() is a 2000 Indian

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directed by Imran Khalid and produced by Surendra Srivastava.It is a revenge drama, with

Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, film producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur and politician who predominantly works in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. In a career spa ...

in the lead role. The film was released on 29 September 2000.

Plot

A journalist is investigating arms deals and other crimes against death in front of Shanti's house. Shanti, also a journalist, vows to bring the culprit, Vishtar Nath, to justice. One night, Shanti is abused, but a man named Shankar comes to her rescue. She tells him everything and makes him her brother by tying a Rakhi. One day, Shanti gives Shankar a roll of film that implicates Vishtar Nath directly in his illegal arms deals. Shankar immediately takes the roll of the film to the police commissioner, who subsequently destroys it and gets Shankar arrested for having RDX in his car by a rogue and despicable police inspector. Shankar is beaten black and blue back at the police station, and then, in the guise of giving him bail, he is told he can leave. As he leaves the police station, he is confronted by rogue police officers and Nath's men, tied up, shot several times, and left for dead. He is saved by Shanti, but then he gets attacked in the hospital by Nath's goon Bakra. Shankar beats him mercilessly and kills him brutally. This is witnessed by Inspector Vikram, who tells him that he is a "Raavan" (a devil) and that he is now a killer. Shankar says he has tried being an angel and a law-abiding citizen but got nothing except humiliation and death threats- so now he is going to be the devil and take down the underworld kingpin Nath. The rest of the film depicts how Shankar takes down the underworld singlehandedly with Inspector Vikram hot on his trial, who also loves his sister Shanti. In all this time taking down the underworld and killing the bad guys, Shankar also has time for falling in love, singing, and dancing with his love interest, Mona.

Cast

as Shankar *

Gajendra Chauhan Gajendra Singh Chauhan known professionally as Gajendra Chauhan, is a former television actor known for his work on Indian television, especially his portrayal of Yudhishthira in the historical television series '' Mahabharat'' (1988–90). He ...

as A.C.P. Rathore * Siddharth Dhawan as Inspector Vikram Singh *

Mohan Joshi Mohan Joshi is an Indian film, television and theater actor. He has worked in Hindi, Marathi and Bhojpuri films. Career Joshi started his career as a theatre artist in Pune. He was noticed in the play ''Kuryat Sada Tingalam''. Along with A ...

as Vishdhar Nath *

Shakti Kapoor Shakti Kapoor (born Sunil Kapoor; 3 September 1952) is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Bollywood films. Known for his villainous and comic roles in Hindi films, he has featured in over 700 films. In the 1980s and 1990s, Kapoor team ...

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as Ramkali *Kasam Ali as Babbar Bakhra *Javed Khan *

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as Gul Gulewala (Gullu Malwani) *

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as Shanti *

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as Subhash *Meenakshi as Mona *Anil Nagrath as Khilawan *Master Rashid as Munna — Subhash & Saraswathi's son *

Tej Sapru Tej Sapru (born 5 April 1955) is an Indian actor. He is the son of D. K. Sapru and Hemvati, both of whom were actors in the Hindi film industry. He has appeared in a number of Bollywood films between the 1980s and 2010s, including '' Tridev'', ...

as Inspector Raman Khatri *O.P. Sharma *Ashok Verma *Zubeda as Saraswathi — Subhash's wife

Songs

#"Haathon Ki Mehendi" -

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, Vibha Sharma #"Ho Raja Khele Mera Paan Chaila" -

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Madhushree Madhushree (born Sujata Bhattacharya, 2 November 1969) is an Indian playback singer who sings in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Telugu films. A familiar voice in A. R. Rahman's compositions, Madhushree hails from a musically inclined fam ...

#"Jaane Jaa Janam Tu Janeman" -

Babul Supriyo Babul Supriyo (b. 15 December 1970) is an Indian playback singer, live performer, television host, actor and politician who currently serves as Third Banerjee ministry, Cabinet Minister of Ministry of Information Technology and Electronics (West ...

Kavita Krishnamurthy Kavita Krishnamurthy (born as Sharada Krishnamurthy), is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded numerous songs in various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Odia, Marathi, ...

#"Khanka Re Khanka Khangana" -

Anuradha Paudwal Anuradha Paudwal (born 27 October 1954) is an Indian playback singer and politician who works predominantly in Hindi cinema and Odia cinema. She has been described in media as one of the most prominent Bhajan singers and also as one of the m ...

#"Khidki Khule Ya Band" -

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#"Ladki Tu Kamal Hai" -

Reception

''Fullhyd.com'' gave the film 1 star out of 10, calling the direction non-existent and the music, terrible.

References

External links

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''Full Hyderabad'' review
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