Udaan (1997 film)

Udaan
Udaan
Directed by	Asrani
Produced by	Lalit Kapoor; Raju Narula
Starring	Rekha; Saif Ali Khan; Prem Chopra; Madhoo
Cinematography	Sripad Natu
Edited by	A. Muthu
Music by	Anand–Milind
Production; company	Amit Arts
Release date	1997;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Udaan (transl. Flight) is 1997 Hindi-language action film directed by Asrani and starring Rekha, Saif Ali Khan, Prem Chopra, Danny Denzongpa, Dalip Tahil, Asrani, Deven Varma, Annu Kapoor, Mohnish Bahl.

Plot

A wealthy industrialist is killed by a villainous trio. The industrialist's daughter Varsha (Rekha) slowly starts to unravel the truth about her father's death, she is disposed of to an asylum. Varsha eventually escapes from there and sets out to bring the villain to justice, getting help along the way with a few inmates that escaped with her and from a young man named Raja (Saif Ali Khan), who she had attempted to help before being institutionalized. The film also deals with subjects like adulteration, corruption, and injustice in society.

Cast

Rekha as Varsha Sahay
Saif Ali Khan as Raja
Madhoo as Madhu
Prem Chopra as Mr. Sood
Dalip Tahil as Mr. Sethi
Mohan Joshi as Dr. Bhatia
Danny Denzongpa as Mr. Rana
Harish Patel as DSP Sahay
Deven Verma as Madhu's Uncle "Mama"
Saeed Jaffrey as Mr. Sahay
Mohnish Behl as Inspector Sharma
Asrani as Baba Shree, Shree 108, inmate of mental hospital
Annu Kapoor as Anand Lagpade from Mental Hospital
Narendra Gupta as inmate of mental hospital
Rana Jung Bahadur as inmate of mental hospital
Lalit Mohan Tiwari as inmate of mental hospital
Makrand Deshpande as Masoombhai Dayachan
Achyut Potdar as Chandra Prakash

Soundtrack

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Jab Jab Dekhun Tujhe"	Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
2	"Chahun Tujhe"	Vinod Rathod, Bela Sulakhe
3	"Badal Garja Bijlee Chamki"	Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
4	"Kal Raat Sapne Mein"	Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
5	"Chhat Ke Upar"	Shweta Shetty
6	"Angrezee Bhasha Mein" (Not in the film)	Abhijeet, Poornima

Reception

Komal Nahta of Film Information wrote that "Udaan is devoid of an exciting drama and heroism", but noted Rekha's performance.^[1]

References

^ Nahta, Komal (4 October 1997). "Udaan". Film Information. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

External links

Udaan at IMDb

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[1] Nahta, Komal (4 October 1997). "Udaan". Film Information. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

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