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{{Infobox film
| name = Nishana
| image = Nishana (1980 film).jpg
| caption = Theateral release poster
| director = [[K. Raghavendra Rao]]
| producer = M. Arjuna Raju <br /> A. S. R. Anjineelu
| writer = Chanrandas Shokh {{small|(dialogues)}}
| screenplay = K. Raghavendra Rao
| story = [[Jandhyala]]
| based_on = ''[[Vetagadu]]'' (1979)
| starring = [[Jeetendra]]<br />[[Poonam Dhillon]]
| music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| cinematography = K. S. Prakash
| editing = [[Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao]]
| studio = Roja Movies
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1980|10|17|}}<ref name="BH">{{Cite web |title=Nishana Cast List |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/nishana-3/cast/ |access-date=16 July 2021 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=17 October 1980 |language=en}}</ref>
| runtime = 135 minutes<ref name="TVG">{{Cite web |title=Nishana |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/nishana/cast/2000312700/ |access-date=16 July 2021 |website=[[TV Guide]] |language=en}}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Nishana''''' ({{translation|Target}}) is a 1980 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action film]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=1988 |title=Screen World Publication's 75 Glorious Years of Indian Cinema: Complete Filmography of All Films (silent & Hindi) Produced Between 1913–1988 |language=en |page=314 |work=Screen |publisher=Screen World Publication |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q7UEAQAAIAAJ |access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> produced by M. Arjuna Raju, A. S. R. Anjineelu under Roja Movies banner and directed by [[K. Raghavendra Rao]]. Starring [[Jeetendra]], [[Poonam Dhillon]] and music composed by [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]. The film is remake of the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''[[Vetagadu]]'' (1979). Both the movies were made under the same banner & by the same director. The tiger sequence from this movie inspired a similar sequence in the 2010 comedy ''[[Housefull (2010 film)|Housefull]]''.<ref name="Sajid">{{Cite news |date=29 March 2010 |title=Housefull lifted a scene from The Hangover? |work=[[India Today]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/housefull-lifted-a-scene-from-the-hangover-70407-2010-03-29 |access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Thakur Pratap Singh and his wife Janki Devi belongs to a rich and royal dynasty. Ananda Bhupathi constructs a huge palace in the middle of a forest, next day of the palace opening ceremony ''Gruhapravesam'' their Diwanji tries to kidnap Janki Devi for an ancestral ''Rajkamal Necklace'' which is always worn by Gayatri Devi, very precious and expensive. But Janki Devi somehow escapes from him and secretly gives the necklace to an Adivasi and tells him to wear the necklace on their goddess statue and do not give it to anyone until she comes back. Surya Prakash who belongs to another royal dynasty, is a close friend to Thakur Pratap Singh tries to save Janki Devi, but he is brutally killed by Diwanji. And they create a story that Surya Prakash has taken away Janki Devi for the Rajkamal necklace. Then onward there develops a rivalry between both families. After 25 years Kavita, daughter of Thakur Pratap Singh and Raja, who is the son of Surya Prakash meet in a forest trip and falls in love with each other. But as her father learns that he is the son of Surya Prakash he disagrees with the marriage. Rest of the story is how Raja proves his father's innocence by formulating various plans.

== Cast ==
The cast is as follows:<ref name="BH" /><ref name="TVG" />
*[[Jeetendra]] as Raja
*[[Poonam Dhillon]] as Kavita
*[[Prem Chopra]] as Premee
*[[Asrani]] as Ganesh
*[[Shreeram Lagoo]] as Thakur Pratap Singh
*[[Utpal Dutt]] as Diwanji
*[[Rajendra Nath]] as Bansilal
*[[Pradeep Kumar (actor)|Pradeep Kumar]] as Surya Prakash
*[[Om Shivpuri]] as Adivasi
*[[Jayshree Gadkar]] as Janaki Devi
*[[Mohan Choti]]
*[[Jayshree T.]]

== Soundtrack ==
Lyrics: [[Anand Bakshi]]

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Kitni Dardbhari Yeh Baat Hai"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| "O Gori, Sheher Ki Chhori, Chali Kahan Nakhre Se"
| [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Anuradha Paudwal]]
|-
| "Tip Tip Hone Lagi, Jadu Chalne Lage"
| Kishore Kumar, [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| "Jana, Zara Samne Aana, Main Bandh Raha Hoon Nishana"
| Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
|-
| "Apni Mohabbat Se Sab Log Jalte Hai"
| Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
|-
| "Maine Tujhe Jeet Liya, Tune Mujhe Jeet Liya"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], Asha Bhosle
|-
|}

== Reception and legacy ==
Upon release, in November, ''[[The Telegraph (India)|Sunday]]'' reported the film to be in the third place among the biggest hits of the week.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Krishna |date=16 November 1980 |title=Khaas Baat |page=58 |work=[[The Telegraph (India)|Sunday]] |publisher=[[ABP Group]] |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.99450/page/n61/mode/2up?q=nishana |access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> According to [[Box Office India]], the final verdict of the film's box-office performance is "below average".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Box Office 1980 |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=186&catName=MTk4MA== |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115225656/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=186&catName=MTk4MA== |archive-date=15 January 2013 |access-date=16 July 2021 |website=[[Box Office India]]}}</ref> The film was touted by the same newspaper to be among a new wave of Hindi films made by filmmakers from South India, which "revitalised the production of Hindi extravaganzas at Madras".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saari |first=Anil |date=28 December 1980 |title=Big boya take a big beating |pages=34–35 |work=Sunday |publisher=ABP Group |issue=21 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.99450/page/n373/mode/2up?q=nishana |access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> ''Film World'' magazine was critical of the pairing between Jeetendra and Dhillon and warned the latter that "One more film like ''Nishana'' and there you will be in the dumps".<ref>{{Cite news |date=1983 |title=Nishana |page=15 |work=Film World |publisher=T.M. Ramachandran |issue=20 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZFTAAAAYAAJ |access-date=16 July 2021 |quote=You look almost the same in all your films and, I fear, you are getting stale. One more film like Nishana and there you will be in the dumps. Never again pair yourself with an elderly hero...}}</ref> Author Manisha Mishra accused the film of [[Discrimination based on skin color|colourism]] in a 2021 research paper.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mishara |first=Manisha |url=https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/67250260/COLONIALISM_AND_POSTCOLONIALISM_LITERATURE_JOYDEV_MAITY-with-cover-page-v2.pdf?Expires=1626350790&Signature=bp5ePWXLQmqitLT92kgo86dHofDDqb6hCRGQKMwckObG2S9JQ~4LrFvTPhDo4KvA8TEL8bZMf0O-PV-nzE8Otgvd1vXytoD6U6OObCB-lrMiOx3V0auIAdcnC~JFKGkaDW8eZVLnvs3Pja4bnH53pAt2jKOJQD9Jh77rFEH9RibbqbpSIjdHFvGmrH80jaj2gI3-xTswOeMmxKK-oLyfpPC2seJea6ri8gcupAIoFDVitUGmAcwogIoWWRtqfD7IEFdiY1kTICgtSjMlVpZDqeJixnDRJ~Y2uoI8RGotrWZJoSvw6tNRgaElGYvOLQWOP5~go58o6YYfTMGALwgNww__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA#page=150 |title=Colonial and Postcolonial Literature- Discourses, Disruptions and Intersections |date=2021 |publisher=Authors Press |editor-last=Maity |editor-first=Joydev |location=New Delhi |pages=150–158 |chapter=23: Postcolonial Hangover: Obsession of Fair Skin in Bollywood Songs |editor-last2=Dey |editor-first2=Sayan}}</ref>

Film director [[Sajid Khan (director)|Sajid Khan]] said that the film "has stayed with me for three decades now", and that it subconsciously inspired him while writing the script of the 2010 comedy ''[[Housefull (2010 film)|Housefull]]''.<ref name="Sajid" />

== References ==
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{{K. Raghavendra Rao}}

[[Category:1980 action films]]
[[Category:1980 films]]
[[Category:1980 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
[[Category:Films set in forests]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Telugu films]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:1980s masala films]]

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