''Paappi Devataa'' ( ''Sinners – Goddess'';

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: ''पापी देवता'') is a 1994 Indian

-language

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

, produced by M. M. Malhotra and Baldev Pushkarna and directed by Harmesh Malhotra. It stars

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, Jayapradha,

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and music composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal.

Plot

Ram an unemployed guy arrives in Bombay and loses his luggage. During that plight, a benevolent taxi driver Rahim comforts him in his driver's colony and they befriend him. Rahim earns much respect in that area and he loves his neighbor, Rosy. After a while as a bowl over, Ram is a CBI officer who is appointed to solve a murder case of MLA Niranjan Das made by a truck driver. Owing to concerns, Rahim places his mother & sister Reshma separately, and as an unbeknownst Ram fall for Reshma. Stunningly, Ram discovers Rahim as the convict and also learns that he works for don Ratan Seth. However, Ram stands firm and Rahim surrenders when he seeks underlying cause, then Rahim rearward. He used to work as a truck driver in a transport company owned by Niranjan Das & Ratan Seth and finds out those underworld activities are carried out in its garb. So, Rahim questions Ratan Seth, and in tandem, a dispute aroused between the partners as Ratan Seth swindled the company. Exploiting the situation, Ratan Seth intrigues by infuriating Rahim against Niranjan Das. Further, incriminated for killing Niranjan Das and clutched him. Now, Ram ensures Rahim and with his support seizes the empire of Ratan Seth. At that point, incensed Ratan Seth seeks to kill Rahim when, tragically, his mother dies. Thus, Rahim onslaughts and cease Ratan Seth. At last, Ram acquits Rahim as an approver. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriages of Ram & Reshma and Rahim & Rosy.

Cast

as Rahim Khan *

as Ram Kumar Singh *

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as Rosy *

as Reshma *

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as Ratan Seth *

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as Rosie's mother *

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as Niranjan Das *

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as Kundan *

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as Ratan's employee * Gurbachchan Singh as Gulzar Singh *

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' ...

as Kelaram *

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as train passenger *

Urmila Bhatt Urmila Bhatt (1 November 1933 – 22 February 1997) was an actress of Hindi cinema. She started acting in Drama Theatre. She joined Sangeet Kala Academy in Rajkot as a folk dancer and singer. It was during that time that her famous Gujarati dra ...

as Mrs. Khan * Birbal as Havaldar * Vinod Nagpal as Pandu

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal.

External links

* Films set in Mumbai Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal 1990s Hindi-language films Films directed by Harmesh Malhotra {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub