Auzaar
Poster
Directed by	Sohail Khan
Written by	Anwar Khan
Produced by	Kumar S. Taurani Ramesh Taurani
Starring	Salman Khan Sanjay Kapoor Shilpa Shetty
Cinematography	Kaka Thakur
Edited by	A. Muthu
Music by	Anu Malik
Production company	Tips Industries
Distributed by	Disney India Studios
Release date	28 February 1997 (1997-02-28)
Running time	133 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹5.25 crore[1]
Box office	₹10.37 crore[1]

Auzaar (transl. Tool or Weapon) is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Sohail Khan and written by Anwar Khan. The film stars Salman Khan, Sanjay Kapoor and Shilpa Shetty.^[2]

Plot

Suraj, who is a police officer, discovers that Yash's, father, runs an illegal business. He must now convince Yash to make his father mend his ways or face criticism from his superiors for not confronting him.

Cast

• Sanjay Kapoor as Yash Thakur, Prathna's husband.
• Salman Khan as CBI Officer Suraj Prakash Yash Thakur
• Shilpa Shetty as Prathna Thakur, Yash's wife.
• Nirmal Pandey as Baba the main antagonist.
• Johnny Lever as Peter
• Kiran Kumar as Bhaiji
• Aashif Sheikh as Inspector Bhudev
• Paresh Rawal as Mr. Thakur, Yash's father.
• Ila Arun as herself in song "Apni To Ek Hi Life"
• Vishwajeet Pradhan as Baba's Associate
• Arun Bakshi as Arun Bhai
• Achyut Potdar
• Vikas Anand as Doctor
• Tiku Talsania as College professor
• Mukesh Rawal as Thakur's Associate
• Dinesh Hingoo as Qawwal Singer in song "Apni To Ek Hi Life"
• Joginder Shelly as Truck driver in song "Apni To Ek Hi Life"
• Sulabha Arya

Production

Sohail Khan initially wanted Aamir Khan for Sanjay Kapoor's role, but he declined it for unknown reasons. Then Sohail Khan approached Suniel Shetty for the role, but he was busy shooting of another filn. Raveena Tandon was offered the female lead, but declined. Then Shilpa Shetty received the role.^[3][4]

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack album was composed by Anu Malik.

The song "I Love You, I Love You" was reportedly plagiarized from Pakistani Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's "Allah Hoo, Allah Hoo".^[5][6] Khan was reportedly aggrieved when Malik turned his spiritual "Allah Hoo, Allah Hoo" into "I Love You, I Love You".^[5] Khan said "He has taken my devotional song Allahu and converted it into I love you. He should at least respect my religious songs."^[6]