Pukar
A notorious terrorist manipulates an Indian army major's jilted lover into helping him obtain a classified military code.
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"Pukar is one of the better Hindi films of 2000, which is not saying much since there wasn't much interesting work that year. Just as you can expect with Santoshi though, who's known for his gripping, intense films, this one blends action with high drama and towards the end makes it into a thriller of sorts. The story isn't much of a treasure, but the script makes it into an enjoyable movie experience. The romantic portions are played against a greater backdrop of the army. The leading stars, Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit have great chemistry and their interactions are the film&a..."
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Earlier Rajkumar Santoshi was to make the film with Sunny Deol,Meenakshi Seshadri and Raveena Tandon as " Ajay" in 1991. Music by Bappi Lahiri, Produced by Dharmendra. When Meenakshi and Santoshi had a fallout, the film was shelved. The script was put on hold because Santoshi decided to make Ghatak instead. In 1998 Boney Kapoor offered a good financial deal to Santoshi and he opted to make the film "Ajay" with Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit and Namrata Shirodkar. The title Pukar was chosen for the project . This angered Sunny Deol as the idea behind the script had come from him. He felt betrayed by Santoshi. Sunny decided to make another film titled "Ajay" with Suneel Darshan instead.
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A notorious terrorist manipulates an Indian army major's jilted lover into helping him obtain a classified military code.