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{{Infobox film<br />
| name =Aar Ya Paar<br />
| image = Aar Ya Paar.jpg<br />
| image_size =<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Ketan Mehta]]<br />
| producer = <br />
| writer = Ketan Mehta<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = [[Jackie Shroff]]<br />[[Deepa Sahi]]<br />[[Ritu Shivpuri]]<br />[[Kamal Sidhu]]<br />[[Paresh Rawal]]<br />
| music = [[Viju Shah]]<br />
| cinematography = Dharam Gulati<br />
| editing = Aseem Sinha<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1997|01|31}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget =<br />
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}}<br />
'''''Aar Ya Paar''''' (English: Now or never) is a [[1997 in film|1997]] [[Bollywood]] [[mystery film|mystery]] [[crime thriller film]] produced and directed by [[Ketan Mehta]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Aar Ya Paar Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos {{!}} eTimes|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/aar-ya-paar/movieshow/61333475.cms|access-date=2021-05-17}}</ref> The film stars [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Deepa Sahi]], [[Ritu Shivpuri]], [[Kamal Sidhu]] and [[Paresh Rawal]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=AAR YA PAAR (1997)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b800829f7|access-date=2021-05-17|website=BFI|language=en}}</ref> The music is by [[Viju Shah]]. The movie is adapted from [[Agatha Christie]]'s 1967 novel ''[[Endless Night (novel)|Endless Night]]'' <ref>https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/state-editions/session-on-christies-connections-with-india-organised.html</ref> and [[James hadley chase|James Hadley Chase's]] 1954 novel ''[[The Sucker Punch]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Sucker Punch|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/906854-the-sucker-punch|access-date=2021-05-17|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref> and was partly shot in [[Italy]].<br />
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==Story==<br />
Shekhar Khosla (Jackie Shroff) is an accounts executive, an alcoholic and a penniless playboy. He has an on-and-off romance with cabaret dancer Julie (Ritu Shivpuri).<br />
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One day his boss tells him to improve himself and hands him a multi-million rupee client, Veena Sanghvi (Kamal Sidhu) and asks him to maintain and strengthen the relationship with this client. Shekhar meets with Veena, seduces her and marries her, while having an affair with her personal secretary, Anu Chauhan ([[Deepa Sahi]]). When Veena finds out about this affair, she threatens to separate from him. Shekhar doesn't know about the will. Then Shekhar and Anu plan to kill her. They carry out their plan successfully, with the police concluding that her death was accidental. Shekhar finds out that Anu does not love him. To make matters worse, the police have evidence linking him to the death of his wife.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Jackie Shroff]] as Shekhar Khosla<br />
* [[Deepa Sahi]] as Anu Chauhan<br />
* [[Ritu Shivpuri]] as Julie<br />
* [[Kamal Sidhu]] as Veena Sanghvi<br />
* [[Paresh Rawal]] as Inspector Khan<br />
* [[Satish Shah]] as Jagdish<br />
* [[Harish Patel]] as Gupta<br />
* [[Ajit Vachani]] as Salim<br />
* [[Mamik Singh]] as Anil (Anu's Boyfriend)<br />
* Ravi Khanvilkar as Hargovind <br />
* [[Triple H|Hunter Hearst Helmsley]] as Gigilo<br />
* [[Doink the Clown]] as Joker<br />
* [[Yokozuna]] as himself<br />
* [[Bret Hart]] as himself<br />
* [[Savio Vega]] as himself<br />
* [[Chris Candido]] as himself<br />
* [[Owen Hart]] as himself <br />
* [[Kevin Nash|Diesel]] as himself<br />
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==Critical Reception==<br />
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The movie features in Avijit Ghosh's book, 40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Have Missed<br />
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== Soundtrack==<br />
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The music was composed by [[Viju Shah]]. The lyrics were penned by [[Maya Govind]], [[Indivar]], [[Nitin Raikwar]] and Rani Malik. The soundtrack was released on [[Venus Records & Tapes]] Pvt. Ltd.<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! # !! Song !! Singer <br />
|-<br />
| 1<br />
| "Dil Diya Pyar Kiya"<br />
| [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Sudesh Bhosle]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2<br />
| "Aar Ya Paar" (Female)<br />
| [[Asha Bhosle]]<br />
|-<br />
| 3<br />
| "Aar Ya Paar" (Male)<br />
| [[Jolly Mukherjee]]<br />
|-<br />
| 4<br />
| "Hulle Hulle"<br />
| [[Udit Narayan]], [[Hema Sardesai]]<br />
|-<br />
| 5<br />
| "Mann Chahe Sanam"<br />
| [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya|Abhijeet]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]<br />
|-<br />
| 6<br />
| "Tamma Ele Tamma Ele"<br />
| [[Shankar Mahadevan]]<br />
|-<br />
| 7<br />
| "Suna Hai Phool Kaliyon Se"<br />
| [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]<br />
|-<br />
| 8<br />
| "Jo Hoga Hone Do"<br />
| [[Babul Supriyo]], [[Jolly Mukherjee]], [[Nayan Rathod]], [[Sanjay]], [[Hema Sardesai]], [[Sonali Vajpayee]], [[Jaspinder Narula]], [[Meera]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1997 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Ketan Mehta]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on British novels]]<br />
[[Category:Indian crime thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Viju Shah]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:1997 crime thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian mystery thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on works by James Hadley Chase]]<br />
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{{1990s-Hindi-film-stub}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0118546|Aar Ya Paar}}</div>2402:3A80:13A3:D140:0:0:E78:68F9