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{{Short description|1999 Indian Hindi action film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Kohram
| image = Kohram.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Mehul Kumar]]
| producer = [[Amitabh Bachchan Corporation]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/news/ni2972408/ Bollyspice article]</ref>
| writer = [[Iqbal Durrani]]
| screenplay =
| story =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Amitabh Bachchan]]|[[Jaya Prada]]|[[Nana Patekar]]|[[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]]}}

| music = Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1999|8|13|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INRConvert|11|c}}
| gross = {{INRConvert|16.8|c}}

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'''''Kohram''''' is a 1999 Indian [[Hindi]] [[action film]] directed by [[Mehul Kumar]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Siddiqui|first=Rana|title=Tabu returns, and how!|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/05/25/stories/2007052550690100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527115239/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/05/25/stories/2007052550690100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 May 2007|accessdate=30 December 2011|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 May 2007}}</ref> It stars [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Nana Patekar]], [[Jaya Prada]], [[Danny Denzongpa]], [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]] and [[Jackie Shroff]] with other supporting actors. It was an average earner at the box office.

==Plot==
The story starts with the death of an army officer ([[Jackie Shroff]]), and it is believed to be the act of a terrorist group headed by Changezi ([[Mukesh Rishi]]). [[Colonel]] Balbir Singh Sodhi ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is asked to investigate this matter and he ends up discovering that minister Veerbhadra Singh ([[Danny Denzongpa]]) is involved in this conspiracy. Colonel Sodhi stages his own death in an attempt to kill Changezi and starts living as Dadabhai/ Devraj Hathoda in Mumbai. Major Ajit Arya ([[Nana Patekar|Patekar]]) is sent in the guise of a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] journalist to find out the true identity of Dadabhai/Devraj Hathoda. Once Arya discovers the truth, he joins hands with Colonel Sodhi to bring the minister to justice and terminate the terrorist group. Tabu is shown to be a police officer in love with Major Ajit Arya and Jaya Pradha is shown as Colonel Sodhi's wife.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fridaymoviez.com/bollywood/movies/kohram/synopsis/83233 |title=Friday Moviez review |access-date=6 January 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712084927/http://fridaymoviez.com/bollywood/movies/kohram/synopsis/83233 |archive-date=12 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.zulm.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=140 Film synopsis]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Colonel Balbir Singh Sodhi/Devraj Hathoda (Dadabhai)
* [[Nana Patekar]] as Major Ajit Arya/Basu Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay (BBC)
* [[Jaya Prada]] as Namrata B. Sodhi
* [[Jackie Shroff]] as Major Rathod(cameo)
* [[Danny Denzongpa]] as Minister Virbhadra Singh
* [[Mukesh Rishi]] as Ghafoor Changezi
* [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]] as Inspector Kiran Patkar
* [[Mukul Dev]] as Monty
* [[Kabir Bedi]] as Brig. Bedi
* [[Ayesha Jhulka]] as Sweety
* [[Avtar Gill]] as Police Commissioner
* [[Kishori Godbole]] as Virbhadra Singh's daughter

==Songs==
#"Jay Mata Dee He Ambe Baliharee" – [[Sanjivani (singer)|Sanjeevani]]
#"Palakon Ko Kalam Banaa Ke, To Meraa Naam Nahin" – [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
#"Satanaam Vaaheguru, Baabaa Naanak Dukhiyaan De Naath Ve" – Kishanpal Singh
#"Janeman Janeman Ladakee Too Number One" – [[Udit Narayan]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]
#"Pagal Huwa Huwa Huwa" – [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Jaspinder Narula]]
#"Ik Mashuka Hai Yeh Jindagee Tum Ho Isape Shaida" – [[Sudesh Bhosle]], [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]]
#"Ladakee Ladakee Too Woh Ladakee" – [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya|Abhijeet]]
#"Hum Hai Banaras Ke Bhaya" – [[Sudesh Bhosle]], [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]]

==Production==
After his film ''[[Mrityudata]]'' (1997) flopped at the box office, director [[Mehul Kumar]] wanted to make another film with Amitabh Bachchan. Both these films were produced by [[Amitabh Bachchan Corporation]]. This is when he came up with the idea for ''Kohram''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213775/ IMDB trivia]</ref> The original cast announced consisted of [[Dimple Kapadia]], [[Arshad Warsi]] and [[Karisma Kapoor]] with the working title as "Aye Watan Tere Liye". However, later that was scrapped and this film was made. Initially, Nana Patekar had declined Kumar's offer, but later agreed to do the film. Initially the film was slated to release on 6 August, but then Mehul Kumar advanced it to 13 August.<ref>[http://in.rediff.com/news/1999/aug/18us.htm Rediff News]</ref>

==Critical reception==
''Kohram'' received mixed reviews but was received better than ''Mrityudaata'', Kumar's previous film. While only 16% users liked it on [[Rotten Tomatoes]],<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kohram/ Rotten Tomatoes review]</ref> critic Ajay Chaturvedi called it an average film.<ref>[http://www.apunkachoice.com/movies/mov22/kohram-review.html Ajay Chaturvdedi's review on Apunkachoice.com]</ref> He said that while the first half is good, the second half is jarringly edited, but the film is a treat for Nana Patekar fans. He also appreciated Tabu's performance in the film.

==Box office==
Kohram grossed {{INR}} 133 million at the box office, while its collections in U.S were $70,257. It performed some good in interiors but couldn't do much and finally declared an average earner.<ref>[http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp Box office collections at Ibos]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0213775}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1999 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen]]
[[Category:Films about terrorism in India]]
[[Category:Films directed by Mehul Kumar]]

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