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-language film directed by Anil Sharma produced by

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. It stars

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. The film, released on 22 February 1991, was a moderate success.

Plot

Raja Jaichand is dictator of a distant area close to border. He rules with brutality, killing innocent for his personal entertainment. He doesn't accept authority of Indian Government and colludes with foreign forces to keep his power. Gayatri lives with her two adopted brothers, by the names of Veeru and Dheeru, who are small-time crooks, and con men, and are known to the local police. When Gayatri meets and falls in love with Police Inspector Arjun Thanghe, the duo are delighted and arrange her marriage with great pomp and ceremony. A flashback sequence reveals that the duo were police trainees. Veeru had fallen in love with their commandant's granddaughter, Sheela. On the day of Holi, Veeru planned to ask her hand in marriage. However, a terrorist kills her along with some family members of other police officers as a revenge for his men. Veeru avenges her death, while Dheeru prevents police force for intervening. They are imprisoned for some time for taking law in their hands. In present, duo are recruited by Jaichand's henchwoman Lilly, to eliminate and take place of commandos sent by government to run Police camp in their village. There they find that Arjun was previously assigned to run the camp. Arjun attempted to set things right, but is killed in the process, and Gayatri loses her sanity. The duo decides to avenge their sister, but are stopped by their commandant. It is then revealed that despite being thrown out of police force, they had been working undercover for him. He compels them to fight smartly. They take help of local girl, Rasbhari and infiltrate secret fortress of Jaichand. After facing much obstacles, including brutish special soldiers who killed Arjun, they are able to take down Jaichand and his army, avenging Gayatri and restoring her sanity.

Cast

as Virendra "Veeru" Kumar *

as Dhirendra "Dheeru" Kumar *

as Rasbhari, Dheeru's love interest *

as Inspector Arjun Tange *

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as Gayatri, Veeru and Dheeru's sister and Arjun Tange's wife *

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as Raja Jaichand *

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as Sheela, Veeru's love interest (special appearance) * Amrit Pal as Gulshanchandra, Raja Jaichand's nephew *Kirti Singh as Lily, Raja Jaichand's mistress and secretary *

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as a police commissioner and Sheela's grandfather *

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as Sheela's father * Shammi as Mausi *

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as an uncle *

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as Mohan Lal *Brahmachari as Ramu *

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* Manik Irani as Chhediram *Huma Khan as Angoori, a bar dancer *

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as Bob, a terrorist * A. K. Hangal as Abdul *

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as a slain child's mother *

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as a pandit *

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as Pandit's Wife *

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as a vegetable seller *Gautam Sarin as a captain under Raja Jaichand *

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as Bhushan, Raja Jaichand's henchman *Anand Balraj as Andy *

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as Raja Jaichand Soldiers (guest role in the song "Saat Kunwaron Mein Ek Kunwari") *

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Yunus Parvez Yunus Parvez (1931/1932 – 11 February 2007) was an Indian actor who played supporting roles in over 200 films from the late 1960s to the 2000s. He is best known for his roles in films like ''Garm Hava'' (1974), ''Deewaar'' (1975), '' Trishul' ...

play foreign terrorists.

Soundtrack

The songs were 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 ...

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0187004, title=Farishtay 1990s Hindi-language films Films scored by Bappi Lahiri Films directed by Anil Sharma