# Dushmani: A Violent Love Story

Dushmani (lit. 'Enmity') is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film directed by Bunty Soorma. It stars Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Deepti Naval, Anupam Kher in pivotal roles. The rights of this film are now owned by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment. Shekhar Kapur directed major portions of the film.

## Plot

Bitter enmity has always existed between the Singh and the Oberoi families. With each and every generation swearing to extract vengeance. This generation consists of Suraj Singh and his elder brother, Jai. While Jai leads the life of a gangster, Suraj is not inclined to violence at all. He meets with a young woman named Sapna, and both fall in love with each other. When he takes Sapna to be introduced to Jai and the rest of his family, he is forbidden from marrying Sapna, as she is the sister of Oberoi. Suraj and Sapna are able to convince Jai and the rest of the Singh family to give up this enmity, and let them marry. One day, Oberoi's men attack Suraj's friend Raghu and injure him. Suraj goes tho Oberoi's garage and kills all of his goons. However, Raghu dies from his injuries. Enraged, Suraj chases down one of the goons and kills him. Jai goes to meet Oberoi, and proposes marriage, and to his joy, Oberoi agrees, and both families start preparations for the marriage. Jai starts to relax and thinks about giving up his gangster-like life. It is then a group of men target him with automatic weapons, leaving him mortally wounded and hospitalized. When Suraj finds out, he is enraged, and decides to avenge his brother's injuries. He finds out that the assailants are none other than Oberoi's men, and he swears to bring an end to Oberoi and his criminal empire. Suraj fights Oberoi's men along with Jai and he wounds Oberoi. Before dying, Oberoi tells Jai that he was wrong about love and that he wants to seek forgiveness. However, he had tricked him and stabs Jai with a knife. Suraj then kills Oberoi. Jai tells Suraj that Oberoi had never changed at all before dying. The film ends with Suraj and Sapna united, and Suraj scattering Jai's ashes in the lake.

## Cast

* Sunny Deol as Suraj Singh
* Jackie Shroff as Jai Singh
* Manisha Koirala as Sapna Oberoi
* Deepti Naval as Rama Oberoi
* Anupam Kher as Oberoi
* Pradeep Rawat
* Raghuveer Yadav as Raghu
* Manohar Singh as Sardar Sahib
* Dina Pathak as Buaji
* Varsha Usgaonkar as dancer for the song, 'Mera Salaam Le'
* Max Pokrovsky as dancer for the song, 'Aaj Pyar Kar Le Yaar'

## Soundtrack

The music was composed by Anand Shrivastav and Milind Shrivastav (known together as Anand–Milind) and lyrics were provided by Sameer.
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| Source | Rating |
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| # | Song | Singer |
| 1 | "Ladki Kunwari Thi Ladka Kunwara" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik |
| 2 | "Kabhi Hanste Hai Kabhi Rote Hai" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Kavita Krishnamurti |
| 3 | "Tere Bina Jiya Kahin Lage Na" | Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam |
| 4 | "Aaj Pyar Kar Le Yaar" | Amit Kumar |
| 5 | "Mera Salaam Le" | Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurti |
| 6 | "Badi Mushkil Se Main Aai Hoon" | Kavita Krishnamurthy, Anand Shrivastava |
| 7 | "Banno Teri Ankhiyan Soorme" | Sapna Awasthi |