Gumrah (1993 film)


Gumrah is a 1993 Indian crime drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt in a screenplay written by Sujit Sen and Robin Bhatt. The film stars Sridevi, Sanjay Dutt, and Rahul Roy.
Loosely based on the Australian miniseries Bangkok Hilton, in the film, seeing Roshni's talent for singing, Rahul gives her a break and they eventually fall in love. On a trip to Hong Kong, she is arrested for possession of cocaine, not knowing that it is all Rahul's doing.
Gumrah was critically well received upon its release with major appreciation drawn towards Sridevi's performance, which many consider as one of the finest performances of her career and earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the 39th Filmfare Awards. The film was also a commercial success grossing worldwide against its budget. Thus it became the seventh highest-grossing film of 1993.

Plot

Roshni is the only child of Sharda Chadda. Her father, Prakash Chadda, left before she was born and she has no knowledge of where he went. Roshni is introduced to Rahul Malhotra and they share a mutual attraction. When he learns that she is an aspiring singer, he assists in her career so she becomes popular. She has a devoted fan named Jagannath alias Jaggu, who is a petty thief. He is in love with her, but she rejects him. During a trip, she and Rahul had taken to Hong Kong, she is arrested for trafficking cocaine and Rahul disappears. Jaggu brings an attorney, but she is quickly found guilty and sentenced to death, remanded to a prison where inmates are kept barefoot and in squalid conditions. Jaggu visits the prison and runs afoul of two guards, themselves lovers, who beat him in front of Roshni. The attorney works to help them escape. A fight ensues between Roshni and the female guard, in which the latter is killed. The warden intervenes and is killed by Jaggu, they escape and return to India. At the airport, Prakash is questioned by the police and Roshni learns that he is her father, and that he had fled the country years earlier when he has been wrongfully accused of treason. Later at Rahul's house, Rahul admits that he had been dealing with drugs that resulted in Roshni's arrest. She slaps him for deceiving her and gets him arrested. With Prakash's blessings, Roshni and Jaggu get married.

Cast

The soundtrack for the film was the second successive hit for the music director duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal.
When it screened in Nigeria, it is remarked that audiences loved and knew the film. "They cheered at tense points, thumping their seats and stamping their feet. At other points they mimicked dialogue and shouted out responses to the heroes and villains, the film was also well received at the Indian box office and was the seventh highest grossing Hindi film of 1993."

Soundtrack