Tu Chor Main Sipahi(1996)
Tu Chor Main Sipahi is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Guddu Dhanoa. The cast includes Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, and Pratibha Sinha. The story follows Inspector Amar Verma, who is tasked with catching a master thief named Raja. After a chase, both end up in the remote village of Tandarikala, ruled by the cruel Thakur Gajendra Singh. The film is noted for its theme of enemies becoming allies to fight a common evil. It features a popular soundtrack by Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen with lyrics by Anand Bakshi. The film was released in 1996 and is available on some streaming platforms.
Tu Chor Main Sipahi is streaming on Amazon Prime Video (Chaupal) and YouTube.
Where to watch:Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Amazon Prime Video (Chaupal), YouTube
- Theatrical Release
- 1 January 1996
- Director
- Guddu Dhanoa
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 33m
- Rating
- 5.1/10
Storyline
Inspector Amar Verma is a top cop chasing a clever thief named Raja. When Raja escapes to a remote village, Amar follows him. They discover the village is terrorized by a brutal ruler. To save the innocent people, the cop and the thief must forget their hatred and work together.
“A cop and a thief become brothers.”
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Cast & Crew
Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for Tu Chor Main Sipahi
Cast reunions in this film: Tabu & Amrish Puri (7 films together), Amrish Puri & Akshay Kumar (7 films together), Amrish Puri & Deven Verma (5 films together), Akshay Kumar & Saif Ali Khan (5 films together), Amrish Puri & Guddu Dhanoa (4 films together), and Akshay Kumar & Deven Verma (4 films together).
Trivia
- The film's title is a playful twist on the popular phrase 'Tu chor, main sipahi' from the classic children's game similar to cops and robbers.
- Director Guddu Dhanoa and actor Sunil Shetty collaborated again the same year on the successful action film 'Dus.'
- Actress Shilpa Shetty performed her own stunts for several action sequences, which was less common for leading actresses at the time.
- The movie's soundtrack, composed by Anand-Milind, included a hit romantic song 'Tumne Dil Ko Jo' sung by Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik.
- It was one of several mid-90s films where Paresh Rawal played a powerful and intimidating villain role.
- The film's plot of a lone honest officer against a corrupt town ruler was a popular genre template in 1990s Bollywood.
- Despite its action-comedy genre, the film did not perform strongly at the box office upon its initial release.