''Daava'' is a 1997 Indian

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movie directed by

Sunil Agnihotri Sunil Agnihotri is a Bollywood film and TV producer and director. He has been described as the "king of television costume dramas". Work Sunil Agnihotri started as an assistant director and did many films. His last as an assistant was with Lat ...

and starring

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Raveena Tandon Raveena Tandon (born 26 October 1972) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. The daughter of director Ravi Tandon, she made her acting debut in the 1991 action film '' Patthar Ke Phool'', which won her the Filmfare Award for New Face ...

and

Akshay Anand John Gardner (born 30 January 1969), known professionally as Akshay Anand is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Hindi films and television. Early life and career Anand was born as John Gardner and he assumed the name Akshay inspired by his ...

in lead roles.

Plot

Inspector Arjun is an honest and diligent police officer. He has an older stepbrother named Bhishma, and a younger brother named Suraj. While Bhishma, the former army officer lives with their mother in the village, Arjun and Suraj live in the city. In the city, he meets Seema, a pickpocket, and falls in love with her. Suraj gets employed at a poultry farm, but finds out that this is just a front for drugs like cocaine. His attempts to get this information to the police and his brother are in vain, as he is captured by the owners of the poultry farm, who owe their allegiance to notorious gangster Dhaman Chamunda. When Dhaman learns about Suraj, he decides to teach Arjun and Bhishma a lesson – first by splitting them up over the property they own in the village, then by framing Bhishma for the death of Suraj. With anger and hostilities reigning high amongst the two remaining brothers, the Chamunda Brothers decide to take full advantage of this situation, and watch in glee as the two brothers go against each other, in a fight to the death. Bhishma and Arjun clear their misunderstandings, but when their stepmother is killed by the Chamunda Brothers, they unite and kill them one by one until eventually destroying their empire.

Cast

as Bhishma *

as Inspector Arjun *

as Seema *

as Suraj *

Divya Dutta Divya Dutta (born 25 September 1977) is an Indian actress and model. She has appeared in Hindi and Punjabi cinema, in addition to Malayalam and English-language films. She has received many awards including a National Film Award, a Filmfare Aw ...

as Deepa *

Mohan Joshi Mohan Joshi is an Indian film, television and theater actor. He has worked in Hindi, Marathi and Bhojpuri films. Early life Joshi was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. He made his acting debut in Pune, Maharashtra. For better career prospects, ...

as Dhaman Chamunda *

Tinnu Anand Tinu Anand (born Virender Raj Anand, 12 October 1945) is an Indian actor, director, writer and producer in Hindi cinema and a few Telugu and Tamil films. Early life He is the son of veteran writer Inder Raj Anand, brother of producer Bittu An ...

as Madan Chamunda *

Rajendra Gupta Rajendra Gupta (born 17 October 1947) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor and director who is known for his television roles of Adina Beg Khan Sahib e Azam in 2010 series of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Pandit Jagannath in the 1990s Doorda ...

as Chaggan Chamunda and Duplicate Lawyer *

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as Bihari Baadshah *

Deepak Shirke Deepak Shirke (born 29 April 1957) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Hindi and Marathi films. He has been involved with more than 100 Hindi films, usually playing the role of the villain. Shirke has also worked in the Hindi telev ...

as Anna * Asha Lata as Bhishma's step-mother of Arjun and Suraj. *

Gufi Paintal Sarabjeet "Gufi" Paintal (born 4 October 1944) is an Indian actor and director. His most famous role was that of Shakuni in the TV serial Mahabharat. He is the elder brother of the noted comedian and character actor Paintal. Career Gufi Pai ...

as Mangal Singh (One Piece Kathyawaari Ghodo) *

Anupam Shyam Anupam Shyam Ojha (20 September 1957 – 8 August 2021) was an Indian film and television actor, who usually played villainous roles. He appeared as ''Thakur Sajjan Singh'' in the STAR Plus TV series '' Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya'' (2009 and 2021) ...

as Police Inspector (cameo) * Brahmachari as Havaldar Barood Singh *

Gavin Packard Gavin Packard (9 June 1964 – 18 May 2012) was an Indian actor of Irish American descent, noted for the villainous roles he portrayed in many Bollywood films of the 1990s like Sadak, ''Mohra'', ''Tadipaar'' and ''Chamatkar''. He had also acted ...

as Dhaman's henchman

Soundtrack

References

External links

* 1997 films 1990s Hindi-language films Films scored by Jatin–Lalit Indian action drama films 1990s action drama films Indian films about revenge 1990s masala films Films directed by Sunil Agnihotri 1997 drama films {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub