Shikari (1991 film)

1991 Indian film

Shikari

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Directed by| Umesh Mehra
Latif Faizev
Written by| Vinay Shukla,
Roskov Nikolai,
Ulmas Umerbekov
Produced by| Parvesh Mehra
Starring| Mithun Chakraborty
Naseeruddin Shah
Varsha Usgaonkar
Irina Kushnareva
Amrish Puri
Cinematography| S. Pappu,
L. Travitsky
Edited by| M. S. Shinde
Music by| Anu Malik

Production
company

Eagle Films

Release date

* 12 April 1991 (1991-04-12)

Running time

| 140 min.
Countries| India
Soviet Union
Languages| Hindi
Russian

Shikari (transl. "Hunter"), also known as Shikari: The Hunter in India and Po Zakonu Dzhungley (По закону джунглей, The Law of the Jungle) in the USSR, is a 1991 film, jointly directed by Umesh Mehra and Latif Faiziyev, mostly shot in Russia, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Irina Kushnareva, Varsha Usgaonkar, Naseeruddin Shah, and Amrish Puri.The film was modestly successful both in India ,Russia and in Some overseas markets like Italy, France ,Middle East countries, Japan ,China ,Hong Kong etc. [1]

## Plot

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Shikari is the story of Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty), who earns his living by doing road shows along with Chanchal. Shankar happens to see a circus poster featuring Natasha (Irina Kushnareva) and begins to dream of working with her. By chance Shankar receives an offer to work in a Russian circus troupe where Natasha is also employed.

## Cast

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* Naseeruddin Shah as Adarsh Kumar / Fakira
* Mithun Chakraborty as Shankar Kumar
* Irina Kushnareva as Natasha
* Varsha Usgaonkar as Chanchal
* Vinod Mehra as Chanchal's Father
* Gulshan Grover as Bob
* Amrish Puri as Nahar Singh
* Dara Singh as Bajrangi
* Anjana Mumtaz as Mrs. Bajrangi
* Amrit Pal as Hari Singh
* Achyut Potdar as Raja Sahib
* Rucha Gujrati as Young Chanchal
* Ali Asgar as Young Adarsh/Fakira
* Master Bunty as Young Shankar
* Makhmud Ismilov as Makhham

## Soundtrack

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Shikari

Film score
Released| 1991
Genre| Feature film soundtrack
Label| Weston Musicassettes/Tips Music

The music was composed by Anu Malik and the lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi.[2]

# | Song | Singer

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1  | "Mere Dost Hindustani"  | Anuradha Paudwal
2  | "I Love You"  | Mohammed Aziz, Anuradha Paudwal
3  | "Main Hoon Aflatoon"  | Sudesh Bhosale, Sapna Mukherjee
4  | "Duniya Mein Kitne Watan"  | Kavita Krishnamurthy, Mohammed Aziz, Anuradha Paudwal
5  | "Koki Koki Koki"  | Anu Malik, Anuradha Paudwal
6  | "Duniya O Duniya"  | Sudesh Bhosale, Sapna Mukherjee
7  | "Eena Meena Maeena Mo"  | Mohammed Aziz
8  | "Ye Duniya Ek Circus Hai"  | Sudesh Bhosale
9  | "Jo Aata Hai"  | Amrish Puri

## References

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1. ^ "Reviews: Shikari - Good Entertainer". Screen. 19 April 1991.
\- "Shikari Cast & Crew". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
2. ^ "Shikari Songs". Saavn. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

## External links

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* Shikari at IMDb

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