Daava was an action drama released on July 18, 1997. The movie was directed by Sunil Agnihotiri and the producer of the movie was Nitin Raj. The lead roles were played by Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon, Naseruddin Shah and Akshay Anand. Some good roles were played by Tinu Anand, Mohan Joshi and Divya Dutta. The music of the movie was given by Jatin Pandit and Lalit Pandit and the singer was Kumar Sanu. The story was written by S A Khan.

The movie revolves around three loving brothers, Arjun ( Akshay Kumar ), Bhimsha ( Naseruddin Shah ) and Suraj ( Akshay Anand ). Arjun was an honest police officer and Bhimsha lived in the village. Suraj who worked at a poultry farm came to know that the people running the farm are actually drug dealers and the farm is a platform to do so. He tries to tell Arjun about this, but was confined by the mastermind behind all this, Dhaman Chamunda ( Mohnish Joshi ).

Furious, Dhaman plans his revenge. He creates disputes between Arjun and Bhimsha over property matters. He also framed Bhimsha as Suraj’s killer. Thus, Arjun and Bhimsha were biggest enemies. Dhaman took advantage of the situation and spread his business more. In the end, the misunderstandings between the brothers got cleared and now they were after Dhaman who made them suffer so much.

The songs in the movie are:
1. Deewaane hain deewaanon se tu darata kyon hai yaar
2. Dil mein hai tu dhadakan mein tu o my darling i love you
3. Ham sabhi hain deevaane yahaan are hamein na koi pahachaane yahaan
4. Kyun Aanchal Hamara
5. Ru Tu Tu Tu
6. Jaao Jaao