Jungle (2000 film)

Jungle
Movie poster
Directed by	Ram Gopal Varma
Written by	Jaideep Sahni
Produced by	Ram Gopal Varma
Starring	Sunil Shetty Fardeen Khan Urmila Matondkar Makrand Deshpande Sushant Singh Himanshu Malik
Cinematography	Vijay Kumar Arora
Edited by	Chandan Arora
Music by	Sandeep Chowta
Release date	14 July 2000 (2000-07-14)
Running time	153 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	est. ₹4.75 crore[1]
Box office	est. ₹14.34 crore[1]

Jungle is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language survival thriller film produced and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The movie is about a group of bandits, led by forest brigand, "Durga Narayan Chaudhary" (Sushant Singh), that hold a bunch of tourists hostage. It stars Suniel Shetty as Shivraj, the head of police, Urmila Matondkar as Anu Malhotra, one of the hostages, and Fardeen Khan as Siddhu, her love interest.^[2] The ensemble cast film has received positive reviews upon release and was declared a hit.

Jungle received many accolades and nominations, including the Filmfare Award for Best Background Score at the 46th Filmfare Awards. For his performance, Sushant Singh won an IIFA Award and Zee Cine Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role.