Bichhoo
Bichhoo (transl. Scorpion) is a 2000 Indian action thriller film starring Bobby Deol and Rani Mukerji. Bichhoo is a remake of the 1994 English-language French action thriller film Léon: The Professional.
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| Directed by | Guddu Dhanoa |
| Produced by | Guddu Dhanoa |
| Screenplay by | Dilip Shukla |
| Story by | Santosh Dhanoa |
| Starring | Bobby Deol Rani Mukerji Ashish Vidyarthi Malaika Arora |
| Music by | Anand Raj Anand |
| Cinematography | Shripad Natu |
| Edited by | V. N. Mayekar |
Production company | Bhagwan Chitra Mandir |
| Distributed by | Video Sound Inc. |
Release date | 7 July 2000 |
Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Synopsis
Jeeva (Bobby Deol) is from a struggling family. He falls in love with Kiran (Malaika Arora Khan). Due to their differences in social class, Kiran's father does not approve of their relationship. To punish Jeeva, Kiran's father frames his mother (Farida Jalal) and two sisters for prostitution and bribes the police into arresting them, which leads to the three of them committing suicide. Kiran also kills herself, ashamed of what her father has done. Jeeva seeks revenge by killing Kiran's father.
He later becomes one of India's most dangerous assassins. He lives in a small apartment next to the Bali family. The father (Mohan Joshi) works for a corrupt police officer named Devraj Khatri (Ashish Vidyarthi) who works in the drug trade. Kiran Bali (Rani Mukherji) is the youngest daughter of the family and strongly dislikes them. She tries to befriend Jeeva many times, but he is too engrossed in his killing to have any time for her. One day, Kiran is in Jeeva's apartment delivering milk to him. Whilst she is there devraj khatri comes to Bali's apartment and brutally kills them all — Kiran is the only one to survive as she was in Jeeva's apartment. Jeeva soon finds himself taking Kiran under his wing and so, he trains her in handling weapons to get revenge against the men who had brutally murdered her family.
Relationship to Léon: The Professional
Bichoo is similar to the 1994 English-language French action thriller film Léon: The Professional, written and directed by Luc Besson. Léon: The Professional stars Jean Reno as the titular mob hitman; Gary Oldman as corrupt and unhinged DEA agent Norman Stansfield; a young Natalie Portman, in her feature film debut, as Mathilda, a 12-year-old girl who is reluctantly taken in by Léon after her family is murdered; and Danny Aiello as Tony, the mobster who gives the hitman his assignments. Léon and Mathilda form an unusual relationship, as she becomes his protégée and learns the hitman's trade. A notable difference is that Mathilda is 12 years old and Kiran about 10 years older.
Cast
- Bobby Deol as Jeeva
- Rani Mukherji as Kiran Bali
- Malaika Arora as Kiran
- Farida Jalal as Jeeva's mother
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Devraj Khatri (ACP in Narcotics Department)
- Sachin Khedekar as Kiran (Rani Mukherji) brother
- Suresh Chatwal as Shopkeeper
- Veerendra Saxena as Madan Bhai Jeeva's Friend
- Pramod Moutho as Pankaj Kharbanda
- Mohan Joshi as Kiran 's Father
- Avtar Gill as S.K. Puri (Police Commissioner)
- Mahavir Shah as Inspector Khan
- Bhakti Barve as TV Interviewer on television who takes interview of Police Commissioner
- Ishrat Ali as Vikas Bali as Kiran Bali Father
- Dolly Bindra as Mrs Bali as Kiran Bali Step Mother
- Shweta Shetty as Guest Role (Totte Totte Song)
- Hans Raj Hans as Himself
- Janardhan Parab as Security Guard of Society
- Santosh Gupta as Mumbai Local Train passenger
Soundtrack
All songs written composed by Anand Raj Anand. The album consists 8 songs including two instrumental track. Harry Anand, one of the first musicians to start the trend of bringing out remix music videos in India sung two songs from the tracks. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 16,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's eleventh highest-selling.[1]
Track listing
| # | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pyar Tu Dil Tu" | Alka Yagnik, Vinod Rathod | 5:39 |
| 2 | "Dil Tote Tote Ho Gaya" | Hans Raj Hans, Shweta Shetty | 5:38 |
| 3 | "Jeevan Mein Jaane Jaana" | Harry Anand, Jaspinder Narula | 5:15 |
| 4 | "Tere Hothon Ki Hansi" | Hariharan, Swarnalatha | 4:26 |
| 5 | "Pyar Ho Na Jaye" | Shankar Mahadevan, Ram Shankar, Raj Bhatt | 6:39 |
| 6 | "Ekwari Tak Le" | Harry Anand, Sunidhi Chauhan | 5:25 |
| 7 | "Jeevan Mein Jaane Jaana (Instrumental)" | 5:14 | |
| 8 | "Dil Tote Tote Ho Gaya (Instrumental)" | 5:37 |
Reception
The reviews for Bichhoo were mostly positive. Much applause was given to Deol and Mukherjee's performances.
Sequel
Director Guddu Dhanoa has announced that he would make Bichhoo 2, a sequel with Bobby Deol in the central role. The production of the movie is in its preliminary phase; selection of the lead actress is to be done among other pivotal tasks. In retrospect of the success of Bichhoo, Dhanoa has said that the new venture is special for him. Though he is tentative about the cut and dried date of release of the movie, the director is certain of the movie hitting the screens in near future.[2][3]
References
- "Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- "Bobby Deol to play lead in Bichhoo 2". Times of India. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- "Bobby Deol to play lead in Bichhoo 2". India Today. Retrieved 17 May 2014.