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-language

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directed by Yogesh Ishwar. It is the remake of a

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'', which was also produced by D. Suresh Babu.https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/aaghaaz/hindi/aaghaaz-movie-reviews-1306-2.html

Plot summary

Govind Narang (

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) is an honest and chivalrous man from a small village in

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. He falls in love with Sudha (

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), but marries his mentor's daughter, Pushpa (

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), to save her from public ridicule. Pushpa was impregnated by a

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officer who refuses to marry her. She does not love Govind and hates Sudha with a passion. Together with her brother, Laxman (

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), Pushpa tries to expel Sudha from the village, but is unsuccessful. When Laxman finds out about Pushpa's infidelity, he poisons her. After his wife's death, Govind relocates to

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with his sister, Ratna (

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). He meets beautiful Gitika (

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), and they fall in love. One day, as Govind defends the honor of a young girl from the brother of a hoodlum, Johnny Handsome (

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), he generates hatred and animosity. Johnny is humiliated by Govind and swears vengeance with the help of Sadanand Kutty (

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) and Karim Khan Toofani (

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). On the other hand, Govind befriends Ram Sevak (

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), and with his help and assistance of a landowner, he arranges the purchase of a large plot of land so that hawkers and small shop-owners could set up their businesses. But nothing goes according to plan. The plot of land and the owner turn out to be fake, Ram Sevak turns out to be a member of the gangsters, and Govind gets all the blame. His sister is openly

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d, and Govind himself gets seriously wounded in broad daylight before the very eyes of the people he defended. Govind is then helped by Sudha, and he decides to exact revenge. He files an FIR against everyone in the neighbourhood who witnessed what happened to his sister, except the culprits themselves. When they are brought to court, he condemns everyone for their attitude, and then tells them to be brave and fight the criminals. Encouraged by this, the entire neighbourhood decides to take on the gang. They attack the gangsters with bottles when they come to threaten them in the locality, and then move on to Johnny Handsome's office, breaking everything and attacking all the goons. They join Govind and Sudha to attack the gangsters and arrest them. The criminals are

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, and everything returns to normal. In the end, though, on a happy note, Govind's sister marries a close friend of the family, Harish (

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), and Govind agrees to marry Sudha.

Cast

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as Govind Narang, Ratna's brother and Pushpa's husband. *

as Gitika *

as Inspector Sudha *

as Pushpa, Laxman's sister and Govind's wife. *

as Ratna Narang, Govind's sister. *

as Harish Patil *

as Johnny Handsome Mendoza, the main antagonist. *

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as Gullu, Gay. *

Rakesh Bedi Rakesh Bedi is an Indian film, stage and television actor. He is known for his comic roles in films such as ''Mera Damaad'' and '' Chashme Buddoor'' (1981). He has also appeared in television shows like ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' (1984), ''Shrimaa ...

as Dilip Roy *

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 Pushpa's father *

as Sadanand Kutty *

as Laxman, Pushpa's brother and Govind's brother-in-law. * Anupam Kher as Balraj Nanda *

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as Deshpande *

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as Rajni Deva *

as Karim Khan Toofani *

as Ram Charan Shukla *

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as Dheerajlal * Achyut Potdar as The Judge *

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as Professor Pillai *

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as Suku *

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as a Woman Summoned at Court. *

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as The Ordinary Man *

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as Danny Mendoza, Johnny's younger brother. * Manoj Joshi as The assistant of Danny Mendoza, Johnny's younger brother. *

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as Mrs. Balraj Nanda

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