Sunday 30 September 2018

Thakshak film (1999-movie) : Hindi Film

Thakshak film 1999 : 

Thakshak film

Thakshak film is a 1999 action-drama Bollywood Hindi film writer & directer is Govind Nihalani. Touted as Nihalani's attempt at popular cinema, this film stars Ajay Devgn, Tabu and Rahul Bose in the lead roles. The film music was composed by A. R. Rahman. 

Thakshak film was released on 3 December 1999 with average reviews and was declared a below average at the box office.


  • Directer : Govind Nihalani
  • Producer : Manmohan Shetty
  • Writer : Govind Nihalani
  • Starring : Ajay Devgn,Tabu,Rahul Bose,Nethra Raghuraman,Govind Namdeo,Amrish Puri
  • Music : A. R. Rahman
  • Cinematography : Govind Nihalani
  • Edited : Deepa Bhatia
  • Release date : 3 December 1999
  • Genres : Action, Crime, Drama
  • Running time : 161 minutes
  • Country : India
  • Language : Hindi

Thakshak film star cast :

  • Ajay Devgn as a Ishaan Singh
  • Tabu as a Suman Dev
  • Amrish Puri as a Nahar Singh (Ishaan's father)
  • Rahul Bose as a Sunny
  • Govind Namdeo as a ACP Aslam Khan
  • Nethra Raghuraman as a Nishi (club dancer)
  • Dhananjay Mandrekar as a Police
  • Sadiya Siddiqui as a Miss Amrita Mehta
  • Vineet Kumar
  • Anupam Shyam as a Afzal
  • Atul Kumar
  • A.K. Hangal as a Homeless teacher
  • Vihang Nayak
  • Kanti Madia as a Narotam Mehta
  • Ravi Patwardhan as a Jodha Bhai
  • Khalid Mohamed as a Mushtaq
  • Uttara Baokar as a Ishaan's Mother
  • Loveleen Mishra
  • Suhita Thatte
  • Chetan Pandit
  • Junior Dharmendra
  • Veena Mehta
  • Rajesh Tailang as a Randheer
  • Sanjeeva Vatsa
  • Ajai Rohilla
  • Himayat Ali
  • Subodh Marat
  • Surendra Rajan
  • Manohar Teli
  • Babubhai
  • Sadanand Shetty
  • Anil Sehgal
  • Milind Inamdar
  • Jagmohan Singh

Thakshak film Song  / Music :

The film music composer is A. R. Rahman while lyrics writer are Mehboob and Sukhwinder Singh. 

After Taal film music success, this film music album from Rahman received positive critics reviews and was claimed the highlight of the movie.

The composition of the song "Jumbalika" was reused from A. R. Rahman's earlier Tamil film En Swasa Kaatre, which was used in episode I Just Wasn't Made for These Times of science fiction TV series Defiance For the music to the 2001 Tamil movie Star, Rahman reused most of his compositions from Thakshak. 

The popular song Rang De from the music album was also seen in a Hollywood film The Accidental Husband.
  • "Rang De"..........................Asha Bhonsle, A. R. Rahman
  • "Khamosh Raat"................Roop Kumar Rathod
  • "Jaan Meri"........................Hema Sardesai
  • "Dheem Ta Dare".............Surjo Bhattacharya
  • "Boondon Se Baatein".....Sujata Trivedi
  • "Toofan Ki Raat"......Hema Sardesai
  • "Dholna"..................Sukhwinder Singh
  • "Jumbalika"............Alisha Chinai, Shankar Mahadevan
"Toofan Ki Raat" full video song :


  • Music Director : A.R. Rahman.
  • Lyricist : Mehboob
Review of the film :

The film reviews mostly average to negative from critics and also negative response from audience as well. Predictable story and lack of screenplay are mostly criticize while Ajay Devgan and Rahul Bose's performance and music was highly appreciated.

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