Biography
Tezaab (Hindi: तेज़ाब, Urdu: تیزاب, translation: "Acid"), released on 11 November 1988, is an Indian Hindi movie. This was the movie that gave actress Madhuri Dixit her first big break, and reaffirmed Anil Kapoor's status, after a successful Mr India (1987). The film was directed by N. Chandra. Music is by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The film is also known for the song Ek Do Teen, which was a chart success. This film ran in theatres for more than 50 weeks making it a golden jubilee, and it was the highest blockbuster at the box office for the year 1988 in Bollywood.
Cast -----
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Anil Kapoor - Munna/Mahesh Deshmukh
Madhuri Dixit - Mohini
Anupam Kher - Shyamlal (Mohini's father)
Chunky Pandey - Baban, Munna's best friend
Mandakini - Nikita (Special appearance)
Kiran Kumar - as Lotiya Pathan
Annu Kapoor - Abbas Ali(Guldasta)
Suresh Oberoi - Inspector Gagan Singh
Tej Sapru - as Saxena
Johnny Lever - as Kainchee Munna's group Friend
Mahavir Shah - Inspector Gupta
Suparna Anand - Jyoti Deshmukh Munna's Sister
Jack Gaud - Mukut Bihari
Dinesh Hingoo - Marwadi Seth at Irani Hotel
Achyut Potdar - Munna's Father
Playback singer -----
Amit Kumar, Anuradha Paudwal Kah Do Ke Tum Hame
Alka Yagnik- Ek Do Teen
Nitin Mukesh, Shabbir Kumar, Alka Yagnik - So gaya ye jahan
Amit Kumar-Ek Do Teen Male Version
[edit] Awards
Anil Kapoor won the Filmfare Best Actor Award, while Dixit was nominated for Best Actress. Alka Yagnik won the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. This film also marks the land for introducing for the first time Filmfare Best Choreography Award in Bollywood history, which was given to Saroj Khan for the song Ek do teen picturised on Madhuri Dixit who was later called as the "Ek do teen girl" of Bollywood.
External links ---
Tezaab at the Internet Movie Database
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.