Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
| Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar | |
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| Directed by | Mansoor Khan |
| Written by | Mansoor Khan |
| Produced by | Nasir Hussain |
| Starring | Aamir Khan, Ayesha Jhulka, Pooja Bedi Asrani, Aditya Lakhia, Mamik, Sanam Oberoi, Deepak Tijori, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Kiran Zaveri, Anjaan Srivastav, Faisal Khan |
| Music by | Jatin Lalit |
Release date | 1992 |
Running time | 174 min |
| Language | Hindi |
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar is a 1992 Hindi sports drama film from the Indian Bollywood film industry, directed by Mansoor Khan (who earlier directed Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak). The film stars Aamir Khan, Pooja Bedi, Ayesha Jhulka, Asrani, Aditya Lakhia, Mamik, Sanam Oberoi, Deepak Tijori, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Kiran Zaveri, Anjaan Srivastav, and Faisal Khan. The music was by Jatin Lalit. The film may have been loosely inspired by the 1979 Hollywood film Breaking Away.
Synopsis
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander is an underdog story, about how a supposed worthless piece of stone, when polished turns into a sparkling diamond. The story revolves around Sanju (Aamir Khan), a young man from a lower middle class, family successfully beats Shekhar (Deepak Tijori), his arrogant and wealthier rival in an inter-school bicycling race which is the highlight of the small town they reside in. The story is set in Nainital, a hill station which houses a few exclusive high schools such as the Rajput School, with students from very affluent backgrounds, and a few schools meant for the local, less affluent kids such as the Model School. Shekhar goes to the Rajput School and is generally portrayed to be arrogant and snobbish and a cheat, as are his friends and most of the other students at Rajput School. Shekhar also looks down condescendingly upon Sanju and his friends, who go to the Model School. Sanju, on the other hand is portrayed as a nicer, happy-go-lucky and more down-to-earth character. Other primary characters include Ramlal (Kulbhushan Kharbanda )(Sanju's father), Ratan (Mamik)(Sanju's elder brother) and Anjali (Ayesha Jhulka), who is Sanju's best friend and secretly in love with him.
The story is primarily set around an annual inter-school sports competition, which is the most popular and important event in the town. The story goes that Ramlal (who is a coach at Model School) has been obsessed with beating the Rajput school ever since his one bicycling victory against them a long time ago, and has been grooming his elder son, Ratan for the same. Ratan is Model's ideal student, a diligent and sincere student in both academia and sports, has an upright character and is the pride of his father. Sanju on the other hand is a more lazy and escapist natured happy-go-lucky character who prefers hanging out with friends and enjoying life even if it results in poor academic performance, which disappoints his father. After a scuffle with Shekhar and his friends a tragedy occurs due to which Ratan is unable to compete in the bicycle race, thus totally crushing his Dad's long harbored dream. Seeing this, Sanju is transformed from a boy without a care in the world into a responsible friend, brother, son and athlete. The stage is now set for a dramatic finale portraying friendship, adolescent love, family, sports and competition.
Trivia
- It was this movie that catapulted the duo Jatin-Lalit to success. This movie was their second movie together.
- The phrase "Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar" loosely translates to "He who wins is the conqueror"
- The song Pehla Nasha was the first song choreographed by Farah Khan.
- Girija of Geethanjali fame, directed by Mani Ratnam was signed on to be in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander and also shot most of the movie when the director felt she was too stunted as an actress and replaced with Ayesha Jhulka and reshot. If you observe closely, there is one song in the movie with Girija dancing with Aamir and the rest.
Cast
- Aamir Khan ... Sanjay Lal Sharma a.k.a Sanju
- Ayesha Jhulka ... Anjali
- Pooja Bedi ... Devika
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda ... Ramlal Sharma
- Aditya Lakhia ... Maksood
- Deven Bhojani ... ?
- Mamik ... Ratan Lal Sharma
- Sanam Oberoi ... Tina
- Anjaan Srivastav ... Race commentator
- Deepak Tijori ... Shekhar Malhotra
- Ajit Vachani .... Rajput's Principal
- Kiran Zaveri ... Kalpana
- Deb Mukherjee ... Rajput's Coach
- Faisal Khan .... Cameo Appearance
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