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{{Short description|1997 film by Sunil Agnihotri}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Daava
| image          = Daava_poster.jpg
| director       = [[Sunil Agnihotri]]
| producer       = Nitin Raj Arayadath
| story          = S. Khan
| starring       = [[Naseeruddin Shah ]]<br />[[Akshay Kumar]]<br />[[Raveena Tandon]]<br />[[Akshay Anand]]
| music          = [[Jatin–Lalit]]
| editing        = Pappu Sharma
| cinematography = Pramod Bhandari
| studio         = Eklavya Visions
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|1997|07|18}}
| country        = [[India]]
| language       = [[Hindi]]
| budget         = {{INR}}3.75 crore
| gross          = {{INR}}5.98 crore<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2669 |title=Daava |publisher=[[Box Office India]]  }}</ref>
}}
'''''Daava''''' is a 1997 Indian [[Hindi]] [[action drama film|action drama]] movie directed by [[Sunil Agnihotri]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Daava |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/daava  |access-date=2022-05-18}}</ref> and starring [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Akshay Kumar]], [[Raveena Tandon]] and [[Akshay Anand]] in lead roles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daava (1997) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/daava-8251/cast-crew |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518172207/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/daava-8251/cast-crew |url-status=live |archive-date=18 May 2022 |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=Cinestaan}}</ref>
== Plot ==
Inspector Arjun is an honest and diligent police officer. He has an older stepbrother named Bhishma, and a younger brother named Suraj. While Bhishma, the former army officer lives with their mother in the village, Arjun and Suraj live in the city. In the city, he meets Seema, a pickpocket, and falls in love with her. Suraj gets employed at a poultry farm, but finds out that this is just a front for drugs like cocaine. His attempts to get this information to the police and his brother are in vain, as he is captured by the owners of the poultry farm, who owe their allegiance to notorious gangster Dhaman Chamunda. When Dhaman learns about Suraj, he decides to teach Arjun and Bhishma a lesson – first by splitting them up over the property they own in the village, then by framing Bhishma for the death of Suraj. With anger and hostilities reigning high amongst the two remaining brothers, the Chamunda Brothers decide to take full advantage of this situation, and watch in glee as the two brothers go against each other, in a fight to the death. Bhishma and Arjun clear their misunderstandings, but when their stepmother is killed by the Chamunda Brothers, they unite and kill them one by one until eventually destroying their empire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daava - Movie - Box Office India |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2669 |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=www.boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
==Cast==
*[[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Bhishma
*[[Akshay Kumar]] as Inspector Arjun
*[[Raveena Tandon]] as Seema
*[[Akshay Anand]] as Suraj
*[[Divya Dutta]] as Deepa
*[[Mohan Joshi]] as Dhaman Chamunda
*[[Tinnu Anand]] as Madan Chamunda
*[[Rajendra Gupta]] as Chaggan Chamunda and Duplicate Lawyer
*[[Goga Kapoor]] as Bihari Baadshah
*[[Deepak Shirke]] as Anna
*[[Asha Lata]] as Bhishma's step-mother of Arjun and Suraj.
*[[Gufi Paintal]] as Mangal Singh (One Piece Kathyawaari Ghodo)
*[[Anupam Shyam]] as Police Inspector (cameo)
*[[Gavin Packard]] as Dhaman's henchman
*Brahmachari as Havaldar Barood Singh
==Soundtrack==
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! # !! Title<ref>{{cite book |title=BollySwar: 1991 - 2000 |first=Param |last=Arunachalam |url={{Google Books |3vbyDwAAQBAJ|page=788|plain-url=yes}}|date=2018|isbn=9788193848210|publisher=Mavrix Infotech Private Limited|pages=788&ndash;789 |via=Google Books}}</ref> !! Singer(s)!! Length !! Lyricist(s)
|-
| 1
| Theme music
| [[Naseeruddin Shah]]
| 02:32
| Madan Pal
|-
| 2
| "Dil Mein Hai Tu"
| [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Sushma Shrestha|Poornima]]
| 06:08
| Vinod Mahendra
|-
| 3
| "Ru Tu Tu Tu"
| Kumar Sanu, [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]
| 05:51
| Vinod Mahendra
|-
| 4
| "Humse Hai Yaaro" (not in the film)
| Kumar Sanu, [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya|Abhijeet]]
| 05:24
| Vinod Mahendra
|-
| 5
| "Deewane Hain Deewano Se"
| Kumar Sanu, [[Vijayeta Pandit]], Kavita Krishnamurthy
| 04:34
| Vinod Mahendra
|-
| 6
| "Kyun Aanchal Hamara"
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
| 05:53
| Israr Ansari
|-
| 7
| "One For All"
| Kumar Sanu
| 04:58
| Rani Malik
|}
==References==
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==External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0289685|Daava}}
[[Category:1997 films]]
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Jatin–Lalit]]
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]
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[[Category:Indian films about revenge]]
[[Category:1990s masala films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sunil Agnihotri]]
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