Barood is a 1998 Hindi-language Action Crime motion picture written by Rajeev Kaul, Praful Parekh and Javed Siddiqui. The movie is directed by Pramod Chakravorty and produced by Pramod Chakravorty and Lakshmi Chakravorty. Honest and diligent Police Inspector Jai Sharma suspects Mr. Singhal of being a hardcore criminal don.. Barood stars Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon, Amrish Puri, Rakhi Gulzar, Mohnish Behl, Rakhee Gulzar and Shiva Rindani. The music was composed by Anand-milind. Editing was done by Subhiraaj Pal. The film has a running time of 165 minutes. It was released on 7th August 1998. Barood was made on a budget of ₹5 crore and at the box office it grossed only ₹4 crore.