Yudh (film)

Yudh
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Directed by	Rajiv Rai
Written by	K.A. Narayan Rajiv Rai Naeem Shah
Produced by	Gulshan Rai
Starring	Jackie Shroff Anil Kapoor Tina Munim Nutan Danny Denzongpa
Cinematography	Romesh Bhalla
Edited by	Naresh Malhotra
Music by	Kalyanji Anandji
Distributed by	Trimurti Films
Release date	3 May 1985 (1985-05-03)
Running time	145 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Yudh (transl. War) is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film, produced by Gulshan Rai and marks the directorial debut of his son Rajiv Rai. The film features a large star cast including Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor (in dual role), Tina Munim, Pran, Danny Denzongpa, Nutan, Shatrughan Sinha and Hema Malini.

Plot[]

Savitri's twin baby sons are snatched by notorious criminal Gama Mateen, who demands a ransom in exchange for returning the sons to Savitri. Inspector Bhargav comes to the aid of Savitri but is himself killed in the process while trying to save Savitri's twin sons. Gama goes on the run taking one of the twins with him while the other is missing. After Inspector Bhargav's death, Savitri brings up Bhargav's son, Vikram, as her own son.

Many years later, Vikram has grown up to be a police inspector like his dad. And Savitri's two children who Savitri has not seen since they were babies have grown up to be Public Prosecutor Avinash and an underworld criminal named Junior. Junior was brought up by Gama to become a sharpshooter hitman and Gama uses him to kill off whoever he wants and Avinash is blamed each time for the killings. Avinash is also coincidentally the best friend of Vikram. Vikram begins to suspect that Avinash is not all he seems when a witness identifies Avinash as one of the men involved in a heist. Avinash protests his innocence and after many misunderstandings, it is discovered that his twin brother Junior is behind all the killings and heists. Vikram also discovers that his father had been killed by Gama Mateen when he was just a child so he sets out to avenge his father and reunite Savitri with her two sons but unfortunately Junior is killed by Gama Mateen when he discovers that the had sent him to kill his own mother. Gama Mateen kidnaps Avinash and bring him to his cage. Avinash was shocked to see his lookalike, Junior. Gama replaces Junior to Avinash's place to kill Savitri Devi. When Junior realises that Savitri Devi is his mother, he scolds Gama. Gama sends his goon to kill Junior and he does. When they found Junior's cadaver, they presumed that Avinash is dead but they discover that Avinash is alive and he is with Gama Mateen.

Cast[]

• Jackie Shroff as Police Inspector Vikram 'Vicky'
• Anil Kapoor as Avinash Rathod/Junior (double role)
• Shatrughan Sinha as Moinuddin Khan
• Hema Malini as Nafisa Khatun
• Tina Munim as Anita / Rita
• Nutan as Savitri Devi
• Danny Denzongpa as Chinoy/Gama Mateen
• Deven Verma as Police Inspector Sawant
• Pran as Deputy Commissioner Saxena
• Arun Govil as Inspector Bhargav
• Mahavir Shah as Defence Lawyer of Moinuddin Khan
• Manmohan Krishna as Judge
• Iftekhar as Commissioner
• Sharat Saxena as Baburao
• Satyendra Kapoor as Jaichand
• Praveen Kumar as Xaca
• Jagdish Raj as Bhatnagar (special appearance)

Soundtrack[]

External links[]

• Yudh at IMDb