Ajay (1996 film)

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1996 Indian film

Ajay

Directed by| Suneel Darshan
Written by| Suneel Darshan
Kamlesh Pandey (dialogues)
Story by| Rajeev Kaul
Praful Parekh
Produced by| Suneel Darshan
Starring| Sunny Deol
Karisma Kapoor
Mohnish Bahl
Cinematography| W. B. Rao
Edited by| Bharat Singh
Music by| Anand–Milind
Distributed by| Shree Krishna International

Release date

* 20 December 1996 (1996-12-20)

Running time

| 146 min
Country| India
Language| Hindi
Budget| ₹6 crore[1]
Box office| ₹16.80 crore (equivalent to ₹199 crore or US$24 million in 2023)[2]

Ajay is a 1996 Hindi language romantic action drama film, produced and directed by Suneel Darshan and starring Sunny Deol, Karisma Kapoor, Reena Roy, Suresh Oberoi and Kiran Kumar. Other cast includes Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Mohnish Bahl, Sharat Saxena, Farida Jalal, Laxmikant Berde and others.

It was declared "average" at the box office.[3]The titular character "Ajay", played by Sunny Deol, was named after the offscreen name of him.

## Plot

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Raja Brijraj Singh and his younger brother Raja Ranbir Singh lives in a spacious palace and are wealthy landlords of a small Indian town named as Kishengarh. They would like their only, head-strong and foreign-returned niece Manorama to marry equally wealthy Rupesh Singh but she gives her heart to a poor poultry dealer named Ajay. When Brijraj and Ranbir learn of this relationship they object and strive to prevent their niece from marrying Ajay. They threaten her and she has to give false witness that puts Ajay behind bars and has his sister's in-laws disown her, all this leads to their mother's demise. Ajay blames it on Manorama but later learns the truth and eventually retaliates by killing her uncles.

## Cast

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* Sunny Deol as Ajay
* Karishma Kapoor as Manorama "Rama"
* Reena Roy as Durga
* Devayani as Anjali
* Suresh Oberoi as Raja Brijraj Singh
* Kiran Kumar as Chote Raja Ranbir
* Farida Jalal as Ajay's mother
* Sharat Saxena as Inspector Tippen Singh
* Mohnish Behl as Roopesh Singh
* Laxmikant Berde as Rupaiya
* Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Lala
* Dan Dhanoa as Roopesh's friend
* Dolly Bindra as Manorama friend

## Soundtrack

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The Music is scored by Anand–Milind. The songs Chamak Chhallo and Chand Sa Chehra were popular. Singers Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Sapna Awasthi and Jolly Mukherjee lent their voices.

# | Title | Singer(s)

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1  | "Chamak Chhallo"  | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
2  | "Chaand Sa Chehra"  | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
3  | "Daata Mere Daata"  | Kumar Sanu
4  | "Pan Khake Jana"  | Jolly Mukherjee, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
5  | "Deewana Hua Main"  | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
6  | "Ruk Majnu"  | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
7  | "Banna Ghodi Pe"  | Kumar Sanu, Jolly Mukherjee, Alka Yagnik, Sapna Awasthi
8  | "Chanchal Chooriyan"  | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik

## References

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1. ^ "Ajay - Movie - Box Office India".
2. ^ "Ajay - Movie - Box Office India".
3. ^ "Archived copy". www.boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2022.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

## External links

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* Ajay at IMDb

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