Main Khiladi Tu Anari

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Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sameer Malkan
Produced by	Champak Jain
Screenplay by	Sachin Bhowmick
Story by	Sachin Bhowmick
Starring	Akshay Kumar Saif Ali Khan Shilpa Shetty Raageshwari Shakti Kapoor Kader Khan
Music by	Anu Malik
Cinematography	Akram Khan
Edited by	Suresh Chaturvedi
Distributed by	United Seven Creations
Release date	23 September 1994 (1994-09-23)
Running time	184 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	?32.50 million (US$480,000)
Box office	?138.42 million (US$2.1 million)

Main Khiladi Tu Anari (English: Me, the Player, You, the Unskilled) is a 1994 Indian action comedy film directed by Sameer Malkan. The screenplay is written by Sachin Bhowmick. Starring Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan and Shilpa Shetty in pivotal roles, the film went on to become one of the top 5 highest-grossing movies of the year and was declared a box office success at the end of its theatrical run. It was the second installment in the Khiladi franchise. It was the first Bollywood action film to be reviewed by martial arts film critic Albert Valentin on the now defunct KungFuCinema.com.

Plot

One of the most respected inspectors, Arjun Joglekar (Mukesh Khanna) is killed by drug dealer and gangster, Goli (Shakti Kapoor). Mona (Shilpa Shetty), a cabaret singer and Goli's mistress, agrees to testify against Goli and is placed into witness protection by Inspector Karan (Akshay Kumar), Arjun's younger brother, who aims to fight any injustice and avenge his brother's murder. When Goli finds out about Mona's forthcoming testimonial which would expose his real identity, he tracks her down and kills her.

Deepak Kumar (Saif Ali Khan), who is the most romantic actor around, is frustrated with his roles and for being type-cast as a romantic hero. He would like to do something different and bring some change and excitement to his dull and boring existence. To change his monotonous life, he gets drunk and drives around. He is arrested by the police, and brought to his rowdy producer. This is where he meets Karan and is very impressed with his assertiveness, courage, and honesty; Deepak would like to study his behaviour so that he can use this as a background for his next movie.

Karan meets Basanti, who looks identical to Mona. He tells Deepak to hang around him if Deepak can get Basanti to act as Mona. Deepak trains Basanti and presents the new "Mona" to Karan. Karan places Basanti at the Moonlight Hotel as an amnesiac Mona, where she can report on Goli's criminal activities. That's how they uncover Goli eventually. While Karan and Basanti fall in love with each other, Deepak falls in love with Karan's sister, Shivangi, which makes Karan mad and he tries to get rid of Deepak Kumar, for which Deepak Kumar reminds Karan that he wanted to hang around with him because he wanted to learn what it is like be a cop, and apologises for loving his sister Shivangi, which makes Karan guilty and tries to win back Deepak Kumar for his sister and Mother-in-Law.

At the end, Karan avenges the death of his brother by killing Goli.

The massive success of this film, along with Akshay Kumar's other hits of 1994 like Mohra, Suhaag and Elaan, catapulted him to the top rung of Bollywood's leading men and cemented his status as a bankable star. Akshay gained a considerable fan following, especially among the youth. He became renowned for his thrilling action scenes featuring martial arts and hand-to-hand combat; his daring stunts; his athletic dance moves and his rugged, macho good looks.

Cast

• Akshay Kumar as Karan Joglekar
• Saif Ali Khan as Deepak Kumar
• Shilpa Shetty as Mona / Basanti
• Rageshwari as Shivangi
• Shakti Kapoor as Goli
• Kader Khan as Ram Lal / Commissioner
• Johny Lever as Dhansukh
• Mukesh Khanna as Arjun Joglekar
• Raveena Tandon as special appearance in song "My Adorable Darling"
• Beena Banerjee as Bhabhi

Soundtrack

The music of the film was scored by Anu Malik. Singers Asha Bhosle, Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Udit Narayan, Pankaj Udhas, Alka Yagnik, Anu Malik and Alisha Chinai rendered their voices in this album. The lyrics were penned by Rani Malik, Rahat Indori, Hasrat Jaipuri, Maya Govind, Zameer Kazmi and Anwar Sagar. "Churake Dil Mera" and "Zara Zara" were the most popular songs from the soundtrack. "Zuban Khamosh Hoti Hai" was picturised, but not included in the final version of the film.

#	Song	Singer(s)	Lyricist	Notes
1	"Chura Ke Dil Mera"	Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik	Rani Malik	Picturised on Akshay Kumar & Shilpa Shetty
2	"Zara Zara"	Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik	Hasrat Jaipuri	Picturised on Saif Ali Khan & Rageshwari
3	"Zuban Khamosh"	Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik	Rani Malik	Picturised on Akshay Kumar & Shilpa Shetty (deleted from film)
4	"Lakhon Haseen"	Asha Bhosle, Kumar Sanu	Anwar Sagar	Not included in film
5	"Hoton Pe Tera Naam"	Pankaj Udhas	Rahat Indori	Not included in film
6	"Dil Ka Darwaza"	Alka Yagnik	Rani Malik	Picturised on Shilpa Shetty
7	"My Adorable Darling"	Anu Malik & Alisha Chinai	Zameer Kazmi	Picturised on Saif Ali Khan & Raveena Tandon
8	"Main Khiladi Tu Anari"	Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Udit Narayan & Anu Malik	Maya Govind	Picturised on Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan & Johnny Lever