Anjaam

About the film

Anjaam (transl. Consequence) is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language psychological crime thriller film directed by Rahul Rawail. It stars Madhuri Dixit and Shah Rukh Khan in lead roles with an ensemble supporting cast including Sudha Chandran, Tinnu Anand, Johnny Lever, Beena Banerjee, Kiran Kumar, Kalpana Iyer and Himani Shivpuri, with Deepak Tijori in a guest appearance. This was the first time that Dixit and Khan were paired together. The film's music was composed by Anand–Milind, with lyrics written by Sameer. The film is about a woman facing the brunt of her obsessive lover. It also focuses on the atrocities committed against women. Dixit plays the protagonist and Khan plays the antagonist.

At the 40th Filmfare Awards, Anjaam won Khan the Best Villain award for his performance, after having failed to win the award the previous year for his performance in Yash Chopra's Darr. Moreover, the film also earned Dixit her 7th nomination for Best Actress, but she instead won the award for Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! Khan has bought the rights to this film under his banner, Red Chillies Entertainment.

Plot

Shivani Chopra is an air hostess for Air India. She lives with her sister Padmisha and her brother-in-law Mohanlal, who is a drunkard and bets all the money he can find on horse races. Shivani meets Vijay Agnihotri, a wealthy industrialist who is instantly infatuated with her, but she shows no interest in him. Vijay is the owner of his family industries; he first tries to get Shivani to model for them, but she does not even consider it. He continues to pursue her to be her lover, but is rejected every time. Vijay informs his mother, Padma, that he will only marry Shivani.

When they approach Shivani's family for her hand in marriage, they see that Shivani is marrying Ashok Chopra, an Air India pilot. Vijay is heartbroken, shocked, and disappointed, while Shivani and Ashok get posted right after their wedding and move to America.

Four years later, Vijay cannot forget Shivani and turns down all the marriage proposals brought by his mother. Shivani and Ashok have a daughter, Pinky. Shivani left her job as an air hostess and began volunteering at a hospital for the mentally and physically disabled. Vijay befriends Ashok in hopes of getting closer to Shivani. He plans to start his own airline, where he hires Ashok as a general manager with a high salary. Unaware of Vijay's intentions, Ashok doesn't believe Shivani who tries to convince him of Vijay's true colours.

Production

Anjaam marked the first of many collaborations between Dixit and Khan.

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