Kajraare

Kajraare
Official poster
Directed by	Pooja Bhatt
Produced by	Bhushan Kumar Kishen Kumar
Written by	Shagufta Rafique (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Mahesh Bhatt
Story by	Mahesh Bhatt
Starring	Himesh Reshammiya Sara Loren Gulshan Grover Javed Sheikh
Music by	Himesh Reshammiya
Cinematography	Anshuman Mahaley
Edited by	Devendra Murdeshwar
Production company	Film City
Distributed by	T-Series
Release dates	October 15, 2010 (2010-10-15)
Country	India Pakistan
Language	Hindi Urdu
Budget	15 Crore

Kajraare is a Bollywood film that released on 15 October 2010. The film was directed by Pooja Bhatt and starred Indian singer and music composer Himesh Reshammiya and the Pakistani actress Sara Loren. Himesh plays a singer who falls in love with a bar dancer and the film is centred on how they find true love. It is the first Hindi film to be shot in Petra, often called "the eighth wonder of the world."^[1]

Plot

Rajiv (Himesh Reshammiya) is haunted by his very own past which torments him. He moves to Jordan where he has a job as a bartender, however Tariq Anwar (Gulshan Grover) forbids him to stay and immediately wants him to return to India. Rajiv then contemplates suicide but the eyes of a ravishing beauty strikes his own eyes. A chase ensues, until another man appears and takes the "beauty" in his own hands. The guy tells Rajiv if he wants to see what she does, he must come to the bar to "watch her dance".

Rajiv visits the aquarium and he sees the lady again and develops immense love for her. The woman is Nargis (Sara Loren) who is revealed as a prostitute. He than falls in love. One night, Rajiv visits the "bar", and watches her (Nargis) dance. Embarrassed and feeling unworthy, Rajiv runs away, however, after the end of the night, its time to head home. Nargis and her colleagues get in a taxi which Rajiv follows. At the end of the trip, Rajiv gets closer to Nargis only for Rajiv to return the scarf that Nargis dropped at the bar. Mockingly, Nargis refuses it but Rajiv says if she keeps disappearing like this, he will hang himself with the scarf. Nargis offers for a longer one in a jokingly way.

Regardless, Rajiv wants to marry Nargis. Rajiv wants Nargis to be free from prostitution. Rajiv must now get past Zohra Baano (Amrita Singh). She owns a prostitution business and hires other women to do their dirty work, the only source of income. Zohra Baano wants a price in exchange and Rajiv is willing to do that. Slowly, Nargis begins to develop feelings for Rajiv. One night, Nargis escapes the brothel, Rajiv finds her and takes her to a hotel. Nargis realises this was a mistake so she must return to the brothel. As soon as the "couple" leave the hotel, 3 drunkards approach them and one of them recognizes Rajiv as "Rocky". In fact, this is his real name, although "Rajiv" denies it. Rajiv fights off the drunkards and realises that Nargis knows the truth. So he decides to come clean about his life story.

Rocky, a singer (also Himesh Reshammiya) is on the aeroplane. An ardent boy, who's a fan of Rocky, and his granny wants an autograph so Rocky writes one for them. On the plane, an uneasy passenger heads for the restroom but he is a terrorist. He threatens the entire crew, until Rocky sees this. He gets into a fght but suddenly the gun goes off killing the terrorist. Tariq tells Rocky, he just killed Babbar (Adnan Shah) brother. Babbar is a most-wanted terrorist. He vows revenge on Rocky. Tariq recommends Rocky to change his identity and start afresh. And this is how Rocky becomes Rajiv.

Rajiv breaks Tariq's oath by going back to India. He's playing with his sister in the park until he receives a call. It is Tariq who wants him to return to London (as a cover up) Babbar is targeting his sister. After the call, his sister is gone. The white woman who witnessed the event says a man just took her. Babbar then tells Rocky he's sister is dead. This shatters him completely.

What follows is the underlying quest for true love. At the climax, Babbar captures Zohra Baano and Nargis. Rajiv/Rocky rescues them and kills Babbar. At the end, they are married.

Cast

• Himesh Reshammiya as Rajiv Behl/Rocky
• Sara Loren as Nargis (Mona Lizza)
• Amrita Singh as Zohra Baano
• Natasha Sinha
• Gaurav Chanana as Sadiq
• Javed Sheikh as Tariq Anwar
• Gulshan Grover as Avtar Singh
• Anupam Shyam as Nawaz
• Adnan Shah as Babur Altaf Khan.

Release

The film was supposed to be released on 6 August 2010, along with Aisha, but due to clashes between director Pooja Bhatt and the producer, Bhushan Kumar, the release was delayed.^[2] According to sources, Kumar later sold the satellite rights to a television channel, which wanted it to have an official theatrical release before they could air it.^[3] On 15 October 2010, the film was released in only two theatres in Mumbai.^[4] Bhushan Kumar stated in an interview that the film will release worldwide on the TV channel Colors in December 2010.

The film was previewed on UTV Movies on 28 May 2011.

Home media

The DVDs and VCDs of Kajraare were released by Eros in the first week of December 2010.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of Kajraare was released on 30 May 2010. The album has 7 tracks and 4 remixes. All songs are composed and sung by Himesh Reshammiya with lyrics by Sameer.^[5][6]

Track listing

References

External links

• Kajraare at the Internet Movie Database