Shikari (1991 film)

Shikari (), also known as Shikari: The Hunter in India and Po Zakonu Dzhungley (По закону джунглей, The Law of the Jungle) in the USSR, is a 1991 film, jointly directed by Umesh Mehra and Latif Faiziyev, mostly shot in Russia, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Irina Kushnareva, Varsha Usgaonkar, Naseeruddin Shah, and Amrish Puri.

Plot

Shikari is the story of Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty), who earns his living by doing road shows along with Chanchal. Shankar happens to see a circus poster featuring Natasha (Irina Kushnareva) and begins to dream of working with her. By chance Shankar receives an offer to work in a Russian circus troupe where Natasha is also employed.

Cast

• Naseeruddin Shah as Adarsh Kumar / Fakira
• Mithun Chakraborty as Shankar Kumar
• Irina Kushnareva as Natasha
• Varsha Usgaonkar as Chanchal
• Vinod Mehra as Chanchal's Father
• Gulshan Grover as Bob
• Amrish Puri as Nahar Singh
• Dara Singh as Bajrangi
• Anjana Mumtaz as Mrs. Bajrangi
• Amrit Pal as Hari Singh
• Achyut Potdar as Raja Sahib
• Rucha Gujrati as Young Chanchal
• Ali Asgar as Young Adarsh/Fakira
• Master Bunty as Young Shankar
• Makhmud Ismilov as Makhham

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Anu Malik and the lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi.

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