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Aag Aur Shola

1986 film by Kovelamudi Bapayya

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ4661168 ↗
Source-derived summary

Aag Aur Shola (transl. Fire & Flames) is a 1986 Indian Hindi-language action romance film, produced by Prasan Kapoor under the Tirupati Pictures Enterprises banner, written by Kader Khan and directed by K. Bapaiah. It stars Jeetendra, Sridevi, Mandakini, and Ashish Chanana, with music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. The film was a remake of the Tamil film Uyirullavarai Usha.

Plot

Aag Aur Shola is the story of love, eternal and immortal. It is also the story of hatred, the kind of hatred, the existence of which shall remain till the existence of this world. Poor Raju (Ashish Channa) loved Usha (Mandakini), but she proudly refused to reciprocate. Nagesh (Shakti Kapoor), brother of Usha was a rogue. When he learned that Raju loved Usha, he attacked Raju and beat him like a beast. In spite of all this, the fire of love for Usha was still burning in his heart.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Aag Aur Shola” as 1986 film by Kovelamudi Bapayya. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1986-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Shola, film and Kovelamudi can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1986 film by Kovelamudi Bapayya. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4661168. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1986.

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Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Aag Aur Shola” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.