Mohra

Mohra
Mohra
	Poster
Directed by	Rajiv Rai
Written by	Rajiv Rai; Shabbir Boxwala
Produced by	Gulshan Rai
Starring	Naseeruddin Shah; Akshay Kumar; Sunil Shetty; Raveena Tandon; Paresh Rawal;
Cinematography	Damodar Naidu
Edited by	Rajiv Rai
Music by	Viju Shah
Distributed by	Trimurti Films Pvt. Ltd.
Release date	1 July 1994;
Running time	177 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹3.75 crore
Box office	₹22.65 crore (equivalent to ₹149 crore or US$18 million in 2023)

Mohra (transl. Pawn) is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film co-written, edited and directed by Rajiv Rai and produced by his father Gulshan Rai. It stars Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Raza Murad, Gulshan Grover, Paresh Rawal, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, and Kulbhushan Kharbanda. The film was also the first collaboration between the trio of Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal, who went on to collaborate several times later on.^[2]

Originally, Divya Bharti was cast as the female lead but she died very early in the production. Raveena Tandon was cast as her replacement, as was the case with the movie Dilwale, which was released earlier the same year. The film was reported to be inspired by the 1987 film Death Wish 4: The Crackdown.^[3] while the climax was inspired by the 1992 Hong Kong film, Hard Boiled. The film was remade in Bengali, in Bangladesh, as Gupto Ghatak (1998).

The film was a major box office success, and went on to become the second highest-grossing Indian film of that year only behind Hum Aapke Hain Koun. It received nine Filmfare nominations in 1995 including Best film, Best director and Best Music director. Songs of the film also became huge chartbusters in that year. The popularity of the song "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast", which was picturised on Raveena Tandon, led to her being nicknamed 'the Mast Mast girl'.^[4] The song was an adaptation of the popular Qawwali song "Dam Mast Qalandar Mast Mast" by Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.^[5] The film's soundtrack album sold more than 8 million units, making it the second highest-selling Bollywood soundtrack album of 1994, behind only Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!.

^ ^a ^b "Mohra". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
^ "Raveena Tandon, Mohra". Rediff.com. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
^ Ray, Arnab (7 July 2019). "The movie that caused the world's water crisis Mohra at 25". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
^ "Raveena: The mast mast girl!". Sify. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
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[boi-1] "Mohra". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

[2] "Raveena Tandon, Mohra". Rediff.com. 9 March 2009. Retrieved 21 July 2016.

[3] Ray, Arnab (7 July 2019). "The movie that caused the world's water crisis Mohra at 25". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 December 2019.

[4] "Raveena: The mast mast girl!". Sify. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2012.

[hindu-5] Cite error: The named reference hindu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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