History Film / Baazigar

->''"Sometimes, for winning, one has to lose. And those who win by losing they call Baazigar''"
-->-- Ajay Sharma

VillainProtagonist Ajay Sharma [[ItsPersonal vows to bring Madan Chopra down to his knees]] for abusing the trust of his parents, cheating them of their business, [[YouKilledMyFather indirectly leading to the death of his father]] and infant sister, propositioning his mother and destroying his mother's sanity. To do so, he decides to charm Madan's two daughters, Seema and Priya, separately from each other and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge to dispose of anything in his way that stops him from his objective]].

[[TheCharmer He charms older sister Seema]] and becomes her secret lover. [[SecretRelationship He convinces her to keep their relationship a secret]] because of his poverty [[ConsummateLiar but little does she know that he is pulling an elaborate Xanatos Gambit]] that would lead to her...just wait.

He impersonates and dons on another identity, as a man named Vicky Malhotra, a rich man who races for fun and makes a living selling sports cars. He manages to charm Madan Chopra by deliberately losing the race and charms Priya by confessing that he lost because he could not bear her disappointment if her father lost. Unknown to both sisters, he dates them both on the sly. Priya tries to arrange a date with her sister to talk about Vicky but circumstances lead to her to cancel this date. We are introduced at this point to [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Inspector Karan]].

Meanwhile, Madan Chopra [[ArrangedMarriage arranges a marriage]] for Seema and when she goes all distraught to Ajay, he convinces her that suicide is the only option and that they both should write a suicide letter. After she gives him the letter, he pretends that he was just testing her resolve and proposes that they get married the next day in a Registrar office. As soon as she arrives the next day, Ajay pushes her off from the balcony. The case is ruled a suicide (because of the suicide note) though her sister [[NeverSuicide Priya is not convinced]]. As she suspects that Seema's lover might be her killer, Ajay starts to wipe out all evidence linking him to her, including people.

Features [[ThoseTwoActors Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan]]. This gained Creator/ShahRukhKhan acclaim as it was rare for a Bollywood actor to act out a VillainProtagonist.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Subverted. Ajay was able to romance Seema because he was like a plushie and a nice nerdy guy who was not enamored of her like 99% of humanity. When Ajay starts to fall in love with Priya, he convinces himself that she would start hating him if she knew his being a murderer and liar.

* AttemptedRape: Priya by a bunch of thugs. Ajay rescues her and wins her trust.

%%* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Unlucky Karan]] who has the hots for Priya but is not able to [[CannotSpitItOut tell her]].

%%* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Played straight.
* EvilLaugh: When [[spoiler: Madan Chopra stabs a blood-drenched Ajay with a spear. The creepy part is when Ajay starts laughing as well. You know what happens next...]]
%%* FacelessGoons: Obviously, in the climax of the movie.
* {{Fanservice}}
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** Shilpa Shetty's introduction as Seema centers on a zoomup of her ass. She then proceeds to put on a bathing suit and generally being the {{Fanservice}} of this movie.
** Creator/ShahRukhKhan otherwise known as MrFanservice roams around with nothing but a towel and an open shirt in the beginning of the movie.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Ajay who kills [[spoiler: Seema]] in cold blood as vengeance. Pretty much ensures he is VillainProtagonist.

%%* ManipulativeBastard: Every single person Ajay meets is charmed by him. Even Anjali, who pays for it with [[spoiler: her life]].
* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: Just when Ajay is beaten so badly he's bleeding all over, his mother comes to protect him. Madan Chopra hits her and [[TheDeterminator due to his sheer will]], Ajay goes AxCrazy.

* YouCanBarelyStand: Ajay who is beaten to a pulp by Mooks before his confrontation with ArcVillain Madan Chopra.

* IKissYourFeet: VillainProtagonist Ajay kisses the feet of his girlfriend Seema, the daughter of his nemesis Chopra, before pushing her to her death.

VillainProtagonist Ajay Sharma [[ItsPersonal vows to bring Madan Chopra down to his knees]] for abusing the trust of his parents, cheating them of their business, [[YouKilledMyFather indirectly leading to the death of his father]] and infant sister, propositioning his mother and destroying his mother's sanity. To do so, he decides to charm his two daughters- Seema and Priya separately from each other and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge to dispose of anything in his way that stops him from his objective]].

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys - Subverted. Ajay was able to romance Seema because he was like a plushie and a nice nerdy guy who was not enamored of her like 99% of humanity. When Ajay starts to fall in love with Priya, he convinces himself that she would start hating him if she knew his being a murderer and liar.
%%* AlmostKiss - Ajay with Seema
* AttemptedRape - Priya by a bunch of thugs. Ajay rescues her and wins her trust.

* BittersweetEnding - You can't wait for Ajay to get his comeuppance which he does in the end but you can't help feel sorry for what happened to him.
%%* ChildhoodFriendRomance - Unlucky Karan who has the hots for Priya but is not able to [[CannotSpitItOut tell her]].
%%* ColorCodedForYourConvenience - Ajay's real eyecolor is green. He wears black color lenses to play the role of Vicky.
%%* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas - Played straight.
* EvilLaugh - When [[spoiler: Madan Chopra stabs a blood drenched Ajay with a spear. The creepy part is when Ajay starts laughing as well. You know what happens next....]]
%%* FacelessGoons - Obviously, in the climax of the movie.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Ajay who kills [[spoiler: Seema]] in cold blood as vengeance. Pretty much ensures he is VillainProtagonist

%%* IAmSong - The song 'Baazigar'
%%* TheItemNumber - Yeh ''Kaali Kaali Ankhe''
%%* ManipulativeBastard - Every single person Ajay meets is charmed by him. Even Anjali who pays for it with [[spoiler: her death]]
* MyNameIsInigoMontoya - Just when Ajay is beaten so badly he's bleeding all over, his mother comes to protect him. Madan Chopra hits her and [[TheDeterminator due to his sheer will]] Ajay goes AxCrazy.
%%* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow - Ajay. Serious to God, Ajay.
%%* OminousLatinChanting - The movie is unfortunately riddled with this type of ominous music.
%%* PsychopathicManchild - Ajay
%%* PuppyDogEyes - Ajay
%%* RoaringRampageOfRevenge - Do not *in any circumstance* injure Ajay's mother which happens to be Ajay's BerserkButton.
%%* {{Tsundere}} - Priya. Which is why Ajay almost falls in love with her.
%%* VerbalTic - Ajay. Again expected in a Creator/ShahRukhKhan movie.
* YouCanBarelyStand - Ajay who is beaten to a pulp by Mooks before his confrontation with arch villain Madan Chopra.

* HateSink: Although Ajay is the VillainProtagonist, he has many redeemable qualities to prevent him from being this trope. On the other hand, Madan Chopra is arguably the most reprehensible character in the whole movie and does heinous things, which lets us know we are not supposed to root for him.

* HateSink: Although Ajay is the VillainProtagonist and has many redeemable qualities. Madan Chopra has done and is arguably the most reprehensible character in the whole movie through and through.

* HateSink: Although Ajay is the VillainProtagonist and has many redeemable qualities. Madam Chopra has done and is arguably the most reprehensible character in the whole movie through and through.

* HateSink: Although Ajay is the VillainProtagonist and has many redeemable qualities. Madam Chopra has done and is arguably the most reprehensible character in the whole movie through and through.

* AlmostKiss - Ajay with Seema

* BigBad: Madan Chopra

* ChildhoodFriendRomance - Unlucky Karan who has the hots for Priya but is not able to [[CannotSpitItOut tell her]].
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience - Ajay's real eyecolor is green. He wears black color lenses to play the role of Vicky.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas - Played straight.

* FacelessGoons - Obviously, in the climax of the movie.
* {{Fanservice}} - Shilpa Shetty's introduction as Seema centers on a zoomup of her ass. She then proceeds to put on a bathing suit and generally being the {{Fanservice}} of this movie.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Madan Chopra

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Ajay.]]
* IAmSong - The song 'Baazigar'
* TheItemNumber - Yeh ''Kaali Kaali Ankhe''
* ManipulativeBastard - Every single person Ajay meets is charmed by him. Even Anjali who pays for it with [[spoiler: her death]]

* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow - Ajay. Serious to God, Ajay.
* OminousLatinChanting - The movie is unfortunately riddled with this type of ominous music.
* PsychopathicManchild - Ajay
* PuppyDogEyes - Ajay
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge - Do not *in any circumstance* injure Ajay's mother which happens to be Ajay's BerserkButton
* ShockingSwerve - The events on the rooftop.
* {{Tsundere}} - Priya. Which is why Ajay almost falls in love with her.
* VerbalTic - Ajay. Again expected in a Creator/ShahRukhKhan movie.
* WhatAnIdiot - Karan. Despite being a police officer, Karan is full of this. When Ajay finished talking to Anjali, Seema's friend who happened to catch his face, impersonating Madan Chopra, Karan comes in to the room and is not the least bit suspicious. In fact, Ajay chitchats with him. He also does not suspect that Seema died in a suicide. He also thinks that Raj was Seema's lover and committed suicide even though Ajay is the one who killed Raj. What a maroon.
** Ajay stuffs Anjali in a suitcase and carries the suitcase through the lobby. Not one person deems to suspect him.