''Andhaa Kaanoon'' () is a 1983

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directed by T. Rama Rao, starring

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, Reena Roy in leading roles and featuring an

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in supporting roles including

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, Danny Denzongpa, Pran,

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and

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makes an extended special appearance along with Madhavi and

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is seen in a cameo. It is a remake of the Tamil film '' Sattam Oru Iruttarai'' (1981). The film was a critical and commercial success and the 5th highest grossing film of 1983. This is the

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debut of

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superstar

Plot

Vijay Singh is hell bent on taking vengeance against three men who had traumatized and killed some of his family members. Vijay's sister, Durga Devi Singh, has joined the Police department just to take revenge against those three men through lawful means. Vijay has decided to kill them one by one by taking law into his own hands as he does not believe in the law. One day, Vijay comes across an angry and embittered Jaan Nisar Khan who has just been released from prison. Khan used to work as a Forest Officer, and lived with his wife Zakhiya and daughter Neelu. One day while on duty he had come across some poachers who were cutting sandal wood trees illegally. When challenged, they had retaliated. A struggle ensued and one of them, Ram Gupta, was killed. Khan was charged with murder, tried in court, and sentenced to 20 years in prison. His shocked and devastated wife, was raped and she had killed herself and their daughter. Khan now decides to help Vijay. Further, Khan finds out that Gupta is still alive. How the three protagonists, Khan, Durga and Vijay, succeed in avenging the enemies forms the rest of the story.

Cast

as Vijay Kumar Singh, Durga's brother ** Harish Kumar as Young Vijay *

as Inspector Durga Devi Singh * Reena Roy as Meena Shrivatsav *

as Jaan Nisar Khan (Extended Special appearance) * Madhavi as Zakhiya Khan, Jaan Nisar's wife (Extended Special appearance) *

as Amarnath * Danny Denzongpa as Akbar Ali * Pran as Anthony D'Cruz *

as Jailor Gupta *

as Ram Gupta *

Chandrashekhar Dubey Chandrashekhar Dubey (4 September 1924 – 28 September 1993) commonly referred to as C. S. Dubey was an Indian actor and radio personality. He was born in Kannod and appeared in over 150 Hindi films as a character actor starting in 1950s, wi ...

as Mamaji *

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as Police Commissioner K. B. Lal * Sulochana Latkar as Durga and Vijay's mother * Gautami as Durga and Vijay's elder sister (victim) *

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as Meena's mother *

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as Constable Asrani * Agha as Police Constable *

as Truck Driver (Cameo) *

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as Kapil Kumar Singh: Durga and Vijay's father (Dead)

Soundtrack

All lyrics written by

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and music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

Reception

S Venkat Narayan of

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wrote "Andhaa Kaanoon (Blind Law) is what they call a masala film. It has violence, injustice, sex, revenge, thrills, good photography, slick direction. The potion is, like the witches' brew, deadly. The story is too complicated to bother about. Suffice it to say that it's all about the law being an ass."

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* 1980s action drama films 1980s Hindi-language films 1980s Indian films 1980s vigilante films 1983 drama films 1983 films Films directed by T. Rama Rao Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Hindi remakes of Tamil films Indian action drama films Indian films about revenge Indian vigilante films {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub