Jungle (2000 film)

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{{short description|2000 film by Ram Gopal Varma}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Jungle
| image = Jungle_(2000_film).jpg
| caption = Movie poster
| director = [[Ram Gopal Varma]]
| producer = Ram Gopal Varma
| writer = [[Jaideep Sahni]]
| starring = [[Sunil Shetty]] [[Fardeen Khan]] [[Urmila Matondkar]] [[Makrand Deshpande]] [[Sushant Singh]]
| music = [[Sandeep Chowta]]
| cinematography = Vijay Arora
| editing = [[Chandan Arora]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2000|7|14}}
| runtime = 153 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{Estimation}} {{INR|4.75 [[crore]]}}<ref name="boi">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=744|title=Jungle – Movie |work=Box Office India|accessdate=26 July 2016}}</ref>
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR|14.34 crore}}<ref name="boi" />
}}

'''''Jungle''''' is a 2000 Indian [[Survival film|survival]] [[thriller film]] produced and directed by [[Ram Gopal Varma]]. The movie is about a group of bandits, led by forest brigand, "Durga Narayan Chaudhary" ([[Sushant Singh]]), that hold a bunch of tourists hostage. It stars [[Suniel Shetty]] as Shivraj, the head of police, [[Urmila Matondkar]] as Anu Malhotra, one of the hostages, and [[Fardeen Khan]] as Siddhu, her love interest.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Jungle 2000 | work = [[Bollywoodhungama.com]] | access-date = 27 June 2021 | url = https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/jungle/ }}</ref> The [[ensemble cast]] film has received positive reviews upon release and was declared a Hit.

''Jungle'' received many accolades and nominations, including [[Filmfare Award for Best Background Score]] at the [[46th Filmfare Awards]]. For his performance, Sushant Singh won an [[IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role|IIFA Award]] and [[Zee Cine Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role|Zee Cine Award]] for Best Performance in a Negative Role.

==Plot==
Anu Malhotra ([[Urmila Matondkar]]) and Siddharth "Siddhu" Mishra ([[Fardeen Khan]]) are in love with each other and would like to get married. Anu is ready to inform her parents about her future life-partner, but everything is put on hold, as the family decides to go out on a group [[safari]]-like expedition. Siddhu decides to go incognito also. The group gets to view wildlife from fairly close distances.

Tragedy strikes when the group (except Siddhu) is kidnapped by the [[Bandit]] Durga Narayan Choudhary ([[Sushant Singh]]) and his gang. The bandits commit atrocities on the kidnapped people and finally behead one of the women in order to terrorize the government and extract ransom as well as release of one of their men who is in police custody. Once their demands are met, the bandits release remaining hostages, except Anu, whom the chief Durga Narayan Choudhary has started liking. This is unacceptable by his girlfriend Bali ([[Kashmera Shah]]), the only female bandit of the gang. When Siddhu does not find Anu among the released hostages, he sends the illegal arms supplier Dorai ([[Makrand Deshpande]]) to request Durga Narayan Choudhary for Anu's release. He secretly follows Dorai and finally reaches Anu. In the ensuing commotion, he is able to run away with her, with the bandits in their pursuit. They keep searching their way out of the dense forest.

Meanwhile, the goons started to reduce in numbers as they get shot one by one during repeated police encounters. Finally, Durga is the only one left. Still mad about Anu, he searches for her. He is about to take Anu away once more but is intercepted by Shivraj ([[Sunil Shetty]]), whom he eventually murders, but finally Siddhu beats up Durga and he is arrested. He re-unites with Anu and the movie ends on a happy note.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Sunil Shetty]] as Shivraj
* [[Fardeen Khan]] as Siddharth "Siddhu" Mishra
* [[Urmila Matondkar]] as Anu Malhotra
* [[Makrand Deshpande]] as Doraiswamy 'Madrasi'
* [[Sushant Singh]] as Durga Narayan Chaudhary
* [[Kashmera Shah]] as Bali
* [[Himanshu Malik]] as Pawan
* [[Raju Kher]] as Mr. Malhotra
* [[Swati Chitnis]] as Mrs. Malhotra
* [[Rajpal Yadav]] as Sippa
* [[Vijay Raaz]] as Deshu
* [[Ram Awana]] as Jinda
* Gurinder Makna as Makna
* Sanjay Kumar as Phoda
* Anil Yadav as Bhura
* [[Avtar Gill]] as Minister
* [[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]] as Khabri
{{colend}}

==Reception==
===Critical Reception===
''Jungle'' received generally positive reviews from critics. [[Taran Adarsh]] of [[Bollywood Hungama]] gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Director Ram Gopal Varma deserves a pat on his back for choosing an offbeat subject, going in for a star cast that will not make the distributors' heart beat faster and handling the subject with utmost honesty. To state that this is his finest effort, better than ''Shiva'', ''Rangeela'' and ''Satya'', would be absolutely right ... Every character in ''Jungle'' has a well-defined role, which is why every performance stands out at the end of the day."<ref>[http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/201899 Jungle (2000) | Hindi Movie Critic Review By Taran Adarsh - Bollywood Hungama]</ref> Aparajita Saha of ''[[Rediff]]'' said, "''Jungle'' is a movie where the violence is believable, the tension palpable, the emotions credible and the performances real."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Saha|first1=Aparajita|title=Terror stalks the Jungle|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/jul/14jungle.htm|website=[[Rediff]]|access-date=27 June 2021|date=14 July 2000}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The music for the film was composed by [[Sandeep Chowta]] and [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]] penned the lyrics.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Jaan Kahan Hai Tu"
| [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
|-
| 2
| "Aiyo Aiyo Rama"
| [[Sonu Nigam]], Sunidhi Chauhan, [[Sowmya Raoh]], [[Makrand Deshpande]]
|-
| 3
| "Do Pyar Karne Wale"
| Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan
|-
| 4
| "Patli Kamar"
| [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Sapna Awasthi]], [[Sandeep Chowta]], [[Jolly Mukherjee]]
|-
| 5
| "Pehli Baar"
| Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan
|-
| 6
| "Sorry Baba"
| Sonu Nigam, [[Sadhana Sargam]]
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!scope="col"| Award
!scope="col"| Date{{efn|Linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.}}
!scope="col"| Category
!scope="col"| Recipient(s) and nominee(s)
!scope="col"| Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="1" |[[Filmfare Awards]]
| rowspan="1" |[[46th Filmfare Awards|17 February 2001]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Background Score|Best Background Score]]
|{{sort|Chowta|Sandeep Chowta}}
|{{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[International Indian Film Academy Awards]]
| rowspan="1"| [[2nd IIFA Awards|16 June 2001]]
| [[IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role|Best Actor in a Negative Role]]
|{{sort|Singh|Sushant Singh}}
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://server1.msn.co.in/iifa/nominee/index.html |title=2nd IIFA Awards 2001 Nominations |work=[[MSN]] |access-date=25 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010826062906/http://server1.msn.co.in/iifa/nominee/index.html |archive-date=26 August 2001 |agency=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|url=http://server1.msn.co.in/iifa/winners/index.html |title=2nd IIFA Awards 2001 Winners |work=[[MSN]] |access-date=25 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010826065613/http://server1.msn.co.in/iifa/winners/index.html |archive-date=26 August 2001 |agency=[[Microsoft]]}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iifa.com/iifa-years/iifa-years-2001/ |title=IIFA Through the Years - IIFA 2001: South Africa |website=IIFA |access-date=25 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925131700/http://www.iifa.com/iifa-years/iifa-years-2001/ |archive-date=25 September 2015 }}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" |
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="8" |[[Screen Awards]]
| rowspan="8" |20 January 2001
|[[Screen Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|{{sort|Varma|Ram Gopal Varma}}
|{{nom}}
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="8" |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/star-screen-awards-2001-128.html|title=Star Screen Awards 2001|website=Awards and Shows|access-date=15 August 2020}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Screen Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role|Best Actor in a Negative Role]]
|{{sort|Yadav|Rajpal Yadav}}
|{{won}}
|-
|{{sort|Shah|Kashmera Shah}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Action
|{{sort|Amin|Allan Amin}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Screen Award for Best Background Music|Best Background Music]]
|{{sort|Chowta|Sandeep Chowta}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Screen Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
|{{sort|Arora|Chandan Arora}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Screen Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|{{sort|Sahni|Jaideep Sahni}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Sound Design
|{{sort|Warrier|Dwarak Warrier}}
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1"| [[Zee Cine Awards]]
| rowspan="1"| 3 March 2001
| [[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role|Best Actor in a Negative Role]]
|{{sort|Singh|Sushant Singh}}
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zeecineawards.com/timeline/2001/|title=Zee Cine Awards 2001|website=Zee Cine Awards|access-date=15 August 2020}}</ref>
|-
|}
==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0251756|Jungle}}

{{Ram Gopal Varma}}

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[[Category:2000 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films set in jungles]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian avant-garde and experimental films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ram Gopal Varma]]
[[Category:Films scored by Sandeep Chowta]]
[[Category:2000s avant-garde and experimental films]]

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