''Tahqiqaat'' () is a 1993 Indian

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, produced by K.C. Bokadia under the BMB Productions banner and directed by

A. Jagannathan A. Jagannathan (26 November 19357 October 2012) was an Indian film director who worked in the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi film industries and he was introduced by R.M. Veerappan in his Sathya Movies banner for Manipayal. He directed nearly ...

. It stars

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and

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and music composed by Anu Malik. The film is a remake of the

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film ''

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'' (1982). It was the only Hindi film directed by Jagannathan.

Plot

The film begins in a town where Father Prem Fernandes, a Catholic Priest is adored by everyone. Peter is a justice-seeking ruffian who defies violations against the poor and Father always tries to mitigate him. Once, Peter disputes with Bhanu Pratap a millionaire and head of the town. Peter's sister Mary loves Ramesh son of Bhanu Pratap. Since Peter is anti-rich Mary takes Father’s help. Meanwhile, Ramesh leaves abroad when Mary becomes pregnant and confesses to Father. Then, he promises to find a solution. Overhearing it, Roopa the beau of Peter misinterprets their relationship and informs Peter. So, he revolts on Father, and gets arrested but succeeds in absconding. The next day, the public is aghast to see Mary’s dead body hanging from a tree. Assuming it is a suicide they bury the corpse without a postmortem. However, Father suspects something fishy, so, he approaches his twin S.P. Arun Kumar a sheer cop to perform the postmortem and he exhumes Mary's coffin. Here as thunderstruck, he finds Father Prem Fernandes' dead body in it. Thereupon, Peter is suspected, and S.P. Arun Kumar begins his investigation. In that process, S.P. and Peter encounter and move pawns. During that time, Peter learns the actuality through Mary’s friend Mumtaz and repents. Parallelly, S.P. horrifies everybody in the guise of Father’s ghost to uncover the real victim. In their trials, S.P. and Peter spot seized Ramesh who reveals Mary’s death as cold-blooded murder. Suddenly, a man in veil shoots which misfires and Ramesh dies. Shockingly, he turns to Bhanu Pratap who killed Mary as he detests knitting her with his son. Afterward, for fear of postmortem he seeks to dispose of the body which is witnessed by Father, therefore, he slaughtered him too. Finally, the movie ends with S.P. and Peter ceasing Bhanu Pratap.

Cast

as Father Prem Fernandes / Police Superintendent Arun Kumar (Double Role) *

as Peter *

Sangeeta Bijlani Sangeeta Bijlani (born 9 July 1960) is an Indian former Bollywood actress and Miss India winner in 1980.

as Roopa *

as Ramesh *

as Mary *

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as Bhanupratap *

Satyen Kappu Satyendra Kappu (born Satyendra Sharma; also credited as Satyen Kappu; 7 February 1931 – 27 October 2007), was an Indian character actor in Bollywood films. He has acted in 390 films. His most remembered role is Ramlal in the movie ''Sholay'' ...

as Anthony *

Sameer Khakhar Sameer Khakhar is a Bollywood film and television actor. Career Khakhar's notable TV serial roles include the one of the drunken character Khopdi from yesteryears milestone TV serial '' Nukkad'' in 1986, directed by Kundan Shah and Saeed Akhtar M ...

as Salim *

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as Micheal *

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as Hawaldar Sakharam Dandekar *

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as Vikram *

Bob Christo Robert John Christo, was an Australian-Indian civil engineer and actor in Hindi films. Starting with Sanjay Khan's ''Abdullah'' (1980), he went on to act in over 200 Hindi films in the 1980s and 1990s, including '' Qurbani'' (1980), '' Kaalia'' ...

as Goon *

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as Mrs. Anthony *

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as Gulabo *

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as Roopa's Mother

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

Anu Malik Anwar Sardar "Anu" Malik (born 2 November 1960) is an Indian music composer, singer, music arranger and score composer. He is an Indian National Award and Filmfare Award winning musician, who primarily composes music for the Hindi film indus ...

References

External links

* {{A. Jagannathan 1993 action films 1993 films 1990s Hindi-language films Films scored by Anu Malik Indian action films Hindi remakes of Malayalam films Films directed by A. Jagannathan Hindi-language action films