India Synopsis
“PowerTo Kill. Power To Heal”
Sultan (Shakti Kapoor) adopted an orphan and named him Badshah (Akshay Kumar). Badshah grows up to be a criminal and his life was made difficult by Inspector Pradhan (Ashish Vidyarthi). Badshah's sidekick is Abdul (Ashutosh Rana). The only hope in Badshah's life is Sapna (Karisma Kapoor), whom he incidentally met. But circumstances lead Badshah to commit murder in public. During this experience, a child clangs to him and he took the child to Sapna. Before he could explain anything, Pradhan gets there and Badshah had to escape. He changed his name to Babu Lohar and becomes a blacksmith and loving father, to give the child a good future. However, after 7 years, he sees Abdul and Sultan again. Pradhan is still after him. When the child's parents find out about him, they ask Babu to return their child. Will he let the child go? Will the child go with his parents?
The 1998–2000 India Window
Jaanwar holds position #24 of 66 India films in the 1998–2000 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s India Landscape
1999 was the decade’s peak output year for India — 19 titles released, including Jaanwar. Bars below show how the 1990s stacked up year by year (147 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 18 other India films in 1999.
The 288th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
13 audience reviews — more than 25% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 36th percentile among India films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #919 of 1,983 India films indexed here (54th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Action productions specifically: #256 of 637 (top 40%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Runtime | 2h 0m |
| Release Date | December 24, 1999 |
| IMDb | tt0230347 |