Sunny Deol punches his way through tragedy, corruption, and 170 minutes of pure screaming rage.
Omnipresent Bollywood acting dynamo Sunny Deol stars as Deva, the son of an honest lawyer (Anupam Kher) who lives with his brother, Aakash (Sachin Khedekar), and his beloved sister, Guddi (Richa Behl). Imprisoned after a man touches Guddi and sets off his violent, jealous rage, Deva falls into a life of crime, quickly rising to the top of the city's criminal underworld--much to the chagrin of the other crime bosses, who plot his murder. Their attempt to frame him for the murder of an important Minister doesn't go as planned, and Deva suddenly finds himself on the run, with the minister as a hostage, and his brother and sister murdered.
Acting
Sunny Deol's vein-popping fury — operatic, unhinged, iconic.
Direction
Dhanoa knows exactly what his audience wants: zero subtlety.
Score
Bombastic 90s synths that refuse to let you breathe.
Director
Guddu Dhanoa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ziddi arrived at peak 'angry young man' revival, when 90s Bollywood masculinity meant destroying property to process grief. Sunny Deol made a career of this archetype.
The film's most screamed line — about protecting sisterly honor — became a meme template decades later, proving toxic 90s dialogue ages like radioactive wine.
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