''Majaal'' ( ''Audacity'') is a 1987 Indian
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
-language
drama film
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, produced by Srikanth Nahata under the Vijayalakshmi Pictures banner and directed by
K. Bapaiah
Kovelamudi Bapayya is an Indian film director. He has directed about 80 films in Telugu and Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language wr ...
. The film stars
Jeetendra
Jeetendra (born Ravi Kapoor ; 7 April 1942) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Hindi cinema. He is noted for his acting, style and dance. He has worked in more than Je ...
,
Sridevi
Sridevi Kapoor (née Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan; 13 August 1963 – 24 February 2018), known mononymously as Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films. She is regarded as one of ...
,
Jaya Prada
Jaya Prada Nahata (born Lalitha Rani Rao; 3 April 1962) is an Indian actress and politician known for her works majorly in Telugu cinema and Hindi cinema as well as in Tamil films in late '70s, '80s and early '90s. Jayaprada is the recipient ...
and music 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 ...
. It is a remake of the
Telugu
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* Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
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film ''Sravana Sandhya'' (1986) which itself was remade from Tamil film ''
Pournami Alaigal
''Pournami Alaigal'' () is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language legal thriller film produced, written and directed by M. Bhaskar. The film stars Sivakumar, Ambika and Revathi, with Major Sundarrajan, Sivachandran and A. R. S. in supporting roles. It wa ...
'' (1985).
Plot
Vijay Kumar is a vibrant guy rose by Advocate Kailashnath and a law graduate. However, Kailashnath breaks his zeal to practice feeling inadequate. Vijay loves Sadhana, a haughty daughter of Kailashnath, and gets nuptial. Sadhana also completes LLB, puts up a nice file, and soon gets promoted as Public Prosecutor. However, she fails to respect, scorn, and mortify her husband. Suddenly a terrible event, a woman Sravani slays a rectitude top-tier Amrit Lal publicly and surrenders. Just then, a priest Vishnu Prasad approaches Kailashnath to defend the case which he denies. Thus, Vijay takes it as a challenge to prove himself self-sufficient when he discords with Sadhana and quits the house.
During the trial, Vijay gives a tough fight to Sadhana and starts his investigation. In tandem, Rakesh the husband of Sravani affirms divorce which dismays her whom Vijay consoles and a suspicion begins in Sadhana. Moreover, she too receives disgrace from society. Ongoing, vigorous arguments continue when Vijay breaks the demonic shade of Amrit Lal. In the past, he is a temple trustee whereas Sravani’s father Somnath is a priest. One night, Amrit Lal sacrileges the jewelry of God by killing Somnath and molesting his wife which made a severe impact on Sravani, and seeks vengeance. Thus, the courts acquit Sravani as guiltless when Sadhana freaks out, unable to take the defeat. Besides, she is aware of Vijay & Sravani's wedlock and rushes. At once, she spots Sravani dedicating herself to the welfare of orphans when Sadhana understands the virtue of her husband. At last, Sadhana pleads for pardon from Vijay. Finally, the movie ends happily as Vijay & Sadhana begin a new life.
Cast
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Jeetendra
Jeetendra (born Ravi Kapoor ; 7 April 1942) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Hindi cinema. He is noted for his acting, style and dance. He has worked in more than Je ...
as Vijay Kumar
*
Sridevi
Sridevi Kapoor (née Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan; 13 August 1963 – 24 February 2018), known mononymously as Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films. She is regarded as one of ...
as Sadhana
*
Jaya Prada
Jaya Prada Nahata (born Lalitha Rani Rao; 3 April 1962) is an Indian actress and politician known for her works majorly in Telugu cinema and Hindi cinema as well as in Tamil films in late '70s, '80s and early '90s. Jayaprada is the recipient ...
as Sandhya
*
Prem Chopra
Prem Chopra (born 23 September 1935) is an Indian actor in Hindi films. He has acted in 380 films over a span of over 60 years.
Life and education
Chopra, the third of six children of Ranveerlal and Rooprani Chopra, a Punjabi Hindu family, was ...
as Amritlal
*
Kader Khan
Kader Khan (22 October 1937 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and film producer. As an actor, he appeared in over 300 Bollywood films after his debut in the 1973 film '' Daag'', starring Rajesh Khanna, as a prosecuting l ...
as Advocate Kailashnath Chaudhary
*
Raj Kiran as Rakesh
*
Raza Murad
Raza Murad (born 23 November 1950) is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Hindi films.
He has acted in over 250 Hindi films and has also appeared in Bhojpuri, Punjabi and other languages and on Hindi television.
Early life
He is the so ...
as Sunil Kapoor
*
Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Sadashiv Dattaray Amrapurkar (11 May 1950 – 3 November 2014) was an Indian actor, best known for his performances in Marathi and Hindi films from 1983 to 2013. He acted in more than 300 movies in Hindi, Marathi, and other regional languages ...
as Shyamu
*
Mehmood
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Given name Mahmood
*Mahmood Ali (1928� ...
as Shrichand Titarmare
*
Asrani
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as Doodhnath
*
Satyendra Kapoor
Satyendra Kappu (born Satyendra Sharma; also credited as Satyen Kappu; 7 February 1931 – 27 October 2007), was an Indian character actor in Bollywood films. He has acted in 390 films. His most remembered role is Ramlal in the movie ''Sholay'' ...
as Judge
*
Shreeram Lagoo
Dr. Shriram Lagoo (16 November 1927 – 17 December 2019) was an Indian film and theatre actor, in Hindi and Marathi, in addition to being an ENT Surgeon. He was known for his character roles in films. He acted in over 250 films including Hin ...
as Pujari Vishnu Prasad
*
Anjana Mumtaz
Anjana Mumtaz (born 4 January 1941) is an Indian actress, who is known for her supporting roles in over a hundred Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati-language films. Born as Anjana Manjrekar, she married Sajid Mumtaz, an Air India official. Her son ...
as Sharda
*
Vikas Anand
Vikas Anand is an Indian film and television actor who works in Bollywood.
Filmography
*'' Garm Hava'' (1973)
*'' Ek Nari Do Roop'' (1973)
*'' Joshila'' (1973)
*'' Bidaai'' (1974)
*'' Deewaar'' (1975)
* '' Prem Kahani (1975 film)''
*'' Shol ...
as Inspector Ishwarlal
*
Yunus Parvez
Yunus Parvez (1931/1932 – 11 February 2007) was an Indian actor who played supporting roles in over 200 films from 1963 to the 2000s. He is best known for his roles in films like '' Garm Hava'' (1974), ''Deewaar'' (1975), '' Trishul'' (1978), ...
as Inspector Khanna
Soundtrack
Lyrics:
Indeevar
Shyamalal Babu Rai, known professionally as Indeevar (also credited as Indiwar and Indeewar), (1 January 1924 – 27 February 1997) was one of the leading Hindi film lyricists from the 1960s then through1990s
Early life
He was born and grew ...
References
External links
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1980s Hindi-language films
1987 films
Films directed by K. Bapayya
Films scored by Bappi Lahiri
Hindi remakes of Tamil films
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