Shikhar (film)

Infobox_Film
name = Shikhar

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caption = Movie poster for "Shikhar"
director = John Matthew Matthan
producer = John Matthew Matthan
writer = Dr. Bodhisattva (dialogue)
John Mathew Matthan (dialogue, screenplay & story)
Abbas Tyrewala
starring = Ajay Devgan,
Shahid Kapoor,
Bipasha Basu,
Amrita Rao
distributor = Cinematt Pictures
released = 30 December 2005
runtime = 156 min
language = Hindi
music = Viju Shah, Chandrashekhar Rajit (lyrics)
budget =
imdb_id = 0475627

Shikhar (Devnagari: शिखर) is a Bollywood film, released on December 2005. It features Ajay Devgan, Shahid Kapoor, Bipasha Basu and Amrita Rao in the lead roles. This is the second movie directed by John Matthew Matthan, the man behind the 1999 hit Sarfarosh. The film marks the debut of Pakistani actor Javed Sheikh in Bollywood films.

Summary

Gaurav "G.G" Gupta (Ajay Devgan), an industrialist from Mumbai, wants to built a new city. The land for his project is owned by Guru Srinath Vardhan (Javed Sheikh), a former industrialist, who retired and now leads a quiet, spiritual life in his ashram. G.G., however, needs this piece of land, for his project called "Golden Gate", otherwise, he'll become bankrupt. Srinath Vardhan, however, has a son, Jaidev "Jai" Vardhan (Shahid Kapoor) who travels to Mumbai - and meets there Natasha (Bipasha Basu), G.G.'s girlfriend. G.G. and Natasha seduce Jai with all the luxuries of Mumbai - and despite warnings from Jai's childhood friend Madhavi (Amrita Rao), Jai becomes careless and G.G. recognizes his chance to get his piece of land with Jai's help. Almost too late, Jai realizes what he has done - he not only pushed away his father, but also Madhavi and is in the process to betray his father's dream. He swears to undo his errors and creates lots of publicity: that an industrialist is about to destroy a holy ashram only for the sake of greed and profit and G.G. in the end, has to give up his project and the ashram is saved.

Crew

* Director: John Matthew Matthan
* Producer: John Matthew Matthan
* Music Director: Viju Shah
* Screenplay: John Mathew Matthan
* Story: John Mathew Matthan
* Cinematography: Apurba Kishore Bir
* Editing: Ajoy Varma
* Choreography: Vaibhavi Merchant
* Lyrics: Chandrashekhar Rajit

Cast

* Ajay Devgan as ... G.G
* Shahid Kapoor as ... Jaidev (Jai)
* Bipasha Basu as ... Natasha
* Amrita Rao as ... Madhavi
* Javed Sheikh as ... Guruji (Jai's father)
* John Abraham as ... Himself (Special Appearance)

Sound Track

*"Maaf Kar Ye Fitna Dil" - Sunidhi Chauhan, Udit Narayan
*"Mere Mann" - Alka Yagnik
*"Hari Bhari Dhari Pe Chhalke Rang Pyar Ke" - Udit, Alka
*"Aapko Samjha Hain jabse Zindegi" - Udit, Alka
*"Dhire Dhire Jaage Naye Armaan" -

Trivia

*This is Shahid Kapoor's and Amrita Rao's third movie together.
*The character Gourav Gupta was supposed to be a comic one and Govinda was the first choice for the role, but eventually role went to Ajay Devgan & character changed from comic to serious.
*Shahid Kapoor received a Star Screen Awards nomination for Best Actor for his work in this film.

External links

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* [http://www.apunkachoice.com/scoop/bollywood/20051230-4.html Review at ApunKaChoice.Com]