Keemat – They Are Back
| Keemat | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Sameer Malkan |
| Screenplay by | Sachin Bhowmick Madan Joshi (dialogue) |
| Story by | Sayed Sultan |
| Produced by | Ganesh Jain Ramesh Jain |
| Starring | Akshay Kumar Saif Ali Khan Raveena Tandon Sonali Bendre |
| Cinematography | Thomas Xavier |
| Edited by | Shirish Kunder |
| Music by | Rajesh Roshan |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | B4U Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 162 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| 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.
Synopsis
Two brothers Dev and Ajay who are thieves as well as con-men by profession, used to cheat people. Sharmili 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, but Dev and Ajay save her. Sharmili is impressed with Dev's fighting skill and believes he is a good human being, so she falls in love with him. Then, Dev and Ajay accidentally kill a young man named Mohan Tripathi. This weighs heavily on their minds, so they find out the address of the deceased and travel to his village called Badlapur. They learn that Mohan went to Mumbai for his further studies for being a doctor. They meet Mohan's father, Dinanath Tripathi, his mother, Sulakshana, a sister, and Mohan's wife, 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 stay to assist the Tripathis. In this village Ajay meets Mansi, a village girl, and they fall in love. Sharmili then arrives in Badlapur seeking Dev. Dev also starts loving Sharmili.
Dev and Ajay learn that this village is being terrorized by a tyrannical land-owner named Bhanu Pratap Singh 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 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, 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 to build a hospital in the village which was Dinanath's dream too. When Bhanu Pratap discovers 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 publicly reveals that Mohan was not accidentally killed by Dev and Ajay, it was he who intentionally killed Mohan by hitting him by his car. Dev then kills Bhanu Pratap. Then everyone unites.
Cast
- Akshay Kumar as Dev
- Raveena Tandon as Sharmili
- Saif Ali Khan as Ajay
- Sonali Bendre as Mansi
- Anupam Kher as Dinanath Tripathi
- Dalip Tahil as Bhanu Pratap Singh / Singhania
- Shakti Kapoor as Lala Wajanlal
- Moushmi Chatterjee as Sulakshana (Mohan's mother)
- Avtar Gill as Ajay and Dev's foster father
- Ravi Kishan as Mohan
- Johnny Lever as Sub-inspector Ultappan / Veerappan
- Mukesh Khanna as Thakur Suraj Pratap Singh
- Kiran Javeri (as Mohan's wife)
- Babu Anthony as Villain
- Sheetal Suvarna as Sharda (Mohan's sister)
Production
This film was delayed for 2 years. Manisha Koirala was offered the role of Mansi but was replaced by Sonali Bendre. Saif Ali Khan's role was offered before to Ajay Devgn. It was the last film of Akshay Kumar and Raveena Tandon before their breakup. Armaan Kohli was approached but he was busy in Qahar.
Soundtrack
The music was directed by Rajesh Roshan. The song "Koi Nahin Tere Jaisa" was a copy of Cotton Eye Joe by Rednex.
| # | 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) highest-grossing film of 1998 on "Boxoffice India".