Agni Sakshi (1996 film)

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Agni Sakshi
Sameer (lyrics)
Naresh Sharma (BGM)
Production
company
Neha Films
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • 15 March 1996 (1996-03-15)
Running time
142 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget4.75 crore[1]
Box office31.34 crore[1]

Agni Sakshi (transl. With Fire As Witness) is 1996 Indian

thriller drama film directed by Partho Ghosh, written by Ranbir Pushp and Hriday Lani, starring Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar and Manisha Koirala. The music is by Nadeem-Shravan.[2] Nana Patekar and Manisha Koirala were widely appreciated for their performances with Patekar winning the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1997.[3]

The film released in quick succession with

Plot

Suraj Kapoor is a single, wealthy young man. One day he meets Shivangi, and they fall in love. Shortly thereafter, they marry and settle down to enjoy a harmonious married life. During their stay at a hotel, the couple are approached by a man who claims that Shivangi is his wife and her real name is Madhu. Suraj and Shivangi are shocked and ask him to leave, which he does. Then the guy rings up Suraj one night and asks him to come to his room. When Suraj comes the guy tells him that his name is Vishwanath. He shows Suraj a video of his and Madhu's wedding. Shockingly, Madhu resembles Shivangi to the core. Even after watching the video, Suraj disbelieves him. On Shivangi's birthday, while everyone is celebrating the party, flashbacks of the time when Vishwanath used to abuse and torture his wife Madhu prove that indeed Shivangi was married to Vishwanath. After showing the flashback, Vishwanath kidnaps Shivangi and tries to see a mark on her body that will prove that she's indeed Madhu. But Suraj comes just in time and accidentally pushes Vishwanath off a cliff. Suraj then leaves the city and returns home along with Shivangi.

One day Shivangi goes shopping and meets Vishwanath. He brings her father with him, who denies the fact that Shivangi is in fact Madhu. Frustrated, Shivangi runs home and tells Suraj that Vishwanath is alive. Suraj leaves with his brother Ravi to tell the commissioner. While Shivangi is home alone, she sees Vishwanath out the window, and gets a call from him. Suraj returns and then traces Vishwanath's call. Vishwanath surrenders himself because he wants to talk to Suraj. The police let Vishwanath go. The following night, Suraj overhears Shivangi talking on the phone with Vishwanath. After she's done talking, she admits that she's in fact Madhu. Madhu was fed up with Vishwanath's constant abuses and high-handedness. One day, Vishwanath and Madhu go for a trip. But their jeep meets with an accident and falls down into a river. Vishwanath seemingly drowns and Madhu thinks he's dead. She goes to her father and tells him what happened. Madhu's father tells her that she's still young and has a life ahead of her. She should start living her life afresh with a new identity in a new place. That she does.

She moves to India and changes her name to Shivangi, so that no one can recognize her over there. After Shivangi finishes her story, Suraj tells her that he still loves her even after knowing who she really is. He hatches a plan to send Vishwanath to prison for the rest of his life. Suraj tells Shivangi to go to Vishwanath pretending to be Madhu. She does so and she tries to shoot Vishwanath, however, Vishwanath shoots Shivangi, It is revealed that the cartridges in the gun were actually fake. In the climax, Vishwanath reveals that he knew the cartridges were fake as he was being taken to the court. He overpowers the constables, grabbing one of their guns. Then he goes to Shivangi and tells her that he knew what she did. Saying so, he shoots himself.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music for the album is composed by Nadeem-Shravan. The singers who lent their voices are

Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik, Vinod Rathod, Alisha Chinai, Jolly Mukherjee & Babul Supriyo,. The song "O Piya O Piya" & "O Yaara Dil Lagana" were popular song. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India
, with around 2,800,000 units sold the soundtrack became the third highest-grossing album of the year.

# Title Singer(s) Length
1 "O Piya O Piya"
Kavita Krishnamurthy
06:00
2 "Tu Meri Gulfam Hai"
Kavita Krishnamurthy
05:35
3 "O Yaara Dil Lagana"
Kavita Krishnamurthy
04:34
4 "Wada Karo Dil"
Kavita Krishnamurthy
06:06
5 "Mere Kaleje Se" Sonu Nigam & Alka Yagnik 06:00
6 "Mujhko Dilbar Yaar" Vinod Rathod & Alisha Chinaoy 06:21

Reception

A critic from

The New Straits Times
wrote that "There are some obvious holes in the storyline but don't let that distract you from the beautiful cinematography (some scenes were shot in Mauritius) and the well told story".
[5]

Box office

The film grossed rupees Rs 41 crores worldwide at that time and was declared a "Blockbuster".[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Agni Sakshi – Movie". Box Office India.
  2. ^ Agni Sakshi, Manas: Culture, Indian Cinema
  3. ^ "Agni Sakshi - movie review by Avinash Ramchandani - Planet Bollywood".
  4. ^ "1996: Blood and bore". The Indian Express. 27 December 1996. Archived from the original on 23 April 1997. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  5. ^ New Straits Times review
  6. ^ Box Office 1996 Archived 21 July 2012 at archive.today, www.boxofficeindia.com

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