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Vijay (1988 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Vijay' (English: 'Victory') is a 1988 Indian Hindi romantic action film directed by Yash Chopra. It features an ensemble star cast consisting of Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini, Rishi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Sonam, Anupam Kher in pivotal roles. Anupam Kher won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance.
The plot of the film was inspired by Chopra's previous film 'Trishul'. This was the last action film Yash Chopra directed and the last action film produced under Yash Raj Films for 16 years until 'Dhoom' released in 2004.
Synopsis
Widowed Lala Yodhraj Bhalla (Anupam Kher) lives in a palatial house with his daughter, Suman (Hema Malini), and son, Shashiraj (Raj Babbar). Both of his children are of marriageable age. He gets a shock when he finds out that Suman is in love with a lowly employee by the name of Ajit Bhardwaj (Rajesh Khanna), and refuses to give his consent for their marriage. Suman and Ajit get married in a simple ceremony, and Suman moves to Ajit's house, where she soon gets pregnant and gives birth to a son who they name Vikram, affectionately called Vicky (Rishi Kapoor). Yodhraj gets another shock when Shashiraj tells him that he would like to marry Rita (Moushumi Chatterjee), who comes from a poor family. Yodhraj asks Shashiraj to go for a trip out of town in his private air-plane. With Shashiraj out of the way, Yodhraj goes to a pregnant Rita and asks her never to see Shashiraj again and leaves a blank cheque with her. The very same day, Shashiraj is killed when his plane crashes; a guilt-ridden Suman moves back into her father's house along with Vikram, leaving Ajit alone and devastated; and a lone Rita gives birth to a young son named Arjun (Anil Kapoor). Twenty five years later, Yodhraj still lives in his palatial house with Suman and Vikram. A grown-up Arjun lives with his adopted father Inder Sen (Saeed Jaffrey) after the death of his mother Rita. He meets and befriends Vikram but is completely unaware that they are cousins. What happens when he discovers Vikram is his cousin?, What revenge has he got planned for his grandfather Yodhraj? and what happens to Ajit Bharadwaj who has also lost his wife Suman and son to Yodhraj?
Cast
* Rajesh Khanna as Ajit Bharadwaj
* Hema Malini as Suman Bharadwaj
* Rishi Kapoor as Vikram Bharadwaj "Vicky"
*Neil Nitin Mukesh as young Vikram Bhardwaj
* Anil Kapoor as Arjun Bhalla
* Meenakshi Sheshadri as Sapna
* Sonam as Nisha Mehra
* Anupam Kher as Yodhraj Bhalla
* Raj Babbar as Shashiraj Bhalla
* Moushumi Chatterjee as Rita Bhalla
* Saeed Jaffrey as Inder Gujral
* Anjana Mumtaz as Mrs. Inder Gujral
* Parikshit Sahni as Mr. Mehra
* Shakti Kapoor as Suresh
* Gulshan Grover as Ujaagar Singh
* Anant Mahadevan as Bank Manager
* Vikas Anand as Bank Manager
* Manmohan Krishna as Judge
* Bharat Bhushan as Church Pastor
* Anju Mahendru as Bela
Soundtrack
The music of 'Vijay' was composed by Shiv Kumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia, known together as Shiv-Hari. The song lyrics were provided by Nida Fazli. Most of the songs were shot in Switzerland, Chopra's trademark and almost all the songs were picturised on film's lead actress Meenakshi Sheshadri.
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