Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar

Infobox_Film
name = Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar


caption = DVD cover
writer = Mansoor Khan
starring = Aamir Khan,
Ayesha Jhulka,
Pooja Bedi
Asrani,
Aditya Lakhia,
Mamik,
Sanam Oberoi,
Deepak Tijori,
Kulbhushan Kharbanda,
Kiran Zaveri,
Anjan Srivastav,
Faisal Khan
director = Mansoor Khan
producer = Nasir Hussain
released = 1992
runtime = 174 min
language = Hindi
country = IND
music = Jatin Lalit
awards =
imdb_id = 0104561|

"Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar" is a 1992 Hindi sports drama film from the Indian Bollywood film industry, directed by Mansoor Khan (who earlier directed "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak"). The film stars Aamir Khan, Pooja Bedi, Ayesha Jhulka, Asrani, Aditya Lakhia, Mamik, Sanam Oberoi, Deepak Tijori, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Kiran Zaveri, Anjan Srivastav, and Faisal Khan. The music was by Jatin Lalit. The film may have been loosely inspired by the 1979 Hollywood film "Breaking Away".

Synopsis

"Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander" is an underdog story. The story revolves around Sanju (Aamir Khan), a young man from a lower middle class, family successfully beats Shekhar (Deepak Tijori), his arrogant and wealthier rival in an inter-school bicycling race which is the highlight of the small town they reside in. The story is set in Dehradun, a hill station which houses a few exclusive high schools such as the Rajput School, with students from very affluent backgrounds, and a few schools meant for the local, less affluent kids such as the Model School. Shekhar goes to the Rajput School and is generally portrayed to be arrogant and snobbish and a cheat, as are his friends and most of the other students at Rajput School. Shekhar also looks down condescendingly upon Sanju and his friends, who go to the Model School. Sanju, on the other hand is portrayed as a nicer, happy-go-lucky and more down-to-earth character. Other primary characters include Ramlal (Kulbhushan Kharbanda )(Sanju's father), Ratan (Mamik)(Sanju's elder brother) and Anjali (Ayesha Jhulka), who is Sanju's best friend and secretly in love with him.

The story is primarily set around an annual inter-school sports competition, which is the most popular and important event in the town. The story goes that Ramlal (who is a coach at Model School) has been obsessed with beating the Rajput school ever since his one bicycling victory against them a long time ago, and has been grooming his elder son, Ratan for the same. Ratan is Model's ideal student, a diligent and sincere student in both academia and sports, has an upright character and is the pride of his father. Sanju on the other hand is a more lazy and escapist natured happy-go-lucky character who prefers hanging out with friends and enjoying life even if it results in poor academic performance, which disappoints his father. After a scuffle with Shekhar and his friends a tragedy occurs due to which Ratan is unable to compete in the bicycle race, thus totally crushing his Dad's long harbored dream. Seeing this, Sanju is transformed from a boy without a care in the world into a responsible friend, brother, son and athlete.

Trivia

* It was this movie that catapulted the duo Jatin-Lalit to success. This movie was their second movie together.
* The phrase "Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar" loosely translates to "He who wins is the conqueror" since Sikandar is the Indian name for Alexander the Great.
* The song Pehla Nasha was the first song choreographed by Farah Khan and had become more popular than the movie itself.
* Girija of Geethanjali fame, directed by Mani Ratnam was signed on to be in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander and also shot most of the movie when the director felt she was too stunted as an actress and replaced with Ayesha Jhulka and reshot. If you observe closely, there is one song in the movie with Girija dancing with Aamir and the rest.
* In the song 'Rooth Ke Humse Kabhi' when Ratan is lying in hospital, Sanju stays by his side and has flashbacks of his childhood. 'Little' Sanju is played by a very young Imran Khan who is Aamir Khan's real-life nephew and debuted in the film 'Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na' in 2008.
* Akshay Kumar auditioned for the role of Shekhar Malhotra but was not selected and it was later played by Deepak Tijori.

Cast

* Aamir Khan ... Sanjay Lal Sharma a.k.a Sanju
* Ayesha Jhulka ... Anjali
* Pooja Bedi ... Devika
* Kulbhushan Kharbanda ... Ramlal Sharma
* Aditya Lakhia ... Maksood
* Deven Bhojani ... Ghote
* Mamik ... Ratan Lal Sharma
* Sanam Oberoi ... Tina
* Anjan Srivastav ... Race commentator
* Deepak Tijori ... Shekhar Malhotra
* Ajit Vachani .... Rajput's Principal
* Kiran Zaveri ... Kalpana
* Deb Mukherjee ... Rajput's Coach
* Faisal Khan ... Cameo Appearance
* Imran Khan (actor)... Young Sanju

Soundtrack

The music for the movie composed by Jatin Lalit

*"Pehla Nasha" - Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam
*"Yahaan Ke Hum Sikander" - Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam, "Lalit Pandit"
*"Jawaan Ho Yaaron" - Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam
*"Shehar Ki Pariyon" - Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam
*"Rooth Kar Humse" - "Jatin Pandit"
*"Naam Hai Mera Fonseca" - Amit Kumar, Alka Yagnik

References and notes

External links

*imdb title|id=0104561|title=Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar

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title=Filmfare Award for Best Film
years=1992
before="Lamhe"
after= "Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke"