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	'''''Mafia ''''' is a ~~[[Bollywood films of 1996\|~~1996]] [[Hindi language\|Hindi-language]] ~~[[Cinema of India\|~~Indian]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mafia/\|title=Mafia\|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]\|access-date=8 December 2011}}</ref> semi-[[action film]] directed by [[Aziz Sejawal]] and starring [[Dharmendra]], [[Aditya Pancholi]], [[Somy Ali]], [[Gulshan Grover]], Mohan Joshi and [[Raza Murad]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ishare.rediff.com/video/entertainment/dharmendra-trailer-from-mafia/559525\|title=Dharmendra trailer from Mafia\|work=[[Rediff.com]]\|access-date=8 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="Bowker's Complete Video Directory 2002: Entertainment : titles A-S.">{{cite book\|title=Bowker's Complete Video Directory 2002: Entertainment : titles A-S.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBJlAAAAMAAJ\|access-date=8 December 2011\|year=2002\|publisher=Bowker\|isbn=978-0-8352-4478-7\|page=874}}</ref> The Film was an average at the box office.		'''''Mafia ''''' is a 1996 [[Hindi language\|Hindi-language]] Indian<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mafia/\|title=Mafia\|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]\|access-date=8 December 2011}}</ref> semi-[[action film]] directed by [[Aziz Sejawal]] and starring [[Dharmendra]], [[Aditya Pancholi]], [[Somy Ali]], [[Gulshan Grover]], Mohan Joshi and [[Raza Murad]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://ishare.rediff.com/video/entertainment/dharmendra-trailer-from-mafia/559525\|title=Dharmendra trailer from Mafia\|work=[[Rediff.com]]\|access-date=8 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="Bowker's Complete Video Directory 2002: Entertainment : titles A-S.">{{cite book\|title=Bowker's Complete Video Directory 2002: Entertainment : titles A-S.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBJlAAAAMAAJ\|access-date=8 December 2011\|year=2002\|publisher=Bowker\|isbn=978-0-8352-4478-7\|page=874}}</ref> The Film was an average at the box office.

	==Background==		==Background==
	This film is heavily influenced by 1990s [[Cinema of the United States\|Hollywood]] action films with a common theme of [[police corruption]] and a [[mafia]] dominating the government,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.lovefilm.com/film/Mafia/101692/\|title=Mafia\|publisher=[[Lovefilm.com]]\|access-date=8 December 2011}}</ref> but using a comedic style.<ref name=Outlook>{{cite book\|title=Outlook, Volume 42, Issues 1-11\|year=2002\|publisher=Hathway Investments Pvt Ltd\|pages=58\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTBWAAAAYAAJ&q=Mafia%2BSejawal}}</ref> The music for the film is by the famous duo [[~~Anand-Milind~~]], with lyrics written by [[Sameer (lyricist)\|Sameer]]. The film features songs such as "Dil Mera Deewana Dhahdke", "Duniya Nazaray", "Yeh Dil Yeh Paagal Dil" and "Is Ladki Ne Mera". The film premiered on 24 May 1996 and was released by Prathima Films. It has since been released on DVD by [[Eros Entertainment]].		This film is heavily influenced by 1990s [[Cinema of the United States\|Hollywood]] action films with a common theme of [[police corruption]] and a [[mafia]] dominating the government,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.lovefilm.com/film/Mafia/101692/\|title=Mafia\|publisher=[[Lovefilm.com]]\|access-date=8 December 2011}}</ref> but using a comedic style.<ref name=Outlook>{{cite book\|title=Outlook, Volume 42, Issues 1-11\|year=2002\|publisher=Hathway Investments Pvt Ltd\|pages=58\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTBWAAAAYAAJ&q=Mafia%2BSejawal}}</ref> The music for the film is by the famous duo [[Anand–Milind]], with lyrics written by [[Sameer (lyricist)\|Sameer]]. The film features songs such as "Dil Mera Deewana Dhahdke", "Duniya Nazaray", "Yeh Dil Yeh Paagal Dil" and "Is Ladki Ne Mera". The film premiered on 24 May 1996 and was released by Prathima Films. It has since been released on DVD by [[Eros Entertainment]].

	==Plot==		==Plot==
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	==Soundtrack==		==Soundtrack==
	The soundtrack album of the movie, composed by [[~~Anand-Milind~~]] has a number of striking songs formulated by [[Sameer (lyricist)\|Sameer]] and performed by some big-time playback singers of the period, notably [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Alka Yagnik]] and a few others. The movie has pleasant tracks; "Dil Mera Deewana Dhadke", being a fine sensual number with analogous beats of [[percussion instrument]]s. The track is peculiar to steamy numbers presented during that [[List of Bollywood films of the 1990s\|phase of Bollywood]], with slow and measured use of instruments, chiefly [[tabla]], as an example, in the song [[The Gentleman 1995\|Roop Suhana Lagta Hai]]. {{citation needed\|date=July 2014}}		The soundtrack album of the movie, composed by [[Anand–Milind]] has a number of striking songs formulated by [[Sameer (lyricist)\|Sameer]] and performed by some big-time playback singers of the period, notably [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Alka Yagnik]] and a few others. The movie has pleasant tracks; "Dil Mera Deewana Dhadke", being a fine sensual number with analogous beats of [[percussion instrument]]s. The track is peculiar to steamy numbers presented during that [[List of Bollywood films of the 1990s\|phase of Bollywood]], with slow and measured use of instruments, chiefly [[tabla]], as an example, in the song [[The Gentleman 1995\|Roop Suhana Lagta Hai]]. {{citation needed\|date=July 2014}}
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{{short description|1996 film by Aziz Sejawal}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Mafia
| image = Mafia1996.jpg
| image_size =
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
| director = [[Aziz Sejawal]]
| producer = Vijay Mehta
| writer = [[Jalees Sherwani]]
| screenplay = Yunus Sajawal
| story =
| based_on = 
| narrator =
| starring = [[Dharmendra]] [[Aditya Pancholi]] [[Jay Mehta (actor)|Jay Mehta]] [[Somy Ali]]
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing = Waman B. Bhosle
| studio = Prathima Films
| distributor = Films (1996 theatrical) B4U Entertainment (2006 Canadian TV)
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1996|05|24|India}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| budget =
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'''''Mafia ''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1996|1996]] [[Hindi language|Hindi-language]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mafia/|title=Mafia|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=8 December 2011}}</ref> semi-[[action film]] directed by [[Aziz Sejawal]] and starring [[Dharmendra]], [[Aditya Pancholi]], [[Somy Ali]], [[Gulshan Grover]], Mohan Joshi and [[Raza Murad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ishare.rediff.com/video/entertainment/dharmendra-trailer-from-mafia/559525|title=Dharmendra trailer from Mafia|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=8 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="Bowker's Complete Video Directory 2002: Entertainment : titles A-S.">{{cite book|title=Bowker's Complete Video Directory 2002: Entertainment : titles A-S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBJlAAAAMAAJ|access-date=8 December 2011|year=2002|publisher=Bowker|isbn=978-0-8352-4478-7|page=874}}</ref> The Film was an average at the box office.

==Background==
This film is heavily influenced by 1990s [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] action films with a common theme of [[police corruption]] and a [[mafia]] dominating the government,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lovefilm.com/film/Mafia/101692/|title=Mafia|publisher=[[Lovefilm.com]]|access-date=8 December 2011}}</ref> but using a comedic style.<ref name=Outlook>{{cite book|title=Outlook, Volume 42, Issues 1-11|year=2002|publisher=Hathway Investments Pvt Ltd|pages=58|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTBWAAAAYAAJ&q=Mafia%2BSejawal}}</ref> The music for the film is by the famous duo [[Anand-Milind]], with lyrics written by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]. The film features songs such as "Dil Mera Deewana Dhahdke", "Duniya Nazaray", "Yeh Dil Yeh Paagal Dil" and "Is Ladki Ne Mera". The film premiered on 24 May 1996 and was released by Prathima Films. It has since been released on DVD by [[Eros Entertainment]].

==Plot==
In India, many illegal activities including supply of firearms and drugs in bulk are executed by an influential and dominant mafia Gawda, who uses his supremacy and power to stop strikes and release convicts from police custody as well. A man named Moosa, with whom Gawda previously worked and thus learnt the ways and means of the underworld, vehemently expresses his animosity towards Gawda for his depraved activities against the society and the nation. Gawda, with the help of his men, burns Moosa's daughter to death and kills Moosa. The murder of Moosa's daughter becomes the top and sensational news in newspapers. When DCP Bapat is enquired by Police Commissioner Pawar of the murder of Moosa's daughter and the extreme growth in the crime rate of the city, Bapat tries to dismiss the matter by saying that everything – prices, population, crime – is increasing, and the law has become inferior in front of ministers and politicians. Pawar cannot take any punitive measure against Bapat because the latter has the backing of ministers and politicians, and above all Gawda.

==Cast==
*[[Dharmendra]] as Ajit Singh "Fauji"
*[[Aditya Pancholi]] as Inspector Bhagat Singh
*[[Jay Mehta (actor)|Jay Mehta]] as Jai Singh
*[[Somy Ali]] as Kiran Pawar
*[[Charan Raj]] as Gawda
*[[Raza Murad]] as Commissioner Y. Pawar
*[[Pramod Muthu]] as Minister Praja Swami
*[[Gulshan Grover]] as Parab Anna
*[[Ishrat Ali]] as Moosa
*[[Mohan Joshi]] as DCP Bapat
*[[Harish Patel]] as Kalyanji Bhai Matke
*[[Subbiraj]] as Acharya
*[[Babu Antony]] as Chhote, Gawda younger brother
*[[Ali Asgar (actor)|Ali Asgar]] as Jai's Friend with car
*[[Arun Bakshi]] as John T. Dalla
*Ramesh Goyal as Praja Swami's driver
*[[Ahmed Khan (choreographer)|Ahmed Khan]] as military Official
*[[Mehmood]] Jr. as Hariya
*[[Ghanashyam Nayak]] as Constable
*[[Robert]] as Gawda gang member
*[[Siddhant]] as Gawda gang member

==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack album of the movie, composed by [[Anand-Milind]] has a number of striking songs formulated by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]] and performed by some big-time playback singers of the period, notably [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Alka Yagnik]] and a few others. The movie has pleasant tracks; "Dil Mera Deewana Dhadke", being a fine sensual number with analogous beats of [[percussion instrument]]s. The track is peculiar to steamy numbers presented during that [[List of Bollywood films of the 1990s|phase of Bollywood]], with slow and measured use of instruments, chiefly [[tabla]], as an example, in the song [[The Gentleman 1995|Roop Suhana Lagta Hai]]. {{citation needed|date=July 2014}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Yeh Dil Yeh Pagal Dil"
| [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Kumar Sanu]]
|-
| 2
| "Mafia Mafia"
| Arun Bakshi, [[Usha Uthup]]
|-
| 3
| "Is Ladki Ne Mera Dil Cheena"
| Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu
|-
| 4
| "Duniya Nazare Na Gulon Ka"
| Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu
|-
| 5
| "Dil Mera Deewana Dhadke"
| Kumar Sanu, [[Sushma Shrestha|Poornima]]
|-
| 6
| "Romance Road Per"
| Bali Brahmabhat
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0400617|title=Mafia}}
*[http://ishare.rediff.com/video/entertainment/dharmendra-trailer-from-mafia/559525 Film trailer]

[[Category:1996 films]]
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:1996 action films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anand–Milind]]
[[Category:Films directed by Aziz Sejawal]]