Zor (film)

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Zor
Directed by	Sangeeth Sivan
Written by	N. Maharajan (Story-Screenplay) Sanjay Masoom (dialogues)
Produced by	Vivek Kumar
Starring	Sunny Deol Sushmita Sen Milind Gunaji Om Puri
Cinematography	Jeeva
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by	Songs: Agosh (Band) Background Score: Vidyasagar
Production company	Vicky Films
Distributed by	Eros Entertainment
Release date	13 February 1998 (1998-02-13) (India)
Running time	155 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹10 crore
Box office	₹18.59 crore[2]

Zor (transl. Strength) is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action film produced by Vivek Kumar and directed by Sangeeth Sivan.^[3] It stars Sunny Deol, Sushmita Sen, Milind Gunaji and Om Puri. In the film, a man tries to prove his father's innocence when the latter is labeled a traitor, and in the process discovers the involvement of his friend, a terrorist, in this fiasco.^[4] After directing Malayalam films, Sivan makes his directorial debut in Hindi cinema with this film.^[5]

The film was released theatrically on 13 February 1998.^[6] It was a box-office bomb, grossing ₹18.59 crore worldwide against a budget of ₹10 crore.^[2]

Plot[edit]

Arjun (Sunny Deol), a photojournalist, is the only son of Police Commissioner Uday Singh (Anupam Kher), living happily with his parents, younger sister and grandmother. He meets Aarti (Sushmita Sen), a low profile reporter in a small daily who wants to be a famous journalist. They both fall in love and decide to get married, but there is a problem.

Arjun tells Aarti that they need to wait for the approval of his close friend Iqbal (Milind Gunaji), who is a former Indian Army Captain before they can get married. Meanwhile, Arjun's father is blamed for letting off an unknown terrorist and declared a traitor. Iqbal is also present at Arjun's house during Arjun's sister's engagement when police arrest Commissioner Singh. Arjun believes it is a conspiracy against his father and sets off to find the fugitive terrorist and catch the people behind the conspiracy to restore his father's dignity. Meanwhile, Iqbal leaves Arjun's home without any clue.

This makes Arjun suspicious about Iqbal and he goes to Kashmir. He survived a terrorist attack there and finds that Iqbal is the leader of the group which attacked him. Iqbal tells Arjun why he became a terrorist from a patriotic army captain. Iqbal had a family and wife whom he loved more than anything, however he lost them in a communal riot in his village. A communal leader Shah Alam (Om Puri) took him along hundreds of youths to prepare them to fight against the people who destroyed their village. Gradually, Iqbal is turned into an anti-national and eventually a leader of a terrorist group.

Upon hearing Iqbal's story, Arjun explained to him that it is all a conspiracy to make Iqbal a terrorist as he was an expert in explosives while serving in the Indian Army, thus utilizing his skills to produce explosives to destroy his own country and his own people. Iqbal finally understands and agrees to help Arjun.

After hearing that Iqbal has left him, Shah Alam informs his crime partner Swamiji. Swamiji goes to Ajay's home and threatens to finish his family if he does not keep quiet. Swami and Alam are also looking for Iqbal, to kill him, as he is going to be a witness against them.

Finally, when the Commissioner is about to be pronounced guilty, Arjun brings Iqbal to court after going through lot of bloodshed. Arjun clarifies to the judge that it's people like Swamiji and Alam who are the real traitors, who create terrorists out of innocent people like Iqbal. Iqbal gives all evidences against Alam and Swamiji, thus the court declares Iqbal and Commissioner innocent and releases them. Alam is arrested, however, Swamiji refuses to give in, saying that his followers will create a ruckus if he is arrested, however, Arjun with help of his media friends have entire proceedings of the court live telecast on a national television channel, hence revealing Swamiji's real nature to his followers. His own followers beat him to death. Arjun has accomplished his mission after restoring his Father's dignity.

Cast[edit]

• Sunny Deol as Arjun Uday Singh
• Sushmita Sen as Aarti
• Milind Gunaji as Iqbal Khan
• Om Puri as Shah Alam
• Mohan Agashe as Swami Satyanand
• Govind Namdeo as Central Minister
• Anupam Kher as Police Commissioner Uday Singh
• Dina Pathak as Arjun's Grandmother
• Laxmikant Berde
• Veeru Krishnan
• Tiku Talsania as Newspaper Editor

Soundtrack[edit]

All songs are composed by Agosh (Band) with lyrics by Anand Bakshi except three songs are "Kya Tum Ne Hai Kah Diya", "Naina Bole Naina" and "Chup Tum Raho".

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Zor at IMDb