Maidan-E-Jung
Maidan-E-Jung (transl. Battlefield) is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by K.C. Bokadia. It features an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Manoj Kumar, Jaya Prada, Mukesh Khanna, Akshay Kumar and Karisma Kapoor in the lead roles, with Amrish Puri and Gulshan Grover featuring as the villains. Also Kader Khan and Shakti Kapoor appear as comic reliefs in the film.
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| Directed by | K. C. Bokadia |
| Written by | K.C. Bokadia, Subhash Jain (scenario) |
| Produced by | Dilip Kankaria |
| Starring | Dharmendra Manoj Kumar Jaya Prada Mukesh Khanna Akshay Kumar Karisma Kapoor Amrish Puri Gulshan Grover Kader Khan Shakti Kapoor |
| Cinematography | Sudarshan Nag |
| Edited by | Govind Dalwadi |
| Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
| Distributed by | Devyang Arts |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹ 32.5 million[1] |
| Box office | ₹ 72.3 million[1] |
Maidan-E-Jung released worldwide on 14 April 1995 and received mostly negative reviews from critics, with some praise towards Puri and Dharmendra's performances. It was an average grosser at the box office.
Plot
Thakur Ranvir Singh aka Daata Guru is a wealthy, powerful and influential head of a village. He owns and controls all the villagers and their properties. Anyone who dares to raise their voice against him is crushed by his employee, Shankar and his son Guman.
Karan is the youngest son of Daata Guru, who comes back to the village after completing his education and falls in love with Shankar's sister Tulsi. Meanwhile, Shankar saves Daata Guru's widowed daughter-in-law Lakshmi from Guman, who tries to rape her. When Daata Guru learns that Shankar has abducted Lakshmi and has married her, he is enraged and wants Shankar dead. Daata Guru also instigates Karan against Shankar, and threatens to cut off the villagers' water supply if they do not turn in Shankar to him.
Karan discovers the entire truth from Bhua ji and he decides to help Shankar against Daata Guru.
Cast
- Dharmendra as Shankar
- Manoj Kumar as Master Dinanath
- Akshay Kumar as Karan Singh
- Karishma Kapoor as Tulsi
- Jaya Prada as Lakshmi
- Amrish Puri as Thakur Ranvir Singh aka Daata Guru, Karan's father
- Gulshan Grover as Guman Singh
- Mukesh Khanna as Police DCP Arun
- Dina Pathak as Bhua ji
- Vaishnavi Mahant as Masterji's sister
- Kader Khan as Maganlal
- Shakti Kapoor as Banarsi
Soundtrack
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
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| 1 | "Teera Bole" | Gurdas Mann, Ila Arun |
| 2 | "Kya Baat Hai Too" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik |
| 3 | "Kahi Pyaasi Raat" | Amit Kumar, Sapna Mukherjee |
| 4 | "Koi Haal Mast Koi Chaal" | Vinod Rathod, Mahendra Kapoor |
| 5 | "Shaam Dhal Rahi Teri Yaad" | Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam |
| 6 | "Lo Phagun Ritu Aa Gayee" | Udit Narayan, Vinod Rathod, Sadhana Sargam |
| 7 | "Tere Joban Ka Ghulam" | Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy |