Tahqiqaat

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Tahqiqaat
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	A. Jagannathan
Written by	K. Pushparajan
Based on	Post Mortem (1982)
Produced by	K. C. Bokadia
Starring	Jeetendra Aditya Pancholi Sangeeta Bijlani Ronit Roy Farheen
Cinematography	Babu
Edited by	D.N. Malik Shyam Mukherjee
Music by	Anu Malik
Production company	BMB Production
Release date	18 December 1993 (1993-12-18)
Running time	139 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Tahqiqaat (transl. Investigation) is a 1993 Hindi-language thriller film, produced by K.C. Bokadia under the BMB Productions banner and directed by A. Jagannathan. It stars Jeetendra (last movie in double role), Aditya Pancholi, Sangeeta Bijlani, Ronit Roy and Farheen and music composed by Anu Malik. The film is a remake of the Malayalam movie Post Mortem (1982) which was remade in Tamil as Vellai Roja (1983), in Telugu as S.P. Bhayankar (1984) and in Kannada as Dharmathma (1988). It was only one Hindi film directed by A. Jagannathan.

Plot[]

Prem and Arum Kumar are twins born into a middleclass family. When they get older, Prem moves to a smaller village where he becomes a celibate catholic priest, while Arum becomes a police officer. Years go by and both brothers advance their careers, Prem becomes well-respected in the village, while Arum becomes the superintendent of the police. until Prem contacts Arum regarding the supposed suicide of a young woman named Mary. Prem requests that Arum unearth the body of Mary to perform an autopsy. Arum suspends the police officer who buried Mary since he did not follow procedure and uncovers Mary's coffin, only to find out that Prem's body is in the coffin while Mary's corpse is missing. This makes Arum initiate an investigation (Tahqiqaat) to figure out why is brother is dead and to find the whereabouts of Mary's corpse. The investigation is made difficult by the deceiving villagers, but eventually Arum uncovers the truth. Prem seems to have been living a double life in which he was responsible for Mary's pregnancy which led to her suicide.

Cast[]

• Jeetendra as Father Prem Fernandes / S.P. Arun Kumar (dual role)
• Aditya Pancholi as Peter
• Sangeeta Bijlani as Roopa
• Ronit Roy as Ramesh
• Farheen as Mary
• Danny Denzongpa as Bhanupratap
• Satyen Kappu as Anthony "Mary / Peter's father"
• Sameer Khakhar as Salim
• Mehmood as Michael "drunken worker of father"
• Laxmikant Berde as Hawaldar Sakharam Dhondu Dandekar
• Mahesh Anand as Vikram
• Bob Christo as Goon
• Sulabha Arya as Peter / Mary's Mother
• Guddi Maruti as Gulabo
• as Roopa's Mother

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by Anu Malik.

External link[]

• Tahqiqaat at IMDb

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