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Nair, starring Jackie Shroff, Dimple Kapadia, and Nana Patekar; a slum dweller fights a builder-backed underworld family. A flop that won Patekar a Filmfare Best Villain award.", "snippet": "Angaar (अंगार) is a 1992 Hindi crime drama directed by Shashilal K. Nair, starring Jackie Shroff, Dimple Kapadia, and Nana Patekar; a slum dweller fights a builder-backed underworld family. A flop that won Patekar a Filmfare Best Villain award.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.indian-cinema.hindi-films-of-the-1990s.action-and-thriller-films.yr-1990-1995", "markdown": "# Angaar (अंगार)\n\n**Angaar** (अंगार) is a 1992 Hindi-language crime drama directed by Shashilal K. Nair, starring [Jackie Shroff](https://www.edgepedia.org/jackie-shroff), Dimple Kapadia, and [Nana Patekar](https://www.edgepedia.org/nana-patekar), in which a slum dweller's fight with thugs hired to clear his colony escalates into a conflict with the Mumbai underworld's most powerful family.[1](https://www.moviecrow.com/movie/2784/angaar/story) The film was produced by S.M. Arif and Shashilal K. Nair under the banner Aarishaa International.[2](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=5849)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Release | 11 September 1992 per Bollywood Hungama, Box Office India, and Sacnilk; other listings give 1 September 1992, the date on the censor certificate[3](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/angaar-2/cast/) • [4](https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/angaar-1992) |\n| Director and producers | Shashilal K. Nair (director and co-producer) with S.M. Arif, banner Aarishaa International[2](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=5849) |\n| Lead cast | Jackie Shroff as Jaikishan \"Jaggu\", Dimple Kapadia as Mili, Nana Patekar as Majid Khan, Kader Khan as Jahangir Khan, Om Puri as Parvez Hussain[5](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=5849) |\n| Music | Laxmikant-Pyarelal, with lyrics by Anand Bakshi; Amar Haldipur composed the special background music[4](https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/angaar-1992) • [6](https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0103689/) |\n| Writers | Story and screenplay by Sujit Sen, dialogues by Kader Khan[4](https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/angaar-1992) |\n| Certification | Censor rating U/A, certificate number 1010, dated 01/09/1992[4](https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/angaar-1992) |\n| Reception | A box office flop, attributed to the film being considered quite dark; Nana Patekar won a Filmfare Award for Best Villain[7](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/angaar-2/box-office/) • [8](https://m.rediff.com/news/commentary/2026/oct/14/there-was-some-envy-in-nana-patekar-those-days/bf71166583502f846f763ef1a3065bd3) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Plot and characters\n\nThe story centers on Jaggu (Jackie Shroff), an unemployed young man branded a trouble-maker who lives in the slum area of Asha Colony, near Andheri's Lokhandwala Complex in Mumbai, with his sister Seema, his mother, and his father. He takes in a homeless orphan, Mili ([Dimple Kapadia](https://www.edgepedia.org/dimple-kapadia)), who suffers from a deep inferiority complex.[2](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=5849) A slum dweller's fight with thugs paid by a builder to clear the area begins a series of revenge killings that pit one man against the Mumbai underworld's most powerful family.[1](https://www.moviecrow.com/movie/2784/angaar/story) IMDb summarizes the arc as an angry slum-dweller who is arrested, found guilty, and institutionalized.[9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103689)\n\n**The underworld family.** [Kader Khan](https://www.edgepedia.org/kader-khan) plays [Jahangir Khan](https://www.edgepedia.org/jahangir-khan), an underworld don who sits in his self-styled \"Darbar\" as the uncrowned king of the underworld, running what the film's synopsis calls a parallel judiciary system through extortion, killings, and gang warfare. Now aging and mellowed, he is training his younger son Farid (Mazhar Khan) to take over, while keeping his eldest son Majid (Nana Patekar) away from the business because of his violent behavior.[4](https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/angaar-1992)\n\nMajid Khan is written as a mentally disturbed man whose emotional suppression under his father has erupted into a destructive force. His obsession is to evacuate all slums and replace them with tall towers, and he is ruthless in pursuing it; his one soft spot is his mentally disabled son, whom he dotes on obsessively.[4](https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/angaar-1992) The collision comes when Majid becomes determined to wipe out Asha Colony for multistoried buildings.[10](https://vikchav.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/angaar-1992/)\n\n## Production and crew\n\nThe film was shot in color on 35 mm at Mumbai studios including Film City, Filmalaya, Filmstan, Kamalistan, Natraj, and R.K. Studio.[4](https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/angaar-1992) Ishwar Bidri was the cinematographer, the editors were Waman B. Bhosle and Gurudutt Shirali, R. Verman handled art direction, Vijay Bhope was the audiographer, and Tinnu Verma was the action director. Choreography was shared by Chinni Prakash, Kamal, and [Farah Khan](https://www.edgepedia.org/farah-khan).[4](https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/angaar-1992) Playback singers on the soundtrack included [Lata Mangeshkar](https://www.edgepedia.org/lata-mangeshkar), Sudesh Bhonsle, Roop Kumar Rathod, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, and Kavita Krishnamurthy.[11](https://www.imdb.com/hi/title/tt0103689/fullcredits/)\n\n**Runtime discrepancies.** Listed runtimes differ across databases: 176 minutes per Cinemaazi and IMDbPro, 160 minutes per Box Office India, 2 hours 56 minutes per IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes, and 135 minutes per MUBI. The Cinemaazi record also gives the film length as 4,840.47 meters across 18 reels.[4](https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/angaar-1992) • [2](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=5849) • [9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103689) • [12](https://mubi.com/en/in/films/angaar)\n\n## Reception\n\nThe film did not do well at the box office; the Times of India attributed this to its being considered quite a dark film, and Bollywood Hungama's FAQ records the verdict as Flop, with no collection figures available.[13](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/now-angaar-to-be-remade-for-abhishek/articleshow/10313559.cms) • [7](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/angaar-2/box-office/) Despite the commercial result, the film won accolades for Nana Patekar, Jackie Shroff, and Dimple Kapadia, and Patekar received the Filmfare Award for Best Villain.[13](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/now-angaar-to-be-remade-for-abhishek/articleshow/10313559.cms) • [8](https://m.rediff.com/news/commentary/2026/oct/14/there-was-some-envy-in-nana-patekar-those-days/bf71166583502f846f763ef1a3065bd3) IMDb lists a user rating of 6.8/10 from about 412 votes.[9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103689)\n\nA retrospective review praised the performances of Jackie Shroff, Kader Khan, and Nana Patekar as \"truly A-class\", and highlighted the director's treatment of space: visually, scenes were kept either very empty or overpopulated, presenting Bombay as a city of extremes, while key scenes kept a single sound in the foreground, such as Jaggu's motorcycle at his first meeting with Majid at a construction site. The review also noted the hardcore depiction of Jaggu's father's death and his torture in a state mental asylum, and a climax in which multistoried buildings are blown up.[10](https://vikchav.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/angaar-1992/)\n\n## Director and legacy\n\nShashilal K. Nair had a close friendship with Jackie Shroff that predated the film; the two first worked together on *Falak*, and when Shroff turned producer for his first film *Grahan*, he chose Nair as director. Journalist Mohan Aiyar, who worked with Nair, recalled that [Salman Khan](https://www.edgepedia.org/salman-khan) and [Arbaaz Khan](https://www.edgepedia.org/arbaaz-khan) began their careers as assistant directors on Nair's films *Krodh*, *Parivaar*, and *Falak*.[14](https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/entertainment/movie-review/angaar-this-day-that-year-series-by-pankaj-shukla-1-september-1992-bioscope-jackie-shroff-dimple-kapadia-nana-patekar) On the Angaar set, Nair later recalled, Patekar would argue with him and sometimes walk off, complaining that he was left idle playing carrom while Nair shot with the stars.[8](https://m.rediff.com/news/commentary/2026/oct/14/there-was-some-envy-in-nana-patekar-those-days/bf71166583502f846f763ef1a3065bd3)\n\nIn October 2011, the Times of India reported that AB Corp, the [Bachchan family](https://www.edgepedia.org/bachchan-family) banner, was rumored to be in talks to acquire the remake rights of Angaar for Abhishek Bachchan, whose praised roles in *Sarkar* and *Sarkar Raj* made the intense underworld film a fit for the banner; no one involved was willing to comment officially at the time.[13](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/now-angaar-to-be-remade-for-abhishek/articleshow/10313559.cms)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Angaar hindi Movie Overview, Moviecrow](https://www.moviecrow.com/movie/2784/angaar/story)\n2. [Angaar, Box Office India](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=5849)\n3. [Angaar Cast List, Bollywood Hungama](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/angaar-2/cast/)\n4. [Angaar (1992) Movie Details, Cinemaazi](https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/angaar-1992)\n5. [Angaar Cast & Crew, Box Office India](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=5849)\n6. [Angaar Production & Contact Info, IMDbPro](https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0103689/)\n7. [Angaar Box Office Collection, Bollywood Hungama](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/angaar-2/box-office/)\n8. ['There Was Some Envy In Nana Patekar Those Days', Rediff interview with Shashilal Nair by Dinesh Raheja](https://m.rediff.com/news/commentary/2026/oct/14/there-was-some-envy-in-nana-patekar-those-days/bf71166583502f846f763ef1a3065bd3)\n9. [Angaar (1992), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103689)\n10. [ANGAAR (1992), Vik's blog](https://vikchav.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/angaar-1992/)\n11. [Angaar (1992) Full Cast & Crew, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/hi/title/tt0103689/fullcredits/)\n12. [Angaar (1992), MUBI](https://mubi.com/en/in/films/angaar)\n13. [Now, Angaar to be remade for Abhishek?, Times of India (12 October 2011)](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/now-angaar-to-be-remade-for-abhishek/articleshow/10313559.cms)\n14. [बाइस्कोप: अंगार, Amar Ujala, Pankaj Shukla](https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/entertainment/movie-review/angaar-this-day-that-year-series-by-pankaj-shukla-1-september-1992-bioscope-jackie-shroff-dimple-kapadia-nana-patekar)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Films and standalone screen works › Individual films by title and year › Indian films (individual works) › Hindi films of the 1990s › Action and thriller films › Released 1990 to 1995*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/angaar", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/angaar.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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