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Her Charm Is Deadly [not: Her Charms Are Deadly]
"vishkanya" is a mythical figure;
means "an evil, poisonous, sexy
seductress who has snake venom in her/is immune from it, as she
was nourished on poison as a child; believed to be used for royal
assassinations in ancient times" |
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big-screen-movie |
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action/thriller |
| length |
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138
minutes 8 seconds |
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theatrical
release
certificate |
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India:
1991
Britain: September 12, 1991 ('15', uncut)
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India - September 13, 1991
(acc. to imdb.com:
July 30, 1991) |
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| PRODUCTION |
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of production |
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India |
| production |
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Solila
Production |
| executive
producer |
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Umesh
Sharma, producer: Solila Parida |
| screenplay |
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Dharam
Veer Ram, story:
Jag(mohan) Mundhra, dialogue:
Dr. Achala Nagar |
| music |
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MUSIC: Bappi
Lahiri
LYRICS: Syed Gulrez
SINGERS: Pinaaz Masani, Sharon Prabhakar, Pankaj Udhas, Alka Yagnik
TITLES:
'Jaan-E-Jaan Mujhe' Pankaj Udhas, Pinaaz Masani
published: Aasa Music |
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| set design |
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R. Verman
Shetty (art direction) |
| costume
design |
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Anna
Singh
Madhav Men's Mode,
Sabiha Designs |
| choreography |
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Jay
Borade, Habiba |
| action
scenes |
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Stunt
Koordinatoren: S.
Kamoo,
Prem Shetty,
Ravi Shinde |
| cinematography |
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S.M.
Anwar |
| distribution |
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Tridev
Video Ltd (Britain) |
| filming
location |
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India |
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| DIRECTOR |
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Jag(mohan)
Mundhra |
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| CAST |
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Kunal
Goswami (Inspector
Rakesh Verma)
Moon Moon Sen (Mrs. Sonal Vikram Singh)
Goga Kapoor (Thakur Dhurjan Singh)
Satish Kaushik (Lala Lachiram Chaudhary)
Surendra Pal
Ardhendu Bose
Akash Khurana (Trilokchand, Sonal's father)
Anant Mahadevan (Bajrang)
Huma Khan (Shama Bano)
Sunil Rege
Bharat Kapoor (Wali Khan)
Rajesh Vivek
Vikas Anand (D.I.G., Senior Police Officer)
Naresh Suri
Hilla Seth(a)na
Uday Kumar
Ravi Shinde
Tyagi
Nayhaal
Nawman Malik
Baby Ria Sen (Young Nisha Singh)
INTRODUCING:
Pooja Bedi (Nisha Singh) |
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BEDI DETAILS |
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| Kabir's
part |
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Kabir plays
a lead role, Forest Officer Vikram Singh. |
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showstopper |
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work - current/archives |
| not
to be confused with |
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...Vish
Kanya (1943) and Hunsur Krishnamurthy's Vishakanya (1971), in
Kannada-language. |
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| INFORMATION -
QUICK BITS |
| • Apart from its use
in many films the ancient motive of a 'vishkanya' also is
used often in literature. |
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| INFORMATION -
GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| INFORMATION -
PEOPLE |
• Vishkanya is Kabir's daughter
Pooja Bedi's debut film.
• Pooja Bedi also has a part in
Kabir's movie
AATANK HI AATANK (1995),
she plays 'Ganga' who sacrifices her life for 'Rohan' (Aamir
Khan).
• Pooja Bedi lives since many years
in a beach apartment - with views across the sea - in Versova,
a northern suburb of Bombay.
• Riya Sen makes her debut in
this film as a child star, she plays the role of the young
Nisha Singh (Pooja Bedi).
• Kunal Goswami made his debut as
a child star, playing Manoj's son in Manoj Kumar's patriotic
film Kranti (1981), starring Dilip Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Hema
Malini
and
Parveen
Babi - however, this film has nothing to do with Kabir's KRANTI (2002).
• Cinematographer S.
M. Anwar also worked with Kabir in YALGAAR (1992).
• Internationally known costume designer Anna
Singh designed fashion for many of Kabir's films.
• Producer Solila Parida, who is also
a composer and singer, was born in an Orissa village and lives
now in the US. |
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| INFORMATION -
PRODUCTION DIARY |
»September
13, 1991 - Vishkanya is released. (Acc. to imdb.com: July
30, 1991)
»September 19, 1991 - During the
first week, the film opens in Bombay territory in 6 cinemas,
net collections (1 cinema) 2,50,756
Rs.
(about 5.635 USD/4.683 EUR), theatres were 49% full.
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