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{{Infobox film
| name = Badal
| image = Badal 2000 film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Raj Kanwar]]
| producer = Salim Akhtar Shama Akhtar
| story = Raj Kanwar
| screenplay = Sutanu Gupta Robin Bhatt Santosh Saroj (dialogues)
| starring = [[Bobby Deol]] [[Rani Mukerji]] [[Amrish Puri]]
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Anu Malik]] '''Background Score:''' [[Aadesh Shrivastava]]
| editing = Waman Bhonsle
| cinematography = Harmeet Singh
| studio = Aftab Pictures
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2000|2|11}}
| runtime = 173 minutes
| language = Hindi
| country = India
| budget = {{INR}}10 [[crore]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=717|title=Badal – Movie|publisher=Box Office India|access-date=6 November 2020|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111012032/https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=717|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR|26.91 crore}}<ref name="auto"/>
}}

'''''Badal''''' ({{Translation|Cloud}}) is a 2000 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[action thriller film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/badal-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmtiymdq|title=Badal|website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|access-date=31 October 2023|archive-date=31 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031070210/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/badal-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zmtiymdq|url-status=live}}</ref> directed by [[Raj Kanwar]]. The film stars [[Bobby Deol]] and [[Rani Mukerji]] in lead roles with [[Amrish Puri]]. It was a commercial success.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Badal - Movie - Box Office India|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=717|access-date=2020-11-06|website=boxofficeindia.com|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111012032/https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=717|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Plot==
Badal is a young man with a tragic childhood. As a child, he had witnessed his entire family, his loving father, mother, and baby sister, murdered in a village massacre by ruthless and corrupt police officer Jaisingh Rana, who kills people for sadistic fun. He is then brought up by his late father's friend Jeetram, who himself is on the run from Rana. Years later, Badal has become a dreaded terrorist working for Jeetram under the name Rajveer, whose main target in life is exacting revenge on Jaisingh Rana for his family's horrible death. In this endeavor, Badal travels to a small town, where he meets a good-natured police officer, [[Assistant Commissioner of Police|ACP]] Ranjeet Singh, who takes Badal under his wing, and Rani, a bubbly, free-spirited girl who falls madly in love with him. Ranjeet Singh and his wife Simran start considering Badal as their son, and his daughters start to look up to Badal as an elder brother. Through both Singh's family and Rani, Badal is given a new lease of life and comes to understand the values of sentiments, love, and relationships, all of which he has missed out on in his life.

Meanwhile, Rana has now been promoted to DIG but still hasn't changed his old evil ways. He has Jeetram captured and tortured to know the location of his accomplices. Badal frees Jeetram and is pursued by the police force led by Ranjeet Singh. However, Jeetram commits suicide to protect Badal's identity from getting revealed, much to the latter's shock and grief.

==Cast==
*[[Bobby Deol]] as Rajveer / Badal
*[[Rani Mukerji]] as Rani
*[[Mayuri Kango]] as Soni
*[[Ashutosh Rana]] as DIG Jai Singh Rana
*[[Amrish Puri]] as ACP Ranjeet Singh
*[[Ashish Vidyarthi]] as Jeet Ram
*[[Johnny Lever]] as Guler Mehndi
*[[Upasana Singh|Upasna Singh]] as Guler Mehndi's wife
*[[Neena Kulkarni]] as Simran Singh
*[[Sana Saeed]] as Preeti
*[[Alok Nath]] as Badal's father
*[[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] as Rani's Grandfather
*[[Akash Khurana]] as Minister Satyaprakash Shinde
*[[Harish Patel]] as Daya Shankar
*[[Mushtaq Khan]] as Police Constable Mangeram
*[[Vishwajeet Pradhan]] as Sahab Singh
*[[Shahbaz Khan (actor)]] as Aaatankwadi Asgar
*[[Jeetu Verma]] as Rafiq, and Asgar's younger brother
*[[Dina Pathak]] The old woman who slapped Minister Satyaprakash
*[[Salim Ghouse]]
*[[Suman Ranganathan]] as item number Allah Allah (special appearance)
*[[Mink Brar]] as item number Laal Garara (special appearance)
*[[Pappu Polyester]]
*Dinesh Anand
*[[Mandira Bedi]]

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Badal
| type = [[Soundtrack album]]
| artist = [[Anu Malik]]
| cover =
| released = 4 December 1999
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 48:08
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[Anu Malik]]
}}
The music for ''Badal'' was composed and produced by [[Anu Malik]] while the lyrics where penned by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]. The film has six original songs, a medley, and one instrumental song, featuring some popular songs like "Yaar Mere Yaaram" and others.

===Track list===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Song !! Singer(s) !! Length
|-
| "Jugni Jugni" || [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Jaspinder Narula]], [[Anuradha Paudwal]] || 7:40
|-
| "Na Milo Kahin Pyar" || [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]] || 6:47
|-
| "Yaar Yara Mere Yaaram" || [[Udit Narayan]], [[Anuradha Paudwal]] || 5:40
|-
| "Medley Song" || - || 5:21
|-
| "Allah Allah" || [[Mukesh Kumar Munna]], [[Dominique]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]] || 5:30
|-
| "Lal Garara" || [[Anu Malik]], [[Jaspinder Narula]], [[Sapna Awasthi]] || 6:50
|-
| "Tujhe Dekh Ke Dil" || [[Udit Narayan]], [[Jaspinder Narula]] || 5:33
|-
| "Na Milo Kahin Pyar (Instrumental)" || [[Instrumental]] || 6:47
|}

==Reception==
Sharmila Taliculam of [[Rediff.com]] wrote, "A word of warning before you watch this film -- for the sake of your sanity, leave your brains behind. There are so many things here that don't make sense."<ref>{{cite web |last=Taliculam |first=Sharmila |date=12 February 2000 |title=What a waste! |url=https://rediff.com/movies/2000/feb/12badal.htm |website=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=16 January 2025}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|id=0247944|title=Badal}}
{{Portal|India|Film|Bollywood}}

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BaileyMetzler at 12:02, 3 March 2026