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Baazigar

1993 · 181 min

A brooding, twisty thriller that keeps you tense with its cat-and-mouse revenge, yet tinged with tragic romance and emotional weight.

Overview
A young man with a vendetta against a business tycoon seduces and kills his eldest daughter and then proceeds to his younger daughter but she begins to suspect her new lover's ulterior motive.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • family
  • obsession
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance5
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
crime, thriller
Directed by
Mustan Alibhai Burmawalla, Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla
Starring
Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Rakhee Gulzar, Dalip Tahil, Anant Mahadevan, Dinesh Hingoo, Johny Lever
Music
Anu Malik
Cinematography
Thomas A. Xavier
Runtime
181 min
Country
India
Languages
Hindi

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