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| image          = Farishtay poster.jpg
| image          = Farishtay poster.jpg
| caption        = Film poster
| caption        = Film poster
| director      = Anil Sharma
| director      = [[Anil Sharma (director)|Anil Sharma]]
| producer      = Sattee Shourie, [[Mona Kapoor]]
| producer      = Sattee Shourie<br>[[Mona Kapoor]]
| writer        = Shadb Kumar<br />Anil Sharma
| writer        = Shadb Kumar<br />Anil Sharma
| starring      = [[Dharmendra]]<br />[[Vinod Khanna]]<br />[[Rajinikanth]]<br />[[Sridevi]]<br />[[Jaya Prada]]
| starring      = [[Dharmendra]]<br />[[Vinod Khanna]]<br />[[Rajnikanth]]<br />[[Jaya Prada]]<br />[[Sridevi]]
<br />[[Swapna (actress)|Swapna]]<br />
<br />[[Swapna (actress)|Swapna]]<br />[[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]]<br />[[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]]
| music          = [[Bappi Lahiri]]<br/>(songs)<br/>[[Raamlaxman]]<br/>(score)
| music          = '''Songs:'''<br>[[Bappi Lahiri]]<br/>'''Score:'''<br>[[Raamlaxman]]
| cinematography = Anil Dhanda
| cinematography = Anil Dhanda
| editing        = A.R. Rajendran
| editing        = A. R. Rajendran
| distributor    = S.G.S Films
| distributor    = S. G. S. Films
| released      = {{Film date|1991|02|22|df=y}}
| released      = {{Film date|1991|02|22|df=y}}
| runtime        = 197 minutes
| runtime        = 197 minutes
| country        = India
| country        = India
| language      = Hindi
| language      = Hindi
| budget        = {{INRConvert|7.82|m}}
| budget        = {{INR}}32.7 million<ref name="auto"/<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=14 June 2020|title=Farishtay 1991 Movie Box Office Collection, Budget and Unknown Facts 1990's Box Office Collection |url=https://ksboxoffice.com/farishtay-1991-movie-box-office-collection-budget-and-unknown-facts/movies-facts/ | access-date=18 December 2021 |website=KS Box Office |language=en-US}}</ref>
| gross          ={{INRConvert|12.79|m}}
| gross          = {{INR}}48 million (India Net) <ref name="auto"/<ref name="auto"/>
}}


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'''''Farishtay''''' ({{Translation|Angels}}) is a 1991 Indian [[Hindi Language|Hindi-language]] [[action drama film]] directed by [[Anil Sharma (director)|Anil Sharma]]. The film features an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Dharmendra]], [[Vinod Khanna]], [[Rajinikanth|Rajnikanth]], [[Jaya Prada]], [[Sridevi]], [[Swapna (actress)|Swapna]], [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]], and [[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/dharmendra-shares-a-funny-scene-with-rajinikanth-from-insaaf-kaun-karega-says-rajini-is-a-darling-friend-7387066/|title=Dharmendra shares funny scene with 'darling friend' Rajinikanth from Insaaf Kaun Karega, watch|date=3 July 2021}}</ref>


'''''Farishtay''''' ({{trans|Angels}}) is a 1991 [[Hindi]]-language film directed by [[Anil Sharma]]. The movie features [[Dharmendra]], [[Vinod Khanna]] and [[Rajinikanth]] . film was moderate commercial success at the box office.The film was produced by [[Mona Shourie Kapoor]] .
''Farishtay'' released worldwide on 22 February 1991.


==Plot==
==Plot==
Gayatri (Swapna) lives with two close male friends, who she considers her brothers, by the names of Veeru ([[Dharmendra]]) and Dheeru ([[Vinod Khanna]]), who are small-time thieves, and con men, and are known to the local police. When Gayatri meets and falls in love with Police Inspector Arjun Thanghe ([[Rajinikanth]]), the duo are delighted and arrange her marriage with great pomp and ceremony.
Raja Jaichand is dictator of a distant area close to border. He rules with brutality, killing innocent for his personal entertainment. He doesn't accept authority of Indian Government and colludes with foreign forces to keep his power. Gayatri lives with her two adopted brothers, by the names of Veeru and Dheeru, who are small-time crooks, and con men, and are known to the local police. When Gayatri meets and falls in love with Police Inspector Arjun Thanghe, the duo are delighted and arrange her marriage with great pomp and ceremony.  
 
A flashback sequence reveals that the duo were police trainees. Veeru had fallen in love with their commandant's granddaughter, Sheela. On the day of Holi, Veeru planned to ask her hand in marriage. However, a terrorist kills her along with some family members of other police officers as a revenge for his men. Veeru avenges her death, while Dheeru prevents police force for intervening. They are imprisoned for some time for taking law in their hands.
Arjun is then assigned duties to a distant village, which is facing oppression at the hands of Raja Jaichand ([[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]]), who refuses to accept the Indian Government nor even acknowledge it, and rules the region like a dictator. Arjun attempts to set things right, but is killed in the process, and Gayatri loses her mind. Gayatri does find her way to contact her brothers, and is horrified to find them in the employ of the person who has killed her husband, none other than Mr. Jaichand.
In present, duo are recruited by Jaichand's henchwoman Lilly, to eliminate and take place of commandos sent by government to run Police camp in their village. There they find that Arjun was previously assigned to run the camp. Arjun attempted to set things right, but is killed in the process, and Gayatri loses her sanity. The duo decides to avenge their sister, but are stopped by their commandant. It is then revealed that despite being thrown out of police force, they had been working undercover for him. He compels them to fight smartly. They take help of local girl, Rasbhari and infiltrate secret fortress of Jaichand. After facing much obstacles, including brutish special soldiers who killed Arjun, they are able to take down Jaichand and his army, avenging Gayatri and restoring her sanity.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
{|class="wikitable"
{{Colbegin}}
|-
*[[Dharmendra]] as Virendra "Veeru" Kumar
!Actor
*[[Vinod Khanna]] as Dhirendra "Dheeru" Kumar
!Character Name/Role
*[[Rajinikanth]] as Inspector Ranoji Rao Shivaji Rao Gaekwad Jadichmul Arjun Tange{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=134}}
|-
*[[Jaya Prada]] as Sheela, Veeru's love interest (special appearance)
|[[Dharmendra]]
*[[Sridevi]] as Rasbhari, Dheeru's love interest
|Virendra Kumar "Veeru"
*[[Swapna (actress)|Swapna]] as Gayatri, Veeru and Dheeru's sister and Arjun Tange's wife
|-
*[[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]] as Raja Jaichand
|[[Vinod Khanna]]
*[[Amrit Pal (actor)|Amrit Pal]] as Gulshanchandra, Raja Jaichand's nephew
|Dhirendra Kumar "Dheeru"
*Kirti Singh as Lily, Raja Jaichand's mistress and secretary Neeti
|-
*[[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] as a Police Comissioner PC Acharya and Sheela's grandfather
|[[Rajinikanth]]
*[[Dinesh Hingoo]] as Laal, Sheela's father
|Inspector Ramojirao Ranojirao Shivajirao Gaekwad Jadichmul Arjun Tange
*[[Shammi (actress)|Shammi]] as Mausi Lalita
|-
*[[Krishan Dhawan]] as an Uncle Ramakant 
|[[Jaya Prada]]
*[[Rajendra Nath]] as Mohan Lal
|Sheela,Veeru Love Interest
*Brahmachari as Ramu
|-
*[[Javed Khan Amrohi]] as Anand Akela
|[[Sridevi]]
*[[Manik Irani]] as Chhediram
|Rasbhari,Dheeru Love Interest
*Huma Khan as Bar Dancer Maria
|-
*[[Bob Christo]] as Bob, a terrorist
|[[Swapna (actress)|Swapna]]
*[[A. K. Hangal]] as Abdul
|Gayatri,Sister of Veeru and Dheeru/ Wife of Arjun Tange
*[[Beena Banerjee]] as a Asha Mathur
|-
*[[Syed Badr-ul Hasan Khan Bahadur]] as Pandit Bhardwaj
|[[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]]
*[[Guddi Maruti]] as Bela, Pandit's Wife
|Raja Jaichand
*[[Raj Kishore]] as a vegetable seller
|-
*Gautam Sarin as a captain under Raja Jaichand
|[[Amrit Pal (actor)|Amrit Pal]]
*[[Bhushan Tiwari]] as Bhushan, Raja Jaichand's henchman
|Gulshanchandra/Cockroach nephew of Raja Jaichand
*Anand Balraj as Andy
|-
*[[Viju Khote]] and [[Johnny Lever]] as Damodar and Fakruddin, Raja Jaichand Soldiers (guest role in the song "Saat Kunwaron Mein Ek Kunwari")
|[[Kirti Singh]]
*[[Tom Alter]], [[Jankidas]],  [[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]] and [[Yunus Parvez]] Sitaram, Rexton, and Jimmy, play foreign terrorists.
|Lily , Mistress/ Secretary of Raja Jaichand
{{Colend}}
|-
|[[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]]
|Police Commissioner/Sheela Grandfather
|-
|[[Dinesh Hingoo]]  
|Sheela's Father
|-
|[[Shammi (actress)|Shammi]]
|Mausi
|-
|[[Krishan Dhawan]]
|Uncle (Kaka)
|-
|[[Rajendra Nath]]  
|Mohan Lal
|-
|  [[Brahmachari (actor)]]
|Ramu
|-
|[[Javed Khan Amrohi]]  
|
|-
|[[Manik Irani]]  
|Chhediram
|-
|[[Huma Khan]]
| Angoori,dancer In a Bar
|-
|[[Bob Christo]]  
|Terrorist Bob
|-
|[[A. K. Hangal]]  
|Abdul
|-
|[[Beena Banerjee]]  
|Mother of slain child
|-
|[[Syed Badr-ul Hasan Khan Bahadur]]  
|Pandit
|-
|[[Guddi Maruti]]  
|Pandit's Wife
|-
|[[Raj Kishore]]  
|Vegetable Seller
|-
|[[Gautam Sarin]]
|Captain under Raja Jaichand
|-
|[[Bhushan Tiwari]]  
|Bhushan,henchman of Raja Jaichand
|-
|[[Anand Balraj]] 
|Andy
|-
|[[Viju Khote]]  
|Rowspan="2"| Raja Jaichand Soldiers / Guest Role in the song "Saat Kunwaron Mein Ek Kunwari"
|-
|[[Johnny Lever]]
|-
|[[Tom Alter]]
|Rowspan="4"|  All Foreign Terrorists Cameo/ Guest Role
|-
|[[Jankidas]]
|-
|[[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]]  
|-
|[[Yunus Parvez]]  
|-
|}


==Music==
==Soundtrack==
{|class="wikitable"
The songs were composed by [[Bappi Lahiri]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Farishtay |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/farishtay/qTx0mpNrlbc_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802042221/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/farishtay/qTx0mpNrlbc_ |archive-date=2 August 2022 |access-date=1 August 2022 |website=[[JioSaavn]]|date=22 February 1991 }}</ref> Lyrics by [[Anand Bakshi]].
{| class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singer
! Song !! Singer
|-
|-
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|-
|-
| "Tere Bina Jag Lagta Hai Soona"
| "Tere Bina Jag Lagta Hai Soona"
| Mohammed Aziz, [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]], Mohammed Aziz
|-
|-
| "Saat Kunwaron Mein Ek Kunwari"
| "Saat Kunwaron Mein Ek Kunwari"
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| "Raja Ka Humne Baja Diya Baaja"
| "Raja Ka Humne Baja Diya Baaja"
| Shabbir Kumar, [[Alka Yagnik]]
| Shabbir Kumar, [[Alka Yagnik]]
|-
|}
|}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==Bibliography==
* {{Cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-81-8475-796-5 |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |orig-date=2012}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0187004|title=Farishtay}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0187004|title=Farishtay}}


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Latest revision as of 05:36, 4 March 2026

Farishtay
Film poster
Directed byAnil Sharma
Produced bySattee Shourie
Mona Kapoor
Written byShadb Kumar
Anil Sharma
StarringDharmendra
Vinod Khanna
Rajnikanth
Jaya Prada
Sridevi
Swapna
Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Music bySongs:
Bappi Lahiri
Score:
Raamlaxman
CinematographyAnil Dhanda
Edited byA. R. Rajendran
Distributed byS. G. S. Films
Release date
  • 22 February 1991 (1991-02-22)
Running time
197 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹32.7 million[1]
Box office₹48 million (India Net) [1]

Farishtay (transl. Angels) is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Anil Sharma. The film features an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Rajnikanth, Jaya Prada, Sridevi, Swapna, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, and Sadashiv Amrapurkar.[2]

Farishtay released worldwide on 22 February 1991.

Plot[edit | edit source]

Raja Jaichand is dictator of a distant area close to border. He rules with brutality, killing innocent for his personal entertainment. He doesn't accept authority of Indian Government and colludes with foreign forces to keep his power. Gayatri lives with her two adopted brothers, by the names of Veeru and Dheeru, who are small-time crooks, and con men, and are known to the local police. When Gayatri meets and falls in love with Police Inspector Arjun Thanghe, the duo are delighted and arrange her marriage with great pomp and ceremony. A flashback sequence reveals that the duo were police trainees. Veeru had fallen in love with their commandant's granddaughter, Sheela. On the day of Holi, Veeru planned to ask her hand in marriage. However, a terrorist kills her along with some family members of other police officers as a revenge for his men. Veeru avenges her death, while Dheeru prevents police force for intervening. They are imprisoned for some time for taking law in their hands. In present, duo are recruited by Jaichand's henchwoman Lilly, to eliminate and take place of commandos sent by government to run Police camp in their village. There they find that Arjun was previously assigned to run the camp. Arjun attempted to set things right, but is killed in the process, and Gayatri loses her sanity. The duo decides to avenge their sister, but are stopped by their commandant. It is then revealed that despite being thrown out of police force, they had been working undercover for him. He compels them to fight smartly. They take help of local girl, Rasbhari and infiltrate secret fortress of Jaichand. After facing much obstacles, including brutish special soldiers who killed Arjun, they are able to take down Jaichand and his army, avenging Gayatri and restoring her sanity.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The songs were composed by Bappi Lahiri.[4] Lyrics by Anand Bakshi.

Song Singer
"Thode Se Farishtay, Thode Se Shaitan" Mohammed Aziz, Amit Kumar
"Is Sansar Mein Sabse Pyaara Bhai Behan Ka Pyaar Hai" (Happy) Mohammed Aziz, Amit Kumar, Anuradha Paudwal
"Is Sansar Mein Sabse Pyaara Bhai Bahen Ka Pyaar Hai" (Sad) Mohammed Aziz, Amit Kumar, Anuradha Paudwal
"Tere Bina Jag Lagta Hai Soona" Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Aziz
"Saat Kunwaron Mein Ek Kunwari" Lata Mangeshkar
"Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara" (Female) Asha Bhosle
"Jhanda Ooncha Rahe Hamara" (Male) Shabbir Kumar
"Raja Ka Humne Baja Diya Baaja" Shabbir Kumar, Alka Yagnik

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Farishtay 1991 Movie Box Office Collection, Budget and Unknown Facts 1990's Box Office Collection". KS Box Office. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Dharmendra shares funny scene with 'darling friend' Rajinikanth from Insaaf Kaun Karega, watch". 3 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Ramachandran 2014, p. 134.
  4. ↑ "Farishtay". JioSaavn. 22 February 1991. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

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External links[edit | edit source]

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