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Aar Ya Paar
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Wikipedia article
'Aar Ya Paar' (English: Now or never) is a 1997 Bollywood mystery crime thriller film produced and directed by Ketan Mehta. It stars Jackie Shroff, Deepa Sahi, Ritu Shivpuri, Kamal Sidhu and Paresh Rawal. The music is by Viju Shah. The movie is adapted from Agatha Christie's 1967 novel 'Endless Night' and James Hadley Chase's 1954 novel 'The Sucker Punch' and was partly shot in Italy.
Story
Shekhar Khosla (Jackie Shroff) is an accounts executive, an alcoholic and a penniless playboy. He has an on-and-off romance with cabaret dancer Julie (Ritu Shivpuri).
One day his boss tells him to improve himself and hands him a multi-million rupee client, Veena Sanghvi (Kamal Sidhu) and asks him to maintain and strengthen the relationship with this client. Shekhar meets with Veena, seduces her and marries her, while having an affair with her personal secretary, Anu Chauhan (Deepa Sahi). When Veena finds out about this affair, she threatens to separate from him. Shekhar doesn't know about the will. Then Shekhar and Anu plan to kill her. They carry out their plan successfully, with the police concluding that her death was accidental. Shekhar finds out that Anu does not love him. To make matters worse, the police have evidence linking him to the death of his wife.
Cast
* Jackie Shroff as Shekhar Khosla
* Deepa Sahi as Anu Chauhan
* Ritu Shivpuri as Julie
* Kamal Sidhu as Veena Sanghvi
* Paresh Rawal as Inspector Khan
* Satish Shah as Jagdish
* Harish Patel as Gupta
* Ajit Vachani as Salim
* Mamik Singh as Anil (Anu's Boyfriend)
* Ravi Khanvilkar as Hargovind
* Hunter Hearst Helmsley as Gigilo
* Doink the Clown as Joker
* Yokozuna as himself
* Bret Hart as himself
* Savio Vega as himself
* Chris Candido as himself
* Owen Hart as himself
* Diesel as himself
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Viju Shah. The lyrics were penned by Indeevar, Maya Govind, Nitin Raikwar and Rani Malik. The soundtrack was released on Venus Records & Tapes Pvt. Ltd.
References
Category:1990s Hindi-language films
Category:1997 films
Category:Films directed by Ketan Mehta
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Indian crime thriller films
Category:Films scored by Viju Shah
Category:Hindi-language thriller films
Category:1997 crime thriller films
Category:Indian mystery thriller films
Category:Films based on works by James Hadley Chase
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