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{{Infobox film
| name = Rakshak
| image = Rakshak_poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Ashok Honda
| producer = Ashok Honda
| writer = Naeem - Ejaz (dialogues) [[K. S. Ravi]] (Story-Screenplay)
|based_on = [[Honest Raj]] by [[K. S. Ravi]]
| starring = [[Suniel Shetty]] [[Karisma Kapoor]] [[Sonali Bendre]] [[Raghuvaran]]
| music = [[Anand-Milind]]
| cinematography = [[Teja (film director)|Teja]]
| editing = Ashok Honda
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1996|11|29}}
| runtime = 164 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross = {{INR|11.2 crore}}<ref name="boxofficeindia_2734"/>

}}
'''''Rakshak''''' ({{trans|Protector}}) is [[Bollywood films of 1996|1996]] Indian [[Bollywood|Hindi]] [[action thriller]] film directed by Ashok Honda, starring [[Sunil Shetty]], [[Karisma Kapoor]], [[Raghuvaran]], [[Sonali Bendre]], [[Alok Nath]] and [[Aruna Irani]]. It is a remake of the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Honest Raj]]''.

==Plot==
Raghavan, alias Raghu ([[Raghuvaran]]), has been ignored and demeaned all his life. He decides to teach the world a lesson, by printing the best ever fake currency notes. This does get him some conditional recognition by a gangster named Bardha ([[Pramod Moutho]]). But Raghavan's goal is much higher than getting some recognition, and his plans materialize when he is able to get Bardha killed, and takes over as the unchallenged leader of the underworld. Raghavan decides to put a temporary halt to all criminal operations when he comes to know that his brother-in-law, Asst. Superintendent of Police, Raj Sinha ([[Sunil Shetty]]), along with his wife, Suman ([[Karisma Kapoor]]), her mother ([[Aruna Irani]]), and his young son, Bunty, are coming for a visit. Raghavan's instructions are not followed, and Raj realizes that Raghavan is the head of the crime syndicate. Raghavan then decides to use his position and abducts Suman, her mother, and Bunty, and uses them as a shield against Raj. But Raj is bent upon capturing Raghavan by any means possible, and as a result, Suman and her mother are killed. Now the only one left alive from the Sinha family is Bunty, but if Raj continues to pursue Raghavan, it does not look like Bunty will be alive for very long. Raj's revenge against Raghavan forms the crux of the film.

==Cast==
*[[Suniel Shetty]] as ASP Raj Sinha
*[[Karishma Kapoor]] as Suman Sinha
*[[Sonali Bendre]] as Dr. Pooja Malhotra
*[[Raghuvaran]] as Raghavan "Raghu"
*[[Aruna Irani]] as Raj's mom
*[[Mushtaq Khan]] as Bhola
*[[Dinesh Hingoo]] as Suman's Father
*[[Pramod Moutho]] as Bardha Seth
*[[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]] as Danyaal
*[[Alok Nath]] as Commissioner of Police
*[[Harish Patel]] as Rokde
*[[Deepak Shirke]] as ACP Shirke
*[[Arun Bakshi]] as Advocate
*[[Shiv Kumar Subramaniam]] as The photographer
*[[Raveena Tandon]] as Special Appearance (song 'Shehar Ki Ladki')
*[[Zeeshan Shaikh]] as Bunty

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "[[Shehar Ki Ladki]]"
| [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya|Abhijeet]], [[Chandana Dixit]]
|-
| 2
| "Sundara Sundara"
| [[Vinod Rathod]], [[Sapna Mukherjee]]
|-
| 3
| "Zaalim Jahan Berang Hai"
| [[S. P. Balasubramaniam]]
|-
| 4
| "Parody"
| Abhijeet Bhattacharya, [[Aditya Narayan]], [[Sushma Shrestha|Poornima]]
|-
| 5
| "Ooiiyan Ooiiyan"
| [[Udit Narayan]], Poornima
|-
| 6
| "Kuchi Kuchi"
| [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
|}

After average success with the movie ''[[Anth]]'' (which was a semi-hit at the box-office), producer-director Ashok Honda again employed music directors [[Anand-Milind]] for Rakshak. Lyricist [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]] was also re-hired, but for only one song (''Kuchi Kuchi''). New lyricist Deepak Chowdhary wrote the remaining songs. With almost no expectations from the music of a [[Sunil Shetty]]-starrer, the music of ''Rakshak'' arrived rather quietly on the stands. But the moment ''Shahar Ki Ladki'' hit the TV channels, the song caught on with youthful listeners, and the music topped the charts. ''Kuchi Kuchi'' was another song that soon climbed the charts. With this new interest in the film's music, Ashok Honda picturised another song ''Sundara Sundara''. The music of Rakshak topped the charts for several weeks, and ''Shehar Ki Ladki'' and ''Sundara Sundara'' still enjoy popularity.

The song "Shehar Ki Ladki" was recreated for ''[[Khandaani Shafakhana]]'', the recreated version is sung by [[Tulsi Kumar]] and [[Badshah (rapper)|Badshah]] on the music of [[Tanishk Bagchi]] who has also rewritten the new song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/raveena-tandon-suniel-shetty-to-make-an-appearance-in-diana-penty-s-sheher-ki-ladki-remake-for-khandaani-shafakhana/story-5LNp367n0ucsryuO4CsXYJ.html|title=Raveena Tandon, Suniel Shetty to make an appearance in Diana Penty's Sheher Ki Ladki remake for Khandaani Shafakhana|date=2019-06-30|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-07-02}}</ref>

==Awards==
For this film, choreographers, [[Chinni Prakash]] and Rekha Prakash won the Filmfare Award for Best Choreography for the song "Shehar Ki Ladki" at the Filmfare Awards 1997.

==Reception==
This movie was a Hit at Box office india.<ref name="boxofficeindia_2734"/> This movie was a direct remake of the Tamil film ''[[Honest Raj]]'' (1994), starring [[Vijayakanth]].

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="boxofficeindia_2734">{{cite web |title=Rakshak - Movie |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2734 |website=[[Box Office India]] |access-date=2021-08-05}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0135621|Rakshak}}

[[Category:1996 films]]
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Tamil films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anand–Milind]]
[[Category:1996 action thriller films]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]

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