Qila (film)

Qila
Qila
Directed by	Umesh Mehra
Written by	Humayun Mirza; Umesh Mehra
Produced by	Parvesh Mehra
Starring	Dilip Kumar; Rekha
Cinematography	S. Pappu
Edited by	Kamal Sehgal
Music by	Anand Raj Anand (songs); Raju Singh (score)
Production; company	Eagle Films
Distributed by	Eagle Films
Release date	10 April 1998
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Qila (translation: Fort) is a 1998 Bollywood Hindi language drama film directed by Umesh Mehra and starring Dilip Kumar (playing a dual role), Rekha, Mukul Dev, Mamta Kulkarni, Smita Jaykar and Gulshan Grover. This film marked the final film appearance of veteran actor Dilip Kumar before his death on 7 July 2021.^[1]

Plot[]

A cruel and evil landowner Jagannath Singh is murdered and his twin brother Amarnath Singh decides to investigate. He finds the list of suspects is endless. The prime suspects are Jagannath's son Amar, Jagannath's abused wife Suman and a woman named Yamini who claims she was raped by Jagannath. Eventually, Jagannath's son Amar confesses to killing his father. He reveals that on the night of his father's death he accidentally shot him while trying to fight him off when Jagannath held Amar and his mother at gunpoint. Soon after the list of suspects grow after it is discovered that Jagannath's had many more enemies who could have killed him including landowner Mangal Singh and even Jagannath's own brother Amarnath who doesn't seem to have got on well with Jagannath himself in the past. Yamini killed Jagannath for his wrongdoings to her brother.

Cast[]

Dilip Kumar as Jagannath Singh/Judge Amarnath Singh (Dual Role)
Rekha as Yamini
Mukul Dev as Amar J. Singh
Mamta Kulkarni as Neeta
Smita Jaykar as Suman J. Singh
Gulshan Grover as Mangal Singh
Pramod Moutho as Prosecuting Attorney
Rajeshwari Sachdev as Laajo
Malay Chakrabarty as Kundan
Avtar Gill as Inspector Khan
Satish Kaushik as Ghanya Seth
Shahbaz Khan as Inspector Rana
Kunika as Neelam Daniel
as Child Artist Raja

Music[]

All songs are composed by Anand Raj Anand with lyrics by Dev Kohli.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Layi Hai Mehndi Wali Raat"	Mohammed Aziz, Nayan Rathod, Sadhana Sargam, Preeti Uttam Singh	04:17
2.	"Prem Hai Radha Prem Hai Mera"	Sadhana Sargam	05:39
3.	"Wah Bhai Wah"	Udit Narayan, Poornima Shrestha	05:24
4.	"Ankhiya Ye Ankhiya"	Asha Bhosle, Udit Narayan	05:29
5.	"Kurte Ki Banhiya"	Amit Kumar, Udit Narayan, Preeti Uttam Singh	05:03
6.	"Tere Bin O Dilbar"	Alka Yagnik	05:25
Total length:			31:17

References[]

^ Panchal, Komal RJ (7 July 2021). "Dilip Kumar's Qila director remembers how actor would refuse to share favourite fruit: 'A child-like quality about him'". The Indian Express. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

External links[]

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[1] Panchal, Komal RJ (7 July 2021). "Dilip Kumar's Qila director remembers how actor would refuse to share favourite fruit: 'A child-like quality about him'". The Indian Express. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

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