Darr (1993)

Director:

Yash Chopra

Writers:

Honey Irani (screenplay)
Honey Irani (story)

Release Date:

24 December 1993 (India)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Love...Passion...Obsession

Plot:

A woman is caught between one man's love and another man's obsession. She fears one and fears for the other. One stands for love and the other for life. Who will she choose?

Plot Keywords:

Obsession | Sympathetic Villain | Insanity | Yacht | Local Blockbuster

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Sunny Deol	...	Sunil Malhotra
Juhi Chawla	...	Kiran Awasti
Shahrukh Khan	...	Rahul Mehra
Annu Kapoor	...	Vikram "Vicky" Oberoi
Tanvi Azmi	...	Poonam Awasti
Raj Hans
Neena Softa
Piloo J. Wadia	...	Irritated Hotel Manager (as Piloo Wadia)
Vikas Anand	...	The Psychiatrist
Dalip Tahil	...	Captain Mehra
Anupam Kher	...	Vijay Awasti

Also Known As:

Daar (India: English title) (alternative spelling)
Darr: A Violent Love Story (India: English title) (informal title)
Fear (India: English title) (literal title)
Yash Chopra's Darr (India: English title) (complete title)

Runtime:

178 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

India:UA | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Switzerland

Company:

Yash Raj Films

Trivia:

Sunny Deol, who was a more popular star than Shahrukh Khan in 1993, was given a choice by Yash Chopra of either the role of Sunil Malhotra or the role of Rahul Mehra. Deol chose to play Malhotra, believing it would improve his career, but instead the reverse occurred: Shahrukh Khan's performance was more acclaimed than Deol's.

Goofs:

Continuity: The climactic battle between Sunil and Rahul that takes place during the night after the latter expresses his love toward Kiran is on a poorly constructed scale model of the yacht seen in the previous scene.

Quotes:

[on Kiran's birthday, she is playing hide-and-seek with Sunil in a darkened house]
Kiran Awasti: [sensing someone behind her] Sunny? What are you doing?
[Kiran giggles... ]
Rahul Mehra: Happy Birthday!
[Kiran screams... ]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Luck by Chance (2009)

Soundtrack:

Likha Hai Yeh

My First Bollywood Film!!

I've never seen a Bollywood film before but I caught the first ten minutes of this, laughed myself silly and hit the R button on Sky+. I'm glad I did!! I hope I don't insult anybody (because basically, the BF and I loved it!) but we couldn't take it half as seriously as the actors did - especially the obsessed one (who, I understand, is a huge Bollywood star because we've seen him on the cover of lots of dvds since and i even saw a doll of him today in Hamleys!! The BF keeps on about this bloke - I am beginning to think HE'S obsessed! He keeps saying that it's strange for the traditionally good looking one to be the anti-hero of a film! But then we do like films that aren't your stock predictable Hollywood fare).

It was completely over the top but really good fun. If all Bollywood films are like this then we're watching more. I have had that bloomin' song in my head all week and I can't speak a word of Hindi! PS any recommendations would be appreciated!