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{{Infobox film
| name = Zakhm
| image = Zakhm poster.jpg
| caption = Movie poster for ''Zakhm''
| writer =
| story = Mahesh Bhatt
| screenplay = [[Tanuja Chandra]] Mahesh Bhatt {{infobox | decat = yes | child = yes
| label1 = Dialogues by | data1 = Girish Dhamija}}
| producer = Mukesh Bhatt [[Pooja Bhatt]]
| director = [[Mahesh Bhatt]]
| starring = [[Ajay Devgn]] [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]] [[Pooja Bhatt]] [[Sonali Bendre]] [[Kunal Khemu]] Akshay Anand
| music = [[M. M. Kreem]]
| cinematography = [[Nirmal Jani]]
| editing = Sanjay Sankla
| studio = Pooja Bhatt Productions
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1998|12|25}}
| runtime = 124 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/zakhm-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmtc4mzu|title=Zakhm|website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|access-date=10 October 2023|archive-date=28 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028235745/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/zakhm-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmtc4mzu|url-status=live}}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Zakhm''''' ({{Translation|Wound}}) is a 1998 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] written and directed by [[Mahesh Bhatt]] and produced by Mahesh and [[Pooja Bhatt]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Khanna |first=Anish |date=25 December 1998 |title=Film Review – Zakhm |url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/zakhm.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081105175423/http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/zakhm.html |archive-date=5 November 2008 |access-date=6 September 2016 |website=Planet Bollywood}}</ref> The film stars [[Ajay Devgn]], [[Kunal Khemu]], Pooja Bhatt, [[Sonali Bendre]] and [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]]. Zakhm was based on the life of [[Mahesh Bhatt]]'s mother Shirin Mohammad Ali, while his daughter Pooja essayed her character in this film.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/pooja-bhatt-recalls-wearing-her-grandmothers-saree-and-mangalsutra-in-zakhm-as-the-film-was-based-on-mahesh-bhatts-mothers-life-exclusive/articleshow/98659899.cms?from=mdr|title=Pooja Bhatt recalls wearing her grandmother's saree and mangalsutra in 'Zakhm' as the film was based on Mahesh Bhatt's mother's life - Exclusive!|newspaper=The Times of India |date=15 March 2023 |access-date=28 October 2023|archive-date=28 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028173212/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/pooja-bhatt-recalls-wearing-her-grandmothers-saree-and-mangalsutra-in-zakhm-as-the-film-was-based-on-mahesh-bhatts-mothers-life-exclusive/articleshow/98659899.cms?from=mdr|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/pooja-bhatt-recalls-being-terrified-of-playing-her-grandmom-in-zakhm-wearing-her-saree-and-mangalsutra-101678887305872.html|title=Pooja Bhatt recalls being terrified of playing her grandmom in Zakhm, wearing her saree and mangalsutra|access-date=28 October 2023|archive-date=28 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028173211/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/pooja-bhatt-recalls-being-terrified-of-playing-her-grandmom-in-zakhm-wearing-her-saree-and-mangalsutra-101678887305872.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/mahesh-bhatt-father-sindoor-on-his-mother-remains-broke-him-down-8490672/|title=When Mahesh Bhatt's father put sindoor on his mother's remains: 'It was too little too late, that broke me down'|date=11 March 2023 |access-date=28 October 2023|archive-date=28 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028173656/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/mahesh-bhatt-father-sindoor-on-his-mother-remains-broke-him-down-8490672/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Zakhm'' was awarded with the [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]]. Devgn's performance won him his first [[National Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role#Recipients#List of award recipients, showing the year, role(s), film(s) and language(s)|National Film Award for Best Actor]].

== Plot ==
Music director Ajay argues with his wife, Sonia. Sonia wants to give birth to their child in England whereas Ajay wants his child to be born in India and does not want to go to England (because of the insecurity caused by the [[Mumbai riots]]).

Ajay soon learns that his mother has been burned by a group of [[Muslim]] rioters while leaving a temple and is in a critical condition. In a flashback, the struggles that his mother had to undergo to raise her children are shown. She was in love with a [[Hindu]] film producer turned director Raman Desai but was not allowed to marry him on account of her Muslim faith. He marries her but does not document or acknowledge their marriage as it was done without any traditional rituals. As she had children with a Hindu man, she lives her married life as a Hindu, even in front of her son.

After his father's sudden death caused by an accident on the day Ajay's younger brother is born, Ajay realises his mother is a Muslim. She makes him promise to bury her according to her faith when she dies, for it is only through a proper burial that she will be able to find herself reunited with her beloved in heaven. She also takes a promise from Ajay that he will never tell his brother about her real identity. Ajay's mother succumbs to the burns. Sonia learns about her mother-in-law's past and decides not to leave Ajay. She stands by him and supports his decision to bury his mother. However, Ajay's task is impeded by a fundamentalist leader Subodh bhai, who wanted to make this a political issue and encouraged the Hindu youth to kill Muslims.

Anand happens to be a youth leader and Ajay's younger brother. When Anand learns of Subodhbhai's intentions, he stands by his brother's decision to bury their mother according to Islamic customs. Her body is buried as she had desired, and she reunites with Raman in heaven. At last, Ajay is seen releasing his mother's Mangalsutra in the sea, indicating the end of her life of struggle and signalling union with her husband.

== Cast ==
* [[Ajay Devgn]] as Ajay Desai
** [[Kunal Khemu]] as young Ajay
* [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]] as Raman Desai, Ajay and Anand's father
* [[Sonali Bendre]] as Sonia Maheshwari Desai, Ajay's wife
* [[Pooja Bhatt]] as Noor Hussain Khan, Ajay and Anand's mother
* [[Ashutosh Rana]] as Subodh Malgaonkar
* [[Sharat Saxena]] as Inspector Pawar
* [[Akshay Anand]] as Anand Kumar Desai, Ajay's brother
* [[Avtar Gill]] as Isa
* [[Zafar Karachiwala]]
* [[Saurabh Shukla]] as Gurdayal Singh
* [[Madan Jain]] as Journalist Anwar Hashmi
* [[Vishwajeet Pradhan]] as Senior Inspector Vishwajeet Yadav

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Zakhm
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[M. M. Keeravani]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = September 1998
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length = 34:40
| label = [[Saregama|His Master's Voice]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Pandaga]]
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = [[Pelli Kanuka (1998 film)|Pelli Kanuka]]
| next_year = 1998
}}
The music was composed by [[M. M. Keeravani]] with lyrics by [[Anand Bakshi]]. The soundtrack was released by the His Master's Voice label. The composer selected [[K.S.Chithra|Chitra]] for " Gali Main Aaj Chand Nikala " but for unknown reasons the song was later sung by [[Alka Yagnik]].
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 34:40
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| writing_credits =
| lyrics_credits =
| music_credits =
| title1 = Gali Mein Aaj Chaand Nikla
| extra1 = [[Alka Yagnik]]
| length1 = 5:07
| title2 = Hum Yahan Tum Yahan (Male)
| extra2 = [[Kumar Sanu]]
| length2 = 4:52
| title3 = Maa Ne Kaha (Male)
| extra3 = [[M. M. Keeravani]]
| length3 = 2:48
| title4 = Padh Likh Ke
| extra4 = Alka Yagnik
| length4 = 4:35
| title5 = Hum Yahan Tum Yahan (Female)
| extra5 = Alka Yagnik
| length5 = 4:52
| title6 = Maa Ne Kaha (Female)
| extra6 = [[K. S. Chithra|Chitra]]
| length6 = 2:47
| title7 = Raat Sari Bekaraari Mein
| extra7 = Alka Yagnik
| length7 = 5:04
| title8 = Maa Ne Kaha (Sad)
| extra8 = M. M. Kreem
| length8 = 1:29
| title9 = Gali Mein Aaj Chaand Nikla (Sad)
| extra9 = Alka Yagnik
| length9 = 3:06
}}

== Reception ==
Mukhtar Anjoom of ''[[Deccan Herald]]'' wrote that "Mahesh Bhatt foolishly swerves and rams the brakes while cruising along a solid theme. By making it personalized, he fails to tackle the wider ramifications of divisive politics and fritters away the opportunity to make a masterpiece of his swansong".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/565643645742E3436525694000570F65?OpenDocument | title=Cinema Reviews - Deccan Herald }}</ref>

== Awards ==
;[[National Film Awards]]
*Won: 1998 [[National Film Award for Best Actor]] – [[Ajay Devgn]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mensxp.com/entertainment/bollywood/4931-10-national-award-winning-actors-of-bollywood.html | title=10 National Award Winning Actors of Bollywood | publisher=Mens XP | date=21 May 2011 | access-date=1 December 2015 | last=Namrata | first=Nongpiur | archive-date=8 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208122458/http://www.mensxp.com/entertainment/bollywood/4931-10-national-award-winning-actors-of-bollywood.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

;[[Screen Awards]]
* Won: 1999 [[Screen Award for Best Actor]] – [[Ajay Devgn]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chatterjee |first1=Saibal |title=That's No Shooting Star |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/thats-no-shooting-star/207073 |access-date=7 April 2020 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date=1 March 1999 |archive-date=7 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407130039/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/thats-no-shooting-star/207073 |url-status=live }}</ref>

;[[Filmfare Awards]]
* Won: 1999 Outstanding Film of the Year – [[Mahesh Bhatt]]

== TV series ==
The story has been adapted into a TV series, named ''[[Naamkarann]]'', which aired on [[STAR Plus]] from September 2016 to June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Mahesh Bhatts TV show based on Zakhm to star Viraf Patel and Barkha Bisht? | last = Singh | first = Anvita | work = [[India Today]] | date = 28 July 2016 | access-date = 2016-09-06 | url = https://www.indiatoday.in/television/what-s-hot/story/mahesh-bhatt-movie-zakhm-diya-aur-baati-hum-lifetv-331844-2016-07-28 | archive-date = 21 August 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160821214737/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mahesh-bhatt-movie-zakhm-diya-aur-baati-hum-lifetv/1/725981.html | url-status = live }}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0211126|Zakhm}}

{{Mahesh Bhatt}}
{{Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration}}

[[Category:1998 films]]
[[Category:1998 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1998 drama films]]
[[Category:Films featuring a Best Actor National Award–winning performance]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. M. Keeravani]]
[[Category:Films directed by Mahesh Bhatt]]
[[Category:Best Film on National Integration National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language drama films]]

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