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Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
Poster
Directed byMansoor Khan
Written byNasir Hussain
Mansoor Khan
Produced byNasir Hussain
StarringAamir Khan
Ayesha Jhulka
Deepak Tijori
Mamik Singh
Pooja Bedi
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Asrani
CinematographyNajeeb Khan
Edited byZafar Sultan
Dilip Kotalgi
Music byJatin–Lalit
Production
company
Nasir Hussain Films
Distributed byEros Worldwide
Release date
  • 22 May 1992 (1992-05-22)
Running time
169 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹52 million[1]

Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (transl. The one who wins is the king) also abbreviated as JJWS is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age sports action drama film, directed and co-written by Mansoor Khan,[2] and produced and co-written by Nasir Hussain. It stars Aamir Khan,[3] Ayesha Jhulka, Deepak Tijori, Mamik Singh, Pooja Bedi and Kulbhushan Kharbanda. The music was by Jatin–Lalit.

It won two Filmfare Awards, including Best Film.[4] The film has gained cult following along the years and has often been cited as one of the best coming-of-age movies in Indian cinema. [5][6]

Plot

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Shekhar and Ratan are sports rivals, who represent opposing colleges, Rajput and Model, respectively. Each year, they square up at the inter-college sports event, which culminates in a marathon cycle race across the hills of Dehradun. Rajput, led by Shekhar, have dominated recent championships. Ratan narrowly loses to Shekhar at the year's cycle race, after being ahead until the race's final seconds.

Ratan trains for next year's event. He starts seeing classmate Kalpana, after having a crush on her for some time. Meanwhile, Shekhar starts going out with Devika, a new enrollee at the elite Queens' College. Devika plans to meet Shekhar at the picnic spot where Queens will have their next class trip. She is delayed, and when she finally arrives, she finds another girl in Shekhar's arms. Shekhar tries to apologise, but Devika seeks revenge. She enlists Sanjay's help, who happily obliges since he is Ratan's brother.

After their plan to embarrass Shekhar succeeds, Sanjay makes a false show of wealth in front of Devika. Unaware of his real identity, Devika starts going out with him. Anjali warns Sanjay of Devika's intentions but he takes no heed. When Devika finds out Sanjay is not actually rich, she dumps him in front of Shekhar's friends. Humiliated, Sanjay picks a fight with them. He is outnumbered, but is saved by Ratan's intervention. The next morning, Shekhar and his friends gang up on Ratan when he is out alone training. In the ensuing fight, Ratan falls off a cliff and suffers multiple injuries. He awakes from coma, but is ruled out from competing at the year's sports event.

In Ratan's absence, Sanjay competes for Model. Anjali helps him train, while Ratan offers him his new, imported cycle. During the cycle race, Shekhar and Sanjay have an altercation and fall behind the pack. They rejoin and overtake everyone, finally entering the stadium section one behind the other. Shekhar leads from Sanjay, but in the final seconds, Sanjay closes the gap to him and wins at the finish line. His victory mirrors Shekhar's win over Ratan the previous year. Model are overjoyed at defeating Rajput for the first time in decades. Cheered on by Ratan, Sanjay lifts the trophy for Model to raucous applause.

Cast

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  • Aamir Khan as Sanjaylal Sharma "Sanju"
  • Ayesha Jhulka as Anjali
  • Deepak Tijori as Shekhar Malhotra
  • Mamik Singh as Ratanlal Sharma "Ratan"
    • Sharokh Bharucha as Young Ratanlal
  • Kiran Zaveri Bhatia as Kalpana
  • Sooraj Thapar as Shekhar's Friend
  • Prakash Ramchandani as Shekhar's Friend
  • Bobby Khanna as Shekhar's Friend
  • Pooja Bedi as Devika[7]
  • Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Ramlal Sharma
  • Aditya Lakhia as Maksood / Ghode
  • Deven Bhojani as Ghanshyam "Ghanshu"[7]
  • Asrani as Mr. Dubey (Model school teacher)
  • Faisal Khan in a special appearance (College student)
  • Anjan Srivastav as Race Commentator
  • Ajit Vachani as Rajput's Principal
  • Deb Mukherjee as Rajput's Coach
  • Ravindra Kapoor as Shakoor Miyaan
  • Jatin Pandit as Xavier's college student and performer at the college dance event
  • Lalit Pandit as Xavier's college student and guitarist at college dance event
  • Amole Gupte as Cycle Race Commentator
  • Girija Shettar as lead in the song "Arre Yaaron Mere Pyaaron"
  • Ahmed Khan as Girdhari
  • Shehnaz Kudia as Rukhsana aka Devika's friend and classmate
  • Naushad Abbas as School fighter who gets thrown on the car and injured by Mamik
  • Jahangir as Dance Judge
  • Hanif Sheikh as School fighter
  • Shekhar Shukla as smoking the cigarette that caught fire
  • Shiraz Zack as Rita
  • Miki Khan as Randheer Thapar
  • Salim Khan Ding-Dong as Himself

Production

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The film was directed by Mansoor Khan, and written and produced by Nasir Hussain.[8] Girija Shettar was initially chosen before she was replaced by Ayesha Jhulka after the first schedule.[9] Akshay Kumar had auditioned[10] and Milind Soman was signed for Shekhar Malhotra's role,[11] before Deepak Tijori played the role. Aditya Pancholi was selected to play the role of Ratan, but the role went to Mamik Singh, as confirmed by DNA.

The plot has similarities to the 1979 American film Breaking Away and is reportedly inspired by it.[12][13] However, Mansoor Khan stated that he only became aware of Breaking Away after the likeness was brought to his attention, some time after the release of Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. Both films have several similarities, including friendship, class barriers, bicycle racing, and parental relationship, but otherwise have different narratives, characters, motivations, treatment and racing rules.[14]

Filming

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Milind Soman had completed 75% of his scenes before being replaced by Tijori.[15]

Music

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Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
Studio album by
Jatin–Lalit and Majrooh Sultanpuri
Released
1992
Recorded1991
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length35:01
LabelSaregama
ProducerJatin–Lalit
Jatin–Lalit chronology
Yaara Dildara
(1991) 		Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
(1992) 		Khiladi
(1992)
Majrooh Sultanpuri chronology
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
(1988) 		Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
(1992) 		Akele Hum Akele Tum
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Planet BollywoodStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar[16]

The film's music was composed by Jatin–Lalit and the lyrics were penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri. Vocals for Aamir Khan were supplied by his then-frequent collaborator Udit Narayan.

The soundtrack, the second collaboration between Jatin and Lalit, helped to launch their careers. It was nominated for Best Music at the 1993 Filmfare Awards. "Pehla Nasha" was the fourth film song in Indian cinema (the first one being "Jogi O Jogi" from Lakhon Mein Ek (1971), followed by "Baare Baare" from Naagarahaavu (1972) and "Sundari Neeyum" from Michael Madana Kama Rajan (1990)) to be shot in complete slow motion. The technique was later used in many films and music videos. Pehla Nasha was the most popular track of the album and has become a cult song. Other popular tracks were "Humse Hai Sara Jahan", "Rooth Ke Humse" and "Arre Yaaron Mere Pyaaron". The song "Arre Yaaron Mere Pyaaron" was sung by Udit Narayan along with Vijeta Pandit.[17]

Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar was the third best-selling Bollywood soundtrack album of 1992, having sold 2.5 million units in India.[18]

All lyrics are written by Majrooh Sultanpuri; all music is composed by Jatin–Lalit.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Yahaan Ke Hum Sikander"Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam5:29
2."Naam Hai Mera Fonseca"Amit Kumar, Alka Yagnik4:41
3."Arre Yaaron Mere Pyaaron"Udit Narayan, Vijeta Pandit5:16
4."Humse Hai Sara Jahan"Jatin Pandit, Sadhana Sargam4:13
5."Pehla Nasha"Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam4:51
6."Rooth Ke Humse"Jatin Pandit5:15
7."Shehar Ki Pariyon"Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam5:16

Release and reception

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Box office

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In India, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar net ₹40 million and grossed ₹52 million (US$2.01 million),[1] equivalent to ₹927 million (US$9.7 million) adjusted for inflation.[19]

Critical reception

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In a review dated 29 May 1992, The Indian Express praised Najeeb Khan's photography, the sets and the performances of Aamir Khan, Ayesha Jhulka, and Pooja Bedi, but criticised Jatin–Lalit's music.[20]

Awards

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38th Filmfare Awards:

Won

Nominated

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Box Office 1992". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  2. ^ Rewind | Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar | Jio MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival with Star on YouTube
  3. ^ "Whoa! Aamir Khan Is 'World's Biggest Superstar'!". 13 March 2018. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  4. ^ Indian High Commission, Pakistan, Cine Club (2008), Programme: January to March 2008 (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2020, retrieved 2 July 2012
  5. ^ "We list down 7 Bollywood films inspired from Hollywood". Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Once Upon A Cinema: Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar — The making of a classic, twice over". Firstpost. 29 May 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander at 30: Akshay Kumar was rejected for this Aamir Khan film, Pooja Bedi's red skirt sequence acquired a cult status". 22 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Nasir Hussain". Upperstall.com. 2002. Archived from the original on 14 June 2002.
  9. ^ Sri (6 August 2008). "Movie Retrospect : Geetanjali (1989)". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  10. ^ "Happy Birthday Akshay Kumar: Some interesting facts about Bollywood Khiladi". 9 September 2014. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  11. ^ "Movies: The Milind Soman interview". rediff.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  12. ^ Dave, Kajol. "Copy cats". Filmfare. Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  13. ^ Srivastava, Abhishek (14 March 2018). "Aamir Khan's best films are inspired by Oscar nominees and winners – from Ghajini to Akele Hum Akele Tum". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Classic Revisited: Aamir Khan's coming-of-age in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar". Rediff. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Milind Soman left Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander after finishing 75 per cent of shoot. Because he wasn't given breakfast on time". The Indian Express. 4 November 2022. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  16. ^ "Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar Music Review". Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  17. ^ "Songs at www.glamsham.com". Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  18. ^ "Music Hits 1990–1999 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  19. ^ "Darr – Movie (1993 inflation rate)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  20. ^ "Entertaining all the way". The Indian Express. 29 May 1992. p. 7. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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