Ghatak: Lethal
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Directed by | Rajkumar Santoshi |
Screenplay by | Rajkumar Santoshi K. K. Raina |
Story by | Rajkumar Santoshi |
Produced by | Rajkumar Santoshi |
Starring | Sunny Deol Meenakshi Seshadri Danny Denzongpa Amrish Puri |
Cinematography | Ishwar R. Bidri |
Edited by | V. N. Mayekar |
Music by | R. D. Burman Anu Malik (songs) Vanraj Bhatia (score) |
Production company | Santoshi Productions |
Distributed by | B4U Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 158 min |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Box office | ₹44 crore (equivalent to ₹204 crore or US$27 million in 2020)[1] |
Ghatak: Lethal is an Indian 1996 Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, starring Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Seshadri, and Amrish Puri, while Danny Denzongpa plays the antagonist. Marking Santoshi's third collaboration with Deol, Seshadri, and Puri after Ghayal (1990) and Damini (1993), it earned ₹440 million worldwide to become the fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film of the year, and won three awards including Best Supporting Actor for Puri at the 42nd Filmfare Awards, where it was also nominated for three other awards: Best Director for Santoshi, Best Actor for Deol, and Best Villain for Denzongpa. Ghatak is Seshadri's last film to date. The film was later remade in Telugu as Aapthudu starring Rajasekhar and Anjala Zaveri.
Plot[]
Kashi (Sunny Deol) is a kind-hearted wrestler and the dutiful adopted son of Shambhu Nath (Amrish Puri) living in Banaras. Shambhu Nath, who was a freedom fighter awarded with Tambra Patra, is an honourable and respectable man in town. Kashi comes to Mumbai with his father for his medical treatment for his throat and stays with his brother Shiv Nath (K. K. Raina). Kashi meets Gauri (Meenakshi Seshadri) and starts liking her. He learns that the colony is being terrorized by a tyrannical gangster named Katya (Danny Denzongpa) along with his other six brothers. Before Kashi's arrival, a resident named Sachdev (Om Puri) tries to initiate revolt against Katya, but gets ruthlessly killed by him, thereby making Malti (Ila Arun), wife of Sachdev, go mad. Katya and his brothers become enemies with Kashi when he beats up their goons when they were beating up Malti. Shambhu Nath is later diagnosed with throat cancer and has only a few days to live.
When Kashi refuses to be a member of Katya's gang, Katya becomes ferocious and makes Shambhu Nath a dog in front of the entire society. After a series of dramatic events, Shiv Nath is murdered by Jeena (Mukesh Rishi), one of Katya's brothers. Kashi then kills Antya (Deep Dhillon) and gets arrested. Meanwhile, Shambhu Nath dies of cancer. When Kashi was going to disperse his father's ashes at the Ghat with the police, the police van gets attacked by Katya's brothers and goons. Kashi kills all of them, including Katya's three brothers, and reaches Katya's home. There he kills Jeena, thereby causing only two brothers to survive, including Katya. As Katya made Kashi's father dog, he made Kashi as an ox and takes him to the colony to re-establish his supremacy. But Kashi stands up, and Katya's entire gang is then attacked by the residents. The sixth brother Bhiku (Tinu Verma), is then killed by the mob. Kashi makes Katya a dog and asks him to bark. Katya, having no choice, barks on Kashi's instructions. Kashi then kills Katya, and the colony gets freedom from his tyranny.
Cast[]
Actor | Character | Role | Notes |
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Sunny Deol | Kashi Nath | Wrestler from Benaras | |
Meenakshi Seshadri | Gauri | ||
Danny Denzongpa | Katya | Main Antagonist | |
K. K. Raina | Shivnath | Elder Brother and Sister in Law of Kashinaath | Shop Owner |
Sheela Sharma | Sheela | ||
Om Puri | Sachdev | Shop Owners | Special Appearance |
Viju Khote | |||
Anjan Srivastav | |||
Suresh Bhagwat | Gopal | ||
Deep Dhillon | Antya | Brothers of Katya | |
Mukesh Rishi | Jeena | ||
Tinu Verma | Bhiku | ||
Harish Patel | Brother- In- Law of Katya | ||
Amrish Puri | Shambu Nath | Kashi's Father | |
Ponnambalam | Fighter of Katya in the Ring | Special Appearance | |
Makrand Deshpande | Goon of Katya | ||
Ila Arun | Malti | Wife of Sachdev | |
Navni Parihar | Elder Sister and Brother- In- law of Gauri | ||
Shiva Rindani | Chandru | ||
Ahmed Khan | Doctor | Hospital Staff | |
Ghanashyam Nayak | Receptionist | ||
Santosh Gupta | Ward Boy | ||
Tinnu Anand | Police Inspector | ||
Rohini Hattangadi | Savitri | Wife of Police Inspector (Tinu Anand) | |
Amitabh Bachchan | Himself | Friendly Appearance | |
Mamta Kulkarni | Special Appearances and Dancers in the Song "Koi Aaye Toh le Jaye" | ||
Ganesh Acharya |
Production[]
Originally, Kamal Haasan was signed to play the lead role and the advertisement appearing in Screen read as Welcome back to Hindi Screen, but Kamal withdrew from the film for unknown reasons.[2]
Soundtrack[]
The music for the movie was mainly composed by R. D. Burman. The song "Koi Jaye To Le Aaye" was the only song composed by Anu Malik, and it became popular.
# | Song | Singer(s) | Length | Music Director | Lyricist |
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1 | "Koi Jaye To Le Aaye" | Alka Yagnik, Shankar Mahadevan | 04:09 | Anu Malik | Rahat Indori |
2 | "Nigahon Ne Chheda" | Suresh Wadkar, Sadhana Sargam | 06:24 | R.D. Burman | Majrooh Sultanpuri |
3 | "Badan Mein Chandni" | Kavita Krishnamurthy | 05:55 | R.D. Burman | Majrooh Sultanpuri |
4 | "Aaki Naaki" | Asha Bhosle | 08:57 | R.D. Burman | Majrooh Sultanpuri |
5 | "Ek Dil Ki Diwani" | Suresh Wadkar, Sadhana Sargam | 07:29 | R.D. Burman | Majrooh Sultanpuri |
6 | "Theme of Ghatak" (Instrumental) | 02:28 |
Box office[]
The film was made at a budget of Rs. 62.5 million, did collections of Rs. 265 million and was declared a Blockbuster.[3]
Awards and nominations[]
Won[]
- Best Supporting Actor - Amrish Puri
- Best Screenplay - Rajkumar Santoshi
- Best Editing - V. N. Mayekar
Nominated[]
- Best Director - Rajkumar Santoshi
- Best Actor - Sunny Deol
- Best Villain - Danny Denzongpa
References[]
- ^ "Ghatak Collections". Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Kamal Haasan: Lesser known facts". The Times of India. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "Box Office 1996". Retrieved 5 June 2012.
External links[]
- 1996 films
- Hindi-language films
- Films scored by R. D. Burman
- Films directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
- 1990s Hindi-language films
- Indian films
- 1990s action drama films
- 1996 action thriller films
- Hindi films remade in other languages
- Films scored by Anu Malik
- Films featuring an item number
- Indian action drama films
- Indian action thriller films
- Films about social issues in India
- Indian films about cancer
- Fictional portrayals of the Maharashtra Police
- 1996 drama films