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directed by

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. It stars

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in pivotal roles.

Plot

Inspector Vikram Shukla lives a middle-class lifestyle in Madhavpur along with his wife and two sons, Ajay and Vijay. When a young girl goes missing and turns up dead, he finds evidence leading to an influential man named Dharamdas and arrests him. But the witness turns hostile, and Dharamdas is declared not guilty. When Vikram finds out that Dharamdas is also dealing in drugs, he goes to arrest him, resulting in a physical confrontation; ends up killing his advocate brother, Karamchand; is himself arrested, tried in court, and sentenced to several years in prison. After that, Vikram's wife dies because of Dharamdas. After that, Dharamdas also escapes to Bombay. Twenty years later, Ajay and Vijay now set out for revenge for their mother's death. They go to Bombay to meet Awasthi and start working for him. They loot the golds from Awasthi's rival Kumar, who is none other than Dharamdas himself, and become his enemies. Now Kumar vows to kill them and sends his goons. In this way, Ajay gets captured by the police, and Vijay runs away. The court declares hang till death for Ajay. Then, one day Vijay meets Ajay in jail, and Ajay suggests he take the path of crime for searching Dharamdas, which Vijay does and soon becomes the underworld king, much to the chagrin of Kumar. Now, Kumar seeks revenge on Vijay; he kidnaps Vijay's girlfriend Sonu using his men, confronts her, and informs Vijay that Sonu is being raped by Awasthi. Sonu tries to escape but ends up committing suicide. Vijay reaches there and sees Awasthi in front of dead Sonu. Thinking that Awasthi murdered her, he kills Awasthi. Meanwhile, Ajay saves the life of a politician, and with the lots of efforts from a kind-hearted Jailor Aslam Khan, he at last joins the police force to bring Dharamdas to the law. Then, one day Ajay meets with his long-lost father, and both of them try to convince Vijay to leave the crime path, but all are in veins. Kumar faces Vikram once and shoots him, but Ajay takes him to the hospital. Vijay also meets with his father. Before dying, Vikram informs his sons of the actual identity of Kumar. Ajay and Vijay go after Dharamdas and find him. Dharamdas escapes, with Vijay being shot by police. Ajay then corners Dharamdas and beats him up and sprays him with gasoline. Vijay then comes and kills Dharamdas by lighting him with a match, finally avenging their mother's death. Due to his wounds, Vijay dies in his brother's hands. A police officer then arrives holding a pair of handcuffs, thus ending the story.

Cast

as Ajay Shukla *

as Vijay Shukla *

as Matki *

as Sonu *

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as Inspector Vikram Shukla *

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as Awasthi *

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as Mastram *

Rohini Hattangadi Rohini Hattangadi (''née'' Oak; born 11 April 1951) is an Indian actress, known for her work in Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Gujarati films, and Marathi soap operas and theatre. She has won two Filmfare Awards, one ...

as Mrs. Shukla *

Pallavi Joshi Pallavi Joshi (born 4 April 1969) is an Indian actress, writer, and film producer who works primarily in Hindi films and television. In a career spanning across films and television, Joshi is the recipient of such accolades as three National Fi ...

as Salma Khan *

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as Jailor Aslam Khan *

Vikram Gokhale Vikram Gokhale (14 November 1945 – 26 November 2022) was an Indian film, television and stage actor, noted for his roles in Marathi theatre, Hindi films and television. He was the son of the Veteran Marathi theatre and film actor, Chandrakan ...

as Police Commissioner *

Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan (; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. He is often considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema.* * * * * With a cinemati ...

as himself *

Bharat Kapoor Bharat Kapoor is an Indian film and television actor. Career He has been acting since 1972 and starred in the television series ''Bhagyavidhaata'' on India's Colors television channel between 2009 and 2011. Filmography Films * ''Jangal Mein ...

as Jailor *

Deepak Tijori Deepak Tijori (born 28 August 1961) is an Indian film director and actor who works in Bollywood and Gujarati cinema, Gujarati films and is well known for his supporting roles in ''Aashiqui'' (1990), ''Khiladi (1992 film), Khiladi'' (1992), ''J ...

as Kumar's Henchman *

Jack Gaud Jack Gaud (1958 8 June 2000) was an Indian actor, film producer & military personnel known mostly for portrayal of negative roles in Hindi cinema. He entered cinema after leaving the Indian Navy. Gaud did bit roles, especially as a criminal o ...

as Sikander * Yashwant Dutt as Dharamdas / Kumar

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*{{IMDb title, id=0099953 1990s Hindi-language films 1990 films Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Indian gangster films Indian action drama films