Wajood

About the film

Wajood (transl. Existence) is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action film directed and produced by N. Chandra. The film features Nana Patekar and Madhuri Dixit in lead roles.

Plot

Malhar, who is born to a poor typist clerk, is a versatile artist who wins trophies in dramas but is never appreciated by his father. While writing and directing dramas in college, he meets Apoorva, a rich girl, and falls madly in love with her. When she wins the Best Actress Award, she calls upon Malhar on stage and gives all the credit to him. Malhar misunderstands this gesture as Apoorva's love for him.

Meanwhile, Apoorva and Nihal fall in love with each other. Nihal's father, who is a wealthy bureaucrat, decides to get them married. Malhar assumes that this marriage is against Apoorva's will, and in his protest, Nihal's father accidentally gets killed, and Malhar is sent to jail. As Nihal loses his identity and status due to his father's death, Apoorva's father breaks off her engagement with Nihal. In jail, Malhar spends his days thinking of Apoorva, marrying her, having a child, and living happily with his father; all in one family.

Malhar escapes from jail and then starts making quick money in the wrong ways. He starts seducing rich women and then looting them. He finds an accomplice in Sofia, who helps him in these crimes. She falls madly in love with him, but he continues to love Apoorva. Nihal, a police officer now, happens to meet Apoorva, a journalist now, to solve the mystery of the "stranger murderer" in the city. The Police Commissioner is under great pressure from the local political leader and also the public to nab the culprit. He pressures Nihal to arrest Malhar within 24 hours; otherwise, he will suspend Nihal from the Police Force. On the other Hand, Malhar, who had allowed Nihal to live after his encounter with Apoorva, who clarified to Malhar, to his grave shock, that she had always loved Nihal from the Start. Malhar, realizing the consequences of his actions, tells Apoorva to come to the old theater, where they used to rehearse for One Last Play, for his old Father. On the other hand, when Sofia learns that Malhar does not love her but loves Apoorva, she is deeply disturbed and kills herself. Malhar watches her dead body in silence, then moves on to his final piece.

Soundtrack

All songs are composed by Anu Malik and penned by Javed Akhtar.

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