| Tezaab | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | N. Chandra |
| Written by | N. Chandra Kamlesh Pandey |
| Produced by | Dinesh Gandhi |
| Starring | Anil Kapoor Madhuri Dixit Anupam Kher Chunky Pandey Mandakini Kiran Kumar Suresh Oberoi |
| Cinematography | Baba Azmi |
| Music by | Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
Release date |
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Running time | 173 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹16 crore[1] |
Tezaab (transl. Acid) is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language action romance film starring Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit in lead roles. The film gave Dixit her first big break, making her an overnight star in addition to reaffirming Kapoor's star status, after a successful Mr. India (1987). The film was directed, produced and co-written by N. Chandra. The music was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal.
Tezaab released on 11 November 1988, and was a major commercial success at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing Indian film of the year. It ran in theatres for more than 50 weeks, becoming a golden jubilee success. With Tezaab, N. Chandra scored a box office hat-trick with his previous hits Ankush (1986) and Pratighaat (1987).[2] The film is also popular for the song "Ek Do Teen", which was a chartbusting success.[3] It received positive reviews from critics upon release, with praise for its story, screenplay, dialogues, soundtrack, and performances of the cast.
At the 34th Filmfare Awards, Tezaab received a leading 12 nominations, Best Film, Best Director (Chandra), Best Actress (Dixit) and Best Supporting Actor (Pandey), and won 4 awards, including Best Actor (Kapoor), Best Female Playback Singer (Alka Yagnik) and Best Choreography (Saroj Khan), the latter two for the song "Ek, Do, Teen". At the ceremony, Kapoor scored his first Best Actor win, while Dixit garnered her first-ever Best Actress nomination.
The film was remade in Telugu as Two Town Rowdy, with Daggubati Venkatesh and in Tamil Rojavai Killathe, with Arjun. Prabhas starter telugu movie Varsham_(2004_film) is inspired by Thi story. The core storyline is loosely based on the 1984 film Streets of Fire.
- ^ "Boxofficeindia.com". 15 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ Madhu Jain (28 February 1989). "Mean street Moghul: Hit director N. Chandra brings realism to films". India Today. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ According to Usha Iyer, the song "took sixteen days of laborious rehearsal and seven days of shooting, including a continuous twenty-four-hour shoot to produce." For Madhuri Dixit, "It was like a classroom for me. I learned how to dance for the camera with this song." Iyer, Dancing Women: Choreographing Corporeal Histories of Hindi Cinema (Oxford Univ. Press, 2020), 184; ISBN 9780190938765