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{{Infobox film
| name = Jhanjhaar
| image = Jhanjhaar_(1987).jpg
| caption =
| director = [[V. Shantaram]]
| producer = V. Shantaram
| writer =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Siddharth Ray|Sushant Ray]]<br>[[Padmini Kolhapure]]<br>[[Ranjana Deshmukh]]<br>[[Sudhir Pandey]]
| music = [[Kalyanji Anandji]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = [[Rajkamal Kalamandir]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1987||}}
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = Hindi
| budget =
}}
'''''Jhanjhaar''''' (Fire) is a 1987 [[Hindi]] social drama film directed by [[V. Shantaram]]. Made under [[Rajkamal Kalamandir]] banner it was a V. Shantaram Productions film.<ref name=Gomolo>{{cite web|title=Jhanjhaar|url=http://www.gomolo.com/jhanjhaar-movie/6084|website=gomolo.com|accessdate=16 February 2015|archive-date=8 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208192617/http://www.gomolo.com/jhanjhaar-movie/6084|url-status=dead}}</ref> It had music by [[Kalyanji Anandji]]. The film starred [[Siddharth Ray|Sushant Ray]] (Shantaram's grandson), with [[Padmini Kolhapure]],<ref name="Somaaya2003">{{cite book|author=Bhawana Somaaya|title=The Story So Far|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mK4aAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=16 February 2015|year=2003|publisher=Indian Express Group}}</ref> and the rest of the cast included Yunus Parvez, [[Sudhir Pandey]] and [[Ranjana Deshmukh]] (niece of Hindi film actress [[Sandhya Shantaram|Sandhya]] who was [[V. Shantaram]]'s wife). Ranjana's career came to a halt when she met with a car accident on the way to the shooting of this film in Bangalore.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Jhanjhaar|url=http://www.citwf.com/film173818.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=Cineplot>{{cite web|title=Ranjana II Profile and films|url=http://cineplot.com/data/ranjana-2.php|website=cineplot.com|accessdate=16 February 2015}}</ref>

Culminating the end of a career that "spanned" nearly seventy years in Indian cinema, ''Jhanjhaar'' was Shantaram's last released film, and a commercial failure at the box-office.<ref name="LimcaBookofRecords">{{cite book|title=Limca Book of Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IP1tAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=16 February 2015|year=1999|publisher=Bisleri Beverages Limited}}</ref><ref name=TheHindu>{{cite news|last1=Ravindranathan|first1=Sugandhi|title=A navrang of Shantaram's films|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/02/stories/2002050200380100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021019173247/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/02/stories/2002050200380100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 October 2002|accessdate=16 February 2015|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2 May 2002}}</ref> Shantaram was 85 years at the time of making Jhanjhaar.<ref name=Glamsham>{{cite web|last1=Singh|first1=Rajesh Kumar|title=Filmmakers don't retire Yash Ji - An open letter to Yash Chopra|url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/scoops/12/oct/01-news-filmmakers-dont-retire-yash-ji-an-open-letter-to-yash-chopra-101208.asp|website=glamsham.com|publisher=A Fifth Quarter Infomedia Pvt. Ltd.|accessdate=16 February 2015|ref=Scoop and News-editorial}}</ref>

The film is set in a village where a man claiming to be a freedom-fighter takes advantage of the villagers for his own evil purposes. The story then follows the rise of the villagers against him.

==Plot==
Pushpa and Gayatri are the daughters of an ex-army man, Veer Bahadur, now retired to his village. He fights against the atrocities inflicted by Nagoji, a man pretending to be a freedom fighter. Nagoji uses this as a way of fuelling wrongdoings in the village. When Veer Bahadur opposes Nagoji, he is killed. Bahadur's daughters vow to avenge their father and save the village from Nagoji. They are helped by Nagoji's son, Santosh, who despises the evil ways of his father and more so when Nagoji attempts to molest Pushpa. Gayatri, Pushpa and Santosh together with the help of the villagers manage to bring an end to Nagoji's wicked ways.

==Cast==
* [[Siddharth Ray|Sushant Ray]] as Shantesh
* [[Padmini Kolhapure]] as Pushpa
* [[Ranjana Deshmukh]] as Gayatri
* [[Sudhir Pandey]] as Nagoji
* [[Aruna Irani]] as Neeta
* [[Gulshan Grover]] as Yeshwant Deshmukh
* [[Yunus Parvez]] as Saxena
* [[Pallavi Joshi]] as Munni

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[Kalyanji–Anandji]] and released by [[Sony Music India]]. All lyrics were penned by Vishwamitra Adil.

{{Infobox album
| name = Jhanjhaar
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Kalyanji–Anandji]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1987
| recorded = 1987
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Soundtrack]]
| length = 37:58
| label = [[Sony Music India]]
| producer = [[Kalyanji–Anandji]]
| prev_title = [[Imaandaar]]
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = [[Kalyug Aur Ramayan]]
| next_year = 1987
}}

{{track listing
| headline = Track list
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 37:58
| title1 = Shantu Re
| extra1 = [[Suresh Wadkar]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]
| length1 = 4:20
| title2 = Dekho Humse
| extra2 = Suresh Wadkar, Sadhana Sargam
| length2 = 4:53
| title3 = Boli Boli Pinjre Ki
| extra3 = Sadhana Sargam
| length3 = 5:18
| title4 = Dekh Khudara
| extra4 = [[Udit Narayan]]
| length4 = 2:59
| title5 = Sun Mera Yaar
| extra5 = Suresh Wadkar
| length5 = 5:48
| title6 = Bada Haath Aage
| extra6 = [[Alka Yagnik]], Suresh Wadkar
| length6 = 8:01
| title7 = Aage Bhi Dushman
| extra7 = Suresh Wadkar, Sadhana Sargam
| length7 = 2:24
| title8 = Dekh Khudara (Excerpt)
| extra8 = [[Udit Narayan]]
| length8 = 1:07
| title9 = Dekh Khudara (Sad Version)
| extra9 = Udit Narayan
| length9 = 2:08
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=tt0386551|title=Jhanjhaar (1987 film)}}

{{V. Shantaram}}

[[Category:1987 films]]
[[Category:1987 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1987 Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by V. Shantaram]]
[[Category:1980s Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]

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