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Indrajeet (इन्द्रजीत)

Indrajeet (इन्द्रजीत) is a 1991 Hindi-language action drama film directed by K.V. Raju and starring Amitabh Bachchan as a police inspector whose career and family life are destroyed by a wealthy industrialist, leading him years later to take the law into his own hands.¹^•² It was produced under the Rose Movies banner and released in India on 2 August 1991.¹

Key fact	Detail
Release	2 August 1991 (India); Bollywood Hungama lists 8 August and Indian Film History lists 24 August¹^•³^•⁴
Director and writer	Directed by K.V. Raju, who also wrote the story; screenplay by Aziz Qaisi, dialogues by Kader Khan¹
Music	Composed by R.D. Burman, lyrics by Gulshan Bawra; seven-song soundtrack released on Tips¹^•⁵
Lead cast	Amitabh Bachchan (Indrajeet), Jaya Prada (Shanti Devi), Kumar Gaurav (Vijay), Neelam Kothari (Neelu)²
Producer	Ramesh Behl per IMDb, Cinemaazi, and Indian Film History; Box Office India lists Ramesh Agarwal⁶^•⁷^•¹
Source	A remake of the 1987 Kannada film Bandha Muktha⁴
Reception	IMDb rating 4.4/10 from about 348 votes²

Spoilers

Plot

The film follows Indrajeet, a hardworking and honest police inspector. To continue suppressing the workers in his company, the multi-millionaire Seth Din Dayal has a union leader and his wife murdered. When Indrajeet attempts to arrest Dayal, Dayal's daughter Shanti, who is Indrajeet's beloved, intervenes and openly defends her father. Indrajeet is transferred instead, Dayal goes free, and Indrajeet cuts all connections with Shanti.²^•⁸

Indrajeet adopts Neelu, the daughter of the murdered union leader, and raises her. Years after his retirement, he arranges Neelu's marriage to Vijay, but the newly married couple are killed by Shanti's gangster brother and his friends. When the police close the case without arresting the assailants, Indrajeet decides to take the law into his own hands and avenge his adopted daughter's death.⁴^•⁹

Cast and crew

Amitabh Bachchan plays the title role, with Jaya Prada as Shanti Devi, Kumar Gaurav as Vijay, and Neelam Kothari as Neelu. The supporting cast includes Sadashiv Amrapurkar as D.S.P. Shyam Sunder, Saeed Jaffrey as Seth Din Dayal, Kader Khan as the minister Sadachari, Vijayendra Ghatge as Inspector Sudhir, Avtar Gill as Inspector Vishnu, Sharat Saxena as Batra, Suresh Chatwal as Chandu, and Kamal Kapoor as the Principal. Ashutosh Gowariker, later known as a director, appears in the cast, as do Ajinkya Deo, Mahesh Anand, and Gulshan Bawra.¹^•⁶ Nirupa Roy appears uncredited as Indrajeet's dead mother in a photograph.⁶

Behind the camera, Peter Pereira was the cinematographer, Sunder Shetty the editor, A. Rangaraj the art director, Pandurang Baloor the audiographer, P.L. Raj the choreographer, and Raam Shetty the action director.⁷ Shooting took place at RK Studios, Seth Studios, Kamalistan, Filmistan, Film City, and Anand Bungalow.⁷

Music

R.D. Burman composed the score and Gulshan Bawra wrote the lyrics. The soundtrack contains seven songs, including "Ab Toh Humko Har Pal" and "Main Na Jhooth Bolu" sung by Asha Bhosle and Amit Kumar, "Jab Tak Jaan Mein Hai Jaan" sung by Sudesh Bhosle, and "Reshmi Zulfen Nashili Aankhen" sung by Ranu Mukherjee, Jolly Mukherjee, and Abhijeet.⁵ The album runs about 43 minutes and was released by Tips Music.¹⁰

Reception and context

The film was released into a crowded year for Bachchan, who appeared in several 1991 releases including Hum, Akayla, and Ajooba. One retrospective account groups Indrajeet with Ajooba and Akayla among the box office failures that followed the brief momentum of Aaj Ka Arjun (1990) and Hum (1991).¹¹ Audience ratings have remained low: IMDb records 4.4/10 from about 348 votes.²

Reported runtimes differ by source: Box Office India gives 150 minutes, JustWatch and the censor record give 159 minutes, IMDb gives 166 minutes, and Rotten Tomatoes lists 3 hours.¹^•⁹^•²^•¹² The censor certificate, dated 26 July 1991, carries number 949 with a U/A rating for an 18-reel, 35 mm print.⁷

The film is now available on streaming platforms in India, including Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar, and ShemarooMe.⁹

Films of the same name

The title should not be confused with Indrajit (1992), a Bengali film directed by Anjan Chowdhury, produced by Deb Pictures, and starring Ranjit Mullik and Anuradha Ray, released on 24 April 1992.¹³

References

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

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