''Palay Khan'' is a 1986 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Ashim Samanta and produced by Shakti Samanta under his own production Shakti Films. It stars

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, Poonam Dhillon, Farah in pivotal roles. The music was composed by R. D. Burman. Palay khan was a favourite script lying with Shakti Samanta from mid 70s and he announced the movie with Rajesh Khanna but he could make the movie in the mid 80s only.

Plot

The British government have taken over there rule in a deserted region in India. But some of the people there strive for freedom; one of those brave freedom fighters is Palay Khan, who owes his intelligence to the entire region. When British soldiers attack, he is always present to defend, and now he and his gang are wanted by the British, no stone is left unturned to catch him, but all ways prove futile until one day, a British officer by the name of Gulbaaz Khan manages to abduct one of Palay Khan loyal associates, Amar Singh and held him captive until Palay Khan surrenders. But in retaliation, Palay and his gang kidnap Helen, the daughter of British General Bonz, but eventually, Palay and Helen fall in love. This love might as well bring about the change in hatred for love between the British government and the freedom fighters.

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Palay Khan Palay Khan Mandokhail ( ps, پالے خان مندوخیل, 1888-1951), also referred to as Palay Shah, was an ethnic Pashtun freedom fighter and commander of the group that fought against the British Raj in 1930, at Baluchistan Balochistan ...

* Poonam Dhillon as Zulekha Khan * Farah as Helen Bonz * Suresh Oberoi as Dr. Ramkrishna Sinha * Puneet Issar as Amar Singh * Shakti Kapoor as British Officer Mohammed Gulbaaz Khan * Anupam Kher as British General Bonz * Raza Murad as Khan Ali Hassan Khan * Sushma Seth as Fatima Khanam * Dinesh Thakur as Qazi Alimuddin Shah *

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as Gangadin *

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as Military Court Judge * Tom Alter as Military Court Official * Bob Christo as British Officer Smith * Manik Irani as British Officer Tegh Ali Khan *

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as Karimuddin Khan * Roopesh Kumar as Mohammed Jamaal Khan

Soundtrack

The music for the film was given by R. D. Burman while

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wrote the lyrics for the film. The soundtrack was released by

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* 1986 films 1980s Hindi-language films 1980s action drama films 1986 action thriller films Films set in the 19th century Films set in the British Raj Films set in the Indian independence movement Indian action thriller films 1980s historical thriller films Indian action drama films Films scored by R. D. Burman Indian biographical drama films Films directed by Ashim Samanta Indian historical thriller films Indian historical action films Hindi-language action drama films Hindi-language action thriller films {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub

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