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{{Infobox film
| name = Bichhoo
Release Date : 15/05/2000
| image=Bichhoo.jpg
| caption= Poster
| director =[[Guddu Dhanoa]]
| producer = Guddu Dhanoa
| studio=Bhagwan Chitra Mandir
| editing =V. N. Mayekar
| cinematography =Shripad Natu
| story =Santosh Dhanoa
|based_on = [[Leon: The Professional]] by [[Luc Besson]]
| screenplay = Dilip Shukla
| starring = [[Bobby Deol]]<br />[[Rani Mukerji]]<br />[[Ashish Vidyarthi]]<br />[[Malaika Arora]]
| music = [[Anand Raj Anand]]
| distributor = Video Sound Inc.
| released = {{start date|df=yes|2000|7|7}}
| runtime = 162 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
| image_size=
}}
'''''Bichhoo''''' ({{trans|Scorpion}}) is a [[Bollywood films of 2000|2000]] Indian [[action film|action]] [[thriller (genre)|thriller]] film starring [[Bobby Deol]] and [[Rani Mukerji]]. ''Bichhoo'' is a remake of the 1994 English-language French action thriller film ''[[Léon: The Professional]]''.

==Synopsis==
Jeeva (Bobby Deol) is from a struggling family. He falls in love with Kiran (Malaika Arora Khan). Due to their differences in social class, Kiran's father does not approve of their relationship. To punish Jeeva, Kiran's father frames his mother (Farida Jalal) and two sisters for prostitution and bribes the police into arresting them, which leads to the three of them committing suicide. Kiran also kills herself, ashamed of what her father has done. Jeeva seeks revenge by killing Kiran's father.

He later becomes one of India's most dangerous assassins. He lives in a small apartment next to the Bali family. The father (Mohan Joshi) works for a corrupt police officer named Devraj Khatri (Ashish Vidyarthi), who works in the drug trade. Kiran Bali (Rani Mukherji) is the youngest daughter of the family and strongly dislikes them. She tries to befriend Jeeva many times, but he is too engrossed in his killing to have any time for her. One day, Kiran is in Jeeva's apartment delivering milk to him. Whilst she is there, Devraj Khatri comes to Bali's apartment and brutally kills them all — Kiran is the only one to survive as she was in Jeeva's apartment. Jeeva soon finds himself taking Kiran under his wing, and so he trains her in handling weapons to get revenge against the men who had brutally murdered her family.

===Relationship to ''Léon: The Professional''===
''Bichoo'' is similar to the 1994 English-language French action thriller film ''[[Léon: The Professional]]'', written and directed by [[Luc Besson]]. ''Léon: The Professional'' stars [[Jean Reno]] as the titular [[American Mafia|mob]] [[hitman]]; [[Gary Oldman]] as corrupt and unhinged [[Drug Enforcement Administration|DEA]] agent [[Norman Stansfield]]; a young [[Natalie Portman]], in her feature film debut, as Mathilda, a 12-year-old girl who is reluctantly taken in by Léon after her family is murdered; and [[Danny Aiello]] as Tony, the mobster who gives the hitman his assignments. Léon and Mathilda form an unusual relationship, as she becomes his [[protégée]] and learns the hitman's trade. A notable difference is that Mathilda is 12 years old and Kiran about 10 years older.

==Cast==
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* [[Bobby Deol]] as Jeeva
* [[Rani Mukherji]] as Kiran Bali
* [[Malaika Arora]] as Kiran
* [[Farida Jalal]] as Jeeva's mother
* [[Ashish Vidyarthi]] as Devraj Khatri (ACP in Narcotics Department)
* [[Sachin Khedekar]] as Kiran (Rani Mukherji) brother
* [[Suresh Chatwal]] as Shopkeeper
* [[Veerendra Saxena]] as Madan Bhai Jeeva's Friend
* [[Pramod Moutho]] as Pankaj Kharbanda
*[[Mohan Joshi]] as Kiran 's Father
* [[Avtar Gill]] as S.K. Puri (Police Commissioner)
* [[Mahavir Shah]] as Inspector Khan
*[[Bhakti Barve]] as TV Interviewer on television who takes interview of Police Commissioner
*[[Ishrat Ali]] as Vikas Bali as Kiran Bali Father
*[[Dolly Bindra]] as Mrs Bali as Kiran Bali Step Mother
* [[Shweta Shetty]] as Guest Role (Totte Totte Song)
* [[Hans Raj Hans]] as Himself
* [[Janardhan Parab]] as Security Guard of Society
*[[Santosh Gupta(actor)]] as Mumbai Local Train passenger
{{div col end}}

==Soundtrack==
All songs written composed by [[Anand Raj Anand]]. The album consists of 8 songs, including two instrumental tracks. Harry Anand, one of the first musicians to start the trend of bringing out remix music videos in India, singing two songs from the tracks. According to the Indian trade website [[Box Office India]], with around 16,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's eleventh highest-selling.<ref>{{cite web|title=Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215081557/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5&PHPSESSID=108b9056cd4ca14236f9c6119d34dcce|archivedate=15 February 2008|publisher=[[Box Office India]]|accessdate=20 December 2016}}</ref>

===Track listing===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s) !! Length
|-
| 1
| "Pyar Tu Dil Tu"
| [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Vinod Rathod]]
| 5:39
|-
| 2
| "Dil Tote Tote Ho Gaya"
| [[Hans Raj Hans]], [[Shweta Shetty]]
| 5:38
|-
| 3
| "Jeevan Mein Jaane Jaana"
| Harry Anand, [[Jaspinder Narula]]
| 5:15
|-
| 4
| "Tere Hothon Ki Hansi"
| [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Swarnalatha]]
| 4:26
|-
| 5
| "Pyar Ho Na Jaye"
| [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Ram Shankar]], Raj Bhatt
| 6:39
|-
| 6
| "Ekwari Tak Le"
| Harry Anand, [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| 5:25
|-
| 7
| "Jeevan Mein Jaane Jaana (Instrumental)"
|
| 5:14
|-
| 8
| "Dil Tote Tote Ho Gaya (Instrumental)"
|
| 5:37
|}

==Reception==
The reviews for ''Bichhoo'' were mostly positive. Much applause was given to Deol and Mukherjee's performances.

==Sequel==
Director Guddu Dhanoa has announced that he would make ''Bichhoo 2'', a sequel with [[Bobby Deol]] in the central role. The production of the movie is in its preliminary phase; selection of the lead actress is to be done, among other pivotal tasks. In retrospect of the success of ''Bichhoo'', Dhanoa has said that the new venture is special for him. Though he is tentative about the cut and dried date of release of the movie, the director is certain of the movie hitting the screens in the near future.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Bobby-Deol-to-play-lead-in-Bichhoo-2/articleshow/35025573.cms|title=Bobby Deol to play lead in Bichhoo 2 |publisher=Times of India |accessdate=17 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bobby-deol-to-play-lead-in-bichhoo-2/1/361483.html|title=Bobby Deol to play lead in Bichhoo 2 |publisher=India Today |accessdate=17 May 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0252277}}

[[Category:2000 films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000 action thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian films about revenge]]
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian gangster films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anand Raj Anand]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of French films]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of English films]]
[[Category:Films about contract killing in India]]

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