''Dhartiputra'' (English: Son of Earth) is a 1993

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, directed by Iqbal Durrani, and was the debut

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film of

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in the lead role. The film has

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and

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in supporting roles. It was produced by Dinesh Patel, who earlier produced ''

Phool aur Kaante ''Phool Aur Kaante'' () is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language action-romance film directed by Kuku Kohli. It stars Ajay Devgan, Madhoo, Aruna Irani, Jagdeep and Amrish Puri among others. The film marked the debut of Devgan, son of late stunt and ac ...

'' and ''

Divya Shakti ''Divya Shakti'' ( en, italic=yes, Divine Strength) is a 1993 Bollywood action film directed and written by Sameer Malkan. The film stars Ajay Devgan, Raveena Tandon in lead roles. Plot Prashant Verma (Ajay Devgn) is a journalist and is in lov ...

'', and the music was written by Nadeem-Shravan. The film was declared a semi hit at the box office and was the 24th highest-grossing film of 1993.

Plot

The movie revolves around the fight between the dashing police officer Kapil Dev Singh and corrupted bureaucrats and politicians.

Cast

as Shiva *

as Kapil Dev Singh, Jailor *

Jaya Pradha Jaya Prada Nahata (born Lalitha Rani; 3 April 1962) is an Indian actress and politician. She is hailed as one of the most iconic and influential actresses in both Telugu language, Telugu and Hindi film industries in late '70s, '80s and early ...

as Jeeva * Farah as Karma *

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as Gulab bai *

as Lisa *

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as Kripal Singh *

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as Yashpal Singh (guest appearance) * Suresh Oberoi as Governor (guest appearance) *

Shoma Anand Shoma Anand (born 16 February 1958) is an Indian film and television actress. She started her career opposite Rishi Kapoor in Pramod Chakraborty's romantic-crime movie ''Barood'', then played a role in ''Patita'', produced and directed by the ...

as Meena Bai * Shahbaz Khan (actor) as Anwar Khan * Shehzad Khan as Mahipal *

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as Kripal Singh's Henchman. * Amrit Pal as Judge *

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)'' *''Sholay'' ( ...

as Dr.Sharma

Soundtrack

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* 1990s Hindi-language films 1993 films Films scored by Nadeem–Shravan Films set in prison Indian films about revenge Indian pregnancy films Women in prison films Indian action drama films 1993 action films Hindi-language action films {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub