Major Saab (1998)

                                   Major Saab Movie Trailer 1998

Crew

Directed by     Tinnu Anand
Produced by     Amitabh Bachchan
Story by     Robin Bhatt
Music by     Anand Raj Anand , Aadesh Shrivastav
Cinematography     Ravi K. Chandran
Editing by     Prashant Khedekar

Cast

    Amitabh Bachchan as Maj. Jasbir Singh Rana
    Ajay Devgan as Virendra Pratap Singh
    Sonali Bendre as Nisha
    Nafisa Ali as Dr. Priya Rana
    Aashish Vidyarthi as Shankar
    Mohan Joshi as Parshuram Bihari
    Shahbaaz Khan as Vicky
    Naveen Nischol as Brig. Satish Khurana
    Mushtaq Khan as Hanuman Prasad
    Avtar Gill as Commissioner of Police
    Dinesh Hingoo Special Appearance as Jai Singhaniya (Virendra's solicitor)
    Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Raja Thakur (Guest Appearance)
    Siddharth Ray

Story

The plot concerns playboy Virendra Pratap Singh (Ajay Devgan). A clause in the will of his wealthy father forces him to enter a military academy in order to inherit. Virendra's repeated attempts to get himself discharged are foiled by Major Jasbir Singh Rana (Amitabh Bachchan). Then Virendra falls in love with Nisha (Sonali Bendre), the sister of a gangster named Shankar (Ashish Vidhyarthi). Shankar wants Nisha to marry the son of his friend Parshuram Bihari and hatches a plot to separate the couple.

Did you know?

1. Tinnu Anand was supposed to play the small role of a lawyer, but he fell seriously sick and was hospitalized. Another actor portrayed this role on screen and Tinnu Anand dubbed in his own voice while another actor was moving his lips on screen.
2. The movie released a week later than intended because the Indian Army raised objections to Amitabh Bachchan's beard in the movie. To resolve the issue, Amitabh Bachchan mentions the Army's policy on beards in the opening credits of the movie.
3. Abhishek Bachchan was an uncredited assistant on the production.
4. This was first film for Ajay Devgan where he had to lose his trademark hair and settle for a army cut hairstyle.
5. The song 'Sona Sona' was initially recorded for Lal Baadshah, but director K.C. Bokadia wasn't going to use the song in the film and Amitabh Bachchan requested if he could use it for his home production 'Major Saab'.
6. This was the first and only time Director Tinnu Anand used his birth name 'Verinder Raj Anand' for the movies credits.
7. Ajay Devgn directed parts of the film when the director 'Tinu Anand' was off sick.
8. The song 'Tere Pyar Mein' was removed from the final print of the film. The song's shooting was for a party song, which pictured Amitabh Bachchan playing the piano whilst singing.
9. Tinnu Anand was supposed to play the small role of a lawyer, but he fell seriously sick and was hospitalized. Another actor portrayed this role on screen and Tinnu Anand dubbed in his own voice while another actor was moving his lips on screen.
10. The movie released a week later than intended because the Indian Army raised objections to Amitabh Bachchan's beard in the movie. To resolve the issue, Amitabh Bachchan mentions the Army's policy on beards in the opening credits of the movie.
11. Abhishek Bachchan was an uncredited assistant on the production.
12. This was first film for Ajay Devgan where he had to lose his trademark hair and settle for a army cut hairstyle.
13. The song 'Sona Sona' was initially recorded for Lal Baadshah, but director K.C. Bokadia wasn't going to use the song in the film and Amitabh Bachchan requested if he could use it for his home production 'Major Saab'.
14. This was the first and only time Director Tinnu Anand used his birth name 'Verinder Raj Anand' for the movies credits.
15. Ajay Devgn directed parts of the film when the director 'Tinu Anand' was off sick.
16. The song 'Tere Pyar Mein' was removed from the final print of the film. The song's shooting was for a party song, which pictured Amitabh Bachchan playing the piano whilst singing.