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{{infobox film<br />
| name = Aaj Ka Daur<br />
| image = Aaj_Ka_Daur.jpg<br />
| director = [[K. Bapayya]]<br />
| starring = [[Jackie Shroff]]<br />[[Padmini Kolhapure]] <br />
| released = {{release date|df=y|1985|12|04}}<br />
| music = [[Bappi Lahiri]]<br />
| writer = [[Kader Khan]] (dialogues)<br />
| screenplay = Selvaraj<br />
| story = [[Visu]]<br />
| editing = V. R. Kotagiri<br />
| cinematography = A. Venkat<br />
| producer = Chintapalli Prasad<br />
| studio = Sree Kanakadurga Art Productions<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Aaj Ka Daur''''' ({{trans|''Today's Era''}}) is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language film directed by [[K. Bapayya]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rajadhyaksha |first1=Ashish |last2=Willemen |first2=Paul |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema |date=1999 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-94318-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA55 |language=en}}</ref> Starring [[Jackie Shroff]], [[Padmini Kolhapure]], [[Aruna Irani]], [[Kader Khan]], it is a remake of 1981 [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Kudumbam Oru Kadambam]]''. According to Pratiksha Mestry of ''[[Mid-Day]]'', ''Aaj Ka Daur'', along with ''[[Himmatwala (1983 film)|Himmatwala]]'' (1983), is Khan's first attempt at comedy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mestry |first1=Pratiksha |title=Did you know Kader Khan started his career as a professor? |url=https://www.mid-day.com/photos/did-you-know-kader-khan-started-his-career-as-a-professor/34983 |access-date=11 November 2020 |work=[[Mid-Day]] |date=22 October 2020 |language=en |quote=His first attempt at comedy was with Himmatwala and Aaj Ka Daur.}}</ref> For his work, Khan received a nomination for the [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Performance in a Comic Role]] at the [[33rd Filmfare Awards]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
This film is about a university graduate [[Jackie Shroff]], who can get no better job than a petrol pump employee, a girl [[Padmini Kolhapure]], who is struggling to pay for college, and others in a building owned by [[Prem Chopra]], who attempts to evict them with the help of [[Shakti Kapoor]].<br />
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==Cast==<br />
The cast is listed below:<ref name="swar">{{cite book |last1=Arunachalam |first1=Param |title=BollySwar: 1981 - 1990 |date=2020 |publisher=Mavrix Infotech Private Limited |isbn=978-81-938482-2-7 |page=519 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4rcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA519 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Aaj Ka Daur |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AgQUxb09UPQC |access-date=11 November 2020 |work=Bombay: The City Magazine |issue=12 |publisher=Living Media India. |date=1986 |language=en}}</ref><br />
*[[Jackie Shroff]] as Raja<br />
*[[Padmini Kolhapure]] as Durga Agnihotri<br />
*[[Prem Chopra]] as Fakirchand<br />
*[[Nirupa Roy]] as Laxmi Agnihotri<br />
*[[Kader Khan]] as Vishwapratap Gyandev Agnihotri<br />
*[[Shakti Kapoor]] as Leo<br />
*[[Aruna Irani]] as Mrs. Leo<br />
*[[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]] as Bijli<br />
*[[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] as Pratap Kapoor<br />
*[[Shoma Anand]] as Sharda Kapoor<br />
*[[Raj Kiran (Hindi film actor)|Raj Kiran]] as Rambabu Dard<br />
*[[Roshni]] as Seeta Dard<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
Composed by [[Bappi Lahiri]], the soundtrack includes the following songs:<ref name="swar"/><br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
! Song !! Singer<br />
|-<br />
| "Petrol Bharo, Jaldi Karo, Meri Gaadi Kab Se Khadi Hai"<br />
| [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Alka Yagnik]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Hum Tujh Par Hi Shaida Hue Hai, Tere Liye Hi Paida Hue Hai"<br />
| [[Kishore Kumar]], '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''<br />
|-<br />
| "Gori Gori Gori Gori, Tan Tera Roop Ki Nadiya"<br />
| [[Kishore Kumar]], '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''<br />
|-<br />
| "Shanivaar Tak Woh Officer Rehta Hai"<br />
| [[Shabbir Kumar]], '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''<br />
|-<br />
| "Yeh Daur, Aaj Ka Daur Hai"<br />
| [[K. J. Yesudas]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Accolades==<br />
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"<br />
|-<br />
!scope="col"| Award<br />
!scope="col"| Category<br />
!scope="col"| Recipient(s) and nominee(s)<br />
!scope="col"| Result<br />
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}<br />
|-<br />
!scope="row" | [[Filmfare Awards]]<br />
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Performance in a Comic Role]]<br />
| {{sort|Khan|[[Kader Khan]]}}<br />
|{{nom}}<br />
|style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite news |title=The Nominations - 1986 |url=http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/368577.cms |access-date=11 November 2020 |work=[[Filmfare]] |publisher=[[The Times Group]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014104908/http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/368577.cms |archive-date=14 October 2007}}</ref><br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0154105|Aaj Ka Daur}}<br />
{{Kovelamudi Bapayya}}<br />
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[[Category:1985 films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by K. Bapayya]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Bappi Lahiri]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Tamil films]]<br />
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