| Darr: A Violent Love Story | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical Release Poster | |
| Directed by | Yash Chopra |
| Produced by | Yash Chopra |
| Written by |
Honey Irani Javed Siddiqui |
| Starring |
Sunny Deol Juhi Chawla Shah Rukh Khan Anupam Kher Tanvi Azmi Dalip Tahil |
| Music by | Shiv-Hari |
| Cinematography | Manmohan Singh |
| Edited by | Keshav Naidu |
Production company |
Yash Raj Films |
| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 177 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ?3.25 crore |
| Box office | est.?25.73 crore |
Darr: A Violent Love Story (English: Fear) is a 1993 Indian psychological romantic thriller film directed by Yash Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films, inspired by the movie Cape Fear. It stars Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla and Shah Rukh Khan in leading roles. In the film, Shah Rukh Khan played the role of an obsessive lover. The film also stars Anupam Kher, Tanvi Azmi and Dalip Tahil.
The film was well received by critics and audiences, earning the film and its actors accolades, it was declared a "blockbuster" at the domestic as well as overseas box office. It has attained classic status over the years and is regarded as one of Chopra's best. Darr was later remade in Kannada as Preethse.
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Plot
The film begins with Kiran (Juhi Chawla), a college student, returning home to her brother Vijay (Anupam Kher) and his wife Poonam (Tanvi Azmi) for Holi celebrations and being obsessively stalked along the way by Rahul (Shahrukh Khan), her classmate who has a crush on her. Kiran's boyfriend Sunil (Sunny Deol) is a Navy Marine Commando officer, and is on a mission to free a child hostage from some terrorists on the high seas. Sunil saves the child hostage. Sunil's Captain Mehra (Dalip Tahil) is also the father of Rahul. Rahul tries to be friendly with Sunil in order to be closer to Kiran.
When Kiran reaches home, she is continually stalked by Rahul on the phone. This causes much stress to herself and her family. He crashes Kiran's family's Holi celebrations incognito as a member of the band. Sunil asks Kiran to offer the band some money for their performance, where Rahul, veiled in Holi colours, whispers "I love you, K-K-K-Kiran" to Kiran, which disturbs her greatly and a foot chase ensues to find the hooligan who's invaded their house, but Rahul soon disappears into the crowd.
When Rahul receives the news of Kiran and Sunil's engagement, he tries to shoot and kill Sunil when the couple are out shopping for a wedding ring. He misses his aim and Sunil begins to chase him, from which Rahul narrowly escapes being recognised by Sunil.
Kiran and Sunil get married but Rahul still refuses to give up on Kiran. He defaces the newly married couple's home with graffiti declaring his love, causing more distress to them. To get away from the stalker, Sunil takes Kiran on a surprise honeymoon to Switzerland. Learning their location through devious means, Rahul turns up at their hotel in the Alps. Kiran recognizes him from college and the couple welcome him to be part of their festivities. That very evening, Sunil finds out from Kiran's brother Vijay that Rahul is the one who has been Kiran's stalker all along. He sends Kiran away on a boat and confronts Rahul. Rahul tries to run, but Sunil catches up with him in a forest where they have a fight. Rahul stabs Sunil with a knife after feigning surrender, and leaves him for dead. He then goes to the boat and tries to forcefully abduct Kiran, he wants to marry Kiran without her consent. But Sunil comes back and brutally beats him before shooting and killing him. Kiran and Sunil then return to India and reunite with their family.
Cast
- Shah Rukh Khan as Rahul Mehra
- Sunny Deol as Sunil Malhotra
- Juhi Chawla as Kiran Awasthi Malhotra
- Anupam Kher as Vijay Awasthi, Kiran's brother
- Tanvi Azmi as Poonam Awasthi, Vijay's wife
- Dalip Tahil as Captain Mehra, Rahul's father
Production
Sanjay Dutt was the original choice of the role of lead antagonist Rahul, but Chopra was unable to finalise him because of his jail sentence due to illegal possession of arms. Sudesh Berry was then considered for the role, but was rejected after a screen test. Ajay Devgan was offered the role of Rahul, but he couldn't accept due to other commitments.
Later on, Aamir Khan (who had worked on Chopra's Parampara) was cast as Rahul. Khan later had other issues with the filming as he was not happy with the way Deol's character repeatedly punched his character in a fight sequence. He was further discontented when Chopra refused to give him and Deol a joint narration of the script. Therefore, he ultimately opted out of the film altogether.
After Aamir Khan left the film. Shah Rukh Khan was cast as Rahul. Darr helped bring Shah Rukh Khan to stardom and he went onto feature in Chopra's every directorial venture after this film. Rishi Kapoor and Jackie Shroff were offered Sunil's role before Sunny Deol.
Nitish Bharadwaj was approached for Sunil's role after Rishi Kapoor and Jackie Shroff rejected the role. This is because of his immense popularity as Lord Krishna's role in B.R. Chopra's Mahabharat. But Nitish rejected the role claiming that the role is not as challenging as it would be.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for Darr was composed by Shiv Kumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia. The film also features the song "Ooops Up" by Snap! and various versions of "Right Here Waiting", originally recorded by Richard Marx.
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It was the best-selling Bollywood soundtrack album of the year. The soundtrack album sold about 4.5 million units in India, earning at least ?10.8 crore (equivalent to ?56 crore or US$8.3 million in 2017). Rakesh Budhu of Planet Bollywood in his review gave the album 7.5 stars out of 10.
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| Soundtrack album by Shiv-Hari | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 42:12 | |||
| Label | HMV Records | |||
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