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{{Infobox film
| name           = Khoon Bhari Maang
| image          = Khoon Bhari Maang poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical-release poster
| director       = [[Rakesh Roshan]]
| producer       = Rakesh Roshan
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* Mohan Kaul
* [[Ravi Kapoor]]
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Rekha]]
* [[Kabir Bedi]]
* [[Sonu Walia]]
* [[Shatrughan Sinha]]
* [[Kader Khan]]
}}
| music          = [[Rajesh Roshan]]
| cinematography = 
| editing        = Sanjay Verma
| distributor    = Filmkraft Productions
| released       = {{Film date|df=yes|1988|08|12}}
| runtime        = 172 minutes
| country        = India
| language       = Hindi
| budget         =
}}
'''''Khoon Bhari Maang''''' ({{translation|Blood on the Head}}) is a [[Bollywood films of 1988|1988]] Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action thriller film]] directed and produced by [[Rakesh Roshan]]. Based on the Australian mini-series ''[[Return to Eden (television)|Return to Eden]]'' (1983), it stars [[Rekha]] as a wealthy widow who is almost killed by her second husband and sets out for revenge. The film was a comeback venture for Rekha, and was a critical and commercial success. It received seven nominations at the [[34th Filmfare Awards]], including for [[Best Film]] and [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] for Roshan, and won Rekha her second [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] award. ''Khoon Bhari Maang'' was released on 12 August 1988.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19880812&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Khoon Bhari Maang |date=12 August 1988 |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |page=4 |access-date=6 November 2020 }}</ref> The film loosely depicts death of American actress [[Natalie Wood]].

==Synopsis==
Aarti Verma ([[Rekha]]) is a widow with two children. She is an unattractive woman with a large [[birthmark]] on her face. Aarti's husband ([[Rakesh Roshan]]) died in a car accident under mysterious circumstances, and her father ([[Saeed Jaffrey]]) is one of the richest and most famous businessmen in the city. However, when Aarti's father is murdered by his worker Hiralal ([[Kader Khan]]), Aarti's world is completely destroyed. She does not find any sense for her life, except bringing up her children. Hiralal pretends to be a friend, and takes care of her like a father. He brings his poor nephew Sanjay ([[Kabir Bedi]]) from abroad, who is also the lover of Aarti's best friend Nandini ([[Sonu Walia]]). Although Nandini loves Aarti, she is intensely in love with Sanjay, and after he requests her to help him, she finally agrees to help him rob Aarti of her wealth. Slowly, Sanjay gets close to Aarti's children. Nandini and the rest of the family convince Aarti to marry Sanjay, and finally, she marries him. The day after the wedding, Aarti, Sanjay, and Nandini go on a short trip, in which Sanjay pushes Aarti from the rowboat into crocodile-infested waters, so that she dies, and he inherits her wealth. The crocodile mauls Aarti and mutilates her body and face. However, Aarti's body is not found, and Sanjay cannot inherit the legacy until her body is found and her death is established beyond any doubt. As a result, the family is in a serious situation. Sanjay, out of frustration, becomes abusive to the children and Aarti's  pets. While all of this is occurring, Aarti is found adrift by an old farmer, who rescues her.

A few months later, the horribly disfigured Aarti decides to return to her city and avenge herself and her family. She exchanges her expensive diamond earrings for a huge amount of money, using the money to pay for extensive [[plastic surgery]], and becomes a stunningly beautiful woman, very different from her earlier self. Aarti sets her first target Nandini who is the most successful model in town. In order to beat her popularity, she participates as a model in the same modelling agency (Kraft advertising agency), which made Nandini a star. Aarti Introduces herself as 'Jyoti'. The photographer JD ([[Shatrughan Sinha]]) spots her beauty and vows to make her the topmost model in the town, even more successful than Nandini. Soon Jyoti's popularity takes over Nandini, and out of frustration, she challenges Jyoti for a dance performance in which she loses. Nandini soon becomes jobless, and Jyoti's first target gets settled. Meanwhile, Sanjay gets smitten by Jyoti's beauty and is no longer interested in Nandini. He tries various ways to woo her and seduce her but fails every time. Later, Jyoti finds out that her children have stopped going to school. Jyoti lures in Sanjay to invite her to her own home, where she lived with her pets and children. Although the pets recognize Jyoti as Aarti, the children fail to do so. Jyoti finds out about all misdeeds of Sanjay and Hiralal through the children, including the murder of Ramu Kaka, the servant ([[A K Hangal]]) and her father.

JD gets suspicious about Jyoti's actions and shows his concern for her. He offers help as a friend, which Jyoti declines. JD ultimately finds out that Jyoti is none other than Aarti, who has come back to exact revenge on her wrong doers. Meanwhile, Jyoti sets her second target, her uncle Hiralal, sneaks into his house at midnight and kills him. She then calls Nandini and tells her that she is taking Sanjay with him at Sitapur farm (the same place where Aarti was attacked). JD asks Aarti's children to tell about Jyoti's whereabouts as her life is in danger. He reveals to them the secret about Jyoti being their mother. Sanjay brings Jyoti to the farmhouse. Nandini also reaches there and confronts Sanjay. She threatens to expose him to Jyoti and will not let her suffer like Aarti. Jyoti confronts them both and finally reveals herself as Aarti. Aarti vows to take revenge from Sanjay in the similar fashion to the way he tried to kill her. Aarti fights Sanjay, and in the process, Nandini sacrifices herself to save Aarti. Aarti, with the help of her pet horse Raja, drags Sanjay to the same spot with Crocodile infested waters. Aarti tries her best to knock Sanjay off the cliff, but Sanjay turns around and pushes her down.

JD reaches the spot, saves Aarti, and fights Sanjay. After a brief fight, he knocks Sanjay out, and he rolls down the cliff, hanging upside down. He asks Aarti for forgiveness. Aarti recalls that horrific incident when she was pushed into the lake and brutally attacked by the crocodile. Aarti knocks Sanjay one last time with a wooden rod, and he falls down the cliff and gets devoured by the crocodile. Aarti reunites with her family and pets.

==Cast==
* [[Rekha]] as Aarti Saxena / Jyoti Verma
* [[Kabir Bedi]] as Sanjay Verma
* [[Sonu Walia]] as Nandini
* [[Kader Khan]] as Heeralal
* [[Mangal Dhillon]] as Advocate
* [[Satyajeet Puri|Satyajeet]] as Baliya
* [[Shatrughan Sinha]] as J. D.
* [[Sulochana Latkar]] as J. D.'s Mother
* [[Rakesh Roshan]] as Vikram Saxena (Guest Appearance)
* [[Saeed Jaffrey]] as Mr. Saxena (Special Appearance)
* [[Paidi Jairaj]] as Baba saves Aarti's life (Special Appearance)
* [[Tom Alter]] as Plastic Surgeon (Special Appearance)
* [[Shubha Khote]] as veterinary Animal Doctor 
* [[A. K. Hangal]] as Ramu 
* [[Shweta Rastogi]] as Kavita
* [[Sulabha Deshpande]] as Leela

== Production ==
''Khoon Bhari Maang'' was announced by Rakesh Roshan in January 1988, with the media reporting Rekha would star as the film's lead.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.13141/page/n71/mode/2up?q=Rekha |title=Guftagu |date=10 January 1988 |work=[[The Illustrated Weekly of India]] |access-date=22 April 2021 }}</ref>

==Music==
The film has four songs composed by [[Rajesh Roshan]]:
* "Hanste Hanste Kat Jaayen Raaste" - [[Nitin Mukesh]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]
* "Jeene Ke Bahaane Lakhon Hain" - [[Asha Bhosle]]
* "Main Haseena Ghazab Ki" - Asha Bhosle, Sadhana Sargam
* "Main Teri Hoon Jaanam" - Sadhana Sargam
* "Hanste Hanste Kat Jaayen Raaste" - Sadhana Sargam, Sonali

The song "Main Teri Hoon Jaanam" is lifted from the [[Chariots of Fire (instrumental)|theme song]] of the British film ''[[Chariots of Fire]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/music/world-music-day-10-hit-songs-bollywood-copied-from-abroad-640166 |title=World Music Day: 10 Hit Songs Bollywood Copied From Abroad |date=June 21, 2014  |website=[[NDTV]] |access-date=2017-07-14}}</ref>

==Reception==
Reviews towards ''Khoon Bhari Maang'' were positive, with most of the critics' praise being directed towards Rekha's performance. In a 2000 article reviewing the last two decades in Hindi cinema, [[Bhawana Somaaya]] from ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote: "Rakesh Roshan offers Rekha the role of a lifetime in ''Khoon Bhari Maang''."<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|author=Somaaya, Bhawana|title=The highs and lows&nbsp;— a recollection |url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/11/24/stories/09240222.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040101090803/http://www.hindu.com/2000/11/24/stories/09240222.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-01-01 |date=2000-11-24 |access-date=2011-09-25}}</ref> M.L. Dhawan from ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'', while documenting the famous Hindi films of 1988, argued: "With ''Khoon Bhari Maang'', Rakesh Roshan destroyed the myth that it was essential to have a hero as the protagonist and that heroines were there just to serve as interludes and mannenquins." 

Dhawan further noted: "This fast-paced movie was a crowning glory for Rekha, who rose like a phoenix in this remake of ''Return to Eden'', and bedazzled the audience with her daredevilry."<ref>{{cite news |title=Year of offbeat films |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020818/spectrum/main5.htm |newspaper=[[The Sunday Tribune]] |date=2002-08-18 |access-date=2011-09-25 |author=Dhawan, M.L. }}</ref> Akshay Shah from Planet Bollywood wrote, "a perfect female oriented... [which] demands repeat viewing."<ref>{{cite web |publisher=planetbollywood.com |title=Khoon Bhari Maang |author=Shah, Akshay |url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/KhoonBhariMaang/ |access-date=2011-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918031101/http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/KhoonBhariMaang/ |archive-date=18 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> An unofficial remake of ''[[Return to Eden]]'',<ref name"Lawrence">{{cite book |last1=Lawrence |first1=Michael |editor1-last=Smith |editor1-first=Iain Robert |title=Transnational Film Remakes |date=2017 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-1-4744-0725-0 |pages=103–117 |url=https://www.academia.edu/33173351 |language=en |chapter=Glamour and Transformation in the Cross-Cultural Makeover: Return to Eden, Khoon Bhari Maang and the Avenging Woman in Popular Hindi Cinema}}</ref> the film was remade in Telugu as ''Gowthami'' starring Suhasini , in Tamil as ''[[Thendral Sudum]]'' starring Radhika and in Kannada as ''Jwaalaa'' starring Mohini.

==Filmfare Awards 1988==
The film was nominated for seven Filmfare Awards, and won three:<ref>{{cite news |title=The Nominations - 1988 |url=http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/368585.cms |work=[[Filmfare]] |publisher=[[The Times Group]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708210304/http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/368585.cms |archive-date=8 July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Winners - 1988 |url=http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/368584.cms |work=[[Filmfare]] |publisher=[[The Times Group]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060604040544/http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/368584.cms |archive-date=4 June 2006}}</ref>
===Winner===
* [[Filmfare Best Actress Award]] - [[Rekha]]
* [[Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award]] - [[Sonu Walia]] 
* [[Filmfare Best Editing Award]] - Sanjay Verma

===Nominated===
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film]]
* [[Filmfare Best Director Award]] - [[Rakesh Roshan]]
* [[Filmfare Best Female Playback Award]] - [[Sadhana Sargam]] for "Main Teri Hoon Jaanam" 
* [[Filmfare Best Music Director Award]] - [[Rajesh Roshan]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0151206|title=Khoon Bhari Maang}}

{{Rakesh Roshan}}

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[[Category:Indian films about revenge]]
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[[Category:Films about crocodilians]]
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