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik Rajesh Roshan Javed Akhtar
5 "Mere Humsafar" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik Rajesh Roshan Indeevar
6 "Gair Se Ankh Ladayee" Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal Rajesh Roshan Indeevar
7 "Yeh Raat Hai" Altaf Raja, Shweta Shetty Rajesh Roshan Maya Govind

Box office

The film was released on (10-April-1998) at 150 screen's.

Budget ₹4,75,00,000
First day collection ₹5.5 million
First week collection ₹2,53,00,000
India gross collection ₹8,86,00,000
Overseas gross collection US$85,000

First weekend collection was (₹1,47,00,000) and All time rank was (718). Footfalls collection was (47,68,000) and Adjusted netgross collection was (₹45,85,38,560).

Overseas first weekend collection was (US$25,000) and worldwide first weekend collection was (₹2,61,30,750). Overseas first week collection was (US$40,000) and worldwide first week collection was (₹4,48,53,000). Total netgross collection was (₹5,18,00,000) and films verdict was declared as "Average" at Indian Boxoffice.

On IMDb it was rated at 5.7/10 stars and it was 17 (seventeenth) higest grossing film of 1998 on "Boxoffice India".

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