Zor (film)
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Zor is a Bollywood
film released in 1997. Zor was produced by Vivek Kumar and directed by Sangeeth Sivan
.
) a Photographer is only a son of Police Commissioner (Anupam Kher
) and happy with his Mother, younger sister and grandmother. He meets Aarti (Sushmita Sen
) a low profile reporter in a small daily who wants to make name as a famous reporter and both fall in love. Both decides to marry but there is problem.
Arjun tells Nisha that they need to wait for an approval from his close friend Iqbal (Milind Gunaji) who is former Army captain (Expert in explosive) before they could get married. Meanwhile Arjun's father is blamed for letting off an unknown terrorist and declared as traitor. Iqbal also present at Arjun's home during Arjun's sister engagement while police arrest Commissioner. Arjun knows its a conspiracy against his dad and sets off to find the vanished terrorist and catch the people behind the conspiracy to restore his father's dignity. Meanwhile Iqbal leaves Arjun's home without any clue.
This makes Arjun suspicious about Iqbal and goes to Kashmir, he survived a terrorist attack there and found Iqbal is the leader of the group which attacked him. Iqbal tells Arjun why he became a terrorist from a patriotic army captain. Iqbal had a family and wife whom he loved more than anything however he lost them in a communal riot in his village and a communal leader Shah Alam (Om Puri
) took him along hundreds of youths to prepare them to fight against the people who destroyed their village. Gradually Iqbal is turned into anti-national and eventually a leader of terrorist group.
Upon hearing Iqbal's story Arjun explained him that its all a conspiracy to make Iqbal a terrorist as he was an expert in explosives serving in Indian Army and to utilise his skills to produce explosive to destroy his own country and his own people. Iqbal finally understands and accept to offer help to Arjun.
After hearing that Iqbal has left him Shah Alam inform his crime partner Swamiji. Swamiji goes to Ajay's home and threatens him to finish his family if he does not keep quiet. Swami and Alam also looking for Iqbal to kill him as he is going to be an evidence against them.
Finally when Commissioner is about to be proanounced as culprit Arjun brings Iqbal to court after going through lot of bloodshed. Arjun clarify to judge that its people like Swamiji and Alam who are the real traitors who create terrorist out of innocent people like Iqbal. Iqbal gives all evidence against Alam and Swamiji thus court declaring Iqbal and Commissioner as innocent and releasing them. Alam is arrested however Swamiji refused to give in saying that his followers will create a ruckus if he is arrested however Arjun with help of his media friends have live telecast entire proceedings of court on a national channel hence revealing Swamiji's real nature to his followers. His own followers beats him to death. Arjun has accomplished his mission after restoring his Father's pride.
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
film released in 1997. Zor was produced by Vivek Kumar and directed by Sangeeth Sivan
Sangeeth Sivan
Sangeeth Sivan is a Bollywood/Malayalam director and writer of Indian cinema.He is the brother of cinematographer-director Santosh Sivan. He started his career in films as a director with Malayalam films. After directing more than half a dozen Malayalam films, he directed his first Bollywood film,...
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Plot
Zor is a film about how innocent people are targeted by mafia and politicians to turn them into terrorist for their benefits. Arjun (Sunny DeolSunny Deol
Sunny Deol often credited as "Action King of Bollywood" is an Indian film actor, producer and director. Deol was born to Bollywood actor Dharmendra. He has won two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. He went to England to study acting...
) a Photographer is only a son of Police Commissioner (Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well...
) and happy with his Mother, younger sister and grandmother. He meets Aarti (Sushmita Sen
Sushmita Sen
Sushmita Sen is an Indian actress who appears in mainly Bollywood films. A former model, Sen was crowned Miss Universe in 1994. She was the first Indian woman to win the contest.-Personal life:Sen was born on 19 November 1975....
) a low profile reporter in a small daily who wants to make name as a famous reporter and both fall in love. Both decides to marry but there is problem.
Arjun tells Nisha that they need to wait for an approval from his close friend Iqbal (Milind Gunaji) who is former Army captain (Expert in explosive) before they could get married. Meanwhile Arjun's father is blamed for letting off an unknown terrorist and declared as traitor. Iqbal also present at Arjun's home during Arjun's sister engagement while police arrest Commissioner. Arjun knows its a conspiracy against his dad and sets off to find the vanished terrorist and catch the people behind the conspiracy to restore his father's dignity. Meanwhile Iqbal leaves Arjun's home without any clue.
This makes Arjun suspicious about Iqbal and goes to Kashmir, he survived a terrorist attack there and found Iqbal is the leader of the group which attacked him. Iqbal tells Arjun why he became a terrorist from a patriotic army captain. Iqbal had a family and wife whom he loved more than anything however he lost them in a communal riot in his village and a communal leader Shah Alam (Om Puri
Om Puri
Om Puri is an Indian actor who has appeared in both mainstream Indian films and art films. His credits also include appearances in British and American films. He has received an honorary OBE.-Early life:...
) took him along hundreds of youths to prepare them to fight against the people who destroyed their village. Gradually Iqbal is turned into anti-national and eventually a leader of terrorist group.
Upon hearing Iqbal's story Arjun explained him that its all a conspiracy to make Iqbal a terrorist as he was an expert in explosives serving in Indian Army and to utilise his skills to produce explosive to destroy his own country and his own people. Iqbal finally understands and accept to offer help to Arjun.
After hearing that Iqbal has left him Shah Alam inform his crime partner Swamiji. Swamiji goes to Ajay's home and threatens him to finish his family if he does not keep quiet. Swami and Alam also looking for Iqbal to kill him as he is going to be an evidence against them.
Finally when Commissioner is about to be proanounced as culprit Arjun brings Iqbal to court after going through lot of bloodshed. Arjun clarify to judge that its people like Swamiji and Alam who are the real traitors who create terrorist out of innocent people like Iqbal. Iqbal gives all evidence against Alam and Swamiji thus court declaring Iqbal and Commissioner as innocent and releasing them. Alam is arrested however Swamiji refused to give in saying that his followers will create a ruckus if he is arrested however Arjun with help of his media friends have live telecast entire proceedings of court on a national channel hence revealing Swamiji's real nature to his followers. His own followers beats him to death. Arjun has accomplished his mission after restoring his Father's pride.
Cast
- Sunny DeolSunny DeolSunny Deol often credited as "Action King of Bollywood" is an Indian film actor, producer and director. Deol was born to Bollywood actor Dharmendra. He has won two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards. He went to England to study acting...
– Arjun Singh - Sushmita SenSushmita SenSushmita Sen is an Indian actress who appears in mainly Bollywood films. A former model, Sen was crowned Miss Universe in 1994. She was the first Indian woman to win the contest.-Personal life:Sen was born on 19 November 1975....
– Aarti - Milind GunajiMilind GunajiMilind Gunaji is an actor in Marathi and Hindi theater, TV and film and also writer. Most known for his roles in films like Devdas , Godmother , Virasat , Fareb , Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa and Dev , both by Govind Nihalani.He has been the host of travel show, Bhatkanti on Zee Marathi channel about...
– Iqbal Khan - Om PuriOm PuriOm Puri is an Indian actor who has appeared in both mainstream Indian films and art films. His credits also include appearances in British and American films. He has received an honorary OBE.-Early life:...
– Shah Alam
Soundtrack
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Mein Kudi Anjaani" | Hema Sardesai Hema Sardesai Hema Sardesai also known as simply Hema, is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi songs.During her career, Sardesai has sung playback songs for over 60 Bollywood films, has released several successful Indipop albums, and has performed numerous live stage shows in almost all the states... |
| 2 | "Tere Pyar Mein" | Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:... , Hema Sardesai Hema Sardesai Hema Sardesai also known as simply Hema, is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi songs.During her career, Sardesai has sung playback songs for over 60 Bollywood films, has released several successful Indipop albums, and has performed numerous live stage shows in almost all the states... |
| 3 | "Pehli Pehli Baar" | Anuradha Sriram Anuradha Sriram Anuradha Sriram is an Indian carnatic and playback singer who hails from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She has sung in many Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films.- Personal life :... |
| 4 | "Koi Dekh Raha" | Udit Narayan Udit Narayan -Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B... , Kavita Krishnamurthy |
| 5 | "Zor Dekho" | Gopal Rao Gopal Rao Gopala Rao or Gopal Rao is one of the Indian names.* Nandikolla Gopala Rao, a renowned Indian artist.* Gopal Rao Ekbote, past Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.* Rao Gopal Rao, a famous Indian actor.... |
| 6 | "Gum Na Karo" | Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi movies, as well as films in Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Kannada language. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films... , Kavita Krishnamurthy |