Pukar (पुकार) 2000

Published on April 7, 2013 in Cinema

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Banner	S.K. Films Enterprises
Director	Rajkumar Santoshi
Writer	Rajkumar Santoshi
Producer	Surinder Kapoor
Production executive	Boney Kapoor
Orginal music	A.R. Rahman
Cinematography	Baba Azmi, Ashok Mehta, Santosh Sivan
Film Editing	V.N. Mayekar
Art Director	Sabu Cyril, Sunil Pillai, Nitish Roy
Camera Operator	Ramakant Soni
Assistant Cameramen	Rick Fee
Playback Singers	Lata Mangeshkar, Hema Sardesai, Kavita Krishnamurthy , Udit Narayan , Anuradha Paudwal , Sonu Nigam

Character	Actor / Actress
Major Jaidev Rajvansh	Anil Kapoor
Anjali	Madhuri Dixit
Pooja Mallapa	Namrata Shirodkar
Colonel Hussein	Om Puri
Mrs. Mallapa	Rohini Hattangadi
Gayetri Rajvansh	Farida Jalal
Col. Rana	Shivaji Satam
Abhrush	Danny Denzongpa
	K.D. Chandran
Himself	Prabhu Deva
Anjali's Father	Sudhir Joshi
Mr. Rajvansh	Girish Karnad
Advertising Executive	Abdul Qayyoom Khan
Military General Indian Army	Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Dayanand Hawasti	Viju Khote
Herself	Lata Mangeshkar
Mr. Mishra	Govind Namdeo
Bakshi - Abrus assistant	Mukesh Rishi
Major Katar Singh	Yashpal Sharma
Mishra's assistant	Anjan Srivastav
Announcer show	Neeraj Vora

Major Jaidev Rajvansh (Anil Kapoor) and his fellow officer manage to rescue a leading politician as well as capture his kidnapper, Abhrush (Danny Denzongpa). The terrorist has been wanted for years and he is finally captured by the two officers. Jai returns to a joyous welcome and is declared a national hero. He takes a break from the army and returns to his hometown. There he meets his childhood friend Anjali (Madhuri Dixit) who has always harboured love for Jai. Anjali wants to make most of Jai's holiday and tries to get close to him and spend time with him as much as she can.At a party, he meets the then Miss India, Pooja Mallapa (Namrata Shirodkar). As they spend more time together, they begin to fall in love. In the mean time, Jai's parents are arranging his marriage to Anjali but when they find out about Jai's love for Pooja, they realise that they have to tell Anjali everything. Anjali, heartbroken and jealous wants revenge as Jai rejected her. Realising her frustration with Jai, Abrush takes advantage (via the said "kidnapped" politician who is hand in glove with Abrush) and together they plot to destroy Jai's reputation and life.

Anjali manages to steal certain important secret documents detailing plans for Abrush's movement from prison to prison. The following events lead to Jai being court martialed and he is declared a traitor to the country. Pooja leaves him alone due to family pressure. Jai, determined to prove his innocence and redeem himself, decides to pursue Abrush alone. Ultimately Anjali comes to her senses and realises her mistake. To atone for it, she single-handedly tries to thwart Abhrush's plans and help Jai prove his innocence. Jai overpowers Abhrush. Finally Jai expresses his love for Anjali and forgives her and both unite

Release date	11-Feb-2000
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Awards of the International Indian Film Academy

2001 Nominated Popular Award Best Actor in a Leading Role Anil Kapoor
Best Actress in a Leading Role Madhuri Dixit
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Namrata Shirodkar

Filmfare Awards

2001 Nominated Filmfare Award Best Actor Anil Kapoor
Best Actress Madhuri Dixit

National Film Awards, India

2001 Won Nargees Dutt Award Surinder Kapoor(producer), Rajkumar Santoshi (director)
Silver Lotus Award Best Actor Anil Kapoor

Screen Weekly Awards

2001 Won Screen Best Publicity Design Himanshu Nanda, Rahul Nanda

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