Gupt: The Hidden Truth
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| Directed by | Rajiv Rai |
| Produced by | Gulshan Rai Rajiv Rai |
| Screenplay by | Rajiv Rai Shabbir Boxwala |
| Story by | Rajiv Rai |
| Starring | Bobby Deol Manisha Koirala Kajol |
| Music by | Viju Shah |
| Cinematography | Ashok Mehta |
| Editing by | Rajiv Rai |
| Distributed by | Trimurti Films |
| Release date(s) | August 15, 1997 |
| Running time | 174 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Gupt: The Hidden Truth' (English: Secret) is a Bollywood suspense thriller movie released in 1997, directed by Rajiv Rai. The film starred Bobby Deol, Manisha Koirala, Kajol, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri and Raj Babbar. It was one of the biggest successes of 1997.
Gupt: The Hidden Truth was highly acclaimed for its storyline and soundtrack. It was director Rajiv Rai's third blockbuster after Tridev and Mohra.
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[edit] Plot
Sahil has a poor relationship with his stepfather Governor Jaisingh Sinha. The Governor tries to bond with Sahil only to be increasingly hated by him. Even Sahil's mother is unable to convince Sahil to open up to Jaisingh. Sahil starts college and is surprised to find his childhood friend Isha whom he has not seen since the latter was sent to boarding school. Isha is the daughter of Jaisingh's secretary Ishwan Diwan. Sahil also meets Sheetal, the daughter of his father's friend Megnath Chaudhary. Isha and Sahil start falling in love - Sheetal also falls for Sahil, which he is unaware of.
Jaisingh and Megnath learn that Sheetal loves Sahil. Jaisingh decides that he will announce Sahil and Sheetal's engagement publicly at Sahil's birthday party. Sahil is furious when this occurs because he does not love Sheetal and instead wanted to announce his engagement to Isha. Sahil and Jaisingh end up arguing and in a fit of rage, Sahil attempts to stab his father. His mother comes between them and Sahil and Isha leave the party. Sahil and Sheetal are talking the next day and Sheetal convinces Sahil to apologise to his father. Sahil agrees to but when he arrives home, he discovers that his father has been stabbed with the same knife at the party the previous night. Sahil did not see the killer enter or leave but has one clue - a locket which assumingly belongs to the killer. Sahil is taken to court, where his mother along with others who were at his party agree that he is responsible for his stepfather's death. He is sentenced to 14 years in prison but is able to hand the locket over to Sheetal at the moment of his arrest. Sheetal still loves Sahil (despite his outrage at his father wanting him to marry her) and knowing he is innocent decides to help him escape from jail. Sahil realises that his father meant a lot to him and decides to track down the real killer, proving his innocence in the process. When he is released from prison, he is reunited with Isha - both Sheetal and Isha are in love with him and want to help him solve the mystery of who killed his father.
On the other hand, Sahil has one problem - he is being targeted by no-nonsense Inspector Udham Singh. Also, Sahil's investigation will become more complicated as Jaisingh was only the first victim of the unknown killer. Who is the killer? Will Sahil find them? Or will he be too late and end up back in prison? Sahil decides to meet Dr. Gandhi, who may have a clue to who killed the Governor. When Sahil arrives at Gandhi's house, he finds Gandhi has been stabbed to. One by one, he confronts those who testified against him in court, as he eblieves many of them would have a motive for murdering his father. When Inspector Singh hears about this, he realises Sahil may be innocent. Later, Singh is at the Diwan household where he discovers that Diwan has the knife used to kill the Governor - he has him imprisoned. But was Diwan truely the killer?
[edit] Cast
- Bobby Deol as Sahil Sinha
- Manisha Koirala as Sheetal Choudhry
- Kajol as Isha Diwan
- Raj Babbar as Gov. Jaisingh Sinha
- Paresh Rawal as Ishwar Diwan (Isha's dad)
- Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Insp. Neelkanth
- Prem Chopra as Mantri
- Om Puri as Insp. Udham Singh
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Dr. Gandhi
- Dalip Tahil as Meghnath Choudhry (Sheetal's dad)
- Mukesh Rishi as Mantri's bodyguard
- Tej Sapru as a Jailer
- Harish Patel as Phoolchand
- Ashok Saraf as Havaldar Pandu
- Anjan Srivastav as Commissioner Patwardhan
- Vishwajeet Pradhan as a Bounty hunter
- Dinesh Anand
- Dinesh Hingoo as Thanawala's servant
- Priya Tendulkar as Sharda Sinha (Sahil's mom)
- Bob Christo as Boat organiser
- Raza Murad as Lawyer Thanawala
- Sharat Saxena as Vilas Rao
- Usman Khan
- Master Harsh Lunia as Sahil's younger brother
- Aparajita as Mrs. Choudhry
[edit] Soundtrack
The music was scored by Viju Shah and the songs were written by Anand Bakshi.
| # | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1 | "Duniya Haseeno Ka Mela" | Udit Narayan, Sunita Rao | 06:30 |
| 2 | "Mushkil Bada Yeh Pyaar Hai" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik | 05:53 |
| 3 | "Gupt Gupt" | Kavita Krishnamurthy, Hema Sardesai, Chetan | 02:55 |
| 4 | "Gupt Gupt (Extended)" | Kavita Krishnamurthy, Hema Sardesai, Chetan | 04:55 |
| 5 | "Mere Khwabon Mein Tu" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | 05:33 |
| 6 | "Yeh Pyasi Mohabbat" | Alka Yagnik | 06:02 |
| 7 | "Yeh Pyaar Kya Hai" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy | 05:13 |
| 8 | "Mere Sanam" | Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam | 05:48 |
| 9 | "Gupt Gupt (Instrumental)" | 02:22 |
[edit] Awards and Recognition
1997 was one of the most successful years for Bollywood with hits like Border, Dil to Pagal Hai, Pardes, Yes Boss, Virasat, Ziddi, Ishq and Gupt: The Hidden Truth. Gupt managed to bag three Filmfare Awards and was nominated in five other categories. Gupt was the fourth largest blockbuster of the year after Border, Dil To Pagal Hai and Pardes. Kajol made history by being the first woman in Filmfare Award history to receive the Best Villain award.
[edit] 1997 Filmfare Awards
- Best Villain - Kajol
- Best Background Score - Viju Shah
- Best Editing - Rajiv Rai
[edit] 1997 Filmfare Nomination
- Best Director - Rajiv Rai
- Best Movie - Gulshan Rai
- Best Music Director - Viju Shah
- Best Female Playback - Alka Yagnik
- Best Supporting Actor - Om Puri
