Qila
Directed by	Umesh Mehra
Written by	Humayun Mirza Umesh Mehra
Produced by	Parvesh Mehra
Starring	Dilip Kumar Rekha
Cinematography	S. Pappu
Edited by	Kamal Sehgal
Music by	Anand Raaj Anand (songs) Raju Singh (score)
Production company	Eagle Films
Distributed by	Eagle Films
Release date	10 April 1998 (1998-04-10)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Qila (translation: Fort) is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language mystery drama thriller directed by Umesh Mehra and starring Dilip Kumar (in a dual role), Rekha, Mukul Dev, Mamta Kulkarni, Smita Jaykar and Gulshan Grover.^[1]

After a film career that began in 1944 and spanned over five decades, this marked the final film appearance of veteran actor Dilip Kumar before his death on 7 July 2021.^[2]

The film is a mystery thriller in which Kumar plays dual roles as an evil landowner who is murdered and as his twin brother who is a court judge tasked with investigating who killed him.^[3]

Plot

A cruel and evil landowner Jagannath Singh is murdered and his twin brother Amarnath Singh decides to investigate. He finds the list of suspects is endless. The prime suspects are Jagannath's son Amar, Jagannath's abused wife Suman and a woman named Yamini who claims she was raped by Jagannath. Eventually, Jagannath's son Amar confesses to killing his father. He reveals that on the night of his father's death he accidentally shot him while trying to fight him off when Jagannath held Amar and his mother at gunpoint. Soon after the list of suspects grow, it is discovered that Jagannath's had many more enemies who could have killed him, including landowner Mangal Singh and even Jagannath's brother Amarnath, who doesn't seem to have got on well with Jagannath himself in the past. Yamini killed Jagannath for his wrongdoings to her brother.

Cast

• Dilip Kumar as Jagannath Singh/Judge Amarnath Singh (dual role)
• Rekha as Yamini
• Mukul Dev as Amar J. Singh
• Mamta Kulkarni as Neeta
• Smita Jaykar as Suman J. Singh
• Gulshan Grover as Mangal Singh
• Pramod Moutho as Prosecuting Attorney
• Rajeshwari Sachdev as Laajo
• Malay Chakrabarty as Kundan
• Avtar Gill as Inspector Khan
• Satish Kaushik as Ghanya Seth
• Shahbaz Khan as Inspector Rana
• Kunika as Neelam Daniel
• Master Sahil Chheda as Child Artist Raja

Music

All songs are composed by Anand Raaj Anand with lyrics by Dev Kohli.