''China Gate'' is a 1998 Indian

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-language

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action film directed by

Rajkumar Santoshi Rajkumar Santoshi is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter of Hindi films. Having received several accolades including three National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards, he made his directorial debut with the crime film '' Ghayal' ...

. It was released on 27 November 1998. China Gate follows the basic storyline of the classic ''

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''. The film was critically acclaimed for Santoshi's writing and direction. The song " Chamma Chamma" picturised on

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became a chart buster and was used in

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's film ''

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''. The film won

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Plot

The story begins with Col. Krishnakant Puri and his ten men who were dishonorably discharged from the

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for failing in the China Gate mission. They belong to the "Ghatak" platoon of an infantry regiment. Krishnakant lives an alienated life after the

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. Frustrated, one day he is about to commit suicide when a young lady named Sandhya knocks on his door. Having witnessed the brutal slaying of her Forest Officer father, Sunder Rajan, at the hands of dreaded dacoit Jageera, Sandhya goes to the Col. and asks for his assistance in bringing an end to Jageera's rule in the Devdurg region. Col. Krishnakant agrees to assist her and summons ten of his fellow officers and subordinates to assist him in this mission. They assemble at Devdurg with the necessary ammunition and arms to combat Jageera, not realizing that Jageera has influence over the local police detachment, who will prevent Krishnakant and his men to possess any guns and weapons. This does not deter the men, and they continue to stay on in Devdurg. They gain the confidence of the villagers too. The villagers do not know that Krishnakant and his men had been dishonorably discharged from the army for cowardice. At the time of the first encounter with the gang of Jageera, the team of Krishnakant realised that they are out of shape and have lost instincts and fighting capabilities due to age. With the permission of Col. Krishnakant, Major Gurung starts to train them again. One day, Jageera captures them with the help of corrupt police officer Barot, but they escape finally and in turn capture Jageera. Col Krishan Puri and few officers intend to kill him, but leader Col. Puri hands him over to the police inspector Barot. As a result, Jageera is again set free and kills Maj. Sarfaraj. Now the full team of Col. Krishnakant along with the villagers chase Jageera to take final revenge. They Teach Inspector Baarot an Ultimate lesson. Krishnakant gets to know that Sandhya and rest of the residents are held hostage by Jageera. Udit is able to save her. After the Deadly fight, The Five soldiers including Kewal kills Jageera only to avenge Sarfaraz's death. The film ends with the full team setting out for next adventure to accomplish the new Mission afterwards Udit becomes Sandhya's husband.

Cast

Om Puri Om Prakash Puri (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Bengali, Kannada,English,Punjabi and one Telugu film, as well as independent and art films and also starred ...

... Colonel Krishnakant Puri (

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) *

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... Colonel Keval Krishan Puri (

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... Major Sarfaraz Khan ( Gorkha Rifles) *

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... Major Ranjit Singh Gurung (Sharpshooter) *

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... Udit "Uditanshu" Tandon * Kulbhushan Kharbanda... Major Kulbhushan Gupta (Planner) *

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... Captain Bijon Dasgupta (Batchmate of Major Gurung from NDA) (Explosive Expert) ( Corps of Engineers) *

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... Nb Subedar Ghanshyam (

) (Gunner) *

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... Havaldar Ramaiyah *

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... Havaldar Dharti Kumar Pandey * Mukesh Tiwari... Jageera *

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... Inspector Baarot *

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... Gopinath's wife *

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... Gopinath (Village Sarpanch) *

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... Sadhuram (Lali's Uncle) * Anupam Kher... Brigadier Anoop Kumar / Governor (Special Appearance) *

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... Forest Officer Sundar Rajan (Sandhya's Dad, Special appearance) * Rahul Singh *

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... Sandhya *

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... Lali *

in a special appearance in the song "Chamma Chamma"

Production

The film was conceived as a tribute to

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's ''

''. The film was made on the budget of 20 crores, the most expensive

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production at that point of time.

Soundtrack

The music for this movie was composed by

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and the item song " Chamma Chamma" became extremely popular, which was later used in Hollywood film ''

'' and was recreated for the film, ''

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''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:China Gate (1998 Film) 1998 films Films directed by Rajkumar Santoshi 1990s Hindi-language films Films scored by Anu Malik 1998 Western (genre) films Indian Western (genre) films Fictional portrayals of police departments in India Indian remakes of Japanese films Indian films about revenge