Taarzan: The Wonder Car

Taarzan: The Wonder Car
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Abbas-Mustan
Written by	Lalit Mahajan Sunny Mahajan
Produced by	Gordhan Tanwani
Starring	Ajay Devgn Vatsal Sheth Ayesha Takia
Cinematography	Ravi Yadav
Edited by	Hussain A. Burmawala
Music by	Songs: Himesh Reshammiya Background Score: Surinder Sodhi
Production company	Baba Films
Distributed by	Baba Films
Release date	6 August 2004 (2004-08-06) (India)
Running time	162 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹14 crore[1]
Box office	₹6.20 crore[2]

Taarzan: The Wonder Car is a 2004 Indian fantasy action thriller film directed by Abbas Burmawalla and Mustan Burmawalla. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Vatsal Sheth and Ayesha Takia in the lead roles, while Farida Jalal, Pankaj Dheer, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Amrish Puri, Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover and Mukesh Tiwari play supporting roles. Upon release, the film was a box office disaster. However over the years, it has become a cult classic. It is loosely based on the American film Christine (1983).^[3]

Ayesha Takia won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for her part in the movie. The car was designed by Dilip Chhabria and was called DC.

Plot[]

In 1992, Deven Chaudhary (Ajay Devgn) lives with his mother Suhasini (Farida Jalal) and 10-year-old son Raj. Deven spends considerable time designing the perfect car, calling it DC. It is very futuristic and more advanced than any other car in the market and registering its patent. The SUV car is said to have 400BHP and 500NM of torque, as well as making it from 0–60 in 5.2 seconds.

He also looks after an older Morris Minor MM handed over to him by his late father and calls it "Taarzan", based on the car's mirror ornament of the Disney character Tarzan. Deven meets Rakesh Kapoor (Pankaj Dheer) and his partners, who praise his design but decline the deal as they don't want to give royalty as part of the deal.

Later, Deven finds that Rakesh and his partners conned him and registered his design under their name. He reports this to Inspector Sanjay Sharma (Deepak Shirke), who is actually on Rakesh's payroll. He, along with Rakesh and his cronies, attack and lock Deven in his car. The car is pushed into a river, causing a gagged Deven to die. Unaware of the truth behind his death, Lata decides to bring up Raj alone.

12 years later[]

In 2004, Raj (Vatsal Sheth) is now a 22-year-old boy living with Lata. On the first day of his new college, he falls in love with a rich girl, Priya (Ayesha Takia), who later also feels the same for him. Raj now works in a garage as a part-time mechanic. One day, he discovers and recognizes Taarzan immediately. He somehow pools money and buys it at 5000 rupees.

Raj wants to update the car that reminds him of Deven. Little does he know that, he has also brought back Deven, whose soul is trapped inside the car. Raj's boss Kartar aides him in repairing Taarzan. It is totally revamped into a car more advanced than Deven's design, and Raj decides to rename it DC to honor Deven's memory.

Here, Deven's spirit possesses Taarzan and kills Rakesh's cronies Kailash, Anthony and Mahesh, as well as Sanjay, as all of them, were behind his murder. Since the car belongs to Raj, he becomes a suspect in the eyes of Inspector Khurana (Gulshan Grover), the investigating officer. Rakesh returns to India and learns all his partners have died.

Rakesh is revealed to be Priya's father and meets Raj on her insistence. After knowing Raj is Deven's son, Rakesh assumes that Raj has found the truth and is using Priya as a pawn. He decides to kill Raj and take Priya back with him to London and get Priya married to a man of his choice. Raj is shocked as Rakesh tells him the truth about Deven's death. Deven's spirit now is visible to everyone.

In front of Rakesh's disbelieving eyes, Deven saves Raj. Terrified, Rakesh confesses his crime in front of everyone. Khurana arrests Rakesh; Deven says his last goodbye to Lata and Raj. With Raj, Lata and Priya united, Deven's spirit becomes free, and he ascends to heaven. Raj and Priya live a happy life afterward.

Cast[]

• Vatsal Sheth as Raj Choudhary, Deven's son and Priya's boyfriend
• Ayesha Takia as Priya Kapoor, Raj's girlfriend and Rakesh's daughter
• Ajay Devgan as Deven Choudhary, Raj's father
• Farida Jalal as Mrs. Suhasini Choudhary, Deven's mother and Raj's grandmother
• Pankaj Dheer as Rakesh Kapoor, Deven's enemy and Priya's father
• Sumeet Pathak as Vikram "Vicky" Jain
• Amrish Puri as Kartar "Kaakha" Singh / Paaji, Raj's boss
• Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Anthony D'Costa, Jojo's father
• Shakti Kapoor as Mahesh Saxena
• Mukesh Tiwari as Kailash Chopra
• Sheela David as Mrs. Chopra
• Gulshan Grover as Inspector Khurana
• Rajpal Yadav as Constable Sitaram Agashe
• Deepak Shirke as Inspector Sanjay Sharma
• Jeetu Verma^{[4][circular reference]} as Jojo D'Costa
• Sikandar Kharbanda as Rocky
• as Truck Driver
• as Scrapeyard Junk Owner
• Sharad Sankla as Constable

Soundtrack[]

The music is composed by Himesh Reshammiya with lyrics by Sameer.

References[]

External links[]

• Taarzan: The Wonder Car at IMDb