''Zanjeer: The Chain'' is a

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directed by

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starring

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and

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in the lead role.

Plot

The film follows the story of Kumar (

), a local underworld don of

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, who has a rival Lala Sarweshwar (

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). Both men have occupied their own areas in

and are running their own businesses. Kumar wants to avenge the death of his father, who had been Lala's loyal friend but Lala got him murdered on doubts of traitory. Kumar has a younger brother Sudhakar (

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), who hates him because of his criminal activities, unbeknownst to the fact that Kumar committed his first murder to protect Sudhakar.

Cast

as Kumar *

Manek Bedi Manek Bedi is a Bollywood actor. He is currently a Film and TV producer and has produced a big hit show "Hitler Didi ''Hitler Didi'' (English: literally ''Hitler Sister'' but figuratively ''Auntie Hitler'') was a daily Indian soap opera that ...

as Ajay *

as Sudhakar *

as Saroj *

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as Kavita *

as Lala Sarweshwar *

Tej Sapru Tej Sapru (born 5 January 1955) is an Indian actor. He is the son of D. K. Sapru and Hemvati, both of whom were actors in the Hindi film industry. He has appeared in a number of Bollywood films of between the 1980s and 2010s, including ''Gupt'' ...

as Black Cap *

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Soundtrack

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References

1998 films 1990s Hindi-language films Films directed by Shibu Mitra Films scored by Anand–Milind {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub