Ajay (1996 film)

Ajay is a 1996 Hindi language romantic action drama film, produced and directed by Suneel Darshan and starring Sunny Deol, Karisma Kapoor, Reena Roy, Suresh Oberoi and Kiran Kumar. Other cast members include Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Mohnish Bahl, Sharat Saxena, Farida Jalal, Laxmikant Berde and others.

Ajay
Directed by	Suneel Darshan
Written by	Suneel Darshan Kamlesh Pandey (dialogues)
Story by	Rajeev Kaul Praful Parekh
Produced by	Suneel Darshan
Starring	Sunny Deol Karisma Kapoor Mohnish Bahl
Cinematography	W. B. Rao
Edited by	Bharat Singh
Music by	Anand–Milind
Distributed by	Shree Krishna International
Release date	20 December 1996 (1996-12-20)
Running time	146 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹6.4 crore[1]
Box office	₹19.81 crore (equivalent to ₹210 crore or US$24 million in 2023)[2]

It was declared "semihit" at the box office.^[3] The titular character "Ajay", played by Sunny Deol, was named after the offscreen name of him.

Plot

Raja Brijraj Singh and his younger brother Raja Ranbir Singh live in a spacious palace and are wealthy landlords of a small Indian town named as Kishengarh. They would like their only, head-strong and foreign-returned niece Manorama to marry equally wealthy Rupesh Singh but she gives her heart to a poor poultry dealer named Ajay. When Brijraj and Ranbir learn of this relationship they object and strive to prevent their niece from marrying Ajay. They threaten her and she has to give false witness that puts Ajay behind bars and has his sister's in-laws disown her, all this leads to their mother's demise. Ajay blames it on Manorama but later learns the truth and eventually retaliates by killing her uncles.

Cast

• Sunny Deol as Ajay
• Karishma Kapoor as Manorama "Rama"
• Reena Roy as Durga
• Devayani as Anjali
• Suresh Oberoi as Raja Brijraj Singh
• Kiran Kumar as Chote Raja Ranbir
• Farida Jalal as Ajay's mother
• Sharat Saxena as Inspector Tippen Singh
• Mohnish Behl as Roopesh Singh
• Laxmikant Berde as Rupaiya
• Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Lala
• Dan Dhanoa as Roopesh's friend
• Dolly Bindra as Manorama friend

Soundtrack

The Music is scored by Anand–Milind. The songs Chamak Chhallo and Chand Sa Chehra were popular. Singers Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Sapna Awasthi and Jolly Mukherjee lent their voices.

#	Title	Singer(s)
1.	"Chaand Sa Chehra"	Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
2.	"Chhammak Chhallo" (Hip Hop)	Kumar Sanu
3.	"Deewana Hua Main"	Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
4.	"Ruk Majnu"	Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
5.	"Pan Khake Jana"	Jolly Mukherjee, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
6.	"Chhammak Chhallo" (Dance)	Kumar Sanu
7.	"Chanchal Chooriyan"	Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
8.	"Banna Ghodi Pe"	Kumar Sanu, Jolly Mukherjee, Alka Yagnik, Sapna Awasthi
9.	"Daata Mere Daata"	Kumar Sanu