''Main Balwaan'' () is a 1986

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directed by

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, starring

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, Utpal Dutt,

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Plot

''Main Balwaan'' portrays the story of an honest police officer who is caught in the web of human relationships and becomes the victim of a misunderstanding by his own protector. Anil (Suresh Oberoi) who is Meera's son marries Geeta (Rita Bhaduri) against his father's wish. When he brings her home, his family rejects them and they are thrown out. Anil dies, due to which Geeta goes mad and their son Tony (Mithun Chakraborty) is looked after by his maternal uncle, Chowdhary (Dharmendra) who is a police officer. Tony falls in love with Natasha, daughter of Basu, the Police Commissioner. Tony takes advantage of his uncle's honesty and extracts money from local shopkeepers and businessmen. When the British crown is stolen, Tony is the main suspect.

Cast

as Tony *

as Inspector Chowdhury *

as Natasha * Suresh Oberoi as Anil, Tony's father *

Ravi Baswani Ravi Baswani (29 September 1946 – 27 July 2010) was an Indian film actor, best known for his role in Sai Paranjpe's '' Chashme Buddoor'' (1981) and Kundan Shah's cult comedy ''Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro'' (1983), for which he won Filmfare Best Comed ...

as Suleimann Dilwala * Rakesh Bedi as Gambler * Utpal Dutt as Police Commissioner Ajay Basu *

as Geeta, Tony's mother (credited as Reeta Bahaduri) * Utpal Dutt as Police Commissioner Ajay Basu * Ram Mohan as Inspector Bulsara *

as Hira / Rai Bahadur *

Tej Sapru Tej Sapru (born 5 January 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 of between the 1980s and 2010s, including ''Gupt'' ...

as CBI Inspector Ranjit Kapoor * Satish Shah as Peter

Soundtrack

'Pehle Rock 'N' Roll', sung by Kishore Kumar and 'No Entry', sung by Kishore Kumar and Nazia Hassan remain popular.

References

External links

* http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Main+Balwaan * 1986 films 1980s Hindi-language films Indian action films Films directed by Mukul S. Anand Films scored by Bappi Lahiri 1986 action films {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub