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.[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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