67-452: Mohra ( transl. Pawn ) is a 1994 Indian Hindi -language action thriller film co-written, edited and directed by Rajiv Rai and produced by his father Gulshan Rai . It stars Naseeruddin Shah , Akshay Kumar , Sunil Shetty , Raveena Tandon , Poonam Jhawer, Raza Murad , Paresh Rawal , Gulshan Grover , and Sadashiv Amrapurkar . The film was also the first collaboration between
134-510: A Filmfare Award from eight nominations. Shah is primarily known for his ability on the keyboard and has earned the title "the King of Synth Sounds". He emerged as a composer during a pivotal time in the Hindi film industry, when programmed music was taking over the traditional orchestral music. He was one of the pioneers to the significant shift from acoustic to electronic soundscapes, becoming
201-585: A core vocabulary of native Prakrit and Sanskrit-derived words. However, Hindi is written in the Devanagari script and contains more direct tatsama Sanskrit -derived words than Urdu, whereas Urdu is written in the Perso-Arabic script and uses more Arabic and Persian loanwords compared to Hindi. Because of this, as well as the fact that the two registers share an identical grammar, a consensus of linguists consider them to be two standardised forms of
268-673: A key figure in the evolution of modern Bollywood music . Shah made his Bollywood debut with Rajiv Rai 's action thriller Yudh (1985) under his original name Vijay Shah. It marked the first of several collaborations with Rai. Shah’s breakthrough in Bollywood started when he composed for Rai's musical action thriller Tridev (1989). The film's soundtrack emerged as a major success, with songs like "Tirchi Topiwale", "Gali Gali Mein Phirta Hai" and "Gajar Ne Kiya Hai Ishara" becoming instant hits. Tridev earned him his first nomination for
335-606: A larger amount are still used in Urdu poetry written in the Devanagari script. Many words borrowed from Persian in turn were loanwords from Arabic (e.g. muśkil "difficult", havā "air", x(a)yāl "thought", kitāb "book"). Hindi also makes extensive use of loan translation ( calqueing ) and occasionally phono-semantic matching of English . Many Hindustani words were derived from Portuguese due to interaction with colonists and missionaries: Viju Shah Vijay Kalyanji Shah (born 5 June 1959), popularly known as Viju Shah ,
402-541: A literary language in the 19th century. Earliest examples could be found as Prēm Sāgar by Lallu Lal , Batiyāl Pachīsī of Sadal Misra, and Rānī Kētakī Kī Kahānī of Insha Allah Khan which were published in Devanagari script during the early 19th century. John Gilchrist was principally known for his study of the Hindustani language , which was adopted as the lingua franca of northern India (including what
469-536: A medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of India and to secure its enrichment by assimilating without interfering with its genius, the forms, style and expressions used in Hindustani and in the other languages of India specified in the Eighth Schedule, and by drawing, wherever necessary or desirable, for its vocabulary, primarily on Sanskrit and secondarily on other languages. It
536-410: A part of the process of Sanskritisation , new words are coined using Sanskrit components to be used as replacements for supposedly foreign vocabulary. Usually these neologisms are calques of English words already adopted into spoken Hindi. Some terms such as dūrbhāṣ "telephone", literally "far-speech" and dūrdarśan "television", literally "far-sight" have even gained some currency in formal Hindi in
603-500: A second language. A Hindi proponent, Indian-born Paramananda Jha , was elected vice-president of Nepal. He took his oath of office in Hindi in July 2008. This created protests in the streets for 5 days; students burnt his effigies, and there was a general strike in 22 districts. Nepal Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that his oath in Hindi was invalid and he was kept "inactive" as vice-president. An "angry" Jha said, "I cannot be compelled to take
670-532: A simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi ). Outside India, several other languages are recognised officially as "Hindi" but do not refer to the Standard Hindi language described here and instead descend from other nearby languages, such as Awadhi and Bhojpuri . Such languages include Fiji Hindi , which has an official status in Fiji , and Caribbean Hindustani , which
737-584: A standardised form of Hindustani separate from Urdu took form. In 1881, Bihar accepted Hindi as its sole official language, replacing Urdu, and thus became the first state of India to adopt Hindi. However, in 2014, Urdu was accorded second official language status in the state. After independence, the Government of India instituted the following conventions: On 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted Hindi written in
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#1732790585405804-459: A target from some of the convicts. Vishal comes to her rescue. Roma is determined to help him regain his freedom. She meets Inspector Amar Saxena to obtain Vishal's case file and love blossoms between them. Roma's boss, Mr. Jindal who is supposedly blind and the owner of Samadhan Newspaper, reopens Vishal's case by presenting new evidence to the legal authorities. The judge reviewing the case accepts
871-657: Is a standard register of the Hindustani language; additionally, Indian media are widely viewed in Pakistan. A sizeable population in Afghanistan , especially in Kabul , can also speak and understand Hindi-Urdu due to the popularity and influence of Bollywood films, songs and actors in the region. Hindi is also spoken by a large population of Madheshis (people having roots in north-India but having migrated to Nepal over hundreds of years) of Nepal . Apart from this, Hindi
938-465: Is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India . Apart from the script and formal vocabulary, standard Hindi is mutually intelligible with standard Urdu , another recognised register of Hindustani, as both Hindi and Urdu share a core vocabulary base derived from Prakrit (a descendant of Sanskrit). Hindi is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in
1005-462: Is an Indian music composer who works in the Hindi film industry. He is the son of Kalyanji Virji Shah , music director from the composer duo Kalyanji–Anandji . Having composed for over 20 Hindi film soundtracks, Shah is known for his compositions in Tridev (1989), Vishwatma (1992), Mohra (1994), Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997) and Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998). He is the recipient of
1072-409: Is an official language of Gujarat , along with Gujarati . It acts as an additional official language of West Bengal in blocks and sub-divisions with more than 10% of the population speaking Hindi. Similarly, Hindi is accorded the status of official language in the following Union Territories : Delhi , Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu . Although there
1139-550: Is based on the language that was spoken in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab ( Delhi , Meerut and Saharanpur ) called Khariboli ; the vernacular of Delhi and the surrounding region came to replace earlier prestige languages such as Awadhi and Braj . Standard Hindi was developed by supplanting foreign loanwords from the Hindustani language and replacing them with Sanskrit words, though Standard Hindi does continue to possess several Persian loanwords. Modern Hindi became
1206-628: Is borrowed from Sanskrit as tatsam borrowings, especially in technical and academic fields. The formal Hindi standard, from which much of the Persian, Arabic and English vocabulary has been replaced by neologisms compounding tatsam words, is called Śuddh Hindi (pure Hindi), and is viewed as a more prestigious dialect over other more colloquial forms of Hindi. Excessive use of tatsam words sometimes creates problems for native speakers. They may have Sanskrit consonant clusters which do not exist in Hindustani, causing difficulties in pronunciation. As
1273-455: Is commonly used to specifically refer the modern literary Hindi language, as opposed to colloquial and regional varieties that are also referred to as Hindi in a wider sense . Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit , through Shauraseni Prakrit and Śauraseni Apabhraṃśa (from Sanskrit apabhraṃśa "corrupt"), which emerged in the 7th century CE. The sound changes that characterised
1340-501: Is confronted by Vishal. Jindal holds him hostage and tries to embarrass Amar at gunpoint, but Vishal breaks away and gets shot by Jindal, as Amar shoots Jindal. Vishal dies in Amar's lap, acknowledging that Amar was right and he was wrong in his deeds, saluting him for one last time. Roma is shown married to Amar Saxena as the credits roll. The music for the film was composed by Viju Shah , with lyrics by Indeevar and Anand Bakshi . Mohra
1407-437: Is killed by Jindal. Kamdev releases Vishal. Vishal tells Amar the truth about Jindal and that Jindal is Karan's assassin. Amar, Vishal and Kamdev go to Jindal's office, but they find Siddiqui’s body instead. Jindal calls and says he has kidnapped Roma. Kashinath helps Vishal and Amar trace Jindal to an abandoned fort where drug lords have assembled. Amar and Vishal kill most of the drug lords. Jindal forces Roma to go with him but
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#17327905854051474-578: Is mirror to a hand with bangles, What is Persian to a literate. The emergence of Modern Standard Hindi in the 19th century went along with the Sanskritisation of its vocabulary, leading to a marginalisation of Persian vocabulary in Hindi, which continued after Partition when the Indian government co-opted the policy of Sanskritisation. However, many Persian words (e.g. bas "enough", khud "self") have remained entrenched in Standard Hindi, and
1541-609: Is no specification of a national language in the constitution, it is a widely held belief that Hindi is the national language of India. This is often a source of friction and contentious debate. In 2010, the Gujarat High Court clarified that Hindi is not the national language of India because the constitution does not mention it as such. Outside Asia , the Awadhi language (an Eastern Hindi dialect) with influence from Bhojpuri , Bihari languages , Fijian and English
1608-550: Is not a corrupt cop and Jibran notices this. Jindal gets infuriated with Vishal for not killing Kamdev. It is then revealed that Jindal is not blind and he was using Vishal as a Mohra (pawn). Vishal is about to shoot Jindal, but Jibran arrives and saves Jindal. The story then flashes back to Jindal’s past. Jindal was a greedy and lazy person looking to make quick money, and had approached Jibran and Tyson to sell drugs for them and make more money, by impersonating Inspector Karan Saxena (Amar's father) and enabling smuggling of drugs across
1675-526: Is now present-day Pakistan ) by British colonists and indigenous people. He compiled and authored An English-Hindustani Dictionary , A Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language , The Oriental Linguist , and many more. His lexicon of Hindustani was published in the Perso-Arabic script , Nāgarī script , and in Roman transliteration .In the late 19th century, a movement to further develop Hindi as
1742-740: Is spoken by the large Indian diaspora which hails from, or has its origin from the "Hindi Belt" of India. A substantially large North Indian diaspora lives in countries like the United States of America , the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates , Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, South Africa, Fiji and Mauritius , where it is natively spoken at home and among their own Hindustani-speaking communities. Outside India, Hindi speakers are 8 million in Nepal ; 863,077 in
1809-464: Is spoken in Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , and Guyana . Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world, after Mandarin, Spanish and English. If counted together with the mutually intelligible Urdu, it is the third most-spoken language in the world, after Mandarin and English. According to reports of Ethnologue (2022, 25th edition) Hindi is the third most-spoken language in
1876-481: Is spoken in Fiji. It is an official language in Fiji as per the 1997 Constitution of Fiji, where it referred to it as "Hindustani"; however, in the 2013 Constitution of Fiji , it is simply called " Fiji Hindi " as the official language. It is spoken by 380,000 people in Fiji. Hindi is spoken as a first language by about 77,569 people in Nepal according to the 2011 Nepal census , and further by 1,225,950 people as
1943-570: Is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script . It is the official language of India alongside English and the lingua franca of North India . Hindi is considered a Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language , which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi
2010-879: Is the dominant form of Hindi online. In an analysis of YouTube comments, Palakodety et al., identified that 52% of comments were in Romanised Hindi, 46% in English, and 1% in Devanagari Hindi. Traditionally, Hindi words are divided into five principal categories according to their etymology: Hindi has naturally inherited a large portion of its vocabulary from Shauraseni Prakrit , in the form of tadbhava words. This process usually involves compensatory lengthening of vowels preceding consonant clusters in Prakrit, e.g. Sanskrit tīkṣṇa > Prakrit tikkha > Hindi tīkhā . Much of Standard Hindi's vocabulary
2077-570: Is written in the Devanagari script, an abugida . Devanagari consists of 11 vowels and 33 consonants and is written from left to right. Unlike Sanskrit, Devanagari is not entirely phonetic for Hindi, especially failing to mark schwa deletion in spoken Standard Hindi. The Government of India uses Hunterian transliteration as its official system of writing Hindi in the Latin script. Various other systems also exist, such as IAST , ITRANS and ISO 15919 . Romanised Hindi , also called Hinglish ,
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2144-495: The Filmfare Award for Best Music Director (jointly with Kalyanji–Anandji ). Following the success of Tridev , Shah singlehandedly composed the soundtrack on Rai's action thriller Vishwatma (1992), which featured the song "Saat Samundar"—one of the major hits of the year. Eventually, it was followed by a composing opportunity for the background score of horror thriller, Junoon (1992). The next year, he composed for
2211-586: The Hindi Belt ), as well as an official language of the Government of India, along with English. In Northeast India a pidgin known as Haflong Hindi has developed as a lingua franca for the people living in Haflong , Assam who speak other languages natively. In Arunachal Pradesh , Hindi emerged as a lingua franca among locals who speak over 50 dialects natively. Hindi is quite easy to understand for many Pakistanis , who speak Urdu, which, like Hindi,
2278-855: The United States of America ; 450,170 in Mauritius; 380,000 in Fiji; 250,292 in South Africa; 150,000 in Suriname; 100,000 in Uganda ; 45,800 in the United Kingdom; 20,000 in New Zealand ; 20,000 in Germany ; 26,000 in Trinidad and Tobago; 3,000 in Singapore . Linguistically , Hindi and Urdu are two registers of the same language and are mutually intelligible. Both Hindi and Urdu share
2345-631: The 50th birthday of Beohar Rajendra Simha on 14 September 1949, the efforts came to fruition following the adoption of Hindi as the official language. Now, it is celebrated as Hindi Day . Part XVII of the Indian Constitution deals with the official language of the Indian Union. Under Article 343, the official languages of the Union have been prescribed, which includes Hindi in Devanagari script and English: (1) The official language of
2412-644: The Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of India replacing the previous usage of Hindustani in the Perso-Arabic script in the British Indian Empire . To this end, several stalwarts rallied and lobbied pan-India in favour of Hindi, most notably Beohar Rajendra Simha along with Hazari Prasad Dwivedi , Kaka Kalelkar , Maithili Sharan Gupt and Seth Govind Das who even debated in Parliament on this issue. As such, on
2479-566: The Filmfare Award for Best Music Director. Shah and Rai next collaborated on the murder mystery thriller, Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997). The soundtrack, which featured several songs like "Duniya Haseeno Ka Mela", "Mushkil Bada Yeh Pyar Hai", and "Gupt Gupt," is widely regarded as one of Shah's works. Shah ended the millennium with David Dhawan 's action comedy Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998). The film's soundtrack includes songs like "Makhna" which became popular hits, contributing to
2546-427: The Filmfare Award for Best Music Director. The same year, he also composed the background score for Rajkumar Santoshi 's comedy Andaz Apna Apna , which earned him his second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Background Score. His work continued in the musical score of romantic drama, Tere Mere Sapne (1996), produced by Amitabh Bachchan 's ABCL. The film's soundtrack earned Shah his third nomination for
2613-402: The Hindi heartland. Persian borrowings reached a heyday in the 17th century, pervading all aspects of life. Even grammatical constructs, namely the izafat , were assimilated into Hindi. The status of Persian language then and thus its influence, is also visible in Hindi proverbs : हाथ कंगन को आरसी क्या, पढ़े लिखे को फ़ारसी क्या। Hāth kaṅgan ko ārsī kyā, Paṛhe likhe ko Fārsī kyā. What
2680-580: The Hindu/Indian people') was often used in the past, for example by Amir Khusrau in his poetry. The terms Hindi and Hindu trace back to Old Persian which derived these names from the Sanskrit name Sindhu ( सिन्धु ), referring to the Indus River . The Greek cognates of the same terms are Indus (for the river) and India (for the land of the river). The term Modern Standard Hindi
2747-548: The Official Languages Act of 1963, which provided for the continued use of English indefinitely for all official purposes, although the constitutional directive for the Union Government to encourage the spread of Hindi was retained and has strongly influenced its policies. Article 344 (2b) stipulates that the official language commission shall be constituted every ten years to recommend steps for
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2814-551: The President may, during the said period, by order authorise the use of the Hindi language in addition to the English language and of the Devanagari form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals for any of the official purposes of the Union. Article 351 of the Indian constitution states: It shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as
2881-460: The Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals. (2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (1), for a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union for which it was being used immediately before such commencement: Provided that
2948-408: The action drama, Lootere (1993), which earned him his first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Background Score . The duo's collaboration reached new heights with the action thriller, Mohra (1994). The film's soundtrack emerged as a major success, with songs like "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast" and "Tip Tip Barsa Pani" becoming instant chartbusters. The music played a significant role in
3015-483: The check post. When Karan found out, Jindal killed him. His wife Pooja witnessed the murder and Jindal kills her too. Jindal thereafter pretended to be blind to the police to avoid suspicion and prosecution, and deceive Jibran and Tyson. Jindal and Jibran leave Vishal to die by placing a bomb next to him but he escapes. Amar breaks into Vishal's house and discovers a file with details of all of Vishal's targets. Amar locates Vishal at Roma's residence and reveals that he has
3082-586: The climax was inspired by the 1992 Hong Kong film, Hard Boiled . The film was remade in Bengali, in Bangladesh, as Gupto Ghatak (1998). The film was a major box office success, and went on to become the second highest-grossing Indian film of that year only behind Hum Aapke Hain Koun . It received nine Filmfare nominations in 1995 including Best film , Best director and Best Music director . Songs of
3149-429: The files, leaving no room for denial regarding the killings, and tells him to surrender, but an encounter escalates, resulting in Amar knocking Vishal out when Roma distracts them. Vishal is then taken into custody. Kashinath informs Jindal that Vishal is alive and will soon reveal the truth. Shortly Jindal reveals his true identity and attraction for Roma and demands she marries him. The sub-editor Siddiqui sees this, but
3216-469: The film also became huge chartbusters in that year. The popularity of the song "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast", which was picturised on Raveena Tandon, led to her being nicknamed 'the Mast Mast girl'. The song was an adaptation of the popular Qawwali song " Dam Mast Qalandar Mast Mast " by Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan . The film's soundtrack album sold more than 8 million units, making it
3283-461: The film’s box office success, with the tracks becoming cultural phenomena in their own right. Mohra remains one of Shah's most celebrated works, showcasing his ability to innovate within the framework of commercial Bollywood music. The music album went on to become the second highest-selling Bollywood soundtrack album of the year (after Hum Aapke Hain Koun ), having sold more than 8 million units. The film earned him his second nomination for
3350-539: The last 125 years, there are no academic studies of any of them – of their use in South Africa, their evolution and current decline. Hindi is adopted as the third official court language in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi . As a result of this status, the Indian workforce in UAE can file their complaints to the labour courts in the country in their own mother-tongue. Hindi is the lingua franca of northern India (which contains
3417-421: The murders but is unable to get any evidence against him. Vishal then goes to Kamdev's house, the last target on Jindal's list, but overhears a conversation between a drunk Kamdev and Constable Kranti Kumar, when Kamdev reveals that the mysterious killer is actually benefiting society by eliminating criminals, which the police couldn't do because of the legal system. Vishal decides not to kill Kamdev, realising he
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#17327905854053484-523: The new evidence and Vishal is released. Jindal convinces Vishal that the city is full of crime and he wants him to eliminate mob bosses Jibran, Tyson and their associates, and Kamdev Kulkarni, the Commissioner of Police as well, for which he helped secure his release. Initially Vishal refuses saying that he cannot commit murder again, but then returns to Jindal after reminiscing his past. Vishal begins eliminating everyone on Jindal's hitlist one after
3551-670: The oath now in Nepali. I might rather take it in English." Hindi is a protected language in South Africa . According to the Constitution of South Africa , the Pan South African Language Board must promote and ensure respect for Hindi along with other languages. According to a doctoral dissertation by Rajend Mesthrie in 1985, although Hindi and other Indian languages have existed in South Africa for
3618-582: The official language of the imperial court during the reign of Shah Jahan . It is recorded that Emperor Aurangzeb spoke in Hindvi . The Hindustani vernacular became an expression of Indian national unity during the Indian Independence movement , and continues to be spoken as the common language of the people of the northern Indian subcontinent, which is reflected in the Hindustani vocabulary of Bollywood films and songs. Standard Hindi
3685-505: The other, alternating between Jibran's gang and Tyson's gang, in order to incite a rivalry between them. After being informed by Kashinath that Vishal is the hitman responsible for killing his gang members, Jibran calls Tyson to meet and clear up any misunderstanding. During the meeting, Vishal snipes Tyson's arm, causing both gangs to start a gang war in which most of the gangsters are killed. He then kills Tyson, but Jibran survives and stalks Vishal. Amar suspects and follows Vishal closely for
3752-490: The place of the English borrowings (ṭeli)fon and ṭīvī . Hindi also features significant Persian influence, standardised from spoken Hindustani . Early borrowings, beginning in the mid-12th century, were specific to Islam (e.g. Muhammad , Islām ) and so Persian was simply an intermediary for Arabic. Later, under the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire , Persian became the primary administrative language in
3819-522: The progressive use of Hindi language and impose restrictions on the use of the English language by the union government. In practice, the official language commissions are constantly endeavouring to promote Hindi but not imposing restrictions on English in official use by the union government. At the state level, Hindi is the official language of the following Indian states: Bihar , Chhattisgarh , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Jharkhand , Madhya Pradesh , Rajasthan , Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand . Hindi
3886-554: The same language, Hindustani or Hindi-Urdu. Hindi is the most commonly used scheduled language in India and is one of the two official languages of the union , the other being English. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan and is one of 22 scheduled languages of India , also having official status in Uttar Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Delhi , Telangana , Andhra Pradesh and Bihar . Hindi
3953-486: The second highest-selling Bollywood soundtrack album of 1994, behind only Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! . Vishal Agnihotri is serving life sentence for murdering four criminals who raped and killed his sister-in-law, Rita. He has committed the crime after the four were acquitted by court with help from a corrupt public prosecutor and soon after when the criminals again attempted to rape his wife, resulting in her suicide. Journalist Roma Singh visits Vishal in prison and becomes
4020-455: The songs took inspiration from artists from around the world including "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast" and "Tip Tip Barsa Paani". The film's soundtrack album sold 4.5 million units, making it the second highest-selling Bollywood soundtrack album of 1994, behind only Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! The soundtrack was #81 on the list of "100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks of All Time", as compiled by Planet Bollywood. The song "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast"
4087-471: The transition from Middle Indo-Aryan to Hindi are: During the period of Delhi Sultanate in medieval India , which covered most of today's north India, eastern Pakistan, southern Nepal and Bangladesh and which resulted in the contact of Hindu and Muslim cultures , the Sanskrit and Prakrit base of Old Hindi became enriched with loanwords from Persian , evolving into the present form of Hindustani. Hindi achieved prominence in India after it became
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#17327905854054154-436: The trio of Akshay Kumar , Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal , who went on to collaborate several times later on. Originally, Divya Bharti was cast as the female lead but she died very early in the production. Raveena Tandon was cast as her replacement, as was the case with the movie Dilwale , which was released earlier the same year. The film was reported to be inspired by the 1987 film Death Wish 4: The Crackdown . while
4221-677: The world including first and second language speakers. Hindi is the fastest growing language of India , followed by Kashmiri , Meitei , Gujarati and Bengali according to the 2011 census of India . The term Hindī originally was used to refer to inhabitants of the Indo-Gangetic Plain . It was borrowed from Classical Persian هندی Hindī ( Iranian Persian pronunciation: Hendi ), meaning ' of or belonging to Hind (India) ' (hence, ' Indian ' ). Another name Hindavī ( हिन्दवी ) or Hinduī ( हिन्दुई ) (from Persian هندوی 'of or belonging to
4288-529: Was composed in the 1970s by Kalyanji-Anandji , the father and uncle of Viju Shah , and sung by Mukesh , for a shelved film, meaning that the song was unreleased. Viju Shah added the song to this film, and got singers Pankaj Udhas and Sadhana Sargam to sing it. Anand Bakhshi had written the song "Ae Kaash Kahin Aisa Hota" for Dilip Kumar's unreleased movie "Kalinga", but was finally used in Mohra. Several of
4355-572: Was envisioned that Hindi would become the sole working language of the Union Government by 1965 (per directives in Article 344 (2) and Article 351), with state governments being free to function in the language of their own choice. However, widespread resistance to the imposition of Hindi on non-native speakers, especially in South India (such as those in Tamil Nadu ) led to the passage of
4422-540: Was one of the most successful soundtrack albums of 1994, especially the song "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast". The track is set to Raag Bhimpalasi (known as Abheri in Carnatic Music ), and is based on the popular Qawwali song " Dam Mast Qalandar Mast Mast " by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan . Initially, Viju Shah wanted Sapna Mukherjee to render "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast" but, upon Rajiv Rai 's insistence, opted for Kavita Krishnamurthy instead. The song "Na Kajre Ki Dhaar"
4489-526: Was remade as "Cheez Badi" for the 2017 film Machine . The song "Tip Tip Barsa Pani" was remade as "Tip Tip" for the 2021 film Sooryavanshi . The background score consisted of plagiarised versions of "The Terminator theme" and "I feel you (Babylon Mix)" by Depeche Mode. Mohra (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) It was the 2nd-highest-grossing film of 1994 . Won Nominated Hindi Modern Standard Hindi ( आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी , Ādhunik Mānak Hindī ), commonly referred to as Hindi ,
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