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	'''''Sadak''''' ({{trans\|Road}}) is a 1991 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic thriller]] film directed by [[Mahesh Bhatt]]. It stars [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Pooja Bhatt]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sadak Movie Overview\|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/54579\|access-date=31 March 2012}}</ref> The film is the one of the highest-grossing movies of the year 1991. The film is also fondly remembered for the late [[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]]'s award-winning performance as the film's villain, Maharani.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Top Earners of 1991, Boxoffice India\|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=197&catName=MTk5MQ==\|access-date=31 March 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131152326/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=197&catName=MTk5MQ==\|archive-date=31 January 2009}}</ref> The film was inspired by the 1976 American movie ''[[Taxi Driver]]''.<ref>https://www.telegraphindia.com/1090524/jsp/7days/story_11011453.jsp</ref> This film was remade in Tamil as ''[[Appu (2000 film)\|Appu]]'' (2000), directed by Vasanth and stars [[Prashanth (actor)\|Prashanth]] and [[Devayani (actress)\|Devayani]] in lead roles, with [[Prakash Raj]] as the antagonist. A sequel, ''[[Sadak 2]]'' was released on 28 August 2020 in [[Hotstar\|Disney+ Hotstar]].		'''''Sadak''''' ({{trans\|Road}}) is a 1991 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic action thriller]] film directed by [[Mahesh Bhatt]]. It stars [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Pooja Bhatt]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sadak Movie Overview\|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/54579\|access-date=31 March 2012}}</ref> The film is the one of the highest-grossing movies of the year 1991. The film is also fondly remembered for the late [[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]]'s award-winning performance as the film's villain, Maharani.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Top Earners of 1991, Boxoffice India\|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=197&catName=MTk5MQ==\|access-date=31 March 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131152326/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=197&catName=MTk5MQ==\|archive-date=31 January 2009}}</ref> The film was inspired by the 1976 American movie ''[[Taxi Driver]]''.<ref>https://www.telegraphindia.com/1090524/jsp/7days/story_11011453.jsp</ref> This film was remade in Tamil as ''[[Appu (2000 film)\|Appu]]'' (2000), directed by Vasanth and stars [[Prashanth (actor)\|Prashanth]] and [[Devayani (actress)\|Devayani]] in lead roles, with [[Prakash Raj]] as the antagonist. A sequel, ''[[Sadak 2]]'' was released on 28 August 2020 in [[Hotstar\|Disney+ Hotstar]].

	== Plot ==		== Plot ==
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	In the meantime, Maharani's henchmen find the pimp and break his legs. Salim Bhai advises Ravi and Gotya to enlist police protection and Ravi decides to approach Inspector Irani. He assures them of his help and asks them to meet him in the parking lot of an apartment complex at a scheduled time. However, when the four reach there, Maharani and her henchmen are already waiting and attack them with firearms. As the four try to escape, Gotya and Chanda are both shot and Ravi manages to escape with Pooja in Irani's police jeep. Once they reach safety, he calls up Irani and warns him that he will have to pay heavily for his betrayal.		In the meantime, Maharani's henchmen find the pimp and break his legs. Salim Bhai advises Ravi and Gotya to enlist police protection and Ravi decides to approach Inspector Irani. He assures them of his help and asks them to meet him in the parking lot of an apartment complex at a scheduled time. However, when the four reach there, Maharani and her henchmen are already waiting and attack them with firearms. As the four try to escape, Gotya and Chanda are both shot and Ravi manages to escape with Pooja in Irani's police jeep. Once they reach safety, he calls up Irani and warns him that he will have to pay heavily for his betrayal.

	Pooja is, however, captured again by Maharani, after Ravi is tortured and left for dead. Ravi, remembering that the fate of his sister and Pooja are the same, regains his lost strength. He fights his way back to Maharani by killing Inspector Irani and setting ablaze to Maharani's brothel finally killing Maharani and rescuing Pooja. Ravi is jailed for taking law in hands. After his release from jail, Pooja and Ravi are united again forever.		Pooja is, however, captured again by Maharani, after Ravi is tortured and left for dead. Ravi, remembering that the fate of his sister and Pooja are the same, regains his lost strength. He fights his way back to Maharani by killing Inspector Irani and setting ablaze to Maharani's brothel finally killing Maharani and rescuing Pooja. Ravi is jailed for taking law in hands. After his release from jail, Pooja and Ravi are united again forever.

	== Cast ==		== Cast ==

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{{Infobox film
| name = Sadak
| director = [[Mahesh Bhatt]]
| producer = [[Mukesh Bhatt]]
| image = sadakhindifilm.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| writer = [[Robin Bhatt]]
| starring = [[Sanjay Dutt]] [[Pooja Bhatt]] [[Deepak Tijori]] [[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]] [[Avtar Gill]] [[Neelima Azeem]]
| released ={{Film date|df=y|1991|12|20}}
| country = [[India]]
| language = Hindi
| runtime = 134 minutes
| music = [[Nadeem-Shravan]]
| cinematography = [[Pravin Bhatt]]
| editing = A Muthu
| gross = {{INR}}11.8 [[crore]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Box Office 1991|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=197&catName=MTk5MQ==|website=Box Office India|access-date=10 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115230117/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=197&catName=MTk5MQ==|archive-date=15 January 2013}}</ref>
}}

'''''Sadak''''' ({{trans|Road}}) is a 1991 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic thriller]] film directed by [[Mahesh Bhatt]]. It stars [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Pooja Bhatt]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sadak Movie Overview|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/54579|access-date=31 March 2012}}</ref> The film is the one of the highest-grossing movies of the year 1991. The film is also fondly remembered for the late [[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]]'s award-winning performance as the film's villain, Maharani.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Earners of 1991, Boxoffice India|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=197&catName=MTk5MQ==|access-date=31 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131152326/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=197&catName=MTk5MQ==|archive-date=31 January 2009}}</ref> The film was inspired by the 1976 American movie ''[[Taxi Driver]]''.<ref>https://www.telegraphindia.com/1090524/jsp/7days/story_11011453.jsp</ref> This film was remade in Tamil as ''[[Appu (2000 film)|Appu]]'' (2000), directed by Vasanth and stars [[Prashanth (actor)|Prashanth]] and [[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]] in lead roles, with [[Prakash Raj]] as the antagonist. A sequel, ''[[Sadak 2]]'' was released on 28 August 2020 in [[Hotstar|Disney+ Hotstar]].

== Plot ==
Maharani ([[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]]) is an evil transgender pimp that runs a brothel. She employs many girls such as Pooja ([[Pooja Bhatt]]) and Chanda ([[Neelima Azeem]]). Ravi Kishore Verma ([[Sanjay Dutt]]), a taxi driver, meets Pooja before she is bought by Maharani, and his friend Gotya ([[Deepak Tijori]]) is in love with Chanda. Ravi previously witnessed his sister Roopa ([[Soni Razdan]]) plunge to death after being diagnosed with [[Sexually transmitted infection|STD]]. She had eloped with her lover who sold her off at a brothel and forced her to become a prostitute. This violent incident left Ravi traumatised and scared. He becomes an insomniac who keeps having disturbing visions of his sister's death and is restless and violent on occasions. On one of his taxi-plying days, he meets Inspector Irani ([[Pankaj Dheer]]), who Ravi recognises from an article that was published about the cop when he had won a medal. Ravi drops him off to his destination, refuses to take any money from him and the cop tells him to come to him if he ever needs help of any kind.

Ravi meets Pooja again as she tries to flee the brothel of Maharani and tries to help her in vain. He procures his life's savings, a meagre sum of thirty thousand rupees from Salim Bhai ([[Avtar Gill]]), his taxi's owner and takes out Pooja for one night, posing as her customer. He does so with the help of his friend Gotya and a pimp Gullu ([[Mushtaq Khan]]). Gotya, however, is held as collateral under Maharani's orders in case Pooja is not safely returned. They roam around Bombay, spend some romantic time with each other, during which Ravi tells Pooja that he loves her and would keep on coming back to the brothel for her every night (presumably—so that she is not sold to other customers).

The next night, Ravi mortgages the taxi and goes back to the brothel. He is, however, chided by Maharani who suspects he's either mad or in love with Pooja for offering high sums of money for her on consecutive nights. She also tells Ravi that since he has been running this business for the past thirty years, he knew when Pooja came back in the morning that Ravi did not sleep with her. After much argument, and requests from Ravi and Gotya, Maharani agrees to let him spend the night with Pooja under the condition that he have sex with her in front of her. Ravi agrees, but stabs Maharani, escaping with Pooja in the ensuing chaos. Gotya also grabs his girlfriend Chanda and escapes. They run away to a distant location where Gotya and Chanda get married in a temple with the blessings of Ravi and Pooja. All four come back and take refuge with Salim Bhai.

In the meantime, Maharani's henchmen find the pimp and break his legs. Salim Bhai advises Ravi and Gotya to enlist police protection and Ravi decides to approach Inspector Irani. He assures them of his help and asks them to meet him in the parking lot of an apartment complex at a scheduled time. However, when the four reach there, Maharani and her henchmen are already waiting and attack them with firearms. As the four try to escape, Gotya and Chanda are both shot and Ravi manages to escape with Pooja in Irani's police jeep. Once they reach safety, he calls up Irani and warns him that he will have to pay heavily for his betrayal.

Pooja is, however, captured again by Maharani, after Ravi is tortured and left for dead. Ravi, remembering that the fate of his sister and Pooja are the same, regains his lost strength. He fights his way back to Maharani by killing Inspector Irani and setting ablaze to Maharani's brothel finally killing Maharani and rescuing Pooja. Ravi is jailed for taking law in hands. After his release from jail, Pooja and Ravi are united again forever.

== Cast ==
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
*[[Sanjay Dutt]] as Ravi Kishore Verma
*[[Pooja Bhatt]] as Pooja
*[[Deepak Tijori]] as Gotya
*[[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]] as Maharani, the 'eunuch' brothel madam
*[[Neelima Azeem]] as Chanda
*[[Avtar Gill]] as Salim Bhai
*[[Pankaj Dheer]] as Police Inspector Irani
*[[Gavin Packard]] as Maharani's Henchman
*[[Mushtaq Khan]] as Gullu
*[[Javed Khan Amrohi]] as Pakya
*[[Soni Razdan]] as Roopa
{{div col end}}

==Crew==
*[[Film director|Director]] – [[Mahesh Bhatt]]
*[[Music director|Music]] - [[Nadeem–Shravan|Nadeem Shravan]]
*[[Screenplay|Story]] – [[Robin Bhatt]]
*[[Cinematography]] – [[Pravin Bhatt|Praveen Bhatt]]
*[[Film producer|Producer]] – [[Mukesh Bhatt]]
*[[Editor]] – A Muthu
*[[Art director]] – M.S.Shinde
*[[Costume design]] – [[Anna Singh]]

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Sadak
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Nadeem Shravan]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1991
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Music of Bollywood|Bollywood feature film soundtrack]]
*[[Filmi-ghazal]]
}}
| length = 51:32
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[Nadeem Shravan]]
| prev_title = [[Pyaar Ka Saaya]]
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = [[Dil Ka Kya Kasoor]]
| next_year = 1992
}}
The soundtrack of the movie is composed by the music duo [[Nadeem Shravan]]. All songs were sung by Anuradha Paudwal along with [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya]], [[Manhar Udhas]], Debashish Dasgupta, Junaid Akhtar & [[Babla Mehta]].

The film's [[soundtrack album]] sold 5{{nbsp}}million units, becoming one of the top three best-selling [[Bollywood soundtrack]]s of the year.<ref name="boi90s">{{cite web|title=Music Hits 1990-1999 (Figures in Units)|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=284&catName=MTk5MC0xOTk5|website=[[Box Office India]]|date=2 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102010439/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=284&catName=MTk5MC0xOTk5|archive-date=2 January 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The song "Tumhein Apna Banaane Ki" is a popular number till date. In turn, a remade version of the song was used for 2015 film ''[[Hate Story 3]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tumhe Apna Banane Ki: Old vs New! Which one would you pick? |url=https://www.india.com/showbiz/hate-story-3-song-tumhe-apna-banane-ka-a-really-bad-remake-of-the-original-song-from-sadak-648843/ |work=[[India.com]] |date=21 October 2015 |language=en}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
! #
! Title
! Singer(s)
! Lyricist
! Duration
|-
|1
|"Tumhein Apna Banaane Ki" (Duet)(Copied from Chale To Kat by Mussarat Nazir) #
|[[Kumar Sanu]], [[Anuradha Paudwal]]
|[[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]
|05:38
|-
|2
|"Hum Tere Bin Kahi Rah"
|Anuradha Paudwal, [[Manhar Udhas]]
|Sameer
|08:08
|-
|3
|"Zamaane Ke Dekhe" (Duet)
|Anuradha Paudwal, [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya]]
|Surendra Sathi
|04:19
|-
|4
|"Jab Jab Pyar Pe" (Duet)
|Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal
|Sameer
|06:19
|-
|5
|"Rehne Ko Ghar Nahi"
|Kumar Sanu, Debashish Dasgupta, Junaid Akhtar
|Sameer
|05:28
|-
|6
|"Tumhein Apna Banaane Ki" (Female)
|Anuradha Paudwal
|Sameer
|05:42
|-
|7
|"Jab Jab Pyar Pe Pehra" (Female)
|Anuradha Paudwal
|Sameer
|06:21
|-
|8
|"Kya Socha Hai Ae Dil"
|Anuradha Paudwal
|Rani Malik
|04:57
|-
|9
|"Mohabbat Ki Hai"
|Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal
|Sameer
|06:33
|-
|10
|"Zamaane Ke Dekhe" (Female)
|Anuradha Paudwal
|Surendra Sathi
|04:23
|-
|11
|"Tak Dhin Dhin Tak"
|Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal, Babla Mehta
|Sameer
|05:01
|-
|12
|"Tumhein Apna Banaane Ki" (Male)
|Kumar Sanu
|Sameer
|05:41
|}

== Awards ==
* [[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]] won Filmfare Award for [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role]].

== Sequel ==
{{main article|Sadak 2}}
A sequel, ''[[Sadak 2]]'', was planned in September 2018. The principal photography of the film began on 18 May 2019,<ref>{{cite web|title= 'Sadak 2': Alia Bhatt kick-starts the shooting of the much-awaited sequel|url= https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sadak-2-alia-bhatt-kick-starts-the-shooting-of-the-much-awaited-sequel/articleshow/69388030.cms|publisher=Times of India|access-date=18 May 2019|date=18 May 2019}}</ref> & was released on 28 August 2020 on [[Disney+Hotstar]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Alia Bhatt announces Sadak 2 premiere on August 28 on Disney+ Hotstar|date=6 August 2020|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/amp/news/bollywood/alia-bhatt-announces-sadak-2-premiere-on-august-28-on-disney-hotstar/|publisher=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref> The sequel starring [[Alia Bhatt]] and [[Aditya Roy Kapur]] alongside [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Pooja Bhatt]] reprising their original roles is directed by Mahesh Bhatt.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/sadak-2-release-date-pooja-bhatt-sanjay-dutt-5285246/|title=Sadak 2 to release on November 15, 2019|date=2018-07-31|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-08-09|language=en-US}}</ref> The film is produced by [[Mukesh Bhatt]] and is presented by [[Mahesh Bhatt]] and [[Vishesh Films]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/VisheshFilms/status/1042604138813693955|title=Vishesh Films on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=2018-10-20|language=en}}</ref> The script will be penned by [[Shagufta Rafique]] and [[Robin Bhatt]].

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0156985|Sadak}}
{{Mahesh Bhatt}}

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