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Not to be confused with Baaghi (2000 film) or Baaghi (2016 film).
Baaghi
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Deepak Shivdasani
Written by Javed Siddiqui
Story by Salman Khan
Produced by Nitin Manmohan
Starring

Salman Khan
Nagma
Kiran Kumar
Shakti Kapoor
Mohnish Bahl
Asha Sachdev

Music by Anand–Milind
Sameer (lyrics)
Production
company

Neha Arts
Release date

21 December 1990
Running time
156 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Box office est. ₹55 million (equivalent to ₹540 million or US$6.7 million in 2023)
[1]

Baaghi: A Rebel for Love is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language romantic action drama
film, starring Salman Khan, Nagma, Kiran Kumar and Shakti Kapoor, which was
released on 21 December 1990.The movie was a blockbuster and was the seventh
highest grossing film of 1990. It was Nagma's first role in Bollywood; as the
opening credits note, she was 15 years old when the film was released. The DVD
cover has a warning noting that the movie is "suitable only for persons of 15 years
and older," presumably because the plot revolves around prostitution. The subtitle
"A Rebel for Love" does not appear on the DVD box, nor in the Hindi titles or
license at the start of the movie.[2]

The movie opens with a dedication, which reads: "In this year of the girl child, we
dedicate our film to those women, who have been victimised by lust and greed and
are subjected to social rejection and also laud those who strive to uplift them."
The story of Baaghi: A Rebel for Love was Salman Khan's idea.[citation needed]
Plot

The story centres on Saajan, the son of a colonel in the Indian army, and Kaajal, a
modest girl from a respectable family. The film opens with Saajan travelling in a
bus, when he catches a glimpse of Kaajal on another bus, and they are both smitten.
They do not formally meet and, since Saajan is off to start at college, he does not
think he will ever see her again. But his new friends at college, Buddha, Tempo and
Refill, one night insist on visiting a brothel in a seedier part of Bombay. Saajan
only reluctantly agrees, but ultimately refuses to select a prostitute – until he
hears a new girl being beaten by her pimp and decides to protect her. To his
surprise, it is Kaajal (called Paro at the brothel), who has been kidnapped by a
pimp after she was tricked by a job offer in Bombay.

Kaajal, who has only recently arrived at the brothel and is still a virgin, has
adamantly refused to be a prostitute. This is why Jaggu, who runs the brothel, is
beating her. When finally alone with Saajan as a paying client (although he does
not do anything with her), Kaajal explains to him how she was forced to look for
work after her parents' deaths: This ultimately led to her travelling to Bombay and
being kidnapped by Dhanraj and forced to work in Jaggu's brothel. Thanks to
Leelabai, the madame who helps run the brothel, Saajan is able to spend time with
Kaajal, and Kaajal is somehow able to resist becoming a prostitute. Saajan and
Kaajal fall in love, and he tries to find a way to get her out of the brothel
before Kaajal gives up hope.

When Saajan is finally able to introduce Kaajal to his parents, they — not
surprisingly — reject the idea of his marrying a girl from a brothel, even if she
was taken there against her will and is from a respectable family. Since Saajan's
father, Col. Sood, was already angry with his son for refusing to follow family
tradition to join the Indian army, this is the last straw. Saajan is kicked out of
his house. He becomes, in his own words, a rebel, a word which is repeated several
times in the movie. Since Kaajal is already rebelling against Jaggu, because she
believes in love, they are now both "rebels for love." Saajan's college friends
help Kaajal escape the brothel and flee to Ooty, near where her grandparents live.
But just as they are about to be married with Kaajal's grandparents' consent, if
not Saajan's father's, the police arrive and take them back to Bombay, where they
claim he's wanted for kidnapping "Paro".
Saajan's father, on hearing of his heroics fighting Dhanraj's men to rescue Kaajal,
has a newfound respect for his son, who had previously been a lazy drifter. With
the help of Saajan's friends, Col. Sood finds his son outside Jaggu's brothel.
There the "police" (who are actually working for Dhanraj) have returned Saajan and
Kaajal to Dhanraj, who is preparing to punish them for her leaving the brothel. The
intervention of Leelabai on Kaajal's behalf leads to yet another fight, with
several people switching alliances.
Cast

Salman Khan as Saajan Sood

Nagma as Kaajal aka Paro
Shakti Kapoor as Dhanraj
Kiran Kumar as Colonel D.N. Sood
Bharat Bhushan as Kaajal Father
Asha Sharma as Kaajal Mother
Jagdish Raj as Police Commissioner
Beena Banerjee as Mrs. Vandana Sood
Javed Khan Amrohi as Col Sood Servant
Avtaar Gill as False Police Officer
Kunika as Dhanraj Girlfriend as Kunika
Mohnish Behl as Jaggu
Asha Sachdev as Leelabai
Indra Vardhan Purohit as Chotu Working in a brothel
MacMohan as Kaajal's Job Interviewer
Salim Khan as Salim
Pradeep Singh Rawat as "Buddha"
Raju Shrestha as Raju / Refill
Dinesh Hingoo as College Principal
Kishore Bhanushali as College Ex Student come to meet the principal
Amita Nangia as Jaggu's sister
Arun Bakshi as Mahesh
Kim Yashpal in a guest appearance

Box office

The film was a commercial success. According to Taran Adarsh, The film is reported
to have been the seventh highest-grossing film of 1990, despite its release in the
mid-December holiday.[2]
Awards

36th Filmfare Awards:

Nominated

Best Music Director – Anand–Milind

Best Male Playback Singer – Amit Kumar for "Kaisa Lagta Hai"
Best Female Playback Singer – Kavita Krishnamurthy for "Chandni Raat"

Music

The soundtrack has nine songs, composed by Anand–Milind, with lyrics by Sameer. The
music was hugely popular when it released and enjoys the honour of being played on
radio stations even today. The most popular song of this film is "Kaisa Lagta Hai,"
sung by Anuradha Paudwal and Amit Kumar. Abhijeet and Anand–Milind went on to
record several songs together since.

The songs "Tapori" and "Chandni Raat Hai" were copied from the Ilaiyaraaja
compositions "Rajathi Raja" (Agni Natchathiram) and "Keladi Kanmani" (Pudhu Pudhu
Arthangal) respectively.[3]
Anand–Milind were nominated at the Filmfare awards for Best Music, but lost to
Nadeem-Shravan for Aashiqui. A minor controversy arose when singer Amit Kumar was
mistakenly nominated for "Chandini Raat Hai" at the Filmfare awards ceremony.
# Title Singer(s) Length
1 "Ek Chanchal Shokh Haseena" Abhijeet & Chorus 06:40
2 "Kaisa Lagta Hai" Amit Kumar & Anuradha Paudwal 06:33
3 "Chandni Raat Hai" Abhijeet & Kavita Krishnamurthy 04:59
4 "Tapori" Amit Kumar & Anand Chitragupt 05:29
5 "Har Kasam Se Badi Hai" Abhijeet & Kavita Krishnamurthy 05:59
6 "Maang Teri Saja Doon Mein" Amit Kumar 01:29
7 "Saajan O Saajan" Pramila Gupta 04:52
8 "Kaisa Lagta Hai" (Sad) Amit Kumar & Anuradha Paudwal 01:54
9 "Ek Chanchal Shokh Haseena" Abhijeet & Chorus 03:28
References

"Box Office 1990". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010.
Retrieved 5 February 2010.
"Home - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

"What Tiger's Baaghi has in common with Salman's!". Rediff.com.

External links

Baaghi at IMDb

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Works of Deepak Shivdasani

Films directed

Dadagiri (1987) Ladaai (1989) Baaghi: A Rebel for Love (1990) Pehchaan (1993)
Madam X (1994) Krishna (1996) Bhai (1997) Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke (2001) Julie
(2004) Mr. Black Mr. White (2008) Julie 2 (2017)

Films produced

Bhavani Junction (1985) Dadagiri (1987) Ladaai (1989) Bhai (1997) Yeh Raaste
Hain Pyaar Ke (2001) Julie 2 (2017)

Categories:

1990 films1990s Hindi-language films1990s action drama films1990 romantic drama

filmsFilms scored by Anand–MilindCross-dressing in Indian filmsIndian action drama
filmsIndian romantic drama filmsIndian romantic action films1990s romantic action
filmsFilms directed by Deepak Shivdasani

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