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Fiza (Devanagari फ़िज़ा) is a 2000 Indian film directed and written by Khalid Mohammed
. The film features the hit song Mehboob Mere performed by Sushmita Sen
.

Synopsis

Six years after Fiza's (Karisma Kapoor
) brother (Aman played by Hrithik Roshan
) disappears during the 1993 Mumbai riots, she goes to look for him. When she does find him, to her horror she sees that he has joined a terrorist group.

She forces him to come home, and he finally re-unites with their mother (played by Jaya Bachchan
). However his allegiance and thoughts make him want to join the terrorist network, led by Murad Khan (Manoj Bajpai
). A confrontation with two men who harress Fiza leads to Aman revealing his involvement with the terrorist network in front of his sister, mother and the police. His mother's grief and disappointment eventually leads her to commit suicide.

Fiza tries once more to find her brother, with the help of Anirudh (Bikram Saluja). Aman has been sent on a mission to kill two powerful politicians, when he does succeed in assassinating them, his own terrorist group tries to kill him. He escapes and Fiza follows him. They confront each other and with the police closing in on him, he asks her to kill him. After much persuasion Fiza kills her brother.

Audience Response

The film was a critically acclaimed hit. Audiences praised the three lead performances. Karisma Kapoor
in particular was applauded for her performance as a disillusioned sister. Karisma Kapoor would later go on to star in many art house pleasers. She also won the IIFA Best Actress Award for her performance as did Jaya Bachchan
in the best supporting actress category.

Cast

2000 Filmfare Awards

Won

  • Best Actress - Karisma Kapoor
  • Best Supporting Actress - Jaya Bachchan

Nominated

  • Best Actor - Hrithik Roshan
  • Best Choreography - Santosh Sivan
  • Best Male Playback - Sonu Nigam for "Tu Hawa Hai"
  • Best Female Playback - Sunidhi Chauhan for "Mehboob Mere"
  • Best Music Director - Anu Malik
  • Best Lyricist - Gulzar for "Aaja Mahi"

Trivia

  • Originally Amitabh Bachchan
    and Shahrukh Khan
    were supposed to have cameo appearances, but their scenes were removed due to considerations about the length of the running time.
  • The scene where Johnny Lever
    demonstrates different kinds of laughter and makes fun of Shahrukh Khan
    while Hrithik Roshan
    stands next to him, smiling, is an insider joke referring to the Cola wars the two stars had with each other. Hrithik endorsed Coca-Cola, Shahrukh Pepsi. A Pepsi commercial had made fun of Hrithik, a fact that outraged some of his fans.

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