Jungle (2000 film)
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Cinematography | Vijay Kumar Arora |
Edited by | Chandan Arora |
Music by | Sandeep Chowta |
Release date |
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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 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.
Plot
Anu Malhotra (Urmila Matondkar) and Siddharth "Siddhu" Mishra (Fardeen Khan) are in love with each other and would like to get married. Anu is ready to inform her parents about her future life-partner, but everything is put on hold, as the family decides to go out on a group safari-like expedition. Siddhu also decides to go incognito. The group gets to view wildlife from fairly close distances.
Tragedy strikes when the group (except Siddhu) is kidnapped by the
Meanwhile, the goons started to reduce in numbers as they get shot one by one during repeated police encounters. Finally, Durga is the only one left. Still mad about Anu, he searches for her. He is about to take Anu away once more but is intercepted by Shivraj (
Cast
- Sunil Shettyas Shivraj Mittal
- Fardeen Khan as Siddharth "Siddhu" Mishra
- Urmila Matondkar as Anu Malhotra
- Makrand Deshpandeas Doraiswamy 'Madrasi'
- Sushant Singh as Durga Narayan Chaudhary
- Kashmera Shah as Bali
- Himanshu Malik as Pawan Birla
- Raju Kher as Mr. Shekhar Malhotra
- Swati Chitnis as Mrs. Sonia Malhotra
- Rajpal Yadav as Sippa
- Vijay Raaz as Deshu
- Ram Awana as Jinda
- Gurinder Makna as Makna
- Sanjay Kumar as Phoda
- Anil Yadav as Bhura
- Avtar Gill as Minister
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Khabri Jaiswal
Reception
Critical reception
Jungle received generally positive reviews from critics.
Soundtrack
Jungle | |
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Feature film soundtrack | |
Label | Universal Music India |
The music for the film was composed by
# | Title | Singer(s) |
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1 | "Jaan Kahan Hai Tu" | Kumar Sanu, Sunidhi Chauhan |
2 | "Aiyo Aiyo Rama" | Makrand Deshpande
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3 | "Do Pyar Karne Wale" | Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan |
4 | "Patli Kamar" | Sukhwinder Singh, Sapna Awasthi, Sandeep Chowta, Jolly Mukherjee |
5 | "Pehli Baar" | Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan |
6 | "Sorry Baba" | Sonu Nigam, Sadhana Sargam |
Awards and nominations
Award | Date[a] | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Ref. | |
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Filmfare Awards | 17 February 2001 | Best Background Score | Sandeep Chowta | Won | ||
International Indian Film Academy Awards | 16 June 2001 | Best Actor in a Negative Role | Sushant Singh | Won | [5] [6] [7] |
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Screen Awards | 20 January 2001 | Best Director | Ram Gopal Varma | Nominated | [8] | |
Best Actor in a Negative Role | Rajpal Yadav | Won | ||||
Kashmera Shah | Nominated | |||||
Best Action | Allan Amin | Nominated | ||||
Best Background Music | Sandeep Chowta | Nominated | ||||
Best Editing | Chandan Arora | Nominated | ||||
Best Screenplay | Jaideep Sahni | Nominated | ||||
Best Sound Design | Dwarak Warrier | Nominated | ||||
Zee Cine Awards | 3 March 2001 | Best Actor in a Negative Role
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Sushant Singh | Won | [9] |
Notes
- ^ Linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
References
- ^ a b "Jungle – Movie". Box Office India. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- Bollywoodhungama.com. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ Jungle (2000) | Hindi Movie Critic Review By Taran Adarsh - Bollywood Hungama
- Rediff. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "2nd IIFA Awards 2001 Nominations". MSN. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 26 August 2001. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "2nd IIFA Awards 2001 Winners". MSN. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 26 August 2001. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "IIFA Through the Years - IIFA 2001: South Africa". IIFA. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Star Screen Awards 2001". Awards and Shows. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ "Zee Cine Awards 2001". Zee Cine Awards. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
External links
- Jungle at IMDb