# Tirangaa (film)

Tirangaa (transl. Tricolour) is a 1993 Indian action drama film starring Raaj Kumar, Nana Patekar, Varsha Usgaonkar, Harish Kumar and Mamta Kulkarni. The movie was a blockbuster. At the time of 1993 Bombay bombings, Plaza cinema, Mumbai was also bombed where the movie was being shown, leaving 10 dead and 37 injured.

## Plot

The film starts with the kidnapping of three nuclear scientists by Pralayanath Gendaswami (Deepak Shirke) as he plans to build nuclear missiles for an invasion of India. Meanwhile, Deputy Inspector General of Police Rudrapratap Chauhan (Suresh Oberoi) an honest police officer is murdered by Pralayanath Gendaswami since he has been on his hitlist. Rudrapatap's son Sanjay (Harish Kumar) is the only witness of his murder. When the scientists are gone missing, police calls Brigadier Suryadev Singh (Raaj Kumar) to take matter into his hands. Suryadev allies with honest but hot-headed Police Inspector Shivajirao Wagle (Nana Patekar) who spends a lot of time being suspended due to his temper. When Central Minister Jeevanlal Tandel who is an ally of Pralayanath Gendaswami sets up a meeting with him to inform him about Suryadev Singh, Pralayanath Gendaswami questions why is there information about his glory and not a single photograph of his face. At that moment Suryadev Singh enters the auditorium and reveals that he is the one whose face Pralayanath Gendaswami was so eager to see.
Meanwhile, on the New Year's Eve Sanjay and his friends witness an attempt of murder on Radha Tandel. They rush her to hospital but later on flees as the staff calls police to inquire about the case. Police then trace Sanjay by his wallet which was left at hospital and charge him with an attempt to rape on Radha.
After knowing who Suryadev is, Pralayanath Gendaswami tries to kill him by planting bomb in his car. But Suryadev's car is a high tech vehicle and hence he makes an escape with his driver/bodyguard Bahadur from a below passage door in car. Then the news is widespread that he has been murdered.
But Suryadev escapes and tells this news to Pralayanath through a TV interview. Pralayanath tries to kidnap Professor Khurana but Suryadev and Waghle fail his attempt. Then Pralayanath tries to kill Sanjay and his friends, but one of his friends sacrifice his life to save him on the eve of Raksha Bandhan. Pralayanath then again tries to kidnap Professor Khurana but fails to do so, and instead takes the fuse conductor to make his missiles work. Waghle and Suryadev track him down through their trans-meter. Suryadev foils Pralayanath's missiles by taking out the fuse conductors and guns him down. Waghle finishes off Pralayanath's son. The film ends with the 15 August programme concluding successfully.

## Cast

* Raaj Kumar as Brigadier Suryadev Singh
* Nana Patekar as Inspector Shivaji Rao Wagle
* Varsha Usgaonkar as Shanti Verma
* Harish as Sanjay Chauhan
* Mamta Kulkarni as Sandhya Gupta
* Deepak Shirke as Pralayanath Gendaswami
* Manohar Singh as Chief Minister Jeevanlal Tandel
* Arjun as Rasiknath Gendaswami
* Alok Nath as Home Minister
* Suresh Oberoi as DIG Rudrapratap Chauhan
* Satyen Kappu as Dr. Gupta
* Aparajita as Mrs. Gupta
* Anjana Mumtaz as Mrs. Chauhan
* Sujit Kumar as Police Commissioner
* Shehzad Khan as Inspector who arrests Sanjay Chauhan for rape of Radha Tandel
* K. K. Raj as DCP Patania
* Joginder as Inspector Satyawadi Dubey
* Mahavir Shah as Jailor
* Krishan Dhawan as Professor Rangaswamy
* Sudhir Dalvi as Professor Nazrul Hassan
* Mukesh Rawal as Professor Khurana
* Vikas Anand as Judge
* Kamaldeep as Judge Hariprasad
* Bob Christo as Bob
* Gavin Packard as Tom
* Daboo Malik as Alok Verma
* Girish Malik as Ali Khan
* Dharmesh Tiwari as Defence Lawyer of Sanjay, Alok and Ali
* Rakesh Bedi as Police Informer Khabarilal
* Pankaj Berry as Dr. Sinha
* Sonika Gill as Radha Tandel
* Mehul Kumar as Municipal Commissioner Tiwari
* Ghanashyam Nayak as Ram Lakhan
* Bandini Mishra as Anita Chaudhary
* Anil Yadav as Babban

## Songs

All lyrics are written by Santosh Anand.
* "Pee Le Pee Le Oh More Raja, Pee Le Pee Le Oh More Jani" - Mohammed Aziz, Sudesh Bhosle
* "Ise Samjho Na Resham Ka Taar" - Sadhana Sargam
* "Oye Rabba Meri Jaan Bacha Le Phans Gayi Dil Ke Rog Me" - Kavita Krishnamurthy, Mohammed Aziz
* "Yeh Aan Tirangaa Hai" - Mohammed Aziz
* "Ise Samjho Na Resham Ka Taar" (Tragic) - Sadhana Sargam
* "Yeh Aan Tirangaa Hai" (Version 2) - Mohammed Aziz
* "Aaj Ki Shaam Pyar Karne Walon Ke Naam" - Mohammed Aziz, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan
* "Jaane Mann Jaane Mann" - Sadhana Sargam, Mohammed Aziz

## In popular culture

Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Asghar Muqaddam refers to the movie for the incidence of planting explosives during interrogation in the film Black Friday.