Rajkumar Santoshi's directorial action thriller film Pukar completed 25 years. The film was produced by Surinder Kapoor, Boney Kapoor, and Bharat Shah under the banner of S K Film Enterprises.
The film was distributed by Eros International and Shemaroo Entertainment. The film, starring Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Namrata Shirodkar, Danny Denzongpa, and Om Puri in the lead roles, was released in theatres on 4th February 2000.
Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Shivaji Satam, Farida Jalal, Rohini Hattangadi, Girish Karnad, and Govind Namdeo appeared in crucial roles in this film. A. R. Rahman composed the music for this film marking his maiden collaboration with director Rajkumar Santoshi.
Ashok Mehta, Santosh Sivan, Baba Azmi, and Chota K. Naidu handled the cinematography while Rajkumar Santoshi edited this film.
Rajkumar Santoshi wrote the story, Rajkumar Santoshi and Anjum Rajabali wrote the screenplay and Rajkumar Santoshi, Anjum Rajabali, and K.K. Raina wrote the dialogues of this film. The film marked the maiden collaboration between Anil Kapoor and Namrata Shirodkar.
The film marked director Rajkumar Santoshi's maiden collaboration with Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, and Namrata Shirodkar. Pukar marked Namrata Shirodkar's 8th film since making her debut in 1998 with Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai.
The film marked the 12th collaboration between Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit after Hifazat, Tezaab, Beta, Khel, Parinda, Ram Lakhan, Kishen Kanhaiya, Jamai Raja, Pratikar, Zindagi Ek Juaa, Rajkumar.
At the 48th National Film Awards, Anil Kapoor won the award for Best Actor, while Rajkumar Santoshi's film received the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.
Pukar marked 7th directorial venture of Rajkumar Santoshi. He made his directorial debut in 1990 with the action drama film Ghayal starring Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Seshadri, Amrish Puri, Raj Babbar, Moushmi Chatterjee
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