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6.7/10   327 votes
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Director:
Rajkumar Santoshi
Writers:
Vijay Deveshwar (dialogue)
K.K. Raina (dialogue)
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Release Date:
11 February 2000 (India) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Thriller
Plot:
Major Jaidev Rajvansh and his fellow officer Hussein manage to rescue a leading politician as well as capture his kidnapper... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 10 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Ranbir takes on the 'Prem' baton in Rajkumar Santoshi's film
 (From BusinessofCinema. 14 September 2009, 12:54 AM, PDT)
Boney Kapoor calls Wanted ambitious!
 (From Bollyspice. 12 September 2009, 8:42 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Not perfect but it isn't to be missed more (4 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Anil Kapoor ... Major Jaidev Rajvansh

Madhuri Dixit ... Anjali
Namrata Shirodkar ... Pooja Mallapa

Om Puri ... Colonel Hussein
Rohini Hattangadi ... Mrs. Mallapa (Pooja's mother)
Farida Jalal ... Gayetri Rajvansh
Shivaji Satham ... Col. Rana
Danny Denzongpa ... Abhrush
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
K.D. Chandran
Prabhu Deva ... Himself
Sudhir Joshi ... Anjali's Father
Girish Karnad ... Mr. Rajvansh
Kulbhushan Kharbanda ... Military General Indian Army
Viju Khote ... Dayanand Hawasti
Lata Mangeshkar ... Herself
Govind Namdeo ... Mr. Mishra
Mukesh Rishi ... Bakshi - Abrus assistant
Yashpal Sharma ... Major Katar Singh
Anjan Srivastav ... Mishra's assistant
Neeraj Vora ... Announcer show
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Additional Details

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Country:
India
Language:
Hindi
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
India:UA
Company:
S.K. Films Enterprises more

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Soundtrack:
Humrahi Jab Ho Mastana more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Not perfect but it isn't to be missed, 1 December 2007
8/10
Author: Devane from Singapore

Here's a movie that was directed not quite in the typical Bollywood fashion. Rajkumar Santhoshi quite blatantly tried to give it more of a Hollywood feel (perhaps with the exception of the few random song sequences).

Like a previous user commented, the storyline isn't totally airtight but that's just a minor flaw.

Pukar presented quite well a story of how a naive woman went too far with getting the man she loves. She lived in her happy little world were she thought she'd be marrying him someday but she gets crushed when she realised he's in love with another woman, albeit a top-line model. Politics sets in when some high profile criminals bank in on her love for him. She unrealisingly sets him up...

Madhuri sinks her teeth into her role! She was nominated for Best Actress at the Filmfare awards 01 for her role here and you'll see why after you watch it. The movie is a little long and gets a bit draggy in the second half but Madhuri truly captives here, in a character that is naively possessive but whole-heartedly loving. She shinned throughout this movie.

To sum it up, Pukar could have been a mind-blowing romantic thriller, but it falls a little short. Still, its definitely worth watching. Rent it at least

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