When evil lawyer Thakral prosecutes innocent family man Deepak and sends him to his death, his family is shattered--and when his son Arun grows up, he's determined to avenge his parents' suffering.
Acting
Amrish Puri defines villainy before Mogambo existed.
Direction
Subhash Ghai's glossy frames elevate soap opera to opera.
Score
Laxmikant-Pyarelal bangers that outlast the runtime.
Director
Subhash Ghai
Anil Kapoor
Arun Verma
Meenakshi Sheshadri
Geeta Mathur
Nutan
Arati (Arun and Komal's Mother)
Girish Karnad
Deepak Verma
Khushboo
Komal
Amrish Puri
G. D. Thakral
Javed Jaffrey
Vikram Thakral (Vicky)
Beena Banerjee
Dr. Asha Mathur
Parikshat Sahni
Dr. Dinesh Mathur
Sudhir
Inspector Bhosle
Iftekhar
Garewal Saab
Rajan Haksar
Oberoi
Viju Khote
Arun Verma's Assistant
A.K. Hangal
Advocate Gupta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Anil Kapoor's first solo hit after Woh Saat Din, cementing his transition from background dancer to leading man.
The film's legal revenge fantasy resonated in 1980s India where courtroom corruption was endemic; audiences cheered the fantasy of a common man outsmarting the system.
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