Ajay is framed by Balwant Rai for his brother's murder and sent to prison. Later, he befriends three convicts and sets out to seek revenge against Balwant Rai.
Acting
Sunny Deol's raw, wounded fury—career-defining rage.
Direction
Santoshi's debut: tight, angry, unrelenting.
Writing
Dialogues that became national anthems of frustration.
Director
Rajkumar Santoshi
Sunny Deol
Ajay Mehra
Meenakshi Sheshadri
Varsha Bharti
Raj Babbar
Ashok Mehra
Amrish Puri
Balwant Rai
Moushumi Chatterjee
Indu Mehra
Om Puri
ACP Joe D’Souza
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Police Commissioner Ashok Pradhan
Shafi Inamdar
Gupta
Sudesh Berry
Rajan Berry
Annu Kapoor
Drunkard
Sharat Saxena
Dekka
Deep Dhillon
Inspector Sharma
Viju Khote
Coach
Mukesh Rishi
Dekka Henchman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'dhai kilo ka haath' (2.5 kg hand) line became iconic 90s slang for overwhelming force, referenced in memes decades later.
Santoshi wrote this after his mentor Govind Nihalani rejected it; it won Best Film and made Sunny Deol the angry man of the decade.
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