Pukar (2000 film)

Pukar
Poster
Directed by	Rajkumar Santoshi
Written by	Dialogues: Rajkumar Santoshi Anjum Rajabali K.K. Raina
Screenplay by	Rajkumar Santoshi Anjum Rajabali
Story by	Rajkumar Santoshi
Produced by	Surinder Kapoor Boney Kapoor Bharat Shah
Starring	Anil Kapoor Madhuri Dixit Namrata Shirodkar Danny Denzongpa Om Puri
Cinematography	Ashok Mehta Santosh Sivan Baba Azmi Chota K. Naidu
Edited by	Rajkumar Santoshi
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Production company	S K Film Enterprises
Distributed by	Eros International Shemaroo Entertainment
Release date	4 February 2000 (2000-02-04)
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	$4.9 million[1]

Pukar (lit. 'The Call') is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film co-written and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi with cinematography by Ashok Mehta, Santosh Sivan, Baba Azmi and Chota K. Naidu. It stars Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Namrata Shirodkar, Danny Denzongpa, Shivaji Satam and Om Puri. The score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman.^[2][3][4]

Pukar was released on 4 February 2000 and received critical acclaim, but did average business at the box office.^[5]

At the 48th National Film Awards, Pukar won 2 National Film Awards – the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration and Best Actor (Kapoor). At the 46th Filmfare Awards, Pukar received 2 nominations – Best Actor (Kapoor) and Best Actress (Dixit).