Bichhoo
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| Directed by | Guddu Dhanoa |
| Written by | Tinnu Verma |
| Starring |
Bobby Deol Rani Mukerji Ashish Vidyarthi Malaika Arora |
| Music by | Anand Raj Anand |
| Distributed by | Video Sound Inc. |
| Release dates | July 7, 2000 |
| Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Bichhoo (literally Scorpion) is a 2000 Bollywood film directed by Guddu Dhanoa. It is a suspense film, and the lead roles are played by Bobby Deol and Rani Mukerji. This film is heavily inspired by the Luc Besson 1994 film Léon starring Jean Reno and Natalie Portman.
Synopsis
Jeeva (Bobby Deol) is from a struggling family. He falls in love with Kiran (Malaika Arora Khan) but due to their differences in social class, Kiran's father does not approve of their relationship. To punish Jeeva, Kiran's father frames his mother (Farida Jalal) and two sisters for prostitution and bribes the police into arresting them, which leads to the three of them committing suicide. Kiran also kills herself, ashamed of what her father has done. Jeeva seeks revenge by killing Kiran's father.
He later becomes one of India's most dangerous assassins. He lives in a small apartment next to the Bali family. The father (Mohan Joshi) works for a corrupt cop named Devraj Khatri (Ashish Vidyarthi) who works in the drug trade. Kiran Bali (Rani Mukherji) is the youngest daughter of the family and strongly dislikes them. She tries to befriend Jeeava many times, but he is too engrossed in his killing to have any time for her. One day, Kiran is in Jeeva's apartment delivering milk to him. Whilst she is there, Khatri and his men break into the Bali's apartment and kill them all - Kiran is the only one to survive as she was in Jeeva's apartment. Jeeva soon finds himself taking Kiran under his wing and so, he trains her in handling weapons to get revenge against the men who had brutally murdered her family.
Cast
- Bobby Deol ... Jeeva
- Rani Mukerji ... Kiran Bali
- Farida Jalal ... Jeeva's mother
- Ashish Vidyarthi ... Devraj Khatri
- Malaika Arora ... Kiran
- Hans Raj Hans ... Himself
- Sachin Khedekar ... Kiran's brother
- Shweta Shetty ... Guest Role (Totte Totte Song)
- Suresh Chatwal ... Shopkeeper
- Veerendra Saxena ... Jeeva's Friend
- Pramod Moutho.....Pankaj Kharbanda
Soundtrack
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pyar Tu Dil Tu" | Alka Yagnik, Vinod Rathod |
| 2 | "Dil Tote Tote Ho Gaya" | Hans Raj Hans, Shweta Shetty |
| 3 | "Jeevan Mein Jaane Jaana" | Harry Anand, Jaspinder Narula |
| 4 | "Tere Hothon Ki Hansi" | Hariharan, Swarnalatha |
| 5 | "Pyar Ho Na Jaye" | Shankar Mahadevan, Ram Shankar, Raj Bhatt |
| 6 | "Ekwari Tak Le" | Harry Anand, Sunidhi Chauhan |
| 7 | "Jeevan Mein Jaane Jaana (Instrumental)" | |
| 8 | "Dil Tote Tote Ho Gaya (Instrumental)" |
Reception
The reviews for Bichchoo were mostly negative. Most criticism was given to the performances of the lead actors.
Despite its poor critical reception, the film was an average box office success.
External links
- Bichhoo at the Internet Movie Database