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| Directed by | Raj N. Sippy
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| Produced by | Gautam Guha , |
| Starring | Mithun Chakraborty Rati Agnihotri Sharat Saxena Parikshit Sahni Danny Denzongpa Tanuja
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| Music by | R. D. Burman
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | Rs 2.5 Crores
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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.
Plot
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).
Music
The music was composed by Rahul Dev Burman, and the song "Hai Mubarak Aaj ka Din Shadmani" was a superhit.
| Song | Singer |
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| "Dekho Idhar Jaano Jigar" | Kishore Kumar |
| "Tere Dil Mein Bhi Kuch Kuch Kya Hota Hai Kabhi" | Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle |
| "Hai Mubarak Aaj Ka Din, Raat Aayi Hai Suhani, Shadmani Ho Shadmani" | Hariharan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Vanita Mishra |
| "Apne Ghar Mein Ek Naya Mehmaan" | Vanita Mishra |
Cast
- Mithun Chakraborty as Shankar
- Rati Agnihotri as Rajni
- Danny Denzongpa as Dharma, father of Shankar and Ex-Boxer
- Tanuja as Savitri, Dharma's wife
- Parikshit Sahni as Tony Braganza
- Sujit Kumar as Inspector Khatau, Father of Rajni
- Kumari Naaz as Mrs Khatau, Mother of Rajni
- Sharat Saxena as Boxing Champion Raghuraj
- Iftekhar as Rushie
- Sudhir as Gafoor
- Raju Shrestha as Young Shankar
- Gulshan Bawra as Self (Gulshan Bawra)
- Jagdish Raj as Khatau Friend, whose watch is stolen by Shankar (uncredited)
- Mohan Choti as Police Inspector (uncredited)
- Birbal as Police Constable (uncredited)
- Gurbachan Singh as Shera, Boxer (uncredited) in the beginning of the movie
- Azaad Irani as Sharma, Dharma's Boxing Coach (uncredited) in the beginning of the movie
Box office
The film was a Super Hit and twenty ninth highest-grossing movie of 1984.[1]