Aar Ya Paar (English: Now or never) is a 1997 Bollywood mystery crime thriller film produced and directed by Ketan Mehta.[1] It stars Jackie Shroff, Deepa Sahi, Ritu Shivpuri, Kamal Sidhu and Paresh Rawal.[2] The music is by Viju Shah. The movie is adapted from Agatha Christie's 1967 novel Endless Night [3] and James Hadley Chase's 1954 novel The Sucker Punch[4] and was partly shot in Italy.

Aar Ya Paar
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Directed byKetan Mehta
Written byKetan Mehta
StarringJackie Shroff
Deepa Sahi
Ritu Shivpuri
Kamal Sidhu
Paresh Rawal
CinematographyDharam Gulati
Edited byAseem Sinha
Music byViju Shah
Release date
  • 31 January 1997 (1997-01-31)
Running time
180 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Story

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Shekhar Khosla (Jackie Shroff) is an accounts executive, an alcoholic and a penniless playboy. He has an on-and-off romance with cabaret dancer Julie (Ritu Shivpuri).

One day his boss tells him to improve himself and hands him a multi-million rupee client, Veena Sanghvi (Kamal Sidhu) and asks him to maintain and strengthen the relationship with this client. Shekhar meets with Veena, seduces her and marries her, while having an affair with her personal secretary, Anu Chauhan (Deepa Sahi). When Veena finds out about this affair, she threatens to separate from him. Shekhar doesn't know about the will. Then Shekhar and Anu plan to kill her. They carry out their plan successfully, with the police concluding that her death was accidental. Shekhar finds out that Anu does not love him. To make matters worse, the police have evidence linking him to the death of his wife.

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Soundtrack

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Aar Ya Paar
Soundtrack album by
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelVenus Records & Tapes

The music was composed by Viju Shah. The lyrics were penned by Indeevar, Maya Govind, Nitin Raikwar and Rani Malik. The soundtrack was released on Venus Records & Tapes Pvt. Ltd.

Song Singer
"Aar Ya Paar" Asha Bhosle
"Dil Diya" Asha Bhosle, Sudesh Bhosle
"Aar Ya Paar" Jolly Mukherjee
"Hulle Hulle" Udit Narayan, Hema Sardesai
"Manchahe Sanam" Abhijeet, Sadhana Sargam
"Suna Hai Phool" Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy
"Tumma Elle" Shankar Mahadevan
"Jo Hoga Hone Do" Jolly Mukherjee, Babul Supriyo, Hema Sardesai, Jaspinder Narula, Nayan Rathod, Sonali Vajpayee

References

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  1. ^ "Aar Ya Paar Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes", The Times of India, retrieved 17 May 2021
  2. ^ "AAR YA PAAR (1997)". BFI. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Session on Christie's connections with India organised".
  4. ^ "The Sucker Punch". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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