Boxer (1984 film)

Boxer
Boxer
	Promotional poster
Directed by	Raj N. Sippy
Produced by	Gautam Guha , Mithun Chakraborty
Starring	Mithun Chakraborty; Rati Agnihotri; Sharat Saxena; Parikshit Sahni; Danny Denzongpa; Tanuja
Music by	R. D. Burman
Release date	17 February 1984;
Running time	164 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	Rs 2.5 Crores
Box office	Rs.5.50Crores

Boxer is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language sports film directed by Raj N. Sippy, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri, Sharat Saxena, Danny Denzongpa, and Tanuja.

Plot[]

Dharma (Danny Denzongpa) works as a boxer with Kashmir Silk Mills. The Managing Director is very pleased with him, and assures him that if he will win the next boxing bout against Shera, he will be sent to London. Unfortunately, Dharma loses the bout, he is grievously injured, unable to box anymore, and shortly thereafter, he is fired from his job. Thereafter an embittered Dharma takes to drinking alcohol in a big way, ignoring his pregnant wife, Savitri (Tanuja), & young son, Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty). Things get worse when Savitri gives birth to a second baby boy, Sonu. Then in order to make ends meet, Shankar takes to stealing, and hiding from the law. Years later, Shankar, now a career criminal, is arrested for stealing a watch from a man coming out of a jewellery store, he is tried in court and sentenced to jail for 6 months. In prison, he meets with boxing manager, Tony Braganza (Parikshat Sahni), and after his release, he starts to train with him and eventually challenges the reigning Champion Raghu Raj (Sharat Saxena).

Music[]

The music was composed by Rahul Dev Burman, and the song "Hai Mubarak Aaj ka Din Shadmani" was a superhit.

Song	Singer
"Dekho Idhar Jaano Jigar"	Kishore Kumar
"Tere Dil Mein Bhi Kuch Kuch Kya Hota Hai Kabhi"	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
"Hai Mubarak Aaj Ka Din, Raat Aayi Hai Suhani, Shadmani Ho Shadmani"	Hariharan, Kavita Krishnamurthy,
"Apne Ghar Mein Ek Naya Mehmaan"

Cast[]

Mithun Chakraborty as Shankar
Rati Agnihotri as Rajni
Danny Denzongpa as Dharma, father of Shankar and Ex-Boxer
Tanuja as Savitri, Dharma's wife
Parikshit Sahni as Tony Braganza
Sujit Kumar as Inspector Khatau, Father of Rajni
Kumari Naaz as Mrs Khatau, Mother of Rajni
Sharat Saxena as Boxing Champion Raghuraj
Iftekhar as Rushie
Sudhir as Gafoor
Raju Shrestha as Young Shankar
Gulshan Bawra as Self (Gulshan Bawra)
Jagdish Raj as Khatau Friend, whose watch is stolen by Shankar (uncredited)
Mohan Choti as Police Inspector (uncredited)
as Police Constable (uncredited)
as Shera, Boxer (uncredited) in the beginning of the movie
as Sharma, Dharma's Boxing Coach (uncredited) in the beginning of the movie

Box office[]

The film was a Super Hit and twenty ninth highest-grossing movie of 1984.^[1]

References[]

^ "Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1984". IMDb.

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External links[]

Boxer at IMDb

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[1] "Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1984". IMDb.

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