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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
  | name = Shikari
  | name = Shikari
  | image = shikari_1991_big.jpg
  | image = Shikari (1991 film).jpg
  | caption = DVD Cover
  | caption = DVD Cover
  | director = [[Umesh Mehra]]<br />Latif Faizev
  | director = [[Umesh Mehra]]<br />Latif Faizev
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  | country = [[Cinema of India|India]] <br> [[Cinema of the Soviet Union|Soviet Union]]
  | country = [[Cinema of India|India]] <br> [[Cinema of the Soviet Union|Soviet Union]]
  | language = Hindi <br> Russian
  | language = Hindi <br> Russian
  | budget = [[Indian rupee|{{INR}}]]10.3 [[crore]]
  | budget =  
  }}
  }}
'''''Shikari''''', also known as '''''Po Zakonu Dzhungley''''' (По закону джунглей, ''The Law of the Jungle'') in the [[Soviet Union|USSR]], is a 1991 film,<ref>{{IMDb title|0170416|Shikari: The Hunter}}</ref> jointly directed by [[Umesh Mehra]] and Latif Faiziyev, mostly shot in [[Russia]], starring [[Mithun Chakraborty]], Irina Kushnareva, [[Varsha Usgaonkar]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]], and [[Amrish Puri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Shikari+(1991)|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125215445/http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Shikari+(1991)|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|title=Film-Shikari|publisher=IBOS|access-date=22 August 2016}} <br>- {{cite journal|title=Reviews: Shikari - Good Entertainer|journal=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]|date=19 April 1991}}<br>- {{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/540364|title=Shikari Cast & Crew|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=22 August 2016}}<br>- {{cite web|url=http://www.induna.com/1000013200-productdetails/|title=Shikari VCD|website=[[Induna.com|Induna]]|access-date=22 August 2016}}</ref>


The film was a flop at the box office and this film would be the third and last film where [[India]] and the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] collaborated, though the latter would dissolute the same year.
'''''Shikari''''' ({{translation|"Hunter"}}), also known as '''''Shikari: The Hunter''''' in India and '''''Po Zakonu Dzhungley''''' (По закону джунглей, ''The Law of the Jungle'') in the [[Soviet Union|USSR]], is a 1991 film,<ref>{{IMDb title|0170416|Shikari: The Hunter}}</ref> jointly directed by [[Umesh Mehra]] and Latif Faiziyev, mostly shot in [[Russia]], starring [[Mithun Chakraborty]], Irina Kushnareva, [[Varsha Usgaonkar]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]], and [[Amrish Puri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Shikari+(1991)|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125215445/http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Shikari+(1991)|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|title=Film-Shikari|publisher=IBOS|access-date=22 August 2016}} <br>- {{cite journal|title=Reviews: Shikari - Good Entertainer|journal=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]|date=19 April 1991}}<br>- {{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/540364|title=Shikari Cast & Crew|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=22 August 2016}}<br>- {{cite web|url=http://www.induna.com/1000013200-productdetails/|title=Shikari VCD|website=[[Induna.com|Induna]]|access-date=22 August 2016}}</ref>
 
It would be the third and last film where [[India]] and the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] collaborated, though the latter would dissolute the same year.


==Plot==
==Plot==
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==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Adarsh Kumar / Fakira
* [[Mithun Chakraborty]] as Shankar Kumar
* [[Mithun Chakraborty]] as Shankar Kumar
* [[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Adarsh Kumar/Fakira (Shanker's elder brother)
* [[Irina Kushnareva]] as Natasha
* [[Irina Kushnareva]] as Natasha
* [[Varsha Usgaonkar]] as Chanchal
* [[Varsha Usgaonkar]] as Chanchal
* [[Vinod Mehra]] as Chanchal's Father
* [[Gulshan Grover]] as Bob
* [[Amrish Puri]] as Nahar Singh
* [[Amrish Puri]] as Nahar Singh
* [[Anjana Mumtaz]] as Mrs Kumar (Fakira and Shankar's mother)
* [[Dara Singh]] as Bajrangi
* [[Gulshan Grover]] as Bob
* [[Anjana Mumtaz]] as Mrs. Bajrangi
* [[Dara Singh]] as Bajrangi Kumar
* [[Lilliput (actor)|Lilliput]]
* [[Amrit Pal (actor)|Amrit Pal]] as Hari Singh
* [[Amrit Pal (actor)|Amrit Pal]] as Hari Singh
* [[Achyut Potdar]] as Raja Saab
* [[Achyut Potdar]] as Raja Sahib
* [[Rucha Gujrati]] as Young Chanchal
* [[Rucha Gujrati]] as Young Chanchal
* Master Bunty as Young Shankar
* Master Bunty as Young Shankar
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}}
}}


The lyrics were written by [[Anand Bakshi]] to music composed by [[Anu Malik]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saavn.com/s/album/hindi/Shikari-The-Hunter-1991/RBoQ8XL7GqE_|title=Shikari Songs|publisher=[[Saavn]]|access-date=22 August 2016}}</ref>
The music was composed by [[Anu Malik]] and the lyrics were written by [[Anand Bakshi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saavn.com/s/album/hindi/Shikari-The-Hunter-1991/RBoQ8XL7GqE_|title=Shikari Songs|publisher=[[Saavn]]|access-date=22 August 2016}}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Song !! Singer
! # !! Song !! Singer
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0170416|Shikari: The Hunter}}
* {{IMDb title|0170416|Shikari}}


[[Category:1991 films]]
[[Category:1991 films]]
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[[Category:Films scored by Anu Malik]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anu Malik]]
[[Category:Films shot in Russia]]
[[Category:Films shot in Russia]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]
[[Category:Soviet multilingual films]]
[[Category:Soviet multilingual films]]
[[Category:Soviet films]]
[[Category:Russian-language films]]
[[Category:Russian-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Umesh Mehra]]
[[Category:Films directed by Umesh Mehra]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]


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Shikari
DVD Cover
Directed byUmesh Mehra
Latif Faizev
Produced byParvesh Mehra
Written byVinay Shukla,
Roskov Nikolai,
Ulmas Umerbekov
StarringMithun Chakraborty
Naseeruddin Shah
Varsha Usgaonkar
Irina Kushnareva
Amrish Puri
Music byAnu Malik
CinematographyS. Pappu,
L. Travitsky
Edited byM. S. Shinde
Production
company
Eagle Films
Release date
  • 12 April 1991 (1991-04-12)
Running time
140 min.
CountryIndia
Soviet Union
LanguageHindi
Russian

Shikari (transl. "Hunter"), also known as Shikari: The Hunter in India and Po Zakonu Dzhungley (По закону джунглей, The Law of the Jungle) in the USSR, is a 1991 film,[1] jointly directed by Umesh Mehra and Latif Faiziyev, mostly shot in Russia, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Irina Kushnareva, Varsha Usgaonkar, Naseeruddin Shah, and Amrish Puri.[2]

It would be the third and last film where India and the USSR collaborated, though the latter would dissolute the same year.

Plot

Shikari is the story of Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty), who earns his living by doing road shows along with Chanchal. Shankar happens to see a circus poster featuring Natasha (Irina Kushnareva) and begins to dream of working with her. By chance Shankar receives an offer to work in a Russian circus troupe where Natasha is also employed.

Cast

Soundtrack

Shikari
Film score
Released1991
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelWeston Musicassettes/Tips Music

The music was composed by Anu Malik and the lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi.[3]

# Song Singer
1 "Mere Dost Hindustani" Anuradha Paudwal
2 "I Love You" Mohammed Aziz, Anuradha Paudwal
3 "Main Hoon Aflatoon" Sudesh Bhosale, Sapna Mukherjee
4 "Duniya Mein Kitne Watan" Kavita Krishnamurthy, Mohammed Aziz, Anuradha Paudwal
5 "Koki Koki Koki" Anu Malik, Anuradha Paudwal
6 "Duniya O Duniya" Sudesh Bhosale, Sapna Mukherjee
7 "Eena Meena Maeena Mo" Mohammed Aziz
8 "Ye Duniya Ek Circus Hai" Sudesh Bhosale
9 "Jo Aata Hai" Amrish Puri

References

  1. ↑ Shikari: The Hunter on IMDb
  2. ↑ "Film-Shikari". IBOS. Retrieved 22 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
    - "Reviews: Shikari - Good Entertainer". Screen. 19 April 1991.
    - "Shikari Cast & Crew". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
    - "Shikari VCD". Induna. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Shikari Songs". Saavn. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

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