Awwal Number

Awwal Number
Awwal Number
	Promotional Poster
Directed by	Dev Anand
Written by	Dev Anand
Produced by	Navketan Productions
Starring	Dev Anand; Aamir Khan; Aditya Pancholi
Music by	Bappi Lahiri
Release date	11 May 1990;
Running time	143 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Awwal Number is a 1990 Indian sports action film directed by Dev Anand. The film stars Anand, Aditya Pancholi and Aamir Khan.

Plot[]

The story revolves around cricket where a new star Sunny has been included in the team in place of another famous star Ronny. All this creates hatred in the heart of Ronny against Sunny, although Sunny respects him. Ronny decides to take revenge on Sunny; meanwhile a terrorist decides to put a bomb in the field where a match is to be organised between India and Australia.

DIG Vikram Singh discovers the terrorists' plan and foils the attack, saving thousands of lives. Sunny also becomes a star by playing a match-winning stroke for the country.

Cast[]

Dev Anand as DIG Vikram Singh (Vicky)
Aamir Khan as Sunny
- Aftab Shivdasani as Young Sunny^[1]
Aditya Pancholi as Ranvir Singh (Ronny)
Neeta Puri as Maria
Ekta Sohini as Aarti Rani
Sudhir Pandey as Sundaram
Vikram Gokhale
Parikshat Sahni in a special appearance as a Selection committee member
Ram Mohan in a special appearance as a Selection committee member
Aanjjan Srivastav as In a special appearance as a Cricket commentator
Bharat Bhushan as Sunny's Grandfather
as Chhaganlal
as Terrorist
Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Kundi
Raj Kishore in a special appearance as a Bartender
Mac Mohan as Mani
Cindy Crawford as Vicky's step mother in the picture^[2]
Subbiraj as Police Commissioner Patil
Ajit Vachani as Police Inspector

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed By Bappi Lahiri and the lyrics were by Amit Khanna. Voices were rendered by Asha Bhosle, Amit Kumar, Bappi Lahiri, Udit Narayan and S. Janaki.

Song	Singer
"Awwal Number"	Bappi Lahiri
"Lakhon Main Nigahon Mein"	Bappi Lahiri, Udit Narayan, S. Janaki
"Yeh Hai Cricket Out"	Amit Kumar, Bappi Lahiri, Udit Narayan
"Poochho Na Kya"	Amit Kumar, S. Janaki
"Chum Chum Chum"	Amit Kumar
"Tere Liye"	Asha Bhosle

Production[]

Aamir Khan quoted in an interview after Dev Anand's death, said: "The only film I signed without reading the script was Awwal Number."^[3]

Dev Anand had initially offered the role of Ranvir Singh to cricketer Imran Khan.^[4]

References[]

^ Awwal Number - Cast. Bollywood Hungama.
^ "Fans realise supermodel Cindy Crawford played Dev Anand's dead mother in Awwal Number: 'I doubt if she knows'". Hindustan Times. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "'˜Only film I signed without reading the script was Awwal Number'". Mumbai Mirror. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ Anand, Dev (2007). Romancing With Life. India: Penguin India. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-14-341856-6.

External links[]

Awwal Number at IMDb

[1] Awwal Number - Cast. Bollywood Hungama.

[2] "Fans realise supermodel Cindy Crawford played Dev Anand's dead mother in Awwal Number: 'I doubt if she knows'". Hindustan Times. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[3] "'˜Only film I signed without reading the script was Awwal Number'". Mumbai Mirror. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[4] Anand, Dev (2007). Romancing With Life. India: Penguin India. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-14-341856-6.

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