Baazi (1995)

A tough and honest police officer wages a one-man war against terrorists and a corrupt politician who have planned to assassinate the chief minister of the state.

Director:

Ashutosh Gowariker

Writers:

Santosh Saroj (dialogue), Neeraj Vora (story)

Stars:

Aamir Khan, Mamta Kulkarni, Paresh Rawal

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Aamir Khan	...	Inspector Amar Damjee
Mamta Kulkarni	...	Journalist Sanjana Roy
Paresh Rawal	...	Deputy Chief Minister Chaturvedi / Chaubey
Avtar Gill	...	Deputy Inspector Deshpandey
Mushtaq Khan	...	Deputy Inspector Jamdaadey
Aparajita	...	Shanti Damjee
Kulbhushan Kharbanda	...	Commissioner Mazumdar
Raza Murad	...	Chief Minister Vishwasrao Chowdhury
Asrani	...	Hiranandani
Kunickaa Sadanand	...	Rani (as Kunika)
Mukesh Rishi	...	Raghu
Satish Shah	...	Editor Roy
Ashish Vidyarthi	...	Shiva
Puneet Issar	...	Bus passenger
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Abhimanyyu Abhimanyu	...	Inspector Abhimanyyu (as Abhimanyyu)

Storyline

Inspector Amar Damjee intervenes by chance during a terrorist attempt on the Chief Minister's life after several bodyguards were killed; several terrorists were killed, one arrested, but two escaped. The Chief Minister entrusts Amar with the task of finding and arresting the rest of the gang that had done already other successful attempts against government officials. Amidst an international scandal of millions of rupees, Amar gets framed for the rape and murder of Anjali, the only daughter of Police Commissioner Mazumdar... This time, the court case is swiftly judged, Amar condemned and imprisoned. Amar knows he is innocent, and wants to clear his name, for which he must escape from prison. Even so, the high powers that have sent him to jail are now after his life. [with thanks to gavin, bbakhtiari and rajoo]

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Plot Keywords:

attempted assassination | terrorist | court | police commissioner | rape and murder | 

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Genres:

Action | Thriller | Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

5 April 1995 (India)

Also Known As:

O Desafio

Filming Locations:

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

786 Aftab Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

183 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Some scene's were inspired from Patriot Games and Die Hard 1.

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Connections

References 9½ Weeks (1986)

User Reviews

A well-directed thriller

Baazi, directed by Ashotosh Gowarikar is an action and thriller. By seeing the movie, one can imagine that a really hard work is done by all the cast. Aamir Khan in the leading role is superb and Mamta Kulkarni is even more lovely. She has done a brilliant job in proving herself to the role she had been given. What can I say about the other cast. Raza Murad, Paresh Rawal, Asrani, Satish Shah, Ashish Vidhyarti, Mukesh Rishi and Kulbhushan are all excellent. The script and direction are good and production value is also outstanding. The music by Anu Malik is absolutely brilliant. All the songs are very nice. Despite all these things, I wonder why it didn't become a blockbuster on the box office. One reason may be that it might be a remake of an English movie. Whatsoever is the reason, I don't know. The movie is a good entertainer in my point of view.