Rating****/*****Darr: A Violent Love Story (translation: Fear) is a 1993 Bollywood psychological thriller film directed by
Yash Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films. It stars Shahrukh Khan ,Juhi Chawla and Sunny Deol in the lead roles. It is the story of an obsessed lover (Shahrukh Khan) and the lengths to which he goes to get the girl (Juhi Chawla) who is already happily engaged to Sunil (Sunny Deol). It is the second film in which Shahrukh Khan played the role of a villain. It is considered to be one of his best performances and earned him a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Villain.In 1993,Shah Rukh Khan won acclaim for his performances in villainous roles as an obsessive lover and a murderer, respectively, in the box office hits, Darr and Baazigar. In Khan's entry in Encyclopædia Britannica's "Encyclopedia of Hindi Cinema" it was stated that "he defied the image of the conventional hero in both these films and created his own version of the revisionist hero."[2] Darr marked his first collaboration with renowned film-maker Yash Chopra and his banner Yash Raj Films, the largest production company in Bollywood.Darr was later remade in Kannada as Preethse.Contents [hide] 1 Plot2 Cast3 Production4 Soundtracks5 Box Office6 Awards7 References8 External linksPlot[edit]
Kiran (Juhi Chawla) is a college girl who is on her way home for Holi break one year when she hears a man serenading her across her campus in Simla. Her heart swells as she assumes that her boyfriend, Sunil (Sunny Deol), has come to meet her and escort her home. Unfortunately for her, it wasn't Sunil, but Rahul (Shah Rukh Khan), a classmate with an overdeveloped crush on her. This opening number, Jaado Teri Nazar, sets the tone for Darr, in which Rahul pursues Kiran with increasingly desperate vigor, much to the chagrin of Kiran, Sunil, and her brother Vijay (Anupam Kher) and his wife Poonam (Tanvi Azmi) which whom Kiran lives. Jaado Teri Nazar is a beautiful song, which is part of the reason it is so creepy when sung to the confused Kiran on her campus.Kiran boards the train back home, disappointed that her Sunil didn't show up to escort her. Sunil is a Navy hero, a proper one , and to illustrate this point, he's sent on a mission to free a child hostage from some unnamed terrorists on the high seas. With the help of his bravery, a couple of guns, and a knife, Sunil manages to take out at least a dozen machine-gun toting terrorists without breaking a sweat.Rahul is the son of captain Mehra(Dilip Tahil) who also happens to be the caption of Sunil.Rahul tries to be friendly with Sunil in order to be closer to Kiran.When Kiran reaches her brother's home, she is immediately accosted by a flashlight wielding Rahul, who stops her from entering with what will become his signature line, "I love You k-k-k-kiran". That terrifying stutter becomes Rahul's calling card, literally, as he continues stalking her over the phone, causing much stress among the family. In order to calm her nerves, Sunil takes Kiran out to visit the small home which has has bought for them to live in once they are married. For Sunil and Kiran, marriage is the solution, because no stalker could possibly be crazy enough to continue making threatening phone calls after her dream girl is married .Rahul longs to be close to Kiran by any means necessary, and constantly schemes to make that happen. When he learns that her family will be celebrating Holi at their home with some friends, he decides to crash the party incognito as a member of the band joining them in holi celebrations and taking part in a songafter the song, Sunil prompts Kiran to go offer the band a few rupees for their performance, at which point Rahul, disguised in Holi colors and with an unshaven face, creeps Kiran out with one of his "I love You k-k-k-kiran" outbursts. Kiran shrieks and sends Sunil off to take care of this hooligan who has invaded their home, which leads to a fantastic foot chase . When Rahul hears that Sunil and Kiran are engaged, he doesn't take the news well. One day when they are out ring shopping, Rahul takes a shot at Sunil from what he believes to be a safe distance. Unfortunately for Rahul, he misses and there begins a chase.soon Kiran and Sunil are married.But the lovelorn Rahul hasn't forgot about his beloved Kiran, in fact, in the interim he's been talking to his mother(she died 18 years ago in a car accident) on the phone about the lovely girl he's going to take for his bride. Rahul has 8 foot photographs of Kiran projected on every wall of his bedroom at home, and he sings to them, he puts lipstick on them, and he promises her that whether she likes it or not she will be his.(tu haan kar ya naa kar tu hai Meri Kiran).After Sunil and Kiran are married they move to another place,where Rahul had already written on the walls his love notes and seeing this kiran droops.In order to get as far away from the drama as possible, Sunil has taken Kiran on a surprise honeymoon to Switzerland.While the happy couple has been off forgetting their woes, Rahul has been back at home trying to figure out where exactly they went. He befriends Kiran's brother and through some rather devious means he learns of their honeymoon in the Alps and decides to join them. When he turns up at their hotel, he is surprised to find that Kiran recognizes him from school and welcomes him to join in some of the festivities. That evening after Vijay(Anupam Kher) phones them and tells him about Rahul ,Sunil begins to get suspicious and starts to question Rahul's alibi for appearing unannounced in Switzerland. Sunil sends kiran to a boat and then begins the final battle. Rahul takes off but Sunil catches up with him in the forest where they go at it. Surprisingly, Rahul is able to get the jump on him and leaves Sunil for dead before abducting Kiran on a boat and forcing her to marry him. Luckily for Kiran, Sunil comes back from the dead and takes care of Rahul with a few choices throws and a couple of gunshots.The climax of the movie is thought to have been inspired from the climax of the movie Cape Fear where the villain Robert De Niro is killed by Nick Nolte.Cast[edit]
Shahrukh Khan as Rahul MehraJuhi Chawla as Kiran AwasthiSunny Deol as Sunil MalhotraAnupam Kher as Vijay AwasthiTanvi Azmi as Poonam AwasthiDalip Tahil as Captain MehraAnnu Kapoor as Vikram "Vicky" Oberoi (Special Appearance)Production[edit]
Yash Chopra had originally offered the role of Rahul to Ajay Devgan. However, Devgan declined because he was busy with other schedules. Aamir Khan was then approached but also declined, because he was not happy with how Chopra directed Parampara. Chopra then asked Shahrukh Khan to play the role, which Khan accepted. Therefore, Darr marked Khan's first collaboration with Chopra and Yash Raj Films.Chopra offered Sunny Deol the choice between playing the role of Rahul or Sunil. Deol chose the latter role, believing it would be an asset to his career. However, this did not happen.The role of Kiran was offered to Raveena Tandon but she declined for the same reason as Aamir Khan. Therefore the role was given to Juhi Chawla.Soundtracks[edit]
The soundtrack for this film was written by Shiv-Hari. It became the second best selling Bollywood soundtrack of the year.[3]Darr
Soundtrack album by Shiv-HariReleased 1993Genre Film soundtrackLabel HMV RecordsShiv-Hari chronologySahibaan(1993) Darr(1993) Title Singer(s)"Tu Mere Saamne" Udit Narayan, Lata Mangeshkar"Ang Se Ang Lagana" Alka Yagnik, Vinod Rathod, Sudesh Bhosle"Jaadu Teri Nazar" Udit Narayan"Darwaza Band Karlo" Lata Mangeshkar, Abhijeet Bhattacharya"Likha Hai Ye" Hariharan, Lata Mangeshkar"Meri Maa Ne Laga Diye" Lata Mangeshkar, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Pamela ChopraBox Office[edit]
Darr was the third highest grossing Indian film of 1993 after Aankhen and Khalnayak, being declared a "Super Hit" at the Box Office.[4]Darr marked the beginning of golden era of Shah Rukh Khan and also began a series of hit collaborations between him and Yash Raj Films starting from Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995) to the most recent Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012).Awards[edit]
Darr won the following National Film Award:National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome EntertainmentThe film received two Filmfare Awards:Best Comedian - Anupam KherFilmfare Best Cinematographer Award - Manmohan SinghIt also got three additional Filmfare nominations:Best Director - Yash ChopraBest Villain - Shah Rukh KhanBest Music Director - Shiv-HariReferences[edit]
Jump up ^ "Boxofficeindia.com". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 2012-10-14.Jump up ^ Gulzar; Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. (Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd), Popular Prakashan. p. 574. ISBN 81-7991-066-0.Jump up ^ "Music Hits 1990–1999 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. 22 January 2009. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2012.Jump up ^ "Box Office 1993". Box Office India. Retrieved 2 June 2013.