Baazigar


Baazigar English Illusionist is a 1993 Bollywood crimethriller film directed by AbbasMustan, it is a contemporary thriller about a young man who stops at nothing to get what he wants. The film is inspired by the 1954 film On The Waterfront. Initially Salman Khan was the first choice to play the lead in the film. This was Shah Rukh Khans breakthrough role as the sole lead, Kajols first commercial success and Shilpa Shettys debut film. Baazigar was the first film Shah Rukh Khan played the role of an antihero and also the first film which earned Khan a Filmfare Award for Best Actor. It was a major commercial success at the time of its release and the first film of the famous Shahrukh KhanKajol jodi. The film was remade in Tamil as Samrat with Ramki, in Telugu as Vetagadu with Rajasekhar and in Kannada as Nagarahavu with Upendra.

When reputed businessman Vishwanath Sharma Anant Mahadevan discovers that his manager Madan Chopra Dalip Tahil is embezzling money right under his nose, Sharma has him thrown in jail. After Chopra completes his jail term, he reapproaches Sharma and asks for forgiveness. Vishwanath rebukes him, but his wife Shobha Rakhee takes pity on Chopras daughters and pleads to her husband. Chopra is reappointed in the company. However, Chopra has come back to exact revenge on his former boss. Slowly, but surely, Chopra regains the confidence of Sharma.One day, when Sharma has to go for a business tour, he hands over the power of attorney to Chopra. Chopra, who has been waiting for such chance, usurps Sharmas company and becomes its de facto owner. Sharma learns of this treachery, by which time his family is ejected out of their home. More tragedy strikes the Sharma household when his newborn daughter dies of fever and Sharma himself dies while trying to buy medicines for her. Devastated by the turn of events, Shobha goes insane, while her son Ajay decides to avenge the wrongdoings by making Chopra pay in the same coin. ........

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