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| story          = Raj Kanwar
| story          = Raj Kanwar
| screenplay    = Sutanu Gupta<br />Robin Bhatt
| screenplay    = Sutanu Gupta<br />Robin Bhatt
| starring      = [[Bobby Deol]]<br />[[Rani Mukerji]]
| starring      = [[Bobby Deol]]<br />[[Rani Mukerji]]<br />[[Amrish Puri]]
| music          = [[Anu Malik]]
| music          = [[Anu Malik]]
| editing        = Waman Bhonsle
| editing        = Waman Bhonsle
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| language      = Hindi
| language      = Hindi
| country        = India
| country        = India
| budget        = {{INR}} 10 crore<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chopra|first1=Anupama|title=New Year fare|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/after-a-sluggish-year-bollywood-approaches-the-new-millennium-with-array-of-releases/1/254448.html|work=India Today|accessdate=18 May 2016|date=27 December 1999}}</ref>
| budget        = {{INR}}10 crore<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=717|title=Badal – Movie|publisher=Box Office India}}</ref>
| gross          = {{INR}}26.9 crore
| gross          = {{INRConvert|269.1|m|year=2000}}<ref name="auto"/>
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'''''Badal''''' ({{trans|Cloud}}) is a 2000 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action drama  film]] directed by [[Raj Kanwar]]. The film stars [[Bobby Deol]] and [[Rani Mukerji]] in lead roles. The movie is inspired by ''[[The Devil's Own]]'', starring [[Harrison Ford]] and [[Brad Pitt]]. It was a commercial success.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Badal - Movie - Box Office India|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=717|access-date=2020-11-06|website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
'''''Badal''''' ({{trans|Cloud}}) is a 2000 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action drama  film]] directed by [[Raj Kanwar]]. The film stars [[Bobby Deol]] and [[Rani Mukerji]] in lead roles with [[Amrish Puri]]. The movie is inspired by ''[[The Devil's Own]]'' (1997), starring [[Harrison Ford]] and [[Brad Pitt]]. It was a commercial success.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Badal - Movie - Box Office India|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=717|access-date=2020-11-06|website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
Badal ([[Bobby Deol]]) is a young man with a tragic childhood. As a child, he had witnessed his entire family, his loving father, mother, and baby sister, murdered in a village massacre by ruthless and corrupt police officer Jaisingh Rana, who kills people for fun. Years later, Badal has become a dreaded terrorist whose main target in life is exacting revenge on Jaisingh Rana for his family's horrible death. In this endeavor, Badal travels to a small town, where he meets a good-natured police officer, Ranjeet Singh ([[Amrish Puri]]), who takes Badal under his wing, and Rani ([[Rani Mukerji]]), a bubbly free spirit who falls madly in love with him. Ranjeet Singh's family eventually takes Badal in as a son. Through both Singh's family and Rani, Badal is given a new lease of life and comes to understand the values of sentiments, love, and relationships, all of which he has missed out on in his life.
Badal is a young man with a tragic childhood. As a child, he had witnessed his entire family, his loving father, mother, and baby sister, murdered in a village massacre by ruthless and corrupt police officer Jaisingh Rana, who kills people for fun. He is then brought up by his late father's friend Jeetram, who himself is on the run from Rana. Years later, Badal has become a dreaded terrorist work for Jeetram under the name Rajveer whose main target in life is exacting revenge on Jaisingh Rana for his family's horrible death. In this endeavor, Badal travels to a small town, where he meets a good-natured police officer, [[Assistant Commissioner of Police|ACP]] Ranjeet Singh, who takes Badal under his wing, and Rani, a bubbly free spirited girl who falls madly in love with him. Ranjeet Singh and his wife Simran start considering Badal as their son and his daughters start to look up to Badal as an elder brother. Through both Singh's family and Rani, Badal is given a new lease of life and comes to understand the values of sentiments, love, and relationships, all of which he has missed out on in his life.


However, after Ranjeet Singh finds out who Badal is, and Badal comes face-to-face with Jaisingh Rana, who is now a big-name but still evil police inspector, he must figure out how to clear the misunderstanding between him and Ranjeet Singh, withhold Rani's love, and finally get the revenge he has thirsted for against Jaisingh Rana.
Meanwhile, Rana has now been promoted to DIG but still hasn't changed his old evil ways. He has Jeetram captured and tortures him to know the location of his accomplices. Badal frees Jeetram and is pursued by the police force led by Ranjeet Singh. However, Jeetram commits suicide to protect Badal's identity from getting revealed much to the latter's shock and grief.
<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247944/ IMDb: Badal]</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Bobby Deol]] as Raja / Badal
* [[Bobby Deol]] as Raja / Badal
* [[Rani Mukherji]] as Rani
* [[Rani Mukherji]] as Rani
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* [[Sana Saeed]] as Preeti
* [[Sana Saeed]] as Preeti
* [[Alok Nath]] as Badal's father
* [[Alok Nath]] as Badal's father
* [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] as Rani's Father
* [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] as Rani's Grandfather
* [[Akash Khurana]] as minister Satyaprakash Shinde
* [[Akash Khurana]] as minister Satyaprakash Shinde
* [[Harish Patel]] as Daya Shankar
* [[Harish Patel]] as Daya Shankar
*[[Mushtaq Khan]] as Police Constable Mangiram
* [[Mushtaq Khan]] as Police Constable Mangiram
* [[Vishwajeet Pradhan]] as Sahab Singh
* [[Vishwajeet Pradhan]] as Sahab Singh
*[[Shahbaz Khan (actor)]] as Asgar, the lead terrorist's Ka Farz
* [[Shahbaz Khan (actor)]] as terrorist Asgar
*[[Jeetu Verma]] as Rafiq, a terrorists Ka Farz and Asgar's younger brother
* [[Jeetu Verma]] as terrorist Rafiq, and Asgar's younger brother
* [[Dina Pathak]]
* [[Dina Pathak]]
* [[Salim Ghouse]]
* [[Salim Ghouse]]
* [[Suman Ranganathan]] as [[item number]]
* [[Suman Ranganathan]] as [[item number]]
*[[Mink Brar]] as item number
* [[Mink Brar]] as item number
 
* [[Pappu Polyester]]
* [[Pappu Polyester]]
* Dinesh Anand
* Dinesh Anand
* [[Mandira Bedi]]
* [[Mandira Bedi]]
{{colend}}


== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
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The music for ''Badal'' was composed and produced by [[Anu Malik]] while the lyrics where penned by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]. The film has six original songs, a medley, and one instrumental song. The soundtrack for the film has received a rating of 5/10 from Mohammad Ali Ikram of ''Planet Bollywood'', with the author saying, "The tunes of Badal might not be that bad, but one expects far better from the man who gave us timeless tunes in ''[[Border (1997 film)|Border]]'', ''[[Kareeb]]'', ''[[Baazigar]]'' and ''[[Main Khiladi Tu Anari]]''."
The music for ''Badal'' was composed and produced by [[Anu Malik]] while the lyrics where penned by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]. The film has six original songs, a medley, and one instrumental song, featuring some popular songs like "Yaar Mere Yaaram" and others. The soundtrack for the film has received a rating of 5/10 from Mohammad Ali Ikram of ''Planet Bollywood'', with the author saying, "The tunes of ''Badal'' might not be that bad, but one expects far better from the man who gave us timeless tunes in ''[[Border (1997 film)|Border]]'', ''[[Kareeb]]'', ''[[Baazigar]]'' and ''[[Main Khiladi Tu Anari]]''."
<ref>http://planetbollywood.com/Music/badal.html/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107042535/http://www.planetbollywood.com/Music/badal.html |date=7 November 2011 }} Planet Bollywood: Reviewed by: Mohammad Ali Ikram</ref>
<ref>http://planetbollywood.com/Music/badal.html/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107042535/http://www.planetbollywood.com/Music/badal.html |date=7 November 2011 }} Planet Bollywood: Reviewed by: Mohammad Ali Ikram</ref>


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== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|id=0247944|title=Badal}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0247944|title=Badal}}
*[https://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/feb/12badal.htm ''Rediff'' review]
*[https://planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=032906015941 ''Planet Bollywood'' review]
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Revision as of 22:22, 25 October 2022

For other uses, see Badal (disambiguation).

Badal
File:Badal 2000 film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRaj Kanwar
Produced bySalim Akhtar
Shama Akhtar
Screenplay bySutanu Gupta
Robin Bhatt
Story byRaj Kanwar
StarringBobby Deol
Rani Mukerji
Amrish Puri
Music byAnu Malik
CinematographyHarmeet Singh
Edited byWaman Bhonsle
Production
company
Aftab Pictures
Release date
  • 11 February 2000 (2000-02-11)
Running time
173 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹10 crore[1]
Box office₹269.1 million (equivalent to ₹890 million or US$10 million in 2019)[1]

Badal (transl. Cloud) is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Raj Kanwar. The film stars Bobby Deol and Rani Mukerji in lead roles with Amrish Puri. The movie is inspired by The Devil's Own (1997), starring Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt. It was a commercial success.[2]

Plot

Badal is a young man with a tragic childhood. As a child, he had witnessed his entire family, his loving father, mother, and baby sister, murdered in a village massacre by ruthless and corrupt police officer Jaisingh Rana, who kills people for fun. He is then brought up by his late father's friend Jeetram, who himself is on the run from Rana. Years later, Badal has become a dreaded terrorist work for Jeetram under the name Rajveer whose main target in life is exacting revenge on Jaisingh Rana for his family's horrible death. In this endeavor, Badal travels to a small town, where he meets a good-natured police officer, ACP Ranjeet Singh, who takes Badal under his wing, and Rani, a bubbly free spirited girl who falls madly in love with him. Ranjeet Singh and his wife Simran start considering Badal as their son and his daughters start to look up to Badal as an elder brother. Through both Singh's family and Rani, Badal is given a new lease of life and comes to understand the values of sentiments, love, and relationships, all of which he has missed out on in his life.

Meanwhile, Rana has now been promoted to DIG but still hasn't changed his old evil ways. He has Jeetram captured and tortures him to know the location of his accomplices. Badal frees Jeetram and is pursued by the police force led by Ranjeet Singh. However, Jeetram commits suicide to protect Badal's identity from getting revealed much to the latter's shock and grief.

Cast

Soundtrack

Badal
Soundtrack album
Released4 December 1999
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length48:08
LabelT-Series
ProducerAnu Malik

The music for Badal was composed and produced by Anu Malik while the lyrics where penned by Sameer. The film has six original songs, a medley, and one instrumental song, featuring some popular songs like "Yaar Mere Yaaram" and others. The soundtrack for the film has received a rating of 5/10 from Mohammad Ali Ikram of Planet Bollywood, with the author saying, "The tunes of Badal might not be that bad, but one expects far better from the man who gave us timeless tunes in Border, Kareeb, Baazigar and Main Khiladi Tu Anari." [3]

Track list

Song Singer(s) Length
"Jugni Jugni" Sukhwinder Singh, Jaspinder Narula, Anuradha Paudwal 7:40
"Na Milo Kahin Pyar" Sonu Nigam, Kavita Krishnamurthy 6:47
"Yaar Yara Mere Yaaram" Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal 5:40
"Medley Song" - 5:21
"Allah Allah" Mukesh Kumar Munna, Dominique, Kavita Krishnamurthy 5:30
"Lal Garara" Anu Malik, Jaspinder Narula, Sapna Awasthi 6:50
"Tujhe Dekh Ke Dil" Udit Narayan, Jaspinder Narula 5:33
"Na Milo Kahin Pyar (Instrumental)" Instrumental 6:47

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Badal – Movie". Box Office India.
  2. ↑ "Badal - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. ↑ http://planetbollywood.com/Music/badal.html/ Archived 7 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine Planet Bollywood: Reviewed by: Mohammad Ali Ikram

External links

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