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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Shastra<br />
| image = Shastra film poster.png<br />
| caption = Promotional Poster<br />
| director = Sanjay Khanna<br />
| producer = Nadir Irani<br>Nadeem Irani<br />
| story = <br />
| writer = [[Rumi Jaffery]]<br />
| screenplay = <br />
| starring = [[Suniel Shetty]]<br>[[Anjali Jathar]]<br>[[Danny Denzongpa]]<br>[[Anupam Kher]]<br />
| music = [[Aadesh Shrivastava]]<br />
| cinematography = Najeeb Khan<br>[[Teja (film director)|Teja]]<br />
| editing = Yusuf Khan<br />
| studio = Nariman Pictures<br />
| distributor = [[B4U Motion Pictures]]<br />
| released = {{film date|df=y|1996|10|04}} <br />
| runtime = 144 mins<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget = <!--Must cite a reliable published source with a reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb. no fan-sites.--><br />
| gross = <!--Must cite a reliable published source with a reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb. no fan-sites.--><br />
}}<br />
'''''Shastra''''' is a 1996 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action film]] directed by Sanjay Khanna.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shastra (1996) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/shastra-8013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301124534/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/shastra-8013 |url-status=live |archive-date=1 March 2022 |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=Cinestaan}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Shastra |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shastra |access-date=2022-03-01}}</ref> The film stars [[Suniel Shetty]] and [[Anjali Jathar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shastra 1996 Movie Box Office Collection, Budget and Unknown Facts – KS Box Office |date=15 September 2020 |url=https://ksboxoffice.com/shastra-1996-movie-box-office-collection-budget-and-unknown-facts/movies-facts/ |access-date=2022-03-01 }}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Vijay Khanna's sole ambition is to become a collector like his father was. He is concentrating completely on his studies except for a few disturbances by Pooja who loves him and wants to marry him. Vijay always believed that his parents were in fact murdered and not killed in an accident, by their old faithful security officer Babu. Vijay Khanna starts searching for Babu, and finally when he finds him, Babu tells him that he was merely used as a pawn to cover up his parents' murder and the actual killer is roaming freely, and only one man can lead Vijay to the killer and that is Girdhari in Khandala. But before Vijay can find the truth, Girdhari is killed. Vijay and Babu start working in a casino owned by Shanti Prasad. There the local don Rana becomes their enemy, who is after Shanti Prasad's casino and Vijay's life. Finally when Vijay decides to leave Khandala, he learns of the actual murderers. Vijay loses Babu in the fight. Now, Vijay is alone to fight with his enemies. Eventually, he managed to track down the killer of his parents.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Suniel Shetty]] as Vijay Khanna <br />
* [[Anjali Jathar]] as Pooja Prasad <br />
* [[Danny Denzongpa]] as Babu<br />
* [[Farida Jalal]] as Aunty<br />
* [[Anupam Kher]] as Shanti Prasad <br />
* [[Mohan Joshi]] as Rana<br />
* [[Mukesh Rishi]] as Badshah Khan <br />
* [[Avtar Gill]] as Police Commissioner<br />
* [[Mushtaq Khan]] as Prem <br />
* [[Dinesh Hingoo]] as Principal Badra <br />
* [[Kunika]] as Sonia<br />
* [[Gavin Packard]] as College Punk<br />
* [[Achyut Potdar]] as Vijay Khanna's guardian <br />
* [[Jack Gaud]] as Sonia's brother <br />
* [[Ali Asgar (actor)|Ali Asgar]] as Vijay Khanna's friend <br />
* [[Lalit Tiwari]] as Girdhari<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Shastra<br />
| type = soundtrack<br />
| artist = Aadesh Shrivastav<br />
| cover = <br />
| alt = <br />
| released = 7 September 1995 {{small|(Audio Cassette)}} <br /> 1 June 1996 {{small|(Audio CD)}}<br />
| recorded = <br />
| venue = West Mumbai, [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| studio = Anand Recording Studio, Mehboob Studio & Sunny super sound<br />
| genre = [[Soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]<br />
| length = 37 Min 13 Sec duration<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| label = Trimurti Sounds <br /> BIG B Music <br /> [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]<br />
| producer = Nadeem Irani & Nadir Irani<br />
| prev_title = <br />
| prev_year = <br />
| next_title = <br />
| next_year = <br />
}}<br />
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The music of the film was composed [[Aadesh Shrivastav]] and the lyrics were penned by Shyam Raj . The soundtrack was released in September 1995 on Audio Cassette in Trimurti Sounds and in June 1996 on Audio CD in Big B Music which consists of 6 songs while Currently its copyright is with [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]], link of online streaming audio songs https://gaana.com/album/shastra . The full album is recorded by [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Udit Narayan]], [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya]], [[Babul Supriyo]], [[Vijeta Pandit]], [[Poornima (singer)|Poornima]], [[Hema Sardesai]], [[Aditya Narayan]] & [[Sunidhi Chauhan]], which she making debut as playback singer.<br />
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{{Track listing<br />
| headline = Track list<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Kya Ada Kya Jalwe<br />
| extra1 = [[Udit Narayan]]<br />
| length1 =<br />
| title2 = Ladki Deewani Ladka Deewana<br />
| extra2 = Udit Narayan, [[Aditya Narayan]] and [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]<br />
| length2 =<br />
| title3 = Kuch Hua Re Hua Re<br />
| extra3 = [[Babul Supriyo]], [[Poornima (singer)|Poornima]]<br />
| length3 =<br />
| title4 = Wade Na Ho Kasme Na Ho<br />
| extra4 = [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Vijeta Pandit]]<br />
| length4 =<br />
| title5 = More Saiyan<br />
| extra5 = [[Hema Sardesai]]<br />
| length5 =<br />
| title6 = Shastra Shastra<br />
| extra6 = [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya|Abhijeet]]<br />
| length6 =<br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0117623|title=Shastra}}<br />
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[[Category:1996 films]]<br />
[[Category:1996 Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Aadesh Shrivastava]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]<br />
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