Qila (film)

Qila
Directed by	Umesh Mehra
Produced by	Parvesh Mehra
Starring	Dilip Kumar Rekha Mukul Dev Mamta Kulkarni
Music by	Anand Raj Anand
Release date	10 April 1998 (1998-04-10)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Qila (Hindi: क़िला, Urdu: قلعہ, translation: Fort) is a 1998 Bollywood Hindi language film directed by Umesh Mehra and starring Dilip Kumar (playing a dual role), Rekha, Mukul Dev, Mamta Kulkarni, Smita Jaykar and Gulshan Grover. This film marked the final film appearance of veteran actor Dilip Kumar. The movie rights is now owned by Red Chillies Entertainment.

Synopsis

A cruel and evil landowner Jagannath Singh (Dilip Kumar) is murdered and his twin brother Amarnath Singh (also Dilip Kumar) decides to investigate. He finds the list of suspects is endless. The prime suspects are Jagannath's son Amar (Mukul Dev), Jagannath's abused wife Suman (Smita Jaykar) and a woman named Yamini (Rekha) who claims she was raped by Jagannath. Eventually, Jagannath's son Amar confesses to killing his father. He reveals that on the night of his father's death he accidentally shot him while trying to fight him off when Jagannath held Amar and his mother at gunpoint. Soon after the list of suspects grow after it is discovered that Jagannath's had many more enemies who could have killed him including landowner Mangal Singh (Gulshan Grover) and even Jagannath's own brother Amarnath who doesn't seem to have got on well with Jagannath himself in the past. Yamini (Rekha) killed Jagannath for his wrongdoings to her brother.

Cast

• Dilip Kumar as Jagannath Singh/Judge Amarnath Singh (Dual Role)
• Rekha as Yamini
• Mukul Dev as Amar J. Singh
• Mamta Kulkarni as Neeta
• Smita Jaykar as Suman J. Singh
• Gulshan Grover as Mangal Singh
• Pramod Moutho as Prosecuting Attorney
• Rajeshwari Sachdev as Laajo
• Malay Chakrabarty as Kundan
• Avtar Gill as Inspector Khan
• Satish Kaushik as Ghanya Seth
• Shahbaz Khan as Inspector Rana
• Kunika as Neelam Daniel
• Master Sahil Chheda as Child Artist Raja

Music

All songs are composed by Anand Raj Anand with lyrics by Dev Kohli.

1. "Laayi Hai Mehndi Wali Raat" - Preeti Uttam, Mohammed Aziz, Sadhana Sargam, Nayan Rathod
2. "Prem Hai Radha Prem Hai Meera" - Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Sadhana Sargam
3. "Wah Bhai Wah" - Udit Narayan, Poornima
4. "Ankhiya Ye Ankhiya" - Asha Bhosle, Udit Narayan
5. "Kurte Ki Bayyaan Ko" - Amit Kumar, Udit Narayan, Preeti Uttam
6. "Tere Bin O Dilbar" - Alka Yagnik

Box office

The film was a flop at the box office.

External links

• Review of Qila
• Qila at IMDb