Major Saab (transl.: Respected Major) is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Tinnu Anand, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Sonali Bendre, Ashish Vidhyarthi, and Nafisa Ali. [2][3]
| Major Saab | |
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| Directed by | Tinnu Anand |
| Written by | Robin Bhatt Santhosh Saroj |
| Produced by | Amitabh Bachchan |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Ajay Devgn Sonali Bendre Nafisa Ali |
| Cinematography | Ravi K. Chandran |
| Edited by | Prashant Khedekar Vinod Nayak |
| Music by | Songs: Anand Raaj Anand Aadesh Shrivastava (Sona Sona) Score: Aadesh Shrivastava |
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Release date |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹18 crore[1] |
Plot
editThe plot concerns playboy Virendra "Vir" Pratap Singh. A clause in the will of his wealthy father forces him to enter a military academy in order to inherit. Vir's repeated attempts to get himself discharged are foiled by Major Jasbir Singh Rana. Then Virendra falls in love with Nisha, the sister of a gangster named Shankar. Shankar wants Nisha to marry the son of his friend Parshuram Bihari and hatches a plot to separate the couple, by pretending to accept Vir, however soon beats him up badly and attempts to break both his arms and legs. After that, the Major then begins training Vir to regain his strength and fight those who wronged him to win Nisha back. Finally, both are accepted by Shankar. However, Bihari kills Shankar and tries to force Nisha to marry his son, but is foiled by the Major and Vir.
In the end, the Major is court-martialed for leading soldiers to interfere in a civilian affair.
Cast
edit- Amitabh Bachchan as Major Jasbir Singh Rana
- Ajay Devgn as Virendra "Vir" Pratap Singh
- Sonali Bendre as Nisha
- Nafisa Ali as Dr. Priya Rana
- Ashish Vidhyarthi as Shankar
- Mohan Joshi as Parshuram Bihari
- Shahbaaz Khan as Vicky
- Naveen Nischol as Brig. Satish Khurana
- Mushtaq Khan as Hanuman Prasad
- Avtar Gill as Commissioner of Police
- Dinesh Hingoo as Jai Singhaniya (special appearance)
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Raja Thakur (guest appearance)
- Siddharth Ray
- Jasbir Thandi as Cadet Amrik singh
- Pradeep Rawat as Subeidar Singh
Production
editMany scenes of the film was filmed in Pune at National Defence Academy (NDA) including the song "Sona Sona".[4]
Box office
editThe film was a moderate success at the box office, it earned 18 crore.[1] It was also the 9th highest-grossing film of the year (Bollywood films of 1998).
Soundtrack
edit| Major Saab | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 20 May 1998 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | T-Series |
The music is composed by Anand Raaj Anand and Aadesh Shrivastava. Lyrics are penned by Anand Raj Anand and Dev Kohli. Initially Anand Raj Anand wanted to sing the song 'Akeli Na Bazaar Jaya Karo' and 'Pyar Kiya toh Nibhana' by himself, but could not due to circumstances, about which he spoke in an interview.[5] However, the whole album gained hugh popularity and tracks like 'Akeli Na Bazaar jaya karo', 'Sona Sona' and 'Pyaar Kiya toh Nibhana' became hit. In 2017, the song 'Pyar kiya toh Nibhana' was recreated with Armaan Malik and Shruti Pathak as singers. Then in 2021 it was recreated by Jonita Gandhi, Millind Gaba and Abhijeet Vaghani on T-Series Mixtape.[6]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Akeli Na Bazaar Jaya Karo" | Anand Raaj Anand | Udit Narayan | 05:49 |
| 2. | "Deewana Ban" | Anand Raj Anand | Sudesh Bhosle | 03:18 |
| 3. | "Pyaar Tumse Karna Hai" | Anand Raaj Anand | Alka Yagnik, Anand Raaj Anand | 04:50 |
| 4. | "Pyaar Kiya Toh Nibhana (I)" | Anand Raaj Anand | Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal | 03:04 |
| 5. | "Pyaar Kiya Toh Nibhana (II)" | Anand Raaj Anand | Anuradha Paudwal, Udit Narayan | 03:04 |
| 6. | "Sona Sona" | Aadesh Shrivastav | Sudesh Bhosle, Sonu Nigam, Jaspinder Narula | 06:48 |
| 7. | "Tere Pyar Mein" | Anand Raaj Anand | Kumar Sanu | 04:38 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Box Office 1998". Box Office India. 10 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012.
- ^ Major Saab, retrieved 14 December 2021
- ^ "Major Saab (1998) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Bollywood Or Hollywood". www.whatshot.in. 13 January 2020.
- ^ The Bollywood Dynasty (10 August 2014), Exclusive Interview of Music Director Anand Raj Anand, retrieved 20 November 2017
- ^ T-Series (23 February 2017), Kehta Hai Pal Pal Video | Sachiin J. Joshi, Alankrita Sahai | Armaan Malik, Shruti Pathak | Caesar, retrieved 20 November 2017
External links
edit- Major Saab at IMDb
- Major Saab on YouTube at MovieMinesHD Channel