Veergati

Veergati (Martyrdom) is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language action film written, produced and directed by K.K Singh,^[2] starring Salman Khan, Atul Agnihotri, Divya Dutta and Akhilendra Mishra.^[3][4] This film is only film of Pooja Dadwal. Upon release the film received negative reviews mostly for its action, and was a below average at the, but had a successful DVD release.^[5]

Veergati
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Directed by	K.K. Singh
Written by	K.K. Singh
Produced by	K.K. Singh Babu Latiwala
Starring	Salman Khan Divya Dutta Atul Agnihotri Pooja Dadwal Akhilendra Mishra
Cinematography	Sanjay Malvankar
Edited by	Kuku - Cuckoo
Music by	Aadesh Shrivastava Indeevar (lyrics)
Production company	BK Combines
Distributed by	Bombino Video
Release date	29 September 1995
Running time	166 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹3.75 crore^[1]
Box office	₹8.60 crore^[1]

Plot

Hawaldar finds an abandoned newborn baby boy in the gutter of Kamathipura, a red light area of Mumbai. A prostitute, meanwhile gave birth to another baby boy. She decides to educate him and requests Hawaldar to give him a father's name. Hawaldar's wife does not accept the child and leaves for her parents home. Hawaldar adopts the child and names him Ajay while the prostitute's son is named Shlok. Both are admitted to School and become friends. Shlok does well in studies whereas Ajay takes up gambling. Shlok falls in love with Pooja, daughter of J.K - a millionaire. Ajay does not believe in love and is a cynic. Havaldar tries his best to get Ajay a job, but Ajay finds it difficult to work in a corrupt society. Ekka Seth is a terror in the prostitutes' basti, he exploits the innocent girls and forces them into prostitution. Shlok graduates and completes his M.B.A. Ajay wins a crore rupees in gambling and encourages Shlok to pursue his project. Ekka and his men abduct and kill Hawaldar's daughter, Sandhya. Ajay decides to avenge this and proceeds to kill Ekka's men and frees the sex workers from his clutches. He then takes on Ekka and manages to kill him, but is grievously wounded in the fight. The final scene shows Ajay dying in the process of burning Ekka alive and attaining martyrdom.^[6]

Cast

• Salman Khan as Ajay
• Divya Dutta as Sandhya
• Atul Agnihotri as Shlok
• Sudesh Berry as Police Inspector Neelkanth Singh
• Pooja Dadwal as Pooja
• Akhilendra Mishra as Ikka seth
• Himani Shivpuri as Shlok's mom and Ajay's adopted mom
• Farida Jalal as Parvati
• Rohini Hattangadi as Shanta
• Saeed Jaffrey as Pooja's dad
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Havaldar
• Sudhir Pandey as Police Commissioner
• Pramod Moutho as Minister Brahmachari
• Amrit Pal as Abu
• Jack Gaud as Jack Gulati
• Avtar Gill as Sarju

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Aadesh Shrivastava. All Lyrics were penned by Indeevar, Dev Kohli, Shyam Raj and Madan Pal.

Veergati
Soundtrack album by Aadesh Shrivastava
Released	1995
Recorded	1995
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	35:13
Label	Trimurti Sound
Producer	Aadesh Shrivastava
Aadesh Shrivastava chronology
Sauda (1995) Veergati (1995) Ram Shastra (1995)

Track list

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Mausam Ne Badal Se"	Kumar Sanu, Bela Sulakhe	4:36
2.	"Meri Nigah Main"	Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam	7:18
3.	"Tum Dil Main Bas Gaye Ho"	Mangal Singh, Sadhana Sargam	5:27
4.	"Tu Meethi Hai Tu Namkeen Hai"	Aadesh Shrivastava, Vijeta Pandit	6:02
5.	"Khud Se Har Koi Rootha Hai""	Kumar Sanu, Poornima	5:55
6.	"Jahan Kabhi Dil Ne Khai Thokar"	Suresh Wadkar, chorus	5:55
Total length:			35:13

References

1. "Veergati – Movie". Box Office India.
2. Veergati - Movie Reviews, retrieved 22 June 2022
3. "Veergati". Box Office India. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
4. "When Divya Dutta met her 'ever favourite' Salman Khan, went on to play his sister in Veergati, see pics". The Indian Express. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
5. "Atul Agnihotri (Veergati)". Rediff.com. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
6. "Veergati | Veergati". www.indianfilmhistory.com. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

External links

• Veergati at IMDb