Aar Ya Paar
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Aar Ya Paar is a 1997
Bollywood
film produced and directed by Ketan Mehta
. The film stars Jackie Shroff
, Deepa Sahi
( the directors real life muse), Ritu Shivpuri, Paresh Rawal
and Kamal Sidhu
. The music is by Viju Shah
novel The Sucker Punch, a story of passion, crime and betrayal. Most of it was shot in Italy. Shekhar Khosla(Jackie Shroff) is an accounts executive, an alcoholic, and a penniless playboy. He has an on-and-off romance with cabaret dancer Julie (Ritu Shivpuri).
One day his boss talks to him to improve himself and hands him a multi-million rupee client, Veena Sanghvi (Kamal Sidhu) and asks him to maintain and strengthen relationship with this client. Shekhar meets with Veena, seduces her and marries her, while carrying with an affair with her personal secretary, Anu Chauhan (Deepa Sahi
, wife of the director Ketan Mehta). When Veena finds out about this affair, she threatens to separate from him. Then Shekhar and Anu plan to kill her. They carry out their plan successfully, with the police concluding that her death was accidental. Shekhar finds out that Anu does not love him. To make matters worse, the police have across evidence linking him to the death of his wife.
1997 in film
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Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
film produced and directed by Ketan Mehta
Ketan Mehta
Ketan Mehta is an Indian film director, who has also directed documentaries and television serials.-Early life and education:Born in Navsari in Gujarat, Ketan Mehta did his schooling from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Delhi and later graduated in film direction from Film and Television Institute of...
. The film stars Jackie Shroff
Jackie Shroff
Jackie Shroff is an Indian actor. He has been in the industry for more than 28 years and has appeared in over 150 films.-Personal life:...
, Deepa Sahi
Deepa Sahi
-Early life:Deepa Sahi was born in India in Dehradun. Her family later shifted to Canada but she continued to stay in India.-Early career:An alumnus of National School of Drama, Delhi, Sahi started off with a theater career, with strong Leftist leanings and social activism a core value of the...
( the directors real life muse), Ritu Shivpuri, Paresh Rawal
Paresh Rawal
Paresh Rawal is an Indian actor of Gujarati background.Making his film debut in 1984, he mainly played supporting and villain roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Since 2000 he has mostly played comic roles.- Family and early life :...
and Kamal Sidhu
Kamal Sidhu
-Early life:Kamal was born in an Indian Sikh family who lived in the Philippines, where she stayed till the age of six. Later they moved to Canada, where she was raised and educated. She has a university degree in pre-medical...
. The music is by Viju Shah
Viju Shah
Viju Shah is a music director of Hindi cinema. He is the son of music director Kalyanji Virji Shah of composer duo Kalyanji Anandji...
Story
The movie is adapted from James Hadley Chase'sJames Hadley Chase
James Hadley Chase is the best-known pseudonym of the British writer Rene Brabazon Raymond who also wrote under the names James L. Docherty, Ambrose Grant, and Raymond Marshall. Chase is one of the best known thriller writers of all time...
novel The Sucker Punch, a story of passion, crime and betrayal. Most of it was shot in Italy. Shekhar Khosla(Jackie Shroff) is an accounts executive, an alcoholic, and a penniless playboy. He has an on-and-off romance with cabaret dancer Julie (Ritu Shivpuri).
One day his boss talks to him to improve himself and hands him a multi-million rupee client, Veena Sanghvi (Kamal Sidhu) and asks him to maintain and strengthen relationship with this client. Shekhar meets with Veena, seduces her and marries her, while carrying with an affair with her personal secretary, Anu Chauhan (Deepa Sahi
Deepa Sahi
-Early life:Deepa Sahi was born in India in Dehradun. Her family later shifted to Canada but she continued to stay in India.-Early career:An alumnus of National School of Drama, Delhi, Sahi started off with a theater career, with strong Leftist leanings and social activism a core value of the...
, wife of the director Ketan Mehta). When Veena finds out about this affair, she threatens to separate from him. Then Shekhar and Anu plan to kill her. They carry out their plan successfully, with the police concluding that her death was accidental. Shekhar finds out that Anu does not love him. To make matters worse, the police have across evidence linking him to the death of his wife.
Songs
There are a few Hindi songs of this movie that were chart busters that year — especially "Dil diya Pyar kiya" by Asha Bhosle and Sudesh Bhosle.- Aar Ya Paar Part - I
- Aar Ya Paar Part - II
- Dil diya pyar kiya
- Hulle Hulle
- Jo Hoga Hone Do
- Mann Chahe Sanam
- Suna Hai Phool Se
- Tamma Ae Tamma