Jaadugar

Jaadugar (English: Magician) is a 1989 Indian Hindi fantasy-comedy thriller drama film directed and produced by Prakash Mehra starring Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Prada, Aditya Pancholi, Amrita Singh, Amrish Puri and Pran in the lead roles.[3] Mehra and Bachchan collaborated for the eighth and final time on this movie.

Jaadugar
Poster
Directed byPrakash Mehra
Produced byPrakash Mehra
Written byKader Khan
Laxmikant Sharma
Javed Akhtar
(Dialogue)
Screenplay bySuraj Sanim
Story bySuraj Sanim
StarringAmitabh Bachchan
Jaya Prada
Aditya Pancholi
Amrita Singh
Music byKalyanji-Anandji
Edited byB. S. Glaad
Distributed byEros Entertainment
Prakash Mehra Productions
Release date
  • 25 August 1989 (1989-08-25)
Running time
173 minutes
(theatrical version)
300 minutes
(Original Version with two intervals) [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹1.8 crores[2]

The movie was poorly received by critics and audiences and was a box office flop. Amrish Puri's charisma as the godman made him a popular choice for negative roles with other directors.[4]

Plot

Returned American NRI Shankar Narayan is baffled to witness his former businessman and jailbird dad posing as a soothsayer by the name of Mahaprabhu Janak Sagar Jagat Narayan, in a small town called Dharampur. He comes to know that his dad has learned a few magician's tricks from a fellow inmate, and is able to fool the entire township with his "divine" powers. Shankar enlists the assistance of noted magician Goga, and brings him to Dharampur. Goga challenges the Mahaprabhu; he is able to dethrone him, ousts him from his temple, and takes over. His task over, Shankar asks Goga to leave; but power-hungry Goga, who now calls himself Gogeshwar, refuses to let go of his new-found position.

Actually Goga is not power-hungry as he seems to be. Mahaprabhu, however, refuses to give up and uses all deceitful methods to expose the fact that Goga is just a mortal, and it is he who is actually divine. He tries to poison the 'Prasad' that Goga gives to his 'followers' but they all escape. In the end, Goga completely exposes 'Mahaprabhu' in front of the whole public along with the fact that he himself is a common man who posed as a 'Divine' man just to match and teach 'Mahaprabhu'. He then returns to his best role – being the people's magician.

Cast

Soundtrack
Jaadugar
Soundtrack album by
Kalyanji Anandji
Released1 December 1989
Recorded1989
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelSaregama

The Soundtrack was composed by Kalyanji Anandji. The lyrics were written by Anjaan, Prakash Mehra and Javed Akhtar.

#TitleSinger(s)Lyricist(s)
1 "Aaye Hain Duaen Dene" Kumar Sanu, Jolly Mukherjee, Sadhana Sargam, Sapna Mukherjee Anjaan
2 "Kya Samjhen Aap Ko" Sapna Mukherjee Anjaan
3 "Main Jaadugar" Kumar Sanu, Jolly Mukherjee Anjaan with Prakash Mehra
4 "Naach Meri Radha" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik Prakash Mehra
5 "Padosan Apni Murgi" Amitabh Bachchan Javed Akhtar

[5]

References
  1. "Jaadugar Trivia".
  2. talkingmoviez (20 December 2018). "Amitabh Bachchan hits and flops". Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  3. Cinestaan. "Jaadugar (1989) Cast & Crew". Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  4. "God Men Of Bollywood".
  5. allmusic. "Jaadugar songs". Retrieved 16 September 2019.
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