Lack-lustred and alcoholic Pratap Narayan Tilak is given a rude awakening when he meets with journalist Megha Dixit, and decides to instill some sense of justice and fair play within his community, and get them to assertively defend their rights and freedom. He is met with strong resistance, both from within his very own community, the police, and some very powerful and influential politicians. Unable to bear the injustice, and frustrated at his community to act proactively, Pratap decides to take the law into his own hands, resulting in chaos, violence, and uncertainty for everyone, and a path to his own grave.
Acting
Nana Patekar's career-defining volcanic eruption of a performance.
Writing
Dialogues so raw they got politicians sweating in theatres.
Direction
Mehul Kumar balances commercial masala with genuine social fury.
Director
Mehul Kumar
Nana Patekar
Pratap Narayan Tilak
Dimple Kapadia
Megha Dixit
Atul Agnihotri
Atul
Mamta Kulkarni
Mamta
Farida Jalal
Mrs. Tilak
Paresh Rawal
Laxmidas Dhayal
Tinnu Anand
Yograj
Danny Denzongpa
Chatursingh Chita
Bindu Desai
Ishrat Ali
Chandrasen Azad
Shafi Inamdar
TV Interviewer
Mushtaq Khan
Babbanrao Deshmukh
Mahesh Anand
Vaisiram
Sujit Kumar
Police Commissioner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during peak 90s Mumbai underworld era, the film's slum vigilantism mirrored real Shiv Sena mobilization tactics — making it controversially prescient.
Patekar's 'ek machli saari talab gandi kar deti hai' speech became a political rally staple for decades, famously quoted by actual activists who missed the film's critique of such rhetoric.
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