Major Saab (transl.: Respected Major) is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Naveen Nischol, Ajay Devgn, Sonali Bendre, Nafisa Ali and Ashish Vidhyarthi.
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Directed by | Tinnu Anand |
Written by | Robin Bhatt Santhosh Saroj |
Produced by | Amitabh Bachchan |
Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Ajay Devgn Sonali Bendre Nafisa Ali |
Cinematography | Ravi K. Chandran |
Edited by | Prashant Khedekar Vinod Nayak |
Music by | Songs: Anand Raaj Anand Aadesh Shrivastava Score: Aadesh Shrivastava |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Box office | ₹18 crore |
The plot concerns playboy Virendra "Vir" Pratap Singh. A clause in the will of his wealthy father forces him to enter a military academy in order to inherit. Vir's repeated attempts to get himself discharged are foiled by Major Jasbir Singh Rana. Then Virendra falls in love with Nisha, the sister of a gangster named Shankar. Shankar wants Nisha to marry the son of his friend Parshuram Bihari and hatches a plot to separate the couple, by pretending to accept Vir, however soon beats him up badly and attempts to break both his arms and legs. After that, the Major then begins training Vir to regain his strength and fight those who wronged him to win Nisha back. Finally, both are accepted by Shankar. However, Bihari kills Shankar and tries to force Nisha to marry his son, but is foiled by the Major and Viren.
In the end, the Major is court-martialed for leading soldiers to interfere in a civilian affair.
Many scenes of the film was filmed in Pune at National Defence Academy (NDA) including the song "Sona Sona".
The film was a moderate success at the box office, it earned 18 crore. It was also the 9th highest-grossing film of the year (Bollywood films of 1998).
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Released | 20 May 1998 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Label | T-Series |
The music is composed by Anand Raaj Anand and Aadesh Shrivastava. Lyrics are penned by Anand Raj Anand and Dev Kohli. Initially Anand Raj Anand wanted to sing the song 'Akeli Na Bazaar Jaya Karo' and 'Pyar Kiya toh Nibhana' by himself, but could not due to circumstances, about which he spoke in an interview. However, the whole album gained hugh popularity and tracks like 'Akeli Na Bazaar jaya karo', 'Sona Sona' and 'Pyaar Kiya toh Nibhana' became hit. In 2017, the song 'Pyar kiya toh Nibhana' was recreated with Armaan Malik and Shruti Pathak as singers. Then in 2021 it was recreated by Jonita Gandhi, Millind Gaba and Abhijeet Vaghani on T-Series Mixtape.
No. | Title | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Akeli Na Bazaar Jaya Karo" | Anand Raaj Anand | Udit Narayan | 05:49 |
2. | "Deewana Ban" | Anand Raj Anand | Sudesh Bhosle | 03:18 |
3. | "Pyaar Tumse Karna Hai" | Anand Raaj Anand | Alka Yagnik, Anand Raaj Anand | 04:50 |
4. | "Pyaar Kiya Toh Nibhana (I)" | Anand Raaj Anand | Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal | 03:04 |
5. | "Pyaar Kiya Toh Nibhana (II)" | Anand Raaj Anand | Anuradha Paudwal, Udit Narayan | 03:04 |
6. | "Sona Sona" | Aadesh Shrivastav | Sudesh Bhosle, Sonu Nigam, Jaspinder Narula | 06:48 |
7. | "Tere Pyar Mein" | Anand Raaj Anand | Kumar Sanu | 04:38 |
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