Arjun Yadav return from the city after completing his studies to get settled in his village with his family consisting of his mother Devi Chaudaran, his older brother Amrit and sister. Arjun finds out that Amrit and Thakur Bhanwar Singh does not get along quiet well and attempts to be a peace-maker between the two. One day situation takes a turn for the worse when Amrit is killed, Devi Chaudaran loses her senses, Arjun's sister is raped and he himself is beaten and tied to a tree. Arjun is then rescued by some sympathetic villagers and run off with his childhood friend Makan Malla in the deep ravines only to turn an outlaw whose only motive is to avenge the killings of his family members.
Acting
Sunny Deol's physical descent from scholar to beast is *chef's kiss* unhinged.
Cinematography
Those ravine hideout shots hit different—claustrophobic and gorgeous.
Score
R.D. Burman goes HARD on the emotional manipulation and it WORKS.
Director
Rahul Rawail
Sunny Deol
Arjun Yadav
Meenakshi Sheshadri
Javli
Rakhee Gulzar
Arjun's Mother
Suresh Oberoi
Amritlal Yadav
Urmila Matondkar
Shanta Yadav
A.K. Hangal
Bhiku Chacha
Raza Murad
Thakur Bhanwar Singh
Dan Dhanoa
Badri Singh
Ghanshyam Rohera
Constable
Shafi Inamdar
S.P. Srivastava
Paresh Rawal
Vishnu Pandey (thanedar)
Harish Patel
Tolaram
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This dropped during peak 'angry young man' exhaustion, but Sunny Deol's rural rage hit different than Amitabh's urban disillusionment—it's basically a thesis on peasant exploitation.
Rakhee Gulzar played mother to actors only 10-15 years younger than her—Bollywood mommy-roles hit different in the 80s, and her breakdown scene reportedly needed minimal takes because she was THAT locked in.
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