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action drama film The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as ...

directed by

Shibu Mitra Shibu Mitra is an Indian film director and producer. His career spans more than 40 feature films in Bollywood, and his movies were particularly popular in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, the most successful among them being '' Shankar D ...

and produced by Ms. Rupanjali. The film stars

Prosenjit Chatterjee Prosenjit Chatterjee (born 30 September 1962) is an Indian actor and producer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading actors of modern Bengali cinema. He predominantly works in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He is the son of Bollyw ...

, Neelam in the lead roles, with

Sunny Deol Ajay Singh Deol (born 19 October 1957), better known as Sunny Deol, is an Indian actor, film director, producer, and politician. One of the highest grossing actors of Indian cinema, he has worked in Sunny Deol filmography, more than 100 Hindi ...

in a special appearance. Music of the film has been composed by

Bappi Lahiri Bappi Aparesh Lahiri (born Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri; 27 November 1952 – 15 February 2022), also known as Bappi Da, was an Indian singer, composer and record producer. He popularised the use of synthesised disco music in Indian music industry and ...

Plot

Poor and honest man Haranath was entrapped by a corrupt person Mathur Ghosh. He commits suicide. Shankar, Haranath's son oaths to avenge for the wrongs done to Haranath. When he grows up, he also gets entrapped by Mathur Ghosh's friend and co-partner Sundar Banerjee who's also the local police head, Manotosh Banerjee's son even to the point he loses his lover Priya Dutta to him, the rich Prakash Dutta's daughter who also wanted to prove Haranath's innocence. But he does not let evil defeat him like his father while he avenges his death. He arrests Sundar and makes him confess in front of his father, that he got Mathur to entrap Haranath as a thief, took Priya away from him after framing him for using heroin in Priya's hotel where he was a singer and killing Mathur's daughter. Manotosh gets him and Mathur arrested in front of him and his mom while proving Haranath's innocence. Shankar and Priya finally get married.

Cast

as Shankar * Neelam as Priya Dutta *

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 ...

as Keshto * Shubhendu Chatterjee as Inspector Manotosh Banerjee *

Shakuntala Barua Shakuntala Barua is an Indian actress from Kolkata Filmography * Tonic (film) (2021) * Sahaj Paather Gappo (2016) * Chaap – The Pressure (2013) * Phire Eso Tumi (2012) * Amrita (2012) * Aaro Kachha Kachhi (2012) * Aami Montri Hobo (20 ...

as Shankar's Mother *

Pallavi Chatterjee Pallavi Chatterjee (born 30 October 1965) is an Indian actress and producer who is known for her works in Bengali Film Industry. She is best known for her role as Brinda in Rituparno Ghosh's ''Dosar'' (2006). She is the recipient of Kalakar Awar ...

as Radha *

Soumitra Bannerjee Soumitra Bannerjee (1954 – 8 January 2000) was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Some of his notable films are ''Amar Prem (1989 film), Amar Prem'', ''Troyee'', ''Guru Dakshina (1987 film), Guru Dakshin ...

as Sundar Banerjee *

Bankim Ghosh Bankim Ghosh (22 October 1922 — 3 June 1992) was a veteran actor of Bengali film and theatre personality. Early life Ghosh was born in 1922 in Kolkata, British India. He passed Matriculate examination from Oriental Seminary and B.Com. from ...

as Mathur Ghosh * Tapendu Gangopadhyay as Prakash Dutta * Ramen Roy Chowdhury as Haranath *

as Darshan (Guest Appearance)

Soundtrack

All songs were composed by

and the lyrics were written by Pulak Bandopadhyay.

References

External links

* Bengali-language Indian films 1990 films Films scored by Bappi Lahiri 1990s Bengali-language films Indian drama films Films directed by Shibu Mitra {{1990s-Bengali-film-stub