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'The Gentleman' is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language vigilante action film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and produced by Allu Aravind, starring Chiranjeevi, Juhi Chawla, Harish Kumar and Paresh Rawal. It is a remake of the Tamil film 'Gentleman' (1993). Three of the songs were re-used without any change in tune or instrumentation, from A. R. Rahman's original compositions for the original Tamil version. The movie did well at Box office as Chiranjeevi, Juhi Chawla Paresh Rawal and Mahesh Bhatt were at the peak of their commercial stardom.

Plot



Vijay (Chiranjeevi) owns a little agarbatthi making business. When he is not busy with this, he is a master thief who steals crores and crores of money in order to build and run a school where students can freely study to become doctors, lawyers, etc. The police, led by Paresh Rawal are always on his tail, but he is ever elusive. Finally, he is identified as the thief and then is confronted by Juhi Chawla character, who loves him. He tells her what his intentions are and how his brother Ajay Shrivaastav (Harish Kumar), because he couldn't pay the donations for medical school committed suicide along with his mother. Vijay is finally caught and convicted and when he is released from prison, his dream school opens. He marries Juhi Chawla, who has waited for him for a long time.

Cast



*Chiranjeevi as Vijay (Voice dubbed by Shakti Singh)

*Juhi Chawla as Roshni

*Paresh Rawal as Inspector

*Laxmikant Berde as Vijay Friend

*Harish Kumar as Vijay's brother

*Heera Rajagopal

*Roja as item number "Chika Pika"

*Shrivallabh Vyas as Judge

*Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Minister

*Deepak Tijori as Sub Inspector

*Virendra Saxena as Public Prosecutor

*Ashish Vidyarthi as Vijay's Lawyer

Production



'The Gentleman' was a remake of the Tamil film 'Gentleman' (1993), and it till date remains the last Hindi movie of Chiranjeevi.

Soundtrack



Anu Malik was credited as the composer, though except for one composition, every other track was sourced from Southern hits, predominantly A. R. Rahman's soundtrack for the film's original Tamil version.

The song "Jhoom Ke Dil Ne" (which is on the soundtrack but not picturised in the film) is the Hindi version of the Telugu song "Jummani Tummeda" from 'Mechanic Alludu', featuring music by RajKoti.

References




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