Jaadugar is a 1989 Hindi-language Comedy Fantasy film written by Kader Khan, Laxmikant Sharma and Javed Akhtar. The movie is directed by Prakash Mehra and produced by Prakash Mehra. After learning a few magical tricks from his fellow inmate former businessman and ex-jail convict assume the identity of an ascetic named Mahaprabhu Jagatsagar Chintamani so that he can easily use these tricks to con the villagers of Dharampur with a motive of acquiring their wealth for himself. His U.S. returned son, Shankar Narayan refuses to accept this way of living only to consult an expert magician named Goga to put an end to his father's misdeeds. Goga who later changes his name to Gogeshwar manages to outwit Mahaprabhu and take control of his ashram. Feeling satisfy after his deeds has been reached; Shankar then asks Goga to leave but a stubborn will-power Goga refuses to do so as he plans to explain his stubbornness to Shankar at a later date. Written by gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com). Jaadugar features Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Prada, Aditya Pancholi, Amrita Singh, Pran Krishan Sikand, Amrish Puri and Randhir Singh. The screenplay is written by Suraj Sanim. The music was composed by Kalyanji-anandji. Editing was done by B. S. Glaad. The motion picture has a running time of 173-300 minutes. It was released on 25th August 1989. Jaadugar was made on a budget of ₹3 crore and at the box office it grossed only ₹1 crore. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Eros Entertainment.