''Pratibandh'' is a 1990

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-language

action 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 D ...

directed by

Ravi Raja Pinisetty Ravi Raja Pinisetty is an Indian film director known for his works in the Telugu cinema with actors such as Chiranjeevi, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Mohan Babu, Rajasekhar (actor), Rajasekhar and Daggubati Venkatesh. Some of his major hits include ' ...

and starring

Chiranjeevi Konidela Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955) is an Indian actor, philanthropist and former politician known for his work in Telugu cinema. Known as the "Mega Star", he is widely regarded as one of the most succe ...

Juhi Chawla Juhi Chawla Mehta ( Chawla; born 13 November 1967) is an Indian actress. She established herself as one of the leading actresses of Hindi cinema from the late 1980s through the early 2000s. Recognised for her comic timing and vivacious on-screen ...

and Rami Reddy. The film marked the Hindi debut of leading

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star Chiranjeevi. Chawla received a Best Actress nomination at the

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for her performance in the film. The film is a remake of the 1989 Telugu film ''

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''. It was commercially successful.

Plot

Siddhantha (

) is an honest police officer who learns that an assassin named "Spot" Nana ( Rami Reddy) is assigned to kill his former mentor-turned- CM Satyendra Sharma ( J. V. Somayajulu) and thwarts Nana's assassination attempts. Enraged, Nana kills Siddhantha's wife, Shanti (

), who was a former witness to Nana's crimes. In a last attempt to save Satyendra, Siddhantha finally kills Nana and proves to Satyendra that an assassination attempt was made by lighting the torch (the torch was supposed to be lit by Satyendra), rigged with explosives. Siddhantha dies in the explosion after requesting Satyendra to make the former's son a police officer.

Cast

Soundtrack

#"Kabhi Hua Nahi Kabhi Dekha Nahi" -

Amit Kumar Amit Kumar (born 3 July 1952) is an Indian playback singer, actor, music composer. Kumar launched his own music production company, named Kumar Brothers Music. He predominantly worked in Bollywood and regional film songs since the 1970s, ...

Alka Yagnik Alka Yagnik (born 20 March 1966) is an Indian playback singer who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. One of the most prominent singers of 1990s era Bollywood, she has received several accolades, including two National Film Awards, two Ben ...

#"Pyar Mujhe Tum Karte Ho Itna" - Alka Yagnik, Amit Kumar #"Baccho Bajao Tali Aayi Khilone Wali" - Alka Yagnik #"Yeh Badnaseeb Bachcha" -

Mohammad Aziz Mohammed Aziz (born as Syed Mohammed Aziz-Un-Nabi; 2 July 1954 – 27 November 2018), also known as Munna, was an Indian multilingual playback singer who primarily sang for the Bollywood, Odia films, Bengali. He sang about twenty thousand son ...

Awards

: Nominated * Best Film –

Allu Aravind Allu Aravind (born 10 January 1949) is an Indian film producer, film distributor, and businessman. He is regarded as one of the most successful producers in Cinema of South India, South Indian cinema. He is the founder of Geetha Arts, a majo ...

* Best Director –

* Best Actor –

* Best Actress –

* Best Supporting Actor – Rami Reddy

References

External links

* {{Ravi Raja Pinisetty 1990 films 1990s Hindi-language films 1990s Indian films Hindi remakes of Telugu films 1990 action films Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Geetha Arts films Films directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty