''Ram Shastra'' is a 1995

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action film directed by Sanjay Gupta. The cast of the movie includes Jackie Shroff,

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and

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in the lead roles. The film's theme is inspired from the 1990 American film '' Hard To Kill'' and had earlier been remade in 1994 as ''

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Story

Dhonga, a wealthy criminal, plans on assassinating the Police Commissioner ( Dara Singh), but his attack is foiled with his younger brother being killed by Ram Sinha ( Jackie Shroff), an unemployed individual. Dhonga goes to prison for five years and swears to avenge the humiliation and murder of his brother. Ram Sinha becomes an inspector, joining fellow inspector Kavi (

) in imprisoning various drug dealers and pimps, including those who work for Dhonga. While Ram marries Kavi's sister Anjali and fathers a son, Dhonga returns from prison and plots to legally run his criminal empire with the help of some cops and his lawyer Srivastav (

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), aiming to get the respect of the Police Commissioner. Dhonga's other brother Satpal ( Mukesh Rishi) hatches a plot to murder Anjali, and plants heroin and cocaine in his house, so that Ram gets arrested. Ram escapes his arrest with the help of Ritu, proves his innocence to the Commissioner, and kills all his enemies while rescuing his son and Kavi, who both were kidnapped by Dhonga.

Cast

* Jackie Shroff as Inspector Ram Sinha *

as Inspector Kavi *

as Anjali Sinha Face Surgery *

as Nitu Sinha * Anupam Kher as Dhonga the great * Mukesh Rishi as Satpal Dhonga *

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as Raja *

as Lawyer Srivastava * Dinesh Anand as Salim Langda (Drug Dealer) * Bharat Kapoor as Lawyer * Sudhir as Inspector Azhgar Ali *

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as Havaldar * Ishrat Ali as Inspector Shinde * Dara Singh as Police Commissioner

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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and released by

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. The background score was composed by

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References

External links

* 1995 films 1990s Hindi-language films Films scored by Anu Malik Indian remakes of American films Indian vigilante films Indian action films Films directed by Sanjay Gupta 1995 action films 1990s vigilante films Hindi-language action films {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub