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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Boxer<br />
| image = Boxerhindifilm.jpg<br />
| caption = Promotional poster<br />
| director = [[Raj N. Sippy]]<br />
| producer = <br />
Gautam Guha , <br />
[[Mithun Chakraborty]]<br />
| writer = <br />
| starring = [[Mithun Chakraborty]]<br>[[Rati Agnihotri]]<br>[[Sharat Saxena]]<br>[[Parikshit Sahni]]<br>[[Danny Denzongpa]]<br>[[Tanuja]]<br />
| music = [[R. D. Burman]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1984|2|17}}<br />
| runtime = 164 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget = [[Rupee|Rs]] 2.5 Crores<br />
| gross = Rs.5.50Crores<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Boxer''''' is a 1984 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[sports film]] directed by [[Raj N. Sippy]], starring [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Rati Agnihotri]], [[Sharat Saxena]], [[Danny Denzongpa]], and [[Tanuja]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Dharma (Danny Denzongpa) works as a boxer with Kashmir Silk Mills. The Managing Director is very pleased with him, and assures him that if he will win the next boxing bout against Shera, he will be sent to London. Unfortunately, Dharma loses the bout, he is grievously injured, unable to box anymore, and shortly thereafter, he is fired from his job. Thereafter an embittered Dharma takes to drinking alcohol in a big way, ignoring his pregnant wife, Savitri (Tanuja), & young son, Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty). Things get worse when Savitri gives birth to a second baby boy, Sonu. Then in order to make ends meet, Shankar takes to stealing, and hiding from the law. Years later, Shankar, now a career criminal, is arrested for stealing a watch from a man coming out of a jewellery store, he is tried in court and sentenced to jail for 6 months. In prison, he meets with boxing manager, Tony Braganza (Parikshat Sahni), and after his release, he starts to train with him and eventually challenges the reigning Champion Raghu Raj (Sharat Saxena).<br />
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==Music==<br />
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The music was composed by [[R. D. Burman|Rahul Dev Burman]], and the song "Hai Mubarak Aaj ka Din Shadmani" was a superhit.<br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
! Song !! Singer<br />
|-<br />
| "Dekho Idhar Jaano Jigar"<br />
| [[Kishore Kumar]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Tere Dil Mein Bhi Kuch Kuch Kya Hota Hai Kabhi"<br />
| [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Asha Bhosle]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Hai Mubarak Aaj Ka Din, Raat Aayi Hai Suhani, Shadmani Ho Shadmani"<br />
| [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]], [[Vanita Mishra]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Apne Ghar Mein Ek Naya Mehmaan"<br />
| [[Vanita Mishra]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}<br />
*[[Mithun Chakraborty]] as Shankar<br />
*[[Rati Agnihotri]] as Rajni<br />
*[[Danny Denzongpa]] as Dharma, father of Shankar and Ex-Boxer<br />
*[[Tanuja]] as Savitri, Dharma's wife<br />
*[[Parikshit Sahni]] as Tony Braganza<br />
*[[Sujit Kumar]] as Inspector Khatau, Father of Rajni<br />
*[[Kumari Naaz]] as Mrs Khatau, Mother of Rajni<br />
*[[Sharat Saxena]] as Boxing Champion Raghuraj<br />
*[[Iftekhar]] as Rushie<br />
*[[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]] as Gafoor<br />
*[[Raju Shrestha]] as Young Shankar<br />
*[[Gulshan Bawra]] as Self (Gulshan Bawra)<br />
*[[Jagdish Raj]] as Khatau Friend, whose watch is stolen by Shankar (uncredited)<br />
*[[Mohan Choti]] as Police Inspector (uncredited)<br />
*[[Birbal (actor)|Birbal]] as Police Constable (uncredited)<br />
*[[Gurbachan Singh (actor)|Gurbachan Singh]] as Shera, Boxer (uncredited) in the beginning of the movie<br />
*[[Azaad Irani]] as Sharma, Dharma's Boxing Coach (uncredited) in the beginning of the movie<br />
{{div col end}}<br />
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==Box office==<br />
The film was a Super Hit and twenty ninth highest-grossing movie of 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000029488/|title=Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1984|website=IMDb}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
*[http://www.ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Boxer+%281984%29o] {{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0315319|Boxer}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian boxing films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Raj N. Sippy]]<br />
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