Gangvaa
Gangvaa | |
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Directed by | Rajasekhar |
Screenplay by | Rajasekhar |
Based on | Malaiyoor Mambattiyan (Tamil)(1983) |
Produced by | Dwarakish |
Starring | Rajinikanth Shabana Azmi |
Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
Release date |
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Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Gangvaa is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Rajasekhar, starring Rajinikanth and Shabana Azmi.[1] It is a remake of Rajasekhar's 1983 Tamil film Malaiyoor Mambattiyan.[2][3] The film was a box office failure.[4]
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 Thakur Mahendra Singh (
Rajnikanth) kills the 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 helps Gangvaa win Jamna back, but this 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 activities in his district, irrespective of the intention.
Cast
- Rajinikanth as Gangadin "Gangvaa"
- Shabana Azmi as Jamna
- Sarika as Champa
- Suresh Oberoi as DSP
- Raza Murad as Fake Gangvaa
- Kader Khan as Chhote Thakur
- Amrish Puri as Thakur Mahendra Singh
- Mazhar Khan as Abdullah
- Viju Khote as Bheema
- Shubha Khote as Jamna's Foster Mother
- Arun Bakshi as Jamna's Fiancée
- Chandrashekhar as Jaishankar
- Dulari
Music
The music was composed by Bappi Lahiri.[5]
Song | Singer |
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"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. 118. Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.
- ^ Dalvi, Mustansir (25 July 2016). "Rajinikanth in Hindi cinema: We awaited his wanton assault on our senses and were not disappointed". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ Jha, Subhash K (13 December 2021). "Rajinikanth turns 71: Here are things you probably didn't know about the Tamil icon". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Gangvaa (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Apple Music. 31 December 1984. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
External links
- Gangvaa at IMDb