Bharat Bhagya Vidhata
Sultan is the Chief of Mujahd-E-Kashmir Front, and he deputes dreaded terrorist Mohammed Jalaudin Ghaznavi to abduct tourists in Mahabaleshwar and hold them for ransom. This ploy fails due to the timely action of Major Abdul Hamid of the National Security Guard, who not only saves the hostages, but also apprehends Ghaznavi. While being held in a cell, Ghaznavi attempts to negotiate his release with Home Minister Mahendra Suryavanshi to no avail. His comrades, led by Shabbir Khan and Aslam Marzban, abduct Suryavanshi's wife, Rukmani, who is the Principal of St. Mark's Sr. Secondary School, along with her son, Chaitanya; his girlfriend, Sapna, and a bus-load of students. Their demands are to ensure to release of Ghaznavi and others as well as free Kashmir from India. Abdul is once again deputed to deal with Shabbir, but ends up becoming their captive. Now the onus is on the Government of India to either accede to the demands of the terrorists or watch as they kill the hostages one by one.
- Runtime
- 2h 40m
- Released
- 2002
- Country
- India
Details
Release year: 2002
Storyline
Sultan is the Chief of Mujahd-E-Kashmir Front, and he deputes dreaded terrorist Mohammed Jalaudin Ghaznavi to abduct tourists in Mahabaleshwar and hold them for ransom. This ploy fails due to the timely action of Major Abdul Hamid of the National Security Guard, who not only saves the hostages, but also apprehends Ghaznavi. While being held in a cell, Ghaznavi attempts to negotiate his release with Home Minister Mahendra Suryavanshi to no avail. His comrades, led by Shabbir Khan and Aslam Marzban, abduct Suryavanshi's wife, Rukmani, who is the Principal of St. Mark's Sr. Secondary School, along with her son, Chaitanya; his girlfriend, Sapna, and a bus-load of students. Their demands are to ensure to release of Ghaznavi and others as well as free Kashmir from India. Abdul is once again deputed to deal with Shabbir, but ends up becoming their captive. Now the onus is on the Government of India to either accede to the demands of the terrorists or watch as they kill the hostages one by one.
Top credits
Chandrachur Singh — Shabbir Jehangir Khan
Flora Saini — Shabnam
Shatrughan Sinha — Home Minister Mahendra Suryavanshi
Farha Naaz — Nagma
Did you know
• Salilda is supposed to have composed a song in the movie Maya inspired by the song 'Too much tequila. Which song is it? Too much tequila also shows up a bit in A R Rahman's Doli sajake rakhna number 'tara rum pum' in the second paras! Also, the latest Bharat Bhagya Vidata number 'nigahon mein ho tum' sounds a bit like it too.
• In 1989 Pahlaj Nihalani launched a film titled "Bhagya Vidhata" Starring Shakti Kapoor as the main hero co starring Neelam, Prasenjit and Sonam. Music by Bappi Lahiri , Directed by Shiv Kumar. The film was shelved after Pahlaj Nihalani's film Aandhiyaan flopped miserably at the box office . Pahlaj did not want to take a risk with casting after doing a film with Mumtaz. Bhagya Vidhaata was restarted with Chunky Pandey and Raveena Tandon in 1994. It was titled Son of India. Once again it was shelved .
• When the film was first announced in 1994 but no cast was finalized. Then in 1996,Bobby Deol was signed to play the lead role. The film got shelved. When it was revived,Chandrachur took Bobby's role in the film.
Technical specs
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color
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