Veergati

Veergati
File:Veergati.jpg DVD cover
Directed by	K.K. Singh
Produced by	K.K. Singh
Written by	K.K. Singh
Starring	Salman Khan Divya Dutta Atul Agnihotri Pooja Dadwal Akhilendra Mishra
Music by	Aadesh Shrivastava Indeevar (lyrics)
Release dates	29 September 1995
Running time	166 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	3 crore
Box office	31 crore

Veergati (Martyrdom) is a 1995 Hindi-language Indian feature film written directed and produced by K.K Singh, starring Salman Khan, Atul Agnihotri, Divya Dutta and Akhilendra Mishra

Plot

Hawaldar finds an abandoned new born baby boy in the gutter of Kamathipura, a red light area of Bombay. A prostitute, meanwhile gave birth to another baby boy. She decides to educate him and requests Hawaldar to give him a father's name. Hawaldar's wife does not accept the child and leaves for her parents home. Hawaldar adopts the child and names him Ajay while the prostitute's son is named Shlok. Both are admitted to School and become friends. Shlok does well in studies whereas Ajay takes up gambling. Shlok falls in love with Pooja, daughter of J.K - a millionaire. Ajay does not believe in love and is a cynic. Havaldar tries his best to get Ajay a job but Ajay finds that it is difficult for him to work in a corrupt society. Ekka Seth is a terror in the prostitutes basti and he exploits the innocent girl and forces them into prostitution. Shlok graduates and completes his M.B.A. Ajay wins a crore rupees in gambling and encourages Shlok to pursue his project. Ekka and his men abduct and kill Hawaldar's daughter.Ajay decides to avenge this and proceeds to kill Ekka's men and frees the sex workers from his clutches. He then takes on Ekka and manages to kill him, but is grieviusly wounded in the fight. The final scene shows Ajay dying to protect his brother and attaining martyrdom.

Cast

• Salman Khan ... Ajay
• Divya Dutta ... Sandhya
• Atul Agnihotri ... Shlokh
• Pooja Dadwal ... Pooja
• Akhilendra Mishra... Ikka set
• Farida Jalal ... Parvati
• Rohini Hattangadi ... Shanta
• Saeed Jaffrey ... Pooja's dad
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda ... Havaldar
• Sudesh Berry ... Police Inspector Neelkanth Singh

Soundtrack

#	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1	Mausam Ne Badal Se	Kumar Sanu, Bela Sulakhe	04:36
2	Meri Nigah Main	Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam	07:18
3	Tum Dil Main Bas Gaye Ho	Mangal Singh, Sadhana Sargam	05:27
4	Tu Meethi Hai Tu Namkeen Hai	Aadesh Shrivastava, Vijeta Pandit	06:02
5	Khud Se Har Koi Rootha Hai	Kumar Sanu, Poornima	05:55
6	Jahan Kabhi Dil Ne Khai Thokar	Suresh Wadkar, chorus	05:55

External links

• Veergati at IMDb