Ekta Sohini

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{{Infobox person
| image =
| birth_name = Aarti Sharma
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1971|03|27}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| othername = Aarti Bahl
| occupation = [[Film actress|Film]] and [[television actress]]
| spouse = [[Mohnish Bahl]]
| yearsactive = 1990–present
| children = Pranutan Bahl and Krisha Bahl
}}

'''Ekta Sohini''', also known as '''Ekta''', is an Indian film actress and the wife of the film actor [[Mohnish Bahl]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0812252/ Ekta]</ref> She made her acting debut opposite [[Arbaaz Ali Khan]] in the coming-of-age romance film ''[[Solah Satra]]'' (1990) and starred as [[Aditya Pancholi]]'s love interest in ''[[Naamcheen]]'' (1991) and ''[[Tahalka]]'' (1992).She is also mother of debutant [[Pranutan Bahl|''Pranutan'' ''Bahl'']] (Notebook).

She is married to [[Mohnish Bahl]].

==Filmography==
* ''[[Solah Satra]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Awwal Number]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Paap Ki Kamaee]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Picchi Pulliah]]'' (Telugu 1991)
* ''[[Fateh (1991 film)|Fateh]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Naamcheen]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Hafta Bandh]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Saajan]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Khatra (film)|Khatra]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Vansh]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Yudhpath]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Tahalka]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Basanti Tangewali]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Shatranj (1993 film)|Shatranj]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Nazar Ke Samne]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Hasina Aur Nagina]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Talaashi]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Vaastav]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Gang (film)|Gang]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Aman Ke Farishtey]]'' (2016)

==Television shows==
*''[[Dill Mill Gayye]]'' as Padma Bansal Gupta
*''[[Itihaas (TV series)|Itihaas]]'' as aunt Sheila Devi
*''[[Sanjivani (2019 TV series)|Sanjeevani]]'' 2 as Roshni Mathur

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb person|0812252|Ekta Sohini}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama person|ekta|Ekta}}

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Gang film

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{{short description|2000 Indian Hindi-language gangster film}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Gang
| image = Gang (film) poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1955)|Mazhar Khan]]
| producer = Mazhar Khan [[Bharat Shah]]
| writer = Mushtaq Merchant (dialogues)
| story = Shamsher Khan Baloch
| narrator =
| starring = [[Jackie Shroff]] [[Nana Patekar]] [[Kumar Gaurav]] [[Jaaved Jaffrey]] [[Juhi Chawla]]
| music = [[Anu Malik]] [[R.D. Burman]]
| cinematography = Nadeem Khan
| editing = Afaque Hussain
| distributor =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2000|04|14}}
| runtime = 165 minutes<ref name="BBFC">{{cite web | url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/gang-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmte2njm | title=Gang (2000) | work=[[BBFC]] | access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}

'''''Gang''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 2000|2000]] Indian Hindi-language [[gangster film|gangster]] [[drama film]]<ref name="BBFC"/> directed by [[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1955)|Mazhar Khan]].{{sfn|Basu|2010}} The film stars [[Nana Patekar]], [[Kumar Gaurav]], [[Javed Jaffrey]], [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Juhi Chawla]] and [[Imtiaz Khan]] in pivotal roles. The film began production in 1990 and was delayed for 10 years because of director Mazhar Khan's ill health. After his death in 1998, his assistant director helped complete the film for release on 14 April 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/sep/21gang.htm|title=Rediff On The NeT, Movies: On the sets of Gang|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref> The film was also the last to feature music by [[RD Burman]] who died in 1994.

==Plot==
Four friends, Gangu ([[Jackie Shroff]]), Abdul ([[Nana Patekar]]), Nihal ([[Kumar Gaurav]]) and Gary ([[Jaaved Jaffrey]])- which forms the word G.A.N.G, get together to start their [[organised crime|crime business]], but their roots are built on friendship and trust. They succeed in their criminal goals, but later they are attacked by a local gangster Tagdu ([[Gulshan Grover]]). As a result, G.A.N.G. retaliates with Tagdu and joins with Lala ([[Mukesh Khanna]]), a criminal leader with a conscience. But this does not pleases Abdul as they work for free with Lala and decides to join forces with Girja Singh (Imtiaz Khan), another gang leader, for money, to which Gangu disagrees. Gary's sister is later killed by Tagdu's men as a form of early humiliation, which shatters them deeply. Later G.A.N.G. and Tagdu's men are embroiled in a gang war, in which Gangu is arrested and sentenced to jail for five years.

When Gangu is released, he witnesses that Abdul is now driving a taxi, his mother is well looked after, and that Nihal and Gary have also started doing business. It is when Gangu meets his sweetheart, Sanam ([[Juhi Chawla]]), and proposes marriage, and subsequently learns that his friends are working with Girja Singh. Nihal and Divya (Ektaa Sohini) marriage begins to fall apart as their child is born handicapped due to the former's [[Substance dependence|drug addiction]] and later Divya commits [[suicide]] with her child. This incident shatters Nihal, and he goes on a [[mass murder|murder spree]], for which he is arrested. Girja orders Abdul to kill Nihal before he gives the statement against him to the court, but Abdul, indebted towards their friendship, kills Girja men instead of Nihal. Finally, Abdul and Gary decides to surrender to the police for the sake of Gangu and seeks the help of the chief minister ([[Raza Murad]]). But this displeases the latter as if they are arrested, and they will even testify against him, so he plans to murder the G.A.N.G. with the help of Girja and Tagdu.

Tagdu kills Gangu's mother in order to weaken the team, but G.A.N.G. finishes the minister's men, including Tagdu and Girja. In the process, Gangu is severely injured and is on his deathbed and asks them for a promise to leave the crime world forever, to which all agree, and Gangu dies after. The G.A.N.G. is about to surrender to the police, till the point where the minister orders the police for "[[execution warrant|shoot to kill]]" and kills the team.

After a week of encounter, lala kill the chief minister for betrayal from G.A.N.G (that is the actually first scene of the film)

== Cast ==
* [[Jackie Shroff]] as Gangu
* [[Nana Patekar]] as Abdul
* [[Kumar Gaurav]] as Nihal
* [[Javed Jaffrey]] as Gary
* [[Juhi Chawla]] as Sanam
* [[Ekta Sohini]] as Divya
* [[Imtiaz Khan (actor)|Imtiaz Khan]] as Girja Singh
* [[Gulshan Grover]] as Tagdu
* [[Shagufta Ali]] as Tinnie (Gary's sister)
* [[Mukesh Khanna]] as Lala
* [[Dalip Tahil]] as Commissioner Shamsher Singh

==Development==
Director Mazhar Khan had started the project in 1990 and faced delays due to his ill-health. However, Khan revived the project in 1998.{{sfn|Blitz|2008}} Khan later died on 16 September 1998 due to [[kidney failure]], thus keeping the production work on hold.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/sep/17mazh.htm | title=Actor Mazhar Khan, 43, dies of kidney failure | publisher=Rediff | work=Rediff desk | date=17 September 1998 | access-date=30 March 2016}}</ref> However, in 1999, [[Mashkoor Chowdhry]], the assistant of Khan worked on the film's remaining direction, technical aspects and leftover production.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/sep/21gang.htm | title=Four's a Gang | publisher=Rediff | work=Rediff desk | date=21 September 1999 | access-date=30 March 2016 | author=Suggu, Kanchana}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==

The music of this movie was mainly composed by [[Anu Malik]]. [[R. D. Burman]] composed only one track, ''Chhod Ke Na Jaana'', sung by [[Asha Bhosle]], for the film. But since the movie faced late release and his death, Mazhar Khan signed in Anu Malik for the composition. It can be noted that Anu Malik used some bits of the background score composed by Burman, of the movie, ''[[Caravan (1971 film)|Caravan]]'' for the song ''Dil Hai Bechain'' in the late composer's remembrance. All of the songs are written by [[Javed Akhtar]].

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Meri Payal Bole"
| [[Anu Malik]], [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
|-
| "Ye Karo Ye Nahin"
| [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya|Abhijeet]], [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Jolly Mukherjee]]
|-
| "Dil Hai Bechain"
| [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]
|-
| "Kyon Hum Tum Miley"
| [[Anu Malik]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
|-
| "Aaj Tu Maang Le"
| [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya|Abhijeet]], [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Roop Kumar Rathod]], [[Jolly Mukherjee]]
|-
| "Chhodke Na Jaana"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
|}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book|last1=Blitz|first1=Cine|title=Cine Blitz, Volume 24, Issue 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-DIqAAAAYAAJ&q=mazhar+khan+gang|date=25 July 2008|publisher=Blitz Publications}}
* {{cite book|last1=Basu|first1=Anustup|title=Bollywood in the Age of New Media: The Geo-televisual Aesthetic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AxyrBgAAQBAJ&q=mazhar+khan%27s+gang&pg=PA233|date=13 September 2010|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=9780748643233}}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0116391|title=Gang}}
* [https://cultofkumar.tumblr.com Cult of Kumar]

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[[Category:2000s crime action films]]
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[[Category:Indian crime action films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Films about organised crime in India]]
[[Category:Films about drugs]]
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[[Category:Films about suicide]]
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