Swarg
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| Swarg स्वर्ग | |
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| Directed by | David Dhawan |
| Written by | Nandu G Tolani Anees Bazmee |
| Produced by | Nandu G Tolani |
| Starring | Rajesh Khanna Govinda Juhi Chawla Madhavi Paresh Rawal Satish Kaushik |
| Edited by | David Dhawan |
| Music by | Anand-Milind |
| Distributed by | Paras Films International |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹2 crore (equivalent to ₹20 crore or US$2.3 million in 2023)[1] |
| Box office | ₹14 crore (equivalent to ₹137 crore or US$16 million in 2023)[2] |
Swarg (Hindi: स्वर्ग, Urdu: سورگ, translation: Heaven) is a 1990 Indian Bollywood film directed by David Dhawan, released in 1990. The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Govinda, Juhi Chawla and Madhavi in pivotal roles. Swarg is the fourth last certified hit of Rajesh Khanna , as this was followed by Ghar Parivaar, Begunaah and Rupaye Dus Karod in the year 1991.The film was the 2nd highest grosser movie of 1990.
The movie is loosely based on the 1967 movie Meherbaan starring Ashok Kumar which itself was a remake of the 1960 Tamil movie Padikkadha Medhai which in turn was a remake of 1953 Bengali film Jog Biyog [3] based on the novel of same name by Ashapoorna Devi.[4] . Swarg was remade in Telugu as Indrabhavanam with Krishna and Krishnam Raju, in Bengali as Annadaata and Nepali as Izzatadar , in Bangladesh as Sneher Protidhan.
Plot
Living in a luxurious mansion named Swarg, this is the story of Mr. Kumar or Sahabji (Rajesh Khanna) a rich businessman and landowner. His family consists of his wife (Madhavi (actress)), sister Jyoti (Juhi Chawla), two brothers, Vicky (Raja Bundela) and Ravi (Dilip Dhawan), and a sister-in-law (Neena Gupta). He also has a loyal servant, Krishna (Govinda), who considers the former akin to a father.
Sahabji has a clash of ideals with Dhanraj (Paresh Rawal), an immoral businessman, regarding a business matter, and Sahabji dissolves the venture. In vengeance, Dhanraj schemes with Sahabji's two brothers to usurp Sahabji's wealth and businesses. He sets fire in Sahabji's factory, citing short circuit as the reason and takes over the luxurious mansion and vast business empire, leaving Sahabji virtually penniless, and devastated with the passing away of his wife. His brothers have now taken over the money, the mansion and his business. When Krishna confronted the brothers of his master, he was instead brutally fired by Sahabji himself, because he was charged with stealing Jyoti's necklace by Sahabji's brothers and sister-in-law. Later, he comes to know that Sahabji intentionally banished him so that he can do something better in life and not be held down Sahabji's own misfortunes. Krishna moves to Bombay and meets a man called Chadda (Satish Kaushik), or Airport, and they become friends. His hard work in the city enable him to accumulate enough wealth to make him a rich man in the scale of his former master, and he returns to his town after several years as a mysterious but wealthy businessman.
In the guise of a golden offer, Krishna sends his subordinate to buy Sahabji's mansion - which is now owned by Dhanraj - for the price of ₹90 lakhs, to which the greedy Dhanraj readily agrees and signs over the deeds of ownership of the land and the mansion, unaware of the buyer's actual identity. In the process of storing the cash payment in his personal vault, he is informed his own factory has mysteriously caught fire, causing him to hurry to the site in time to see his factory crumble to ashes. At this point, Krishna confronts him and reveals himself to be the mystery buyer, and also implicitly confesses to being responsible for the "accidental" fire, similar to the scheme Dhanraj perpetrated against Sahabji. When Dhanraj nonetheless claims that he can still maintain his business with the 90 Lakh INR he recently gained, Krishna rhetorically wonders if Dhanraj remembered to lock his safe before leaving the house. True enough, Dhanraj finds his safe empty of the cash upon rushing back, effectively rendering him homeless and ruined.
Krishna goes to a temple & prays to God so that he meets Sahabji very soon. Incidentally he finds Sahabji in the same temple and gets to know that both Sahabji and Jyoti are in a pitiable condition. He brings them back to the mansion. Krishna then targets Sahabji's brothers by using their greed against them. Without revealing himself, he enters into a business deal with them, and later cheats them out of their investments - similar to how they cheated their older brother out of his finances - that renders them penniless and desperate. At this point, Krishna reveals himself to them, and informs them that it was all as part of his plan to restore the lost wealth, glory and fortune of his former master. Sahabji's brothers realize their mistake. Krishna forgives them and brings them back to the mansion. The brothers ask for forgiveness from Sahabji. At this point, Sahabji suffers a cardiac arrest, caused by the years of financial, physical and emotional stress. He forgives his brothers. He also approves Jyoti and Krishna's relationship and gives his blessings to a marriage. With that, the patriarch passes away.
Cast
- Rajesh Khanna as Kumar / Sahabji
- Govinda as Krishna
- Juhi Chawla as Jyoti
- Madhavi as Janki (Kumar's Wife)
- Dilip Dhawan as Ravi (Kumar's Brother)
- Neena Gupta as Ravi's Wife
- Raja Bundela as Vicky (Kumar's Younger Brother)
- Paresh Rawal as Dhanraj
- Satish Kaushik as Airport
- Arun Bakshi as Director
- Mahesh Anand as Guru
- Yunus Parvez as Gardener
- Shashi Kiran as Himself (actor who is distracted)
- Om Shivpuri as Himself (shooting of a movie)
- Bharat Kapoor as Nagpal
- Chandrashekhar Narvekar as "Papaji" Director N. Chandra
Music
| Swarg | ||||
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| Released | 13 October 2003 (India) | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
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| Producer | Anand-Milind | |||
| Anand-Milind chronology | ||||
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The soundtrack of the film contains 5 songs. Lyrics were by Sameer and music was conducted by the award-winning duo Anand-Milind.
| # | Song | Singer |
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| 1 | "Bam Bam Bam Bam Bambai" | Amit Kumar |
| 2 | "Filmon Ke Saare Hero Mere Aage Hai Zero" | Amit Kumar, Nitin Mukesh |
| 3 | "Tum Sajna Ke Ghar Jaaogi" | Mohammed Aziz, Amit Kumar, Anupama Deshpande |
| 4 | "Kaise Kate Din, Kaise Kate Raaten" | Mohammed Aziz, Anuradha Paudwal |
| 5 | "Ae Mere Dost Lautke Aaja" | Mohammed Aziz |
References
- ^ https://bestoftheyear.in/movie/swarg/
- ^ https://bestoftheyear.in/movie/swarg/
- ^ Vamanan (23 April 2018). "Tamil cinema's bong connection". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ ரவிக்குமார், வா (5 August 2016). "திறந்த வெளி திரையரங்கத்தின் முன்னோடி!". The Hindu Tamil. Retrieved 14 August 2019.