Mafia (1996 film)

Mafia ^[1] is a 1996 Indian-Hindi-language action crime film directed by Aziz Sejawal. It stars Dharmendra, Aditya Pancholi, Jay Mehta, Somy Ali, Gulshan Grover, Mohan Joshi and Raza Murad.^[2][3] The film was praised for its action sequences and cast performances, and it was declared a box office hit. The film is an unofficial remake of the 1993 Malayalam film of the same name.

Gawda is an influential crime boss involved in illegal supply of arms and drug smuggling activities in Mumbai, and also uses his influence to thwart communal riots and release convict prisoners. Having learnt the rules of the crime syndicate, Gawda's ex-henchman, Moosa, expresses his animosity toward Gawda and decides to start his own syndicate business. However, Gawda kills Moosa and his daughter, but their deaths become the headlines in the newspaper.

The commissioner assigns Inspector Bhagat Singh to investigate the case, but Gawda later kills him with DCP Pawar's help. After learning of his death, Bhagat's brothers, Ajit, an army soldier, and Jai, an unemployed man, decide to take vengeance on Gawda and the police corruption. How the brothers complete their vengeance forms the rest of the plot.

This film is heavily influenced by 1990s Hollywood action films, which often feature a common theme of police corruption and a mafia dominating the government,^[4] but it uses a comedic style.^[5] The music for the film is by the famous duo Anand–Milind, with lyrics written by Sameer. The film features songs such as "Dil Mera Deewana Dhahdke", "Duniya Nazaray", "Yeh Dil Yeh Paagal Dil" and "Is Ladki Ne Mera". The film premiered on 24 May 1996 and was released by Prathima Films.^[6] It has since been released on DVD by Eros Entertainment.

Source^[7]

The movie's soundtrack album, composed by Anand–Milind, featured several striking songs formulated by Sameer and performed by some big-time playback singers of the period, notably Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, and a few others. The movie has pleasant tracks; "Dil Mera Deewana Dhadke" is a fine sensual number with analogous beats of percussion instruments. The track is peculiar to steamy numbers presented during that phase of Bollywood, with slow and measured use of instruments, chiefly tabla, as an example, in the song Roop Suhana Lagta Hai.

• Mafia at IMDb
• Film trailer