''Tamacha'' ( Smack;

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: तमाचा) is a 1988

-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 ...

, produced by Prasan Kapoor under the Tirupati Pictures Enterprises banner and directed by Ramesh Ahuja. It stars

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, Rajinikanth, Amrita Singh, Bhanupriya in the pivotal roles and music was composed by

Bappi Lahiri Bappi Aparesh Lahiri (born Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri; 27 November 1952 – 15 February 2022), also known as Bappi Da was an Indian singer, composer and record producer. He popularised the use of synthesised disco music in Indian music industry and ...

. Rajnikanth did an anti-hero role of an underworld don in this movie. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Ezhai Thozhan'' and also dubbed in Telugu as ''Praja Nayakudu''.

Plot

The film begins with a sibling Chandra Pratap Singh & Jwala Pratap Singh of a royal family. Since Jwala Pratap is blemish & spiteful, their father entrusts the property to Chandra Pratap. Knowing it, Jwala Pratap kills his father and absconds. In that chaos, Chandra Pratap loses his vision. After a few years, Destiny makes their sons Vicky & Raju bosom friends. Then, Jwala Pratap is caught by Police and his wife Shanti dies giving birth to a child Gautham. Accordingly, Vicky faces a catastrophe and out of hunger turns into a criminal. Years roll by, and Vicky / Vikram Pratap Singh acquires the summits in the netherworld but is deified by the destitute. Besides, Raju / Rajeev Pratap Singh, a bold CBI Officer is appointed to nail Vikram. Hence, the two friends stand as rivals. Vikram graciously raises Gautham who crushes a girl Dolly daughter of D.P. Saxena a bank manager. Time being, Rajeev marries his love Seema, Vikram couples up with his maid Maria and is blessed with a baby boy Kethan. Rajeev consistently makes numerous attempts to lay hold of Vikram but every time he shrewdly bolts. Once, Vikram breaks into a bank by purporting his man Johnny as Manager Saxena utilizing a plastic surgeon Dr. Mehata. Rajeev breaks the mystery and seizes Vikram. Here, Vikram craftily incriminates Rajeev but he outbreaks the jail and abducts Kethan. In tandem, Maria & Gautham reproach the culpability of Vikram and pleads for him to leave the path, which he keeps a deaf ear to. Now Vikram flares up on Rajeev and in the battle, they recognize each other. Finally, the movie ends with Vikram surrendering leaving his family responsibility to Rajeev.

Cast

as CBI Inspector Rajeev Singh "Raju" * Rajinikanth as Vikram Pratap Singh "Vicky" * Amrita Singh as Maria * Bhanupriya as Seema *

Kimi Katkar Kimi Katkar is a former actress and model, who worked in Hindi films. She was active throughout the 1980s and the early 1990s, and starred in over 50 films, including ''Adventures of Tarzan'' (1985) and '' Hum'' (1991). Career Kimi Katkar mad ...

as Dolly *

Sumeet Saigal Sumeet Saigal (born 18 February 1966) is a former Indian Bollywood actor and producer who was active in the Bollywood film industry from 1987 to 1995, appearing in over 30 films. Career Saigal made his debut in the 1987 film ''Insaniyat Ke Dush ...

as Gautam * Anupam Kher as Dr. Mehta *

Asrani Govardhan Asrani (born 1 January 1940), popularly known simply as Asrani, is an Indian actor and director whose Bollywood career has spanned five decades. He has acted in over 350 Hindi films. Asrani has played the lead roles, character roles ...

as Constable *

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as Senior Police Officer *

Satyendra Kapoor 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 D.P. Saxena / Johny (Double Role) *

Shreeram Lagoo Dr.Shriram Lagoo (16 November 1927 – 17 December 2019) was an Indian film and theatre actor, in Hindi and Marathi, in addition to being an ENT Surgeon. He was known for his character roles in films. He acted in over 250 films including Hind ...

as Chandra Pratap Singh * Rohini Hattangadi as Laxmi Singh * Nilu Phule as Jwala Pratap Singh * Sulabha Deshpande as Shanti Singh *

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as Rai Bahadur Pratap Singh *

Sudhir Dalvi Sudhir Dalvi is an Indian actor. He first came to prominence for portraying Guru Vashishta in Ramanand Sagar's TV series ''Ramayan'' and is well known for his role as Sai Baba. He also acted as Sai Baba in Manoj Kumar's feature film '' Shirdi ...

as Mohan *

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as Vikas *

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as Mohan's Wife

Soundtrack

Lyrics: Anand Bakshi

References

1988 films 1980s Hindi-language films Films scored by Bappi Lahiri Indian action films 1988 action films Hindi-language action films {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub