''Qayamat'' is a 1983 Indian Hindi action crime film directed by

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. It is an Indian version of the 1962 Hollywood film '' Cape Fear''. The film stars

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as a man who goes to jail and holds his police officer friend (

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) responsible for the jailing. On his return after a long sentence he sets about taking revenge, targeting the officer and his family (

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and

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appears in flashbacks as Dharmendra's wife. The film was remade in Telugu as '' Nippulanti Manishi'' with

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. The famous song from the film

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, ''Aaj Phir Jine ki Tamanna Hai'' was reused in this film.

Cast

as Shyam / Rajeshwar *

as S.P. Kamal *

as Shashi *

as Sudha *

as Geeta *

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as Kaalia * Bindu as Munnibai Heera Chand *

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as Retired Judge Sinha *

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as Raghu *

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as Makhan *

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as Police Commissioner *

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as Senior Police Inspector *

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as Police Inspector *

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as Dancer / Singer *

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as Dancer / Singer *

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as Dayal * Madhu Malhotra as Madhu *

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as Lobo * Ram Mohan as Karim * Tamanna as Shama *

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as Public Prosecutor

Crew

*''Director'': Raj N. Sippy *''Producer'': Salim Akhtar, Salim Merchant *''Story'': Mohan Kaul, Ravi Kapoor, Satyanand *''Dialogue'':

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, N. S. Bedi *''Cinematographer'':

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, Mohan *''Editor'': Guru Dutt Shirali, Waman B. Bhosle *''Art Director'': Babu Rao Poddar *''Costumes Designer'': Anna Singh, Dave, Kachins, Shantaram Sawant *''Choreographer'': Kamal, Oscar, Suresh Bhatt, Vijay *''Action Director'':

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*''Music Director'':

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*''Lyrics'':

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*''Playback Singer'':

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Soundtrack

External links

* 1983 films 1980s Hindi-language films Films scored by R. D. Burman Indian films about revenge Indian remakes of American films Hindi films remade in other languages Films directed by Raj N. Sippy {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub