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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Aatish: Feel the Fire<br> आतिश: फील द फायर
| name          = Aatish: Feel the Fire
| image          = Aatish,_Feel_the_Fire.jpeg
| image          = Aatish,_Feel_the_Fire.jpeg
| caption        = Promotional Poster
| caption        = Promotional Poster
| director      = [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]]
| director      = [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]]
| producer      = [[G. P. Sippy]], Vijay Sippy
| producer      = {{ubl|[[G. P. Sippy]]|Vijay Sippy}}
| writer        = Kamlesh Pandey (dialogue)
| writer        = Kamlesh Pandey (dialogue)
| story          = Robin Bhatt <br> Sujit Sen
| story          = Robin Bhatt &lt;br&gt; Sujit Sen
| starring      = [[Sanjay Dutt]]<br />[[Aditya Pancholi]]<br />[[Raveena Tandon]]<br />[[Karishma Kapoor]]<br />[[Atul Agnihotri]]
| starring      = [[Sanjay Dutt]]&lt;br  
/&gt;[[Aditya Pancholi]]&lt;br /&gt;[[Raveena Tandon]]&lt;br /&gt;[[Karishma Kapoor]]&lt;br /&gt;[[Atul Agnihotri]]  
| music          = [[Nadeem-Shravan]]
| music          = [[Nadeem-Shravan]]
| cinematography = Najeeb Khan
| cinematography = Najeeb Khan
| editing        = Afaq Hussain
| editing        = Afaq Hussain
| distributor    = Sippy Films
| distributor    = Sippy Films
| released      = {{film date|df=y|1994|6|17}}
| released      = {{film date|df=y|1994|06|17}}
| runtime        = 155 Minutes
| runtime        = 160 minutes&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/aatish-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmdczmdi|title=Aatish|website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;
| based_on      = {{plainlist|
| based_on      = {{plainlist|
*{{based on|''[[Deewaar]]''|[[Salim–Javed]]}}
*{{based on|''[[Deewaar]]''|[[Salim–Javed]]}}
*{{based on|''[[A Better Tomorrow]]''|[[John Woo]]}}
*{{based on|''[[A Better Tomorrow]]''|[[John Woo]]}}
}}
}}
| country        = [[India]]
| country        = India
| language      = [[Hindi]]
| language      = Hindi
| budget        = {{INR|30 million|link=yes}}<ref name="boi">{{cite web|title=Aatish - Movie|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3108|website=[[Box Office India]]|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref> ([[United States dollar|$]]1{{nbsp}}million){{efn|name=Exchange94|31 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1994<ref name="sauder">{{cite web|title=PACIFIC Exchange Rate Service|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|website=[[UBC Sauder School of Business]]|publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]|page=3|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>}}
| budget        = {{INR}}5 [[crore]]&lt;ref name="auto"&gt;{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3108|title=Aatish: Feel the Fire – Movie|publisher=[[Box Office India]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;
| gross          = {{INR|123 million}}<ref name="boi"/> ($4{{nbsp}}million){{efn|name=Exchange94}}
| gross          = {{INR}}14 crore&lt;ref name="auto"/&gt;
}}
}}


'''''Aatish: Feel the Fire''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1994|1994]] Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action crime]] film directed by [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]] in his directorial debut and starring [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Aditya Pancholi]], [[Raveena Tandon]], [[Karishma Kapoor]] and [[Atul Agnihotri]] in lead roles. The supporting cast includes [[Shakti Kapoor]], [[Gulshan Grover]], [[Kader Khan]], [[Ajit Khan|Ajit]], [[Tanuja]] and [[Ram Mohan]].
'''''Aatish: Feel the Fire''''', shortly called as '''''Aatish''''', is a 1994 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action crime]] film directed by [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]] in his directorial debut, has an ensemble starcast [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Aditya Pancholi]], [[Raveena Tandon]], [[Karishma Kapoor|Karisma Kapoor]] and [[Atul Agnihotri]] in lead roles. The supporting cast includes [[Shakti Kapoor]], [[Gulshan Grover]], [[Kader Khan]], [[Ajit Khan|Ajit]], [[Tanuja]].


The film marked Sanjay Gupta's directorial debut in Bollywood. The film reworks and combines elements from two earlier [[crime films]], the [[Indian film]] ''[[Deewaar]]'' (1975)<ref name="Chaudhuri245"/> and the [[Hong Kong action film]] ''[[A Better Tomorrow]]'' (1986).<ref name="Peirse"/> Upon release, it grossed {{INRConvert|123|m|year=1994}} at the Indian box office. It was remade into a [[Cinema of Nepal|Nepali film]], ''Mahaan'' (2009), starring [[Biraj Bhatta|Biraj Bhatt]].
The film marked Sanjay Gupta's directorial debut in Bollywood. The film reworks and combines elements from two earlier [[crime films]], the [[Indian film]] ''[[Deewaar]]'' (1975)&lt;ref name="Chaudhuri245"/&gt; and the [[Hong Kong action film]] ''[[A Better Tomorrow]]'' (1986).&lt;ref name="Peirse"/&gt; Upon release, it grossed {{INRConvert|145|m|year=1994}} at the Indian box office.


==Plot==
==Premise==
Baba and Avinash are brothers who live in a shanty house with their widowed mother, who makes a living as a housemaid. When a stalker attempts to rape their mother, Baba knifes him to death, and the three, along with an orphan named Nawab, take shelter with an underworld don named Uncle. Baba would like Avinash to study and become a better person, and in order to do this, he decides to make crime his career. When Avinash completes his studies and wants to enroll himself in the police academy, Baba helps him monetarily by accepting his first [[contract killing]]. Avinash does complete his training at the police academy and soon becomes a police inspector. One of his first assignments is to be apprehended and arrest Baba and Nawab - much to his shock, as he had never associated his very own brother with having any criminal background. Avinash must now decide to proceed on with apprehending Baba and Nawab, or quit from the police force.
Baba and Avinash are brothers who live in a shanty house with their widowed mother, who makes a living by working as a housemaid. When a stalker attempts to assault their mother, Baba kills him and the three, along with an orphan named Nawab, take shelter with a crime boss named Uncle. Baba would like Avinash to study and become a better person, and in order to do this, he decides to earn money in the underworld. Avinash completes his training and becomes an [[Inspector]], where his first assignment is to arrest Baba and Nawab - much to his shock as he had never associated Baba with having any criminal background. Avinash must now decide whether to proceed with apprehending Baba and Nawab or resign from the police force.


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Sanjay Dutt]] as Baba
*[[Sanjay Dutt]] as Baba
*[[Atul Agnihotri]] as Inspector Avinash 'Avi'
*[[Aditya Pancholi]] as Nawab      
*[[Aditya Pancholi]] as Nawab
*[[Karisma Kapoor]] as Pooja
*[[Raveena Tandon]] as Nisha
*[[Raveena Tandon]] as Nisha
*[[Karishma Kapoor]] as Pooja
*[[Atul Agnihotri]] as Inspector Avinash "Avi"
*[[Tanuja]] as Baba's Mother
*[[Ajit Khan|Ajit]] as Uncle (Underworld Don)
*[[Kader Khan]] as Kadar
*[[Shakti Kapoor]] as Sunny
*[[Shakti Kapoor]] as Sunny
*[[Gulshan Grover]] as Kaniyya
*[[Gulshan Grover]] as Kaniya
*[[Ajit Khan|Ajit]] as Uncle (underworld don)
*[[Vishwajeet Pradhan]] as Ghulam
*[[Tanuja]] as Baba's Mother
*[[Vishwajeet Pradhan]] as Gulam (Kania's brother)
*[[Kader Khan]] as Kadar bhai
*[[Ram Mohan]] as Police Commissioner
*[[Ram Mohan]] as Police Commissioner
*[[Dinesh Hingoo]] as Aar Paar
*[[Dinesh Hingoo]] as Aar Paar
*[[Tiku Talsania]] as Jarnail Singh
*[[Tiku Talsania]] as Jarnail Singh
*[[Mushtaq Khan]] as Bhiku
*[[Mushtaq Khan]] as Bhiku
*[[Ghanshyam Rohera]] as Kainchi
*[[K.K.Raj]] as Tony
*[[Sumeet Pathak]] as kid Nawab
*[[Brij Gopal]]


==Production==
==Production==
''Aatish'' is a remake of ''[[Deewaar]]'' (1975), written by [[Salim–Javed]], with Sanjay Dutt as the older criminal brother (inspired by [[Amitabh Bachchan]]'s character in ''Deewaar''), Atul Agnihotri as the younger police brother, and Tanuja as the mother. ''Aatish'' had a story "straight out of ''Deewar''" but added a twist, with the mother supporting the criminal brother.<ref name="Chaudhuri245">{{cite book|last=Chaudhuri|first=Diptakirti|title=Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters|date=2015|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|isbn=9789352140084|page=245|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cri9CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT245|language=en}}</ref> In addition, ''Aatish'' also unofficially reworked elements of [[John Woo]]'s [[Hong Kong film]], ''[[A Better Tomorrow]]'' (1986).<ref name="Peirse">{{cite book|last=Peirse|first=Alison|title=Korean Horror Cinema|date=2013|publisher=[[Edinburgh University Press]]|isbn=9780748677658|page=190|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RkurBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA190|language=en}}</ref>
''Aatish'' uses elements fairly similar to ''[[Deewaar]]'' (1975), written by [[Salim–Javed]], with Sanjay Dutt as the older criminal brother (inspired by [[Amitabh Bachchan]]'s character in ''Deewaar''), Atul Agnihotri as the younger police brother (inspired by [[Shashi Kapoor]]'s character in ''Deewaar'') and Tanuja as the mother. ''Aatish'' had a story "straight out of ''Deewar''" but added a twist, with the mother supporting the criminal brother.&lt;ref name="Chaudhuri245"&gt;{{cite book|last=Chaudhuri|first=Diptakirti|title=Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters|date=2015|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|isbn=9789352140084|page=245|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cri9CgAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PT245|language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt; In addition, ''Aatish'' also unofficially reworked elements of [[John Woo]]'s [[Hong Kong film]], ''[[A Better Tomorrow]]'' (1986).&lt;ref name="Peirse"&gt;{{cite book|last=Peirse|first=Alison|title=Korean Horror Cinema|date=2013|publisher=[[Edinburgh University Press]]|isbn=9780748677658|page=190|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RkurBgAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA190|language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
The music of the film was composed by Nadeem-Shravan and the lyrics were penned by Sameer. According to the Indian trade website [[Box Office India]], with around 2,500,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's ten highest-selling.


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|"Ya Mustafa" but change to Ya dilruba
|"Ya Mustafa ya Mustafa"
|Jolly Mukherjee, Mukul Aggarwal, Alka Yagnik
|Jolly Mukherjee, Mukul Aggarwal, Alka Yagnik
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| 7
| 7
| "Baarish Ne Aag Lagayi" not included
| "Baarish Ne Aag Lagayi"
| [[Udit Narayan]], Alka Yagnik
| [[Udit Narayan]], Alka Yagnik
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| 8
| 8
| "Dheela Pajama"
| "Bolo kahan gaye the"
| Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
| Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
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Revision as of 04:55, 4 March 2026

Aatish: Feel the Fire
Promotional Poster
Directed bySanjay Gupta
Produced by
Written byKamlesh Pandey (dialogue)
Story byRobin Bhatt <br> Sujit Sen
Based on
StarringSanjay Dutt<br />Aditya Pancholi<br />Raveena Tandon<br />Karishma Kapoor<br />Atul Agnihotri
Music byNadeem-Shravan
CinematographyNajeeb Khan
Edited byAfaq Hussain
Distributed bySippy Films
Release date
  • 17 June 1994 (1994-06-17)
Running time
160 minutes<ref>"Aatish". British Board of Film Classification.</ref>
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹5 crore<ref name="auto">"Aatish: Feel the Fire – Movie". Box Office India.</ref>
Box office₹14 crore<ref name="auto"/>

Aatish: Feel the Fire, shortly called as Aatish, is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Sanjay Gupta in his directorial debut, has an ensemble starcast Sanjay Dutt, Aditya Pancholi, Raveena Tandon, Karisma Kapoor and Atul Agnihotri in lead roles. The supporting cast includes Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover, Kader Khan, Ajit, Tanuja.

The film marked Sanjay Gupta's directorial debut in Bollywood. The film reworks and combines elements from two earlier crime films, the Indian film Deewaar (1975)<ref name="Chaudhuri245"/> and the Hong Kong action film A Better Tomorrow (1986).<ref name="Peirse"/> Upon release, it grossed ₹145 million (equivalent to ₹770 million or US$11 million in 2019) at the Indian box office.

Premise

Baba and Avinash are brothers who live in a shanty house with their widowed mother, who makes a living by working as a housemaid. When a stalker attempts to assault their mother, Baba kills him and the three, along with an orphan named Nawab, take shelter with a crime boss named Uncle. Baba would like Avinash to study and become a better person, and in order to do this, he decides to earn money in the underworld. Avinash completes his training and becomes an Inspector, where his first assignment is to arrest Baba and Nawab - much to his shock as he had never associated Baba with having any criminal background. Avinash must now decide whether to proceed with apprehending Baba and Nawab or resign from the police force.

Cast

Production

Aatish uses elements fairly similar to Deewaar (1975), written by Salim–Javed, with Sanjay Dutt as the older criminal brother (inspired by Amitabh Bachchan's character in Deewaar), Atul Agnihotri as the younger police brother (inspired by Shashi Kapoor's character in Deewaar) and Tanuja as the mother. Aatish had a story "straight out of Deewar" but added a twist, with the mother supporting the criminal brother.<ref name="Chaudhuri245">Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (2015). Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters. Penguin Books. p. 245. ISBN 9789352140084.</ref> In addition, Aatish also unofficially reworked elements of John Woo's Hong Kong film, A Better Tomorrow (1986).<ref name="Peirse">Peirse, Alison (2013). Korean Horror Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780748677658.</ref>

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Nadeem-Shravan and the lyrics were penned by Sameer. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 2,500,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's ten highest-selling.

# Title Singer(s)
1 "Aa Aa Mere Dilruba" Kumar Sanu, Sapna Mukherjee
2 "Hasratein Hain Bahut Magar" Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam
3 "Kaash Tum Mujhse Ek Baar Kaho" Kumar Sanu
4 "Khaate Hain Hum Kasam" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
5 "Dil Dil Dil Main Tere Pyar Mein" Jolly Mukherjee, Alka Yagnik
6 "Ya Mustafa ya Mustafa" Jolly Mukherjee, Mukul Aggarwal, Alka Yagnik
7 "Baarish Ne Aag Lagayi" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
8 "Bolo kahan gaye the" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik

Notes

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