The Gentleman (film)

The Gentleman
The Gentleman
	Poster
Directed by	Mahesh Bhatt
Screenplay by	Mahesh Bhatt
Based on	Gentleman; by S. Shankar
Produced by	Allu Aravind
Starring	Chiranjeevi; Juhi Chawla; Paresh Rawal; Laxmikant Berde; Heera Rajagopal
Cinematography	Jeeva
Edited by	Sanjay Sankla
Music by	Anu Malik; A.R. Rahman
Production; company	Geetha Arts
Distributed by	Geetha Arts
Release date	18 November 1994;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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.^[1] It was not commercially successful.^[2]

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 study freely to become doctors, lawyers, etc. The police, led by Inspector (Paresh Rawal), are always on his tail, but he is ever elusive. Finally, he is identified as the thief and is then confronted by Roshni (Juhi Chawla), who loves him. He tells her what his intentions are and how his brother Ajay Shrivaastav (Harish Kumar), committed suicide along with his mother because he could not pay the donations for medical school. Vijay is finally caught and convicted and when he is released from prison, his dream school opens. He marries Roshni, who has waited for him for a long time.

Cast

Chiranjeevi as Vijay
Juhi Chawla as Roshni
Paresh Rawal as Inspector
Laxmikant Berde as Vijay's 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),^[3] and it till date remains the last Hindi movie of Chiranjeevi.^[4]

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, for instance, the song "Roop Suhana Lagta Hai" was taken from "Ottagathai Kattiko", while "Chik Pika Rika Boom Bole" was taken from "Chiku Buku Raile"

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 Raj–Koti.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Roop Suhana Lagta Hai"	Indeewar	A. R. Rahman (Uncredited)	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	4:45
2.	"Hum Apne Gham Ko"	Rahat Indori	Anu Malik	Vinod Rathod, Sadhana Sargam	7:43
3.	"Jhoom Ke Dil Ne"	Rajan Khera	Raj–Koti	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	5:52
4.	"What Is Love"	Indeewar	Anu Malik	Alisha Chinai, Anu Malik	7:58
5.	"Aashiqui Mein Had Se"	Rajan Khera	A. R. Rahman (Uncredited)	Vinod Rathod, Sadhana Sargam	4:46
6.	"Chik Pika Rika Boom Bole"	Rajan Khera	A. R. Rahman (Uncredited)	Suresh Peters	5:27

References

^ "The Gentleman - Movie - Box Office India".
^ Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (12 September 2014). Bollybook: The Big Book of Hindi Movie Trivia. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-93-5118-799-8.
^ "Action King Arjun reveals why he initially turned down Shankar's Gentleman".
^ "Wish Chiranjeevi on his birthday! (August 22)". Sify. Archived from the original on 29 November 2003. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

External links

The Gentleman at IMDb

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[1] "The Gentleman - Movie - Box Office India".

[2] Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (12 September 2014). Bollybook: The Big Book of Hindi Movie Trivia. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-93-5118-799-8.

[3] "Action King Arjun reveals why he initially turned down Shankar's Gentleman".

[4] "Wish Chiranjeevi on his birthday! (August 22)". Sify. Archived from the original on 29 November 2003. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

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