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'''''Gumrah''''' (English transl. mislead) is a 1993 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[ action crime]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Mahesh Bhatt]] in a screenplay written by Sujit Sen and Robin Bhatt. The film stars [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Sridevi]], and [[Anupam Kher]].
'''''Gumrah''''' ({{IPA|hi|ɡʊmraːɦ}}, {{translation|Mislead}}) is a 1993 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[ action crime]] [[drama film|drama]] film directed by [[Mahesh Bhatt]] and written jointly  by Sujit Sen and [[Robin Bhatt]]. It stars [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Sridevi]], [[Anupam Kher]], and [[Rahul Roy]]. In the film, Roshni (Sridevi), an aspiring singer, is assisted by Rahul Malhotra (Roy) in flourishing her career and they fall in love. However, on a trip to [[Hong Kong]], she is abandoned by him and later arrested by the police for supposed involvement in trafficking [[cocaine]].  


Loosely based on the Australian miniseries ''[[Bangkok Hilton]]'', in the film, seeing Roshni's talent for singing, Rahul gives her a break and they eventually fall in love. On a trip to [[Hong Kong]], she is arrested for possession of cocaine, not knowing that it is all Rahul's doing.
Gumrah was loosely based on the Australian [[miniseries]] ''[[Bangkok Hilton]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Mallepuvvu: Movie Review|url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/moviereviews/mallepuvvu_moviereview.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216131039/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/moviereviews/mallepuvvu_moviereview.php|archivedate=16 December 2008|website=[[Telugucinema.com]]|access-date=29 April 2024|date=18 Sep 2008|url-status=dead|quote=Sridevi starrer Gumrah (1993). (which was feemake of Bangkok hilton (1989) tv mini series)}}</ref> and was produced by [[Yash Johar]] under the [[Dharma Productions]] banner. [[Pravin Bhatt]] acted as the film's [[cinematographer]], while Sanjay Sankla handled the editing. The duo [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]] composed the film's music, with lyrics penned by [[Anand Bakshi]].


''Gumrah'' was critically well received upon its release with major appreciation drawn towards Sridevi's performance, which many consider as one of the finest performances of her career and earned her a nomination for [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] at the [[39th Filmfare Awards]]. The film was also a commercial success grossing {{INRConvert|545|m}} worldwide against its {{INRConvert|200|m}} budget. Thus it became the [[Bollywood films of 1993|seventh highest-grossing film of 1993]].<ref>
Sridevi earned her a nomination for [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] at the [[39th Filmfare Awards]].
{{cite news
|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=3785
|title=Gumrah— 18 May 5 p.m.
|date=16 May 2003
|publisher=[[Screen Weekly]]
|access-date=2009-09-09}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
Roshni ([[Sridevi]]) is the only child of Sharda Chadda ([[Reema Lagoo]]). Her father, Prakash Chadda ([[Anupam Kher]]), left before she was born and she has no knowledge of where he went. After her mother learns she has a fatal illness, she asks her family friend to take Roshni to Mumbai so she learns to live without her and be independent. Roshni is introduced to Rahul Malhotra ([[Rahul Roy]]) and they share a mutual attraction. When he learns that she is an aspiring singer, he assists in her career so she becomes popular. She has a devoted fan named Jagannath alias Jaggu ([[Sanjay Dutt]]), who is a petty thief. He is in love with her, but she rejects him. Roshni's mother reveals on her deathbed that Roshni's father is alive and had been forced to abandon his family over a government level criminal accusations exacerbated by Roshni's grandmother's reluctance to allow him back home. She tells Roshni that that she is free to go find her father.During a trip, she and Rahul take to [[Hong Kong]] to look for her father, Roshni is arrested for trafficking cocaine and Rahul disappears. Jaggu brings an attorney, but she is quickly found guilty and sentenced to death, remanded to a prison where inmates are kept barefoot and in squalid conditions. Jaggu visits the prison and runs afoul of two guards, themselves lovers, who beat him in front of Roshni. The attorney works to help them escape. A fight ensues between Roshni and the female guard, in which the latter is killed. The warden intervenes and is killed by Jaggu, they escape and return to India. At the airport, Prakash is questioned by the police and Roshni learns that he is her father, and that he had fled the country years earlier when he has been wrongfully accused of treason. Later at Rahul's house, Rahul admits that he had been dealing with drugs that resulted in Roshni's arrest. She slaps him for deceiving her and gets him arrested. With Prakash's blessings, Roshni and Jaggu get married.
Roshni is the only child of Sharda Chadda. Her father, Prakash Chadda, left before she was born, and she has no knowledge of where he went. After her mother learns she has a fatal illness, she asks her family friend to take Roshni to [[Mumbai]], so that she learns to live without her and be independent.  
 
Roshni is introduced to Rahul Malhotra, and they share a mutual attraction. When he learns that she is an aspiring singer, he assists in her career, so she becomes popular. She has a devoted fan named Jagannath, alias Jaggu, who is a petty thief. He is in love with her, but she rejects him.  
 
Roshni's mother reveals on her deathbed that Roshni's father is alive and had been forced to abandon his family over a government level criminal accusations exacerbated by Roshni's grandmother's reluctance to allow him back home. She tells Roshni that she is free to go find her father. During a trip, she and Rahul take to [[Hong Kong]] to look for her father, Roshni is arrested for trafficking cocaine, and Rahul disappears. Jaggu brings an attorney, but she is quickly found guilty and sentenced to death, remanded to a prison where inmates are kept barefoot and in squalid conditions. Jaggu visits the prison and runs afoul of two guards, themselves lovers, who beat him in front of Roshni. The attorney works to help them escape. A fight ensues between Roshni and the female guard, in which the latter is killed. The warden intervenes and is killed by Jaggu, they escape and return to India.  
 
At the airport, when Prakash is questioned by the police, Roshni learns that he is her father, and that he had fled the country years earlier when he had been wrongfully accused of treason. Later at Rahul's house, Rahul admits that he had been dealing with drugs that resulted in Roshni's arrest. She slaps him for deceiving her and gets him arrested. With Prakash's blessings, Roshni and Jaggu get married.


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
{{Cast listing|
*[[Sanjay Dutt]] as Jagan "Jaggu" Nath
*[[Sanjay Dutt]] as Jagan Nath "Jaggu"
*[[Sridevi]] as Roshni Chadha
*[[Sridevi]] as Roshni Chadha
*[[Rahul Roy]] as Rahul Malhotra (Main Antagonist)
*[[Anupam Kher]] as Prakash Chadha, Roshni's father.
*[[Anupam Kher]] as Prakash Chadha
*[[Rahul Roy]] as Rahul Malhotra
*[[Soni Razdan]] as Angela
*[[Soni Razdan]] as Angela
*[[Reema Lagoo]] as Sharda Chadha
*[[Reema Lagoo]] as Sharda Chadha, Roshni's mother.
*[[Kunika]] as Female cop in Hong Kong
*[[Kunika]] as Female cop in Hong Kong
*[[Tom Alter]] as Inspector Phillip
*[[Tom Alter]] as Inspector Phillip
*[[Sudesh Issar]]
*[[Bob Christo]] as Male cop in Hong Kong
*[[Bob Christo]] as Male cop in Hong Kong
*[[Anang Desai]] as Ahuja
*[[Anang Desai]] as Ahuja
*[[Laxmikant Berde]] as Pakya
*[[Laxmikant Berde]] as Pakya
*[[Kamini Kaushal]] as Sharda's mom
*[[Kamini Kaushal]] as Sharda's mother
*[[Avtaar Gill]] as Roshni Uncle
*[[Avtaar Gill]] as Roshni's uncle
*[[Mushtaq Khan]] as Police Inspector
*[[Mushtaq Khan]] as Police inspector
*[[Mahesh Anand]] as  Tiger, Opposition Fighter in Hong Kong
*[[Mahesh Anand]] as  Tiger, opposition fighter in Hong Kong.
{{div col end}}
}}
 
==Production==
During an episode of the [[Reality television|reality show]] [[India's Next Superstars]], Mahesh Bhatt shared that Sridevi shot for a sequence of the film in water despite having a high fever of 102 degrees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Isha |date=2018-03-09 |title=Remembering Late Actor Sridevi, Mahesh Bhatt Shares A Heartwarming Story Of Her Professionalism |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/remembering-late-actor-sridevi-mahesh-bhatt-shares-a-heartwarming-story-of-her-professionalism-341116.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813151543/https://www.indiatimes.com/amp/news/india/remembering-late-actor-sridevi-mahesh-bhatt-shares-a-heartwarming-story-of-her-professionalism-341116.html |archive-date=13 August 2019 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=[[India Times]] |language=en-IN}}</ref> It was also reported that [[Reema Lagoo]]'s role in the film was cut short only because Sridevi demanded for it; she felt that Lagoo's performance dominated over that of hers. Owing to this, [[Yash Johar]] promised to cast Lagoo in the role of the mother in all his subsequent films, which include ''[[Kuch Kuch Hota Hai]]'' and ''[[Kal Ho Na Ho]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=तोमर |first=संगीता |date=1 June 2017 |title=इस हीरोइन से डर गईं थीं श्रीदेवी, निर्माता-निर्देशक के साथ मिलकर दिया इतना बड़ा धोखा |trans-title=Sridevi was afraid of this heroine; she cheated by joining the producer and director |url=https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/entertainment/bollywood/when-sridevi-got-scared-of-reema-lagoo-s-performance-in-gumrah-and-demanded-a-cut-in-her-role |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601101930/https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/entertainment/bollywood/when-sridevi-got-scared-of-reema-lagoo-s-performance-in-gumrah-and-demanded-a-cut-in-her-role |archive-date=1 June 2017 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=[[Amar Ujala]] |language=hi}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack for the film was the second successive hit (after ''[[Khalnayak]]'') for the music director duo [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]].  
[[Anand Bakshi]] wrote all songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mirchi.in/stories/music/30-years-of-gumrah-revisiting-the-movies-evergreen-music/102379305|title=30 Years of Gumrah: Revisiting the movies evergreen music|website=[[Radio Mirchi]]|date=4 August 2023|access-date=17 December 2023|archive-date=17 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217175032/https://mirchi.in/stories/music/30-years-of-gumrah-revisiting-the-movies-evergreen-music/102379305|url-status=live}}</ref> The soundtrack for the film was the second successive hit (after ''[[Khalnayak]]'') for the music director duo [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]].<ref>{{cite journal
<ref>
{{cite journal
|year=1993
|year=1993
|title=Cine blitz
|title=Cine blitz
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|issn=0971-9970
|issn=0971-9970
|oclc=18389308
|oclc=18389308
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JjIqAAAAYAAJ&q=six+track+album+of}}</ref><ref>
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JjIqAAAAYAAJ&q=six+track+album+of
{{cite news
|access-date=22 March 2021
|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=13410
|archive-date=17 December 2023
|title=Title Track
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217175031/https://books.google.com/books?id=JjIqAAAAYAAJ&q=six+track+album+of
|date=8 September 2006
|url-status=live
|publisher=[[Screen India]]
}}</ref>
|access-date=2009-09-09}}</ref>  When it screened in Nigeria, it is remarked that audiences loved and knew the film. "They cheered at tense points, thumping their seats and stamping their feet. At other points they mimicked dialogue and shouted out responses to the heroes and villains, the film was also well received at the Indian box office and was the seventh highest grossing Hindi film of 1993."<ref name="Book1">
{{cite book
|last=Larkin
|first=Brian
|title=Signal and noise: media, infrastructure, and urban culture in Nigeria
|publisher=[[Duke University Press]]
|year=2008
|edition=illustrated
|pages=146–147
|isbn=9780822341086
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kr8s3YlZSGcC&q=%22Gumrah%22%2C%22Mahesh%20Bhatt%22&pg=PA147}}</ref>


==Soundtrack==
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{{Mahesh Bhatt}}
==Reception==
{{Dharma Productions}}
''[[India Today]]'' wrote, "A timely reminder of what a fine actress Sridevi is. She plays a singer who is falsely charged with drug smuggling and imprisoned in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, the rest of the film can't quite match her performance."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/19930930-latest-movie-releases-812059-1993-09-29|title=Latest movie releases|website=India Today|date=30 September 1993|access-date=17 December 2023|archive-date=17 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217182228/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/19930930-latest-movie-releases-812059-1993-09-29|url-status=live}}</ref> 
 
When it screened in Nigeria, it is remarked that audiences loved and knew the film. "They cheered at tense points, thumping their seats and stamping their feet. At other points they mimicked dialogue and shouted out responses to the heroes and villains, the film was also well received at the Indian box office and was the seventh highest grossing Hindi film of 1993."<ref name="Book1">{{cite book
|last=Larkin
|first=Brian
|title=Signal and noise: media, infrastructure, and urban culture in Nigeria
|publisher=[[Duke University Press]]
|year=2008
|edition=illustrated
|pages=146–147
|isbn=9780822341086
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kr8s3YlZSGcC&q=%22Gumrah%22%2C%22Mahesh%20Bhatt%22&pg=PA147
|access-date=22 March 2021
|archive-date=17 December 2023
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217175031/https://books.google.com/books?id=kr8s3YlZSGcC&q=%22Gumrah%22%2C%22Mahesh%20Bhatt%22&pg=PA147#v=snippet&q=%22Gumrah%22%2C%22Mahesh%20Bhatt%22&f=false
|url-status=live
}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
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Gumrah
Promotional poster
Directed byMahesh Bhatt
Produced byYash Johar
Written by
StarringSanjay Dutt
Sridevi
Anupam Kher
Rahul Roy
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
CinematographyPravin Bhatt
Edited bySanjay Sankla
Production
company
Release date
  • 3 August 1993 (1993-08-03)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹12 crore[1]

Gumrah (hi, transl. Mislead) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action crime drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and written jointly by Sujit Sen and Robin Bhatt. It stars Sanjay Dutt, Sridevi, Anupam Kher, and Rahul Roy. In the film, Roshni (Sridevi), an aspiring singer, is assisted by Rahul Malhotra (Roy) in flourishing her career and they fall in love. However, on a trip to Hong Kong, she is abandoned by him and later arrested by the police for supposed involvement in trafficking cocaine.

Gumrah was loosely based on the Australian miniseries Bangkok Hilton,[2] and was produced by Yash Johar under the Dharma Productions banner. Pravin Bhatt acted as the film's cinematographer, while Sanjay Sankla handled the editing. The duo Laxmikant–Pyarelal composed the film's music, with lyrics penned by Anand Bakshi.

Sridevi earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the 39th Filmfare Awards.

Plot[edit | edit source]

Roshni is the only child of Sharda Chadda. Her father, Prakash Chadda, left before she was born, and she has no knowledge of where he went. After her mother learns she has a fatal illness, she asks her family friend to take Roshni to Mumbai, so that she learns to live without her and be independent.

Roshni is introduced to Rahul Malhotra, and they share a mutual attraction. When he learns that she is an aspiring singer, he assists in her career, so she becomes popular. She has a devoted fan named Jagannath, alias Jaggu, who is a petty thief. He is in love with her, but she rejects him.

Roshni's mother reveals on her deathbed that Roshni's father is alive and had been forced to abandon his family over a government level criminal accusations exacerbated by Roshni's grandmother's reluctance to allow him back home. She tells Roshni that she is free to go find her father. During a trip, she and Rahul take to Hong Kong to look for her father, Roshni is arrested for trafficking cocaine, and Rahul disappears. Jaggu brings an attorney, but she is quickly found guilty and sentenced to death, remanded to a prison where inmates are kept barefoot and in squalid conditions. Jaggu visits the prison and runs afoul of two guards, themselves lovers, who beat him in front of Roshni. The attorney works to help them escape. A fight ensues between Roshni and the female guard, in which the latter is killed. The warden intervenes and is killed by Jaggu, they escape and return to India.

At the airport, when Prakash is questioned by the police, Roshni learns that he is her father, and that he had fled the country years earlier when he had been wrongfully accused of treason. Later at Rahul's house, Rahul admits that he had been dealing with drugs that resulted in Roshni's arrest. She slaps him for deceiving her and gets him arrested. With Prakash's blessings, Roshni and Jaggu get married.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Production[edit | edit source]

During an episode of the reality show India's Next Superstars, Mahesh Bhatt shared that Sridevi shot for a sequence of the film in water despite having a high fever of 102 degrees.[3] It was also reported that Reema Lagoo's role in the film was cut short only because Sridevi demanded for it; she felt that Lagoo's performance dominated over that of hers. Owing to this, Yash Johar promised to cast Lagoo in the role of the mother in all his subsequent films, which include Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kal Ho Na Ho.[4]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Anand Bakshi wrote all songs.[5] The soundtrack for the film was the second successive hit (after Khalnayak) for the music director duo Laxmikant–Pyarelal.[6]

# Title Singer(s)
1 "Main Tera Ashiq Hoon" Roop Kumar Rathod
2 "Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar" Talat Aziz, Kavita Krishnamurthy
3 "Yeh Hai Sharabkhana" Asha Bhosle
4 "Duniya Kismat Aur Khuda" Roop Kumar Rathod
5 "Tere Pyar Ko Salam O Sanam" Alka Yagnik
6 "Ram Kasam Mera Bada Naam Ho Gaya" Vinod Rathod

Reception[edit | edit source]

India Today wrote, "A timely reminder of what a fine actress Sridevi is. She plays a singer who is falsely charged with drug smuggling and imprisoned in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, the rest of the film can't quite match her performance."[7]

When it screened in Nigeria, it is remarked that audiences loved and knew the film. "They cheered at tense points, thumping their seats and stamping their feet. At other points they mimicked dialogue and shouted out responses to the heroes and villains, the film was also well received at the Indian box office and was the seventh highest grossing Hindi film of 1993."[8]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Box Office 1993". 13 July 2021. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008.
  2. ↑ "Mallepuvvu: Movie Review". Telugucinema.com. 18 September 2008. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2024. Sridevi starrer Gumrah (1993). (which was feemake of Bangkok hilton (1989) tv mini series)
  3. ↑ Sharma, Isha (9 March 2018). "Remembering Late Actor Sridevi, Mahesh Bhatt Shares A Heartwarming Story Of Her Professionalism". India Times. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  4. ↑ तोमर, संगीता (1 June 2017). "इस हीरोइन से डर गईं थीं श्रीदेवी, निर्माता-निर्देशक के साथ मिलकर दिया इतना बड़ा धोखा" [Sridevi was afraid of this heroine; she cheated by joining the producer and director]. Amar Ujala (in हिन्दी). Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "30 Years of Gumrah: Revisiting the movies evergreen music". Radio Mirchi. 4 August 2023. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Cine blitz". Cine Blitz. 19. Blitz Publications: 98. 1993. ISSN 0971-9970. OCLC 18389308. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Latest movie releases". India Today. 30 September 1993. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Larkin, Brian (2008). Signal and noise: media, infrastructure, and urban culture in Nigeria (illustrated ed.). Duke University Press. pp. 146–147. ISBN 9780822341086. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

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