Vardi (film)

Vardi
Vardi
	Promotional Poster
Directed by	Umesh Mehra
Produced by	Karim Morani
Starring	Sunny Deol; Jackie Shroff; Kimi Katkar; Madhuri Dixit
Music by	Anu Malik
Production; company	Cineyug Films
Release date	6 January 1989;
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹10.20 crore (equivalent to ₹117 crore or US$14 million in 2023)

Vardi (trans: Uniform) is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Umesh Mehra. It stars Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Kimi Katkar, Madhuri Dixit in pivotal roles.^[2] The film was a box office hit. It was inspired from Hollywood film Invasion U.S.A. (1985).^[3]

Plot

When Inspector Verma arrests the criminal Lalchand, the latter exacts his revenge by kidnapping Verma's only son, Anil. He later informs Verma that he has killed the boy. While trying to apprehend Lalchand, Verma's loyal accomplice and friend, Havaldar Bhagwan Singh is killed by the criminal. Verma and his wife Shanti then decide to raise Bhagwan Singh's son Ajay as their own. Many years pass and Ajay grows up to be an honest and brave police inspector while Verma has become the Commissioner of Police. Their main goal is to arrest Lalchand, who by now has become the kingpin of the underworld. In the process, Ajay learns that Verma's son is actually alive but has turned to a life of crime. Now it is up to Ajay to not only capture the crime lord Lalchand but also to reunite Commissioner Verma with his long lost son.

Cast

Sunny Deol as Inspector Ajay Singh
Jackie Shroff as Anil Verma / Jai
Kimi Katkar as Dr. Sonu Kaul
Madhuri Dixit as Jaya (Guest Appearance)
Vinod Mehra as Police Commissioner Verma
Kader Khan as Lalchand / Balkishan (Double Role)
Paresh Rawal as Rudra
Raza Murad as Kalan Khan
Shafi Inamdar as Shambhu
Anjana Mumtaz as Shanti Verma
Satish Kaushik
Tom Alter as Tom
Bob Christo as Bob
Sudhir Dalvi as Inspector General of Police
Leena Das as Dancer
Sameer Khakhar as Havaldar
Shammi as Customer
Viju Khote as Kasturi
Shubha Khote as Mrs. Kaul
Roopesh Kumar as Kasturi
Deep Dhillon as Rudra's Brother
Dharmendra as Constable Bhagwan Singh (Special Appearance)

Soundtrack

This film music by Anu Malik and featured the first major Bollywood song of the singer Kumar Sanu, while the songs are written by Anand Bakshi.

Song	Singer
"Teri Hifazat, Meri Hifazat" - 1	Kumar Sanu
"Teri Hifazat, Meri Hifazat" - 2	Kumar Sanu
"Main Aansoo Aaj Bahaoongi"	Sadhana Sargam
"Wah Wah, Kya Kamar Hai"	Amit Kumar
"Oye, Rab Ne Tujhe Husn Diya Mere Liye, Mere Liye"	Shabbir Kumar, Asha Bhosle
"Maine Kitne Dil Liye"	Asha Bhosle

References

^ "Unknown".^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Vardi Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
^ "Vardi 1989 Movie Box Office Collection, Budget and Unknown Facts - KS Box Office". 17 April 2021.

External links

Vardi at IMDb

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[1] "Unknown".^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "Vardi Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

[3] "Vardi 1989 Movie Box Office Collection, Budget and Unknown Facts - KS Box Office". 17 April 2021.

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