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{{Infobox film
| name = Daag: The Fire
| image = Daag-the-fire.jpg

| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Raj Kanwar]]
| producer = Raj Kanwar
| writer = Raj Kanwar [[Jainendra Jain (screenwriter)|Jainendra Jain]] (dialogues)
| screenplay = [[Robin Bhatt]] [[Akash Khurana]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Sanjay Dutt]] [[Chandrachur Singh]] [[Mahima Chaudhry]] [[Shakti Kapoor]]
| music = [[Rajesh Roshan]]
| cinematography = Harmeet Singh
| editing = A. Muthu
| studio =
| distributor = [[Inderjit Films]]
| released = {{Film date|1999|02|12|df=yes}}
| runtime = 165 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}67.5 million<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2453|title=Daag: The Fire – Movie|publisher=[[Box Office India]]|access-date=23 February 2023|archive-date=23 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223124614/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2453|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR}}202.8 million<ref name="auto"/>
}}

'''''Daag: The Fire''''' ({{translation|Fire/Shoot}}) is a 1999 Indian [[Hindi|Hindi-language]] [[action thriller]] film written, produced and directed by [[Raj Kanwar]], starring [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Chandrachur Singh]] and [[Mahima Chaudhry]] in the lead roles. The film received mixed reviews but was successful at the box office.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/feb/13daag.htm | title=Revenge and amnesia | publisher=[[Rediff.com|Rediff]] | date=13 February 1999 | accessdate=10 February 2016 | author=Suparn Verma | archive-date=3 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003055823/https://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/feb/13daag.htm | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/music/daag.html | title=review (Planet Bollywood) | accessdate=19 December 2013 | archive-date=7 April 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407055634/https://planetbollywood.com/music/daag.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The plot was inspired from the 1991 American film ''[[Regarding Henry]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 22, 1999|first=Anupama|last=Chopra|title=Film review: 'Daag - the Fire', starring Sanjay Dutt, Chandrachur Singh|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19990222-film-review-daag-the-fire-starring-sanjay-dutt-chandrachur-singh-780229-1999-02-22|access-date=2021-08-06|website=India Today|language=en|archive-date=6 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806032339/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19990222-film-review-daag-the-fire-starring-sanjay-dutt-chandrachur-singh-780229-1999-02-22|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Former Indian soldier Karan Singh wants to seek revenge for his upright father, Satya Prakash Singh, who was wrongfully jailed. His sentence resulted from a false charge and prosecution by a shrewd lawyer, Ravi Verma, backed by the latter's father-in-law, Singhal.

Kajal is the wife of the corrupt Ravi, who can win almost any court case. During a court case, he falsely accuses and gets a righteous man convicted of corruption, who then commits suicide out of shame. His son, Major Karan, swears revenge. One day, after a party that Kajal and Ravi attend, he fires a pistol directly at Ravi but Kajal, saves her husband using her body as a shield. Karan fires a second time, and Ravi is shot in the spinal cord, loses part of his memory as the doctors diagnose him with 'retrograde amnesia".

In the hospital, Kajal succumbs to her injury. In an attempt to restore Ravi's memory, Singhal requests the help of a street woman, Kajri, who looks exactly like Kajal, to pretend to be Ravi's wife temporarily.

However, the obstinate Karan is still seeking his revenge by stalking Ravi in the hospital and hatches a plan to kill Ravi. Karan and Kajri collect all the evidence that proves Karan's father's innocence. Ravi regains his memory and starts to sympathise with Karan. With the help of Kajri, he promises Karan that once he recovers fully, he will prove to the court that Karan's father was actually innocent but wrongly persecuted, presenting all the proof. Learning of this turn of events, Singhal turns the tables on Ravi.

A significant family feud ensues between Singhal and Ravi. Ravi, with the help of Karan, wins the final court case, and finally, the real perpetrators are placed behind bars (including Singhal, who had instigated this). Ravi and Kajri unite happily, and Karan gives himself up to the police voluntarily and asks Ravi to defend his case in the court.

== Cast ==
*[[Sanjay Dutt]] as Captain Karan Singh
*[[Chandrachur Singh]] as Ravi Verma
*[[Mahima Chaudhry]] - as Kajal Verma (Nee ''Singhal'') / Kajri (Double Role)
*[[Sushma Seth]] as Tai
*[[Shakti Kapoor]] - as Dr. Anand
*[[Sachin Khedekar]] - as Inspector Vinay Kumar
*[[Raj Babbar]] - as Mr. Singhal
*[[Kunickaa Sadanand|Kunika]] - as Nurse Lily
*[[Johnny Lever]]- as Compounder Sunder
*[[Shivaji Satam]] - as Satya Prakash Singh, Karan's father
*[[Mohan Joshi]] as Purushottam Jalan
*[[Harish Patel]] as Bihari
*[[Neha Pendse]] as child

== Soundtrack ==
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| name = Daag: The Fire
| type = [[Soundtrack album]]
| artist = [[Rajesh Roshan]]
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| released = 30 December 1998
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All songs were composed by [[Rajesh Roshan]] and lyrics by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]].
"Pardesiya Itna Bata Sajna, "Dil Deewana Na Jaane ( Anuradha Paudwal solo)" was very famous at the time of the movie release. The song "Dil Deewana" borrows its [[charanam]] from "Pehli Pehli Baar Mohabbat Ki Hai" from ''[[Sirf Tum]]'' (1999).<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=Sylvianism |number= 1713460227511624131|title=Engal Veetil (2000) is a photocopy of Dil Deewana (Daag, 1999). But Dil Deewana shares the charanam with Pehli Pehli (Siri Tum, 1999).|first=Sylvian|last=Patrick|author-link=Medium (website)}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Dil Deewana"
| [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Anuradha Paudwal]]
|-
| 2
| "Piya Lagi Lagan"
| Anuradha Paudwal, [[Jaspinder Narula]]
|-
| 3
| "Dil Deewana Naa Jaane Kab (Female)"
| Anuradha Paudwal
|-
| 4
| "Pardesiya Itna Bata Sajna"
| [[Udit Narayan]], Anuradha Paudwal
|-
| 5
| "Pyar Hamein Pyar Tum"
| Udit Narayan, [[Alka Yagnik]]
|-
| 6
| "Lucky Kabootar"
| [[Sukhwinder Singh]]
|-
| 7
| "Chehra Tera Chehra"
| Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal
|-
| 8
| "Dil Dhak Dhak Dhadke"
| [[Jaspinder Narula]]
|-
| 9
| "Pyar Hamein Pyar Tum (Instrumental)"
|
|}

== Reception ==
A critic from ''[[Deccan Herald]]'' opined that "Sanjay Dutt runs along the fringes of the storyline, making occasional incursions of zero impact. Chandrachur. with his flair and self-assured air puts Sanjay’s laboured outbursts to shame. A few spirited songs by Rajesh Roshan add some spice".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/6DAFFE93F21EFCB765256941003DC8B0?OpenDocument |title=Cinema Reviews -- Entertainment - Deccan Herald |website=www.cscsarchive.org |access-date=18 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214151332/http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/6DAFFE93F21EFCB765256941003DC8B0?OpenDocument |archive-date=14 February 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0272062|Daag: The Fire}}

[[Category:1999 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1999 films]]
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Rajesh Roshan]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Robin Bhatt]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Akash Khurana]]
[[Category:Films directed by Raj Kanwar]]
[[Category:Films about amnesia]]
[[Category:Indian films about revenge]]
[[Category:1999 action drama films]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]

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