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Baazigar is an Hindi movie released in India in 1993. The movie was one of the first whose subject matter dealt with the psychology of a killer.

Plot

Ajay Sharma, played by Shahrukh Khan, is a man who seeks revenge. His father, Vishwanath Sharma, once owner of a great business empire, was defrauded. His father and the whole family had to live in one room bungalows after living in a huge mansion. Soon afterwards, his father and his sister died. His mother now is suffering from a mental illness.

All this drives Ajay to revenge. He will kill the man, and his family, who did this injustice to him. And to do this, he will go to any length.

The film opens with the image of a young street-kid, who washes plates and shines shoes at the edge of the road. He uses this to buy food and medicine for his sick mother (Rakhee), who appears to be mentally shattered and physically ill. The young boy vows revenge one those who destroyed his family. We see the boy, now a young man, Ajay Sharma. He and his mother are now living in a house, having been helped by the charity of their neighbours. His mother still appears to be shattered, some 15-20 years later. He hitches a lift to Bombay (now Mumbai), from his old school-friend, who notes that he has lost both parents in an air crash in Bangalore two years ago.

We meet Seema Chopra(Shilpa Shetty), the daughter of the owner of Chopra business empire, who gives instructions to the comic servant Babulal (Johnny Lever). She heads off to school, and then skips lessons when her friend Ravi, an admirer, promises to take lecture notes for her. Ravi then is broken when he sees Seema cavorting with Ajay Sharma in the school gardens. They meet secretly as her father would not approve of a poor son-in-law.

Meanwhile, the elder daughter Priya Chopra (Kajol) travels with her father Madan Chopra (Dilip Tahil) who have travelled to Madras (now Chennai), for Madan's final kart race. Madan has nver lost before, but comes across Vicky Malhotra (Ajay Sharma in a disguise of brown contact lenses), a rising star. Vicky allows Madan to win by slowing at the last corner and tells him that he couldn't beat his "guru". Vicky then immediately charms Priya and claims to be a sports-car dealer, and promises her a new car. Priya later tells Seema that she will introduce her to Vicky. Vicky becomes involved in a big fight against a number of bikeys after they have lecherous approaches to Priya, and the bikeys are brought to a police station, where they meet the police inspector, Karan (Siddharth), who is a fromer classmate of Priya.

Ajay is (incidentally) photographed lurking outside the birthday party of Anjali, one of Seema's friends. Later Madan Chopra arranges for Seema to be married off to another business family. Seema is heartbroken, and Ajay decides that they will write twin suicide notes and commit suicide. However he says that only cowards commit suicide and destroys his note, while keeping Seema's. They decide to marry secretly the next day. When they arrive, the registrar is closed, so they go up to the roof of the building for sightseeing. After declaring their love, Ajay takes Seema's mangalsutra (marriage necklace) and throws her to her death. He then posts the suicide note and leaves, but arrives later (as Vicky) with Priya. He helps the Chopra family with the funeral. Karan declares that Seema committed suicide, citing her letter, and closes the murder investigation. Priya disagrees, and the next day, a jeweller comes and invoices Priya for Seema's mangalsutra necklace. Priya asks Madan to re-open the investigation, but he disagrees, saying he doesn't want to lose his reputation due to Seema's affair. Priya meets Karan to begin an unofficial investigation, looking for suspects for Seema's lovers.

Priya goes to Seema's school and tracks down Ravi, who says that Seema already had a boyfriend, citing Ajay. He offers to look through his photo album for Ajay at Anjali's birthday party. However, Vicky stalks Ravi and forces him to sign a suicide note before hanging him. Karan thinks that Ravi must be the murderer. Vicky vows to destroy Madan Chopra. Chopra thanks Vicky for supporting Priya and engages them, allowing Vicky a stake in the company. Vicky has a flashback, and remembers Chopra being jailed many years ago for committing fraudulent transactions while an employee of his father Vishwanath. Vishwanath refuses to help Chopra, who is now homeless and widowed, but his wife agrees and changes her husband's mind. Vishwanath allows Chopra to climb the company rungs (by using unethical business techniques), until he has to go interstate on business. He gives Chopra the power of attorney to run the business in his absence. Chopra confiscates all of Vishwanath's assets and throws him out of his office and onto the street. Vishwanath and his baby daughter both become ill, and die, without medication, after his wife attempts to sell her mangalsutra to buy medicine. Chopra then offers to care for Mrs Sharma and Ajay, inferring that he wants her to be his mistress. Mrs Sharma slaps and curses him, with the brooding Ajay looking on. Vicky then vows to destroy Madan Chopra.

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