| Gangvaa | |
|---|---|
Poster  | |
| Directed by | Rajashekar |
| Produced by | Dwarakish |
| Starring |
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| Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
Release date | 14 September 1984 |
| Language | Hindi |
Gangvaa is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Rajashekar. The film stars Rajinikanth, Shabana Azmi and Suresh Oberoi.[1][2] It is a remake of the 1983 Tamil film Malaiyoor Mambattiyan.[3]
Plot
The basic injustice at the core of Gangvaa is the way the landed classes take advantage of ordinary village folk. Early on in the film, a work crew finds a pot full of gold coins, and a suitably mustache-twirling zamindar (Amrish Puri) confiscates them to add to his already massive wealth. Enter Gangvaa (Rajnikanth) to save the day; Gangvaa kills Zamindar and his goons. Gangvaa puts together a band of the men who had suffered under the Zamindar's tyranny. Together they hang out in the wilderness and perform Robin-Hood-esque raids for the sake of vigilante justice. At some point Jamna (Shabana Azmi) encounters Gangvaa and is smitten. Then a village girl accuses Gangvaa of rape, and Jamna is enraged – it is here that she gets down to find the truth. It turns out that the rape was actually done by a totally different guy named Gangvaa (Raza Murad), and righting this wrong wins Jamna back for our hero, but makes him a new set of enemies that he spends the rest of the film fleeing from. Also on his tail is a police inspector (Suresh Oberoi), who cannot allow vigilante justice in his district, no matter how noble the intention.
Cast
- Rajinikanth as Gangvaa
- Shabana Azmi as Jamna
- Suresh Oberoi as DSP
- Amrish Puri as Thakur Mahendra Pratap Singh
- Sarika as Chameli
- Kader Khan as Chhote Thakur
- Mazhar Khan as Abdullah
- Raza Murad as Duplicate Gangvaa
- Shobha Khote as Choti Maa of Jamna
- Viju Khote as Bheema
- Arun Bakshi as Jamna's Fiancee
- Dulari
Music
| Song | Singer |
|---|---|
| "O Jaanam Jaanam Jaanam" | Asha Bhosle |
| "Angaara Hoon Main, Tu Komal Kali, Kyun Tu Mujhe Pyar Karne Chali" | Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar |
| "Tanke Khadi Hai, Kya Phooljhadi Hai, Dil Mein Mere Gad Gayi" | Asha Bhosle, Bappi Lahiri |
| "Gangvaa Gangvaa Gangvaa" | Bappi Lahiri |
References
- ^ Hara Mandira Siṃha (2000). Hindi filmography: 1981–1999. Satinder Kaur. p. 25.
- ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (26 June 1999). Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema. British Film Institute. p. 187. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ^ Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.
External links
- Gangvaa at IMDb