Deewaar (2004 film)

Deewaar
Directed by	Milan Luthria
Produced by	Gaurang Doshi
Screenplay by	Shridhar Raghavan Milan Luthria
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Sanjay Dutt Akshaye Khanna Amrita Rao
Music by	Aadesh Shrivastav
Cinematography	Nirmal Jani
Editing by	Hozefa Lokhandwala
Distributed by	V. R. Pictures
Release date(s)	June 25, 2004
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Deewaar - Wall of War (Hindi: दीवार) is an Indian action film directed by Milan Luthria, while produced by Gaurang Doshi and written by Anurag Kashyap. The film starred Amitabh Bachchan, Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt and Amrita Rao in lead roles. Raghuvir Yadav, Kay Kay Menon and Tanuja had supporting roles. The film has nothing to do with the 1975 film Deewaar, which also starred Bachchan.

Plot

Major Ranvir Kaul (Amitabh Bachchan) is a POW who was captured along with over 30 soldiers by Pakistani soldiers in 1971 during the war between India and Pakistan. 33 years later Ranvir's son Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna) decides to go on a rescue mission to Pakistan and bring back his father who he has not seen since he was a child. Helping him on his mission is Khan (Sanjay Dutt) who had successfully escaped from the same prison. They steal, kill, and plan to get the prisoners out.

Cast

• Amitabh Bachchan .... Maj. Ranvir Kaul
• Sanjay Dutt .... Khan
• Akshaye Khanna .... Gaurav Kaul
• Amrita Rao .... Radhika
• Raghuvir Yadav .... Jata
• Kay Kay Menon .... Sohail
• Aditya Shrivastava ...
• Rajendranath Zutshi
• Akhilendra Mishra
• Tanuja .... Ranvir Kaul's wife
• Pradeep Rawat .... Baldev
• Arif Zakaria ... Rajan

Music

Music for the film was composed by Aadesh Shrivastav. The lyrics were written by Nusrat Badr.

• "Ali Ali", sung by Krishna Beura, Shraddha Pandit and Vijayta (5:57)
• "Chaliye Va Chaliye", sung by Roop Kumar Rathod and Udit Narayan (5:56)
• "Kara Kaga", sung by Alka Yagnik (4:19)
• "Marhaba Marhaba", sung by Sonu Nigam and Xenia Ali (5:18)
• "Piya Bawri", sung by Alka Yagnik and Kailash Kher (4:52)
• "Todenge Deewaar Hum", sung by Mukul Agrawal and Udit Narayan (4:43)

Two remix versions of the songs were also recorded:

• "Marhaba Marhaba" (remix), sung by Sonu Nigam and Xenia Ali (5:18)
• "Piya Bawri" (instrumental) (4:52)

See also

• Deewaar (1975 film) - an unrelated work by Salim-Javed also starring Bachchan

External links

• IndiaFM.com, review and miscellaneous info
• IMDb, Deewaar at the Internet Movie Database