''Salaakhen'' (lock up) is a 1998 Indian

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-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 l ...

directed by Guddu Dhanoa. It stars Sunny Deol and

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in pivotal roles.

Plot

The film starts with scenes in which police is in search of Vishal Agnihotri who is killer of four prominent personalities of the city. Suddenly, Vishal comes on the scene talking with a prominent lawyer. He deals with the lawyer to prove him innocent in the court for Rs.100 million. According to the deal, the lawyer proves Vishal innocent by presenting wrong witnesses wrongfully. When judge is about to announce the decision, Vishal kills his lawyer and accepts his guilt of killing four people. The news spreads on media like a forest fire. An inquiry committee was constituted to see other side of picture in Vishal's case. Vishal appears before the committee and film goes back flash which was Akandivli-based Sachidanand Agnihotri is an honest school-teacher, who has always faced problems due to his honesty, first with Poornima School; then in a Government school, and now he has come forward to testify against the sexual assault and murder of a young woman from Worli. Sachidanand points an accusing finger at Nagesh, the son of prominent and influential Jaspal Rana. Sachidanand's family, which consists of his wife, Gayetri, and son, Vishal, attempt in vain to talk him out of testifying. Vishal falls in love with Neha. The Police are forced to arrest Nagesh and hold him in a cell. Then the Police, headed by a corrupt Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kamble, attempt to intimidate Sachidanand and follow him everywhere under the pretext of protection. Sachidanand is driven out of his mind, and on the day of the testimony, Nagesh's lawyer, Ashok Pradhan, confuses him to such an extent that Sachidanand kills himself. Vishal, who is being held in prison for assaulting several policemen, breaks out, abducts Nagesh, and then kills Ashok Pradhan. When Kamble comes to Nagesh's rescue, Vishal kills both of them. He then hunts down Jaspal Rana and eventually kills him. The film comes in present. After listening Vishal's story, the court hands Vishal a sentence of 3 years to life imprisonment for which he tells the judge not to appoint people like Jaspal Rana to be ministers so people like him would have to take the law into their own hands.

Cast

* Sunny Deol as Vishal S. Agnihotri *

as Neha G. Rao * Anupam Kher as Sachidanand Agnihotri *

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as Gayatri S. Agnihotri *

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as Jaspal Rana *

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as ACP Kamble * Mohan Joshi as Advocate Ashok Pradhan *

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as Giri Rao *

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as Badri *

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as Banteshwar *

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as Advocate Khurana *

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as an

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"Pichhu Pade Hai"

Soundtrack

References

External links

* 1990s Hindi-language films 1998 films Films shot in Mumbai Films shot in Switzerland Films scored by Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen Indian action films 1990s masala films Indian films about revenge Indian courtroom films 1998 action films Hindi-language action films Films directed by Guddu Dhanoa {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub