''Inquilaab'' () is a 1984

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-language

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, starring

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and

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in lead roles, with

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and others in supporting roles.

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also appears as the mother of Amitabh Bachchan's character in one scene. The movie was produced by N. Veeraswamy and

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, and the music was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. It is a remake of 1983

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'' (1983), which was also produced by V. Ravichandran.

Plot

Amarnath aka Amar is an educated-young man, who has not received any qualified job as all positions force him to compromise his morals. A new

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, Shankar Narayan promises an end to corruption, but gets disrespected by the crowd, who pelts stones at him. Amar rescues him where Shankar is impressed and trains Amar to be a cop. Amar completes his

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exam where he is posted as an ACP and serves the state honestly. Amar meets Asha, who is the only daughter of multi-millionaire

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, Seetharam. The two fall for each other where their relationship is accepted by Seetharam, after Shankar's insistence. Amar discovers a crime network that includes Shankar as well as Seetharam and is made as a

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in syndicate's crimes. Amar is blackmailed into collaborating with them as they show him a pic where Amar had giving the briefcase to Seetharam's partner, where he reveals that the partner is actually an international smuggler named Koya-Koya Hatachi aka Richard Louis. Amar was ordered by Seetharam to retrieve

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s from Richard Louis and also save him from police. Amar does his job, but kills him and gets immensely popular with the public. Inspector Pratap, who is Amar's colleague issues a warrant to search Amar's house by the orders from the

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. Prathap knows that Amar has retrieved the diamonds from Richard Louis, but he is unable to find the diamonds because Amar hid them inside his fake

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s. Asha misunderstands Amar and leaves him, along with their new-born child. Heartbroken at the separation, Amar resigns from the

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. Amar files for a nomination in the

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s at Shankar's insistence and becomes the CM with the network's support as they form the government with their syndicate members. In their

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, Amar smuggles out a

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and reveals his intentions to massacre everyone for the country's welfare, Amar kills all of them, including Seetharam and Shankar. Asha learns about Seetharam's misdeeds and the blackmail where Asha reconciles with Amar. Amar surrenders to the police for his crimes and is arrested where the crowd walks back to the police vehicle, who demands that Amar should be released.

Cast

as Amarnath *

as Asha *

as Seetaram *

as Shankar Narayan *

as Koya Koya Atachi *

as Bhupati / B. Pathi *

as Amarnath's Mother *

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as Amarnath's Aunty *

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as Police Commissioner *

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as Inspector Pratap *

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as IG Shamsher Singh * T. P. Jain as Victor Jairaj *

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as Saraswati Prasad *

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as Vishwanath *

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as Kamleshswar Rao *

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as Bhupati's Associate *

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as Anil Raj

Reception

Despite completing a silver jubilee, the film was an above average earner.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal, while the lyrics were by

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. The film contains 5 songs, all sung by

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(including 2 duets with

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References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0087474, Inquilaab 1980s Hindi-language films 1984 films Films directed by T. Rama Rao Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Hindi remakes of Kannada films Indian pregnancy films Films about corruption in India Indian action films 1980s police procedural films 1984 action films