Ghatak (1996 film)

Ghatak (transl.Lethal or Fatal) is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language vigilanteaction film written and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. The film stars Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Seshadri, Danny Denzongpa, and Amrish Puri.

The film was released on 15 November 1996, and was a blockbuster, grossing ₹32.7 crore at the box-office to become the highest-grossing Hindi film of the year. It won three awards at the 42nd Filmfare Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Puri), Best Screenplay (Santoshi), and (Mayekar). It also received three nominations: Best Director (Santoshi), Best Actor (Deol), and Best Villain (Denzongpa). The film was remade in Telugu as Aapthudu (2004), starring Rajasekhar and Anjala Zaveri.