Janbaaz

About the film

Janbaaz (lit. 'Daredevil') is a 1986 Indian action drama film, produced and directed by Feroz Khan, it stars Khan, Anil Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia. It is inspired by King Vidor's Duel in the Sun (1946; which is based on the 1944 novel of the same name by Niven Busch).

Sridevi appears in a special appearance opposite Khan. Capitalising on her stardom, Khan featured her in the song "Har Kisi Ko" which became a chart-topper. The film was a box office success. Kapadia's performance, with her chemistry and sex scene with co-star Anil Kapoor, became much discussed.

Plot

Rana Vikram Singh lives in a huge farmhouse with his wife, Laxmi and has two sons, Rajesh, a police officer and Amar, a fun-loving playboy. Amar handles the family business and lives his life to the fullest, enjoying the company of women. Rajesh has gone through a traumatic experience of losing the girl he loved Seema, when she succumbed to drug addiction by Kingpin Teja and his son Raja. Teja and Raja had abducted Seema to extract their revenge on Rajesh, whose drug raids were causing them business losses. Teja kills Seema with an overdose, before Rajesh can trace his location and attack with the police force. Rajesh vows to fight this menace. Rajesh destroys the drug lab of Teja and Raja, but they had escaped him.

Raja murders Reshma's father to loot his estate. Raja had earlier duped Rai Sahab by beating him at the Darby (Raja had already bribed Rai Sahab's jockey to lose the race, in exchange for leaving his family alone. Rai Sahab lost Rs 15 Lakhs on the bet). Raja wanted to kill Rai Sahab as he and Teja want to use his wealth and estate to fund their drug business that is under attack from Rajesh. Raja also lusts after Reshma. Raja and Teja then cheat Rai Sahab at a cards poker game (they have observers who look at Rai Sahab's cards and relay the info to them to place bets accordingly). Rai Sahab bets his house and loses. Raja wants him to bet Reshma, which enrages Rai Sahab and he shoots at Raja (in the shoulder). Raja takes Rai Sahab out with a rifle and a grenade.

Amar is sleeping with Raja's sister and had met him in one of his drug clubs. Rajesh arrives at the club and arrests both Raja and Amar. Reshma goes to Rana's house as Rana's wife is her father's sister. Reshma's dad and mum didn't marry & hence she is a bastard. Reshma gets a lift from Amar, who lusts after Reshma. Reshma is surprised to learn that Amar is Laxmi's son. Reshma gets a job on the farm to pay her own way.

Production

Anil Kapoor and Dimple replaced Sanjay Khan and Rekha who had originally been signed for the movie. Feroz Khan made use of the song and dance sequence "Pyaar Do Pyar Lo" picturised on Rekha for his shelved film Kasak.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Kalyanji-Anandji. The song "Tera Saath hai Kitna Pyara" by Kishore Kumar and Sapna Mukherjee was a chartbuster. The song "Har Kisi Ko" was later re-worked by Chirantan Bhatt for Boss (2013). The song "Pyaar Do Pyar Lo" was recreated twice for Thank You (2011) and Marjaavaan (2019), in which the song is renamed as "Ek To Kum Zindagani".

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