Baazigar [1993] - A Kiss Before Dying [1956] - A Kiss Before Dying [1991]

      

Baazigar (Hindi: बाज़ीगर, Urdu: بازیگر; Gambler) is a 1993 Bollywood thriller directed by Abbas-Mustan. Inspired by the novel A Kiss Before Dying, it is a contemporary thriller about a young man who stops at nothing to get what he wants. The film shocked its Indian audience with an unexpected violation of the standard Bollywood formula, with an ambiguous hero. Successful at the box office, this was Shahrukh Khan's breakthrough role as the sole lead and also Shilpa Shetty's debut film. Baazigar was also the first film where Shahrukh Khan played a negative role and the first film in which he was paired up with Kajol. This film, along with Yash Chopra's Darr, took Shah Rukh Khan's career to new heights and established his Bollywood career as an acclaimed actor.

Directed by	Abbas-Mustan
Produced by	Ganesh Jain
Written by	Robin Bhatt, Akash Khurana, Javed Siddiqui
Starring	Shahrukh Khan Kajol Siddharth Ray Shilpa Shetty Rakhee
Music by	Anu Malik
Distributed by	Eros Labs
Release date(s)	12 November 1993
Running time	181 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	14 crore (US$2.53 million)

A Kiss Before Dying is a 1956 American color film noir, directed by Gerd Oswald. The screenplay was written by Lawrence Roman, based on Ira Levin's 1953 novel of the same name, which won the 1954 Edgar Award for "Best First Novel." The drama stars Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward, and Mary Astor, among others. It was remade as A Kiss Before Dying (1991 film).

Wagner plays a psychopathic college student, who upon discovering that his wealthy girlfriend — played by Joanne Woodward in one of her first film roles — is pregnant out of wedlock, kills her and stages the murder as a suicide.

Directed by	Gerd Oswald
Produced by	Robert L. Jacks
Screenplay by	Lawrence Roman
Story by	Ira Levin
Starring	Robert Wagner Jeffrey Hunter Virginia Leith Joanne Woodward Mary Astor
Music by	Lionel Newman
Cinematography	Lucien Ballard
Editing by	George A. Gittens
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	June 12, 1956(United States)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

A Kiss Before Dying (1991) is a British and American neo-noir film. It was directed by James Dearden, and based on the novel of the same name by Ira Levin, whose book won the 1954 Edgar Award for "Best First Novel." It was adapted for the cinema once before as A Kiss Before Dying (1956 film). The drama features Matt Dillon, Sean Young, and others

Directed by	James Dearden
Produced by	Robert Lawrence
Screenplay by	James Dearden
Story by	Ira Levin
Starring	Matt Dillon Sean Young Max von Sydow Diane Ladd James Russo
Music by	Howard Shore
Cinematography	Mike Southon
Editing by	Michael Bradsell
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	April 26, 1991
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$27 million
Box office	$15,429,177