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| Aatish: Feel the Fire | |
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 Promotional Poster | |
| Directed by | Sanjay Gupta |
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| Written by | Kamlesh Pandey (dialogue) |
| Story by | Robin Bhatt <br> Sujit Sen |
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| Starring | Sanjay Dutt<br />Aditya Pancholi<br />Raveena Tandon<br />Karishma Kapoor<br />Atul Agnihotri |
| Music by | Nadeem-Shravan |
| Cinematography | Najeeb Khan |
| Edited by | Afaq Hussain |
| Distributed by | Sippy Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 160 minutes<ref>"Aatish". British Board of Film Classification.</ref> |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| 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
- Sanjay Dutt as Baba
- Aditya Pancholi as Nawab
- Raveena Tandon as Nisha
- Karishma Kapoor as Pooja
- Atul Agnihotri as Inspector Avinash "Avi"
- Tanuja as Baba's Mother
- Ajit as Uncle (Underworld Don)
- Kader Khan as Kadar
- Shakti Kapoor as Sunny
- Gulshan Grover as Kaniya
- Vishwajeet Pradhan as Ghulam
- Ram Mohan as Police Commissioner
- Dinesh Hingoo as Aar Paar
- Tiku Talsania as Jarnail Singh
- Mushtaq Khan as Bhiku
- Ghanshyam Rohera as Kainchi
- K.K.Raj as Tony
- Sumeet Pathak as kid Nawab
- Brij Gopal
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) |
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| 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 |