Pukar (2000 film)


Pukar English Call is a Hindi drama filmdirected by Rajkumar Santoshi and starring Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Namrata Shirodkar, Danny Denzongpa and Om Puri. The film was critically acclaimed but only did average at box office. It won two National Film Awards, including the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration and the National Film Award for Best Actor for Anil Kapoors performance.

Major Jaidev Rajvansh Anil Kapoor and his fellow officer manage to rescue a leading politician as well as capture his kidnapper, Abhrush Danny Denzongpa. The terrorist has been wanted for years and he is finally captured by the two officers. Jai returns to a joyous welcome and is declared a national hero. He takes a break from the army and returns to his hometown. There he meets his childhood friend Anjali Madhuri Dixit who has always harboured love for Jai. Anjali wants to make most of Jais holiday and tries to get close to him and spend time with him as much as she can.At a party, he meets the then Miss India, Pooja Mallapa Namrata Shirodkar. As they spend more time together, they begin to fall in love. In the mean time, Jais parents are arranging his marriage to Anjali but when they find out about Jais love for Pooja, they realise that they have to tell Anjali everything. Anjali, heartbroken and jealous wants revenge as Jai rejected her. Realising her frustration with Jai, Abrush takes advantage via the said kidnapped politician who is hand in glove with Abrush and together they plot to destroy Jais reputation and life. ........

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