Baadshah (1999)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Directors:

Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla
Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla

Writers:

Shyam Goel (screenplay)
Neeraj Vora (writer)

Release Date:

27 August 1999 (India)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Musical

Tagline:

World's most favorite detective

Plot:

K. Jhunjhunwala would like to locate his missing/runaway daughter, Seema Malhotra, so that he can get...

Plot Keywords:

Explosion | Exploding Car | Abduction | Slapstick | Airport

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Rakhee Gulzar	...	Chief Minister Gayetri Bachchan
Shahrukh Khan	...	Raj 'Baadshah'
Twinkle Khanna	...	Seema Malhotra
Amrish Puri	...	Suraj Singh Thaper
Johnny Lever	...	Ram Lal
Prem Chopra	...	CBI Chief
Shashikala	...	Baadshah's Mother
Deepak Tijori	...	CBI Agent Deepak Malhotra
Sharat Saxena	...	Moti
Sachin Khedekar	...	Tyagraj Bachchan
Pankaj Dheer	...	Chief Security Officer Khanna
Deepshika	...	Rani
Saurabh Shukla	...	Saxena
Avtar Gill	...	K. Jhunjhunwala
Razak Khan	...	Manikchand (as Razzak Khan)
Viju Khote	...	Vijoo (as Vijoo Khote)
Amrit Patel	...	Tom Uncle
Dinesh Hingoo	...	Dr. Rustom
Dinyar Contractor	...	Casino manager
Kiran Zaveri	...	CM's PA Sheetal
Adi Irani	...	Adi Chopra
Neeraj Vora	...	CBI Dr. Rusi Surti
Sudhir	...	Rocky
Harpal Singh	...	Bhola (as Harpal)
Charlie	...	Chauki Lal
Anil Nagrath	...	Chetia
Nitin Roy	...	Nitin Dharampal
Yusuf Baba	...	Shiva
Yogi	...	Security Guard
Robert	...	Henchman 1
Praveen	...	Henchman 2 (as Pravin)
Korin	...	Lily
Parvez	...	Police Officer
Mahavir Shah	...	Police Officer
Baby Karishma	...	Sonu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Divya Dutta	...	CBI Officer, Mrs. Nathan
Jasveer Kaur
Anant Mahadevan	...	Seth. Mahendra (uncredited)

Directed by
Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla
Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Shyam Goel		screenplay
Neeraj Vora		writer

Produced by
Bhawar Jain	....	producer
Girish Jain	....	producer

Original Music by
Anu Malik
Surendra Singh Sodhi		(as Surender Sodhi)

Cinematography by
Thomas A. Xavier

Film Editing by
Hussain A. Burmawala

Art Direction by
Nitin Chandrakant Desai		(as Nitin Desai)

Costume Design by
Jerry D'Souza
Razzak

Makeup Department
Anil	....	makeup artist
Nagesh Gaikwad	....	makeup artist (as Nagesh)

Production Management
Rakhi Guha	....	production manager
Hari Khirade	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mohammed S. Burmawala	....	assistant director (as Mohammed Burmawala)
Pramod A. Dubey	....	assistant director
Rajesh Tripathi	....	assistant director

Art Department
Prasanjeet Chanda	....	assistant art director (as Prasanjeet)
Nitin Kulkarni	....	associate art director
Tapan Roy	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Debraj Biswal	....	outdoor sound effects
Jitendra Chaudhary	....	audiographer (as Jitendra Chaudhury)
Anup Dev	....	sound re-recordist: Empire Audio Center
Kunal Mehta	....	dubbing matching
Ajay Kumar P.B.	....	associate re-recordist
Prithvi Rajan	....	outdoor sound effects (as Pruthivirajan)
M. Ravi	....	outdoor sound effects
Rafiq Shaikh	....	dubbing recordist
Rafiq Shaikh	....	indoor sound effects
Sadanand Shetty	....	outdoor sound effects
Bala Shinde	....	shooting sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Madhava Reddy	....	visual effects

Stunts
Shyam Kaushal	....	stunt action director (as Kaushal-Moses)
Moses	....	stunt action director (as Kaushal-Moses)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ratan Bhatia	....	still photographer
Raja	....	light boy
Ramesh	....	light boy
Utpal Roy	....	assistant camera (as Utpal)
Anil A. Xavier	....	assistant camera (as Anil Xavier)
Robin Xavier	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bobby	....	dressman
Lawrence Cardoza	....	wardrobe in-charge
Kautuki Mantri	....	wardrobe in-charge
Digamber Rajapurkar	....	dressman (as Digamber)

Editorial Department
Saifuddin Bangdiwala	....	assistant editor
Shabbir S. Bangdiwala	....	assistant editor (as Shabbir Bangdiwala)
Shabbir China	....	editor in charge
Guru	....	assistant editing in charge
Raju	....	assistant editing in charge
M.P. Sawant	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Abhijeet	....	playback singer
Shakeel Ahmed	....	song recordist
Shahrukh Khan	....	playback singer
Anu Malik	....	playback singer
Bipin Panchal	....	music arranger
Anant Pawaskar	....	assistant song recordist
Ashok Shukla	....	background music recording: Empire Audio Center
A. Mani Vannan	....	assistant song recordist
Alka Yagnik	....	playback singer

Other crew
Ganesh Acharya	....	choreographer
Amit	....	production boy
Richard Burton	....	assistant choreographer (as Richard)
Sanchita Chatterjee	....	production executive
Anil Dave	....	accounts department
Salim M. Deraiya	....	production controller
Jayantilal Jain	....	production assistant (as Jayantilal)
Geeta Kapoor	....	assistant choreographer
Santosh Karmarkar	....	production assistant
Farah Khan	....	choreographer (as Farha Khan)
Sabina Khan	....	assistant choreographer (as Sabeena Khan)
Kishore Lathia	....	production boy
Dilip Mistry	....	assistant choreographer (as Dilip)
Himanshu Nanda	....	publicity designer
Rahul Nanda	....	publicity designer
Dinesh Pal	....	accounts department
Rekha Prakash	....	choreographer
Raju	....	production boy
Ram	....	production assistant
Rajendra Rao	....	public relations officer
Rajnish Saincher	....	production executive
Amin Sayani	....	radio publicity
Dheeraj Shah	....	accounts department
Amar Ram Sharma	....	production boy
Madhu Sharma	....	accounts department
Vibhakar Sharma	....	publicity coordinator
Umesh Shetty	....	publicity coordinator
Sitaram	....	production boy (as Sita Ram)

Production Companies

• Venus Records & Tapes

Distributors

• B4U Entertainment (2006) (Canada) (TV)
• Eros Entertainment (1999) (USA) (all media)

Special Effects

• Cinemagic
• Ghalib Studio (as S. Ghalib)

Other Companies

• A.W. Planks  set material
• Abhishek Cine Equipments  equipment supplier
• Aggarwal Traders  set material (as Agarwal Traders)
• Bipin Tanna Creations  costume design (as Bipin Tanna)
• Bombay Traders  set material
• Empire Audio Center Pvt. Ltd.  dubbed at
• Evergreen Decorators  set material
• G.F. Kothari & Co.  financial advisory services
• Himalaya Timber N' Plywood  set material (as Himalaya Timbers)
• Kalido Graphics  publicity design
• Latif & Sons  set material
• M.A. Planks  set material
• Madhav Men's Mode  costume design (as Mahadhav Mans Mode)
• Manish Malhotra & Co.  costume design
• Masculine  costume design
• Mukta Arts  equipment supplier
• N.C. Cine Service  equipment supplier
• Pragati Art Printers  publicity design
• Studio 1  dubbing matching
• Studio Blue Diamond  sound recording
• Trimurthi Equipments  equipment supplier
• United Seven Combines  equipment supplier
• Venus Records & Tapes  soundtrack
• Zain Edits  edited at

Runtime:

India:175 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Film City, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company:

Venus Records & Tapes

Trivia:

During the filming of "Hum to Deewane Huye," while Twinkle Khanna was dancing in the rain in a sari, she tripped and fell down and was drenched in mud.

Quotes:

Raj: The amalgamation before the fluctuation and ramification of the constitutional ambiguity and the judicial paradoxical position can be a verbal turmoil.
Casino manager: He's right!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)

Confusing yet Interesting

Shahrukh Khan has to be a versatile actor. He played a young man married to a "widow" in Deewana, an understanding adopted son in Pardes, or a rich NRI kid who still knows his roots in DDLJ. He also played a man who has to choose between money and "the" girl in Yes Boss, two OPPOSITE identical people in Duplicate, a man in love with a terrorist in Dil Se..., a man seeking revenge for his father in Baazigar, or widow whose heart yearns for an engaged girl in KKHH. This role is nothing like those past roles. Now he plays a James Bond wannabe who gets stuck in a mission that affects the girl he loves. This role may not be anywhere near the roles I mentioned, but he highly impresses. The movie is complicated, but it is also interesting and it keeps your head up. The movie could have done without comedy, but knowing this is a Shahrukh Khan movie, there is always room for jello; I mean comedy. The movie has it's number of clichés, but in a way helps the movie (if you know what I mean). Though one thing I should mention, Twinkle Khanna may resemble Raveena Tandon, she is totally unfit for Shahrukh. But Twinkle Khanna definitely makes her present felt and I can't really see another actress for this role. Amrish Puri was not bad, but he looked to old when fighting with Shahrukh. Raakhee impresses in her first scene, but after-wards she looses her place in the movie. Deepak Tjori was good as he should have been the lead villain though Deepshika was completely out of place and deserves better roles. The songs were excellent. The title song was a sadly unnoticed song because it's awesomely presented. Woh Ladki Jo (That Girl Who) luckily got some recognition being the HIT song. Mohabbat Ho Gayee Hain (Love Has Happened) was nicely danced. Hum To Deewane Huye (We Have Become Crazy) was such a nice song that one couldn't care that Shahrukh-Twinkle aren't Jodi No. 1. Main To Hoon Pagal was okay though being a catchy song. Thankfully the song Oh Baby was only left to the soundtrack (Anu Malik should stop singing). Otherwise the movie was nice and fun to watch.