Agni Sakshi (1996 film)

Agni Sakshi
Film poster
Directed by	Partho Ghosh
Written by	Ranbir Pushp Hriday Lani
Produced by	Binda Thackeray
Starring	Jackie Shroff Nana Patekar Manisha Koirala Ravi behl
Cinematography	K. V. Ramanna
Edited by	A. R. Rajendran
Music by	Nadeem-Shravan Sameer (lyrics) Naresh Sharma (BGM)
Production company	Neha Films
Distributed by	Eros International
Release date	15 March 1996 (1996-03-15)
Running time	142 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹4.75 crore[1]
Box office	₹31.34 crore[1]

Agni Sakshi (transl. With Fire As Witness) is 1996 Indian Hindi-language thriller drama film directed by Partho Ghosh, written by Ranbir Pushp and Hriday Lani, starring Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar and Manisha Koirala. The music is by Nadeem-Shravan.^[2] Nana Patekar and Manisha Koirala were widely appreciated for their performances with Patekar winning the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1997.^[3]

The film released in quick succession with Yaraana, starring Madhuri Dixit and Daraar, starring Juhi Chawla. All the three were based on the Julia Roberts-starrer Sleeping with the Enemy; only Agni Sakshi proved to be successful (the other two remakes were not as successful as this movie at the box office). After a few years, this film was remade loosely in Oriya as Mu Sapanara Soudagar, starring Sabyachi, Archita and Arindam. In 1996 a Bengali film Bhoy was also made based on the same plot. Agni Sakshi was rated the first among top five "super-hit" films of 1996 by the Indian Express.^[4]