Kroadh (lit.'Fury') is a 1990 Indian Bollywood action film directed by Shashilal K. Nair.[1] It stars Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Amrita Singh, Sonam in pivotal roles.[2][3]

Kroadh
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Directed byShashilal K. Nair
Written byVikas Anand
Produced byPappu Verma
StarringSunny Deol
Sanjay Dutt
Amrita Singh
Sonam
CinematographyDamodar Naidu
Edited byHussain A. Burmawala
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Distributed byVerma Films
Release date
  • 23 March 1990 (1990-03-23)
Running time
163 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

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Inspector Vikram Shukla lives a middle-class lifestyle in Madhavpur along with his wife and two sons, Ajay and Vijay. When a young girl goes missing and turns up dead, he finds evidence leading to an influential man named Dharamdas and arrests him. But the witness turns hostile, and Dharamdas is declared not guilty. When Vikram finds out that Dharamdas is also dealing in drugs, he goes to arrest him, resulting in a physical confrontation; ends up killing his advocate brother, Karamchand; is himself arrested, tried in court, and sentenced to several years in prison. After that, Vikram's wife dies because of Dharamdas. After that, Dharamdas also escapes to Bombay. Twenty years later, Ajay and Vijay now set out for revenge for their mother's death. They go to Bombay to meet Awasthi and start working for him. They loot the golds from Awasthi's rival Kumar, who is none other than Dharamdas himself, and become his enemies. Now Kumar vows to kill them and sends his goons. In this way, Ajay gets captured by the police, and Vijay runs away. The court declares hang till death for Ajay. Then, one day Vijay meets Ajay in jail, and Ajay suggests he take the path of crime for searching Dharamdas, which Vijay does and soon becomes the underworld king, much to the chagrin of Kumar. Now, Kumar seeks revenge on Vijay; he kidnaps Vijay's girlfriend Sonu using his men, confronts her, and informs Vijay that Sonu is being raped by Awasthi. Sonu tries to escape but ends up committing suicide. Vijay reaches there and sees Awasthi in front of dead Sonu. Thinking that Awasthi murdered her, he kills Awasthi. Meanwhile, Ajay saves the life of a politician, and with the lots of efforts from a kind-hearted Jailor Aslam Khan, he at last joins the police force to bring Dharamdas to the law. Then, one day Ajay meets with his long-lost father, and both of them try to convince Vijay to leave the crime path, but all are in veins. Kumar faces Vikram once and shoots him, but Ajay takes him to the hospital. Vijay also meets with his father. Before dying, Vikram informs his sons of the actual identity of Kumar. Ajay and Vijay go after Dharamdas and find him. Dharamdas escapes, with Vijay being shot by police. Ajay then corners Dharamdas and beats him up and sprays him with gasoline. Vijay then comes and kills Dharamdas by lighting him with a match, finally avenging their mother's death. Due to his wounds, Vijay dies in his brother's hands. A police officer then arrives holding a pair of handcuffs, thus ending the story.[4]

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Soundtrack

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Song Singer
"Na Fankaar Tujhsa" Mohammed Aziz
"Tera Bhagwan Rakhwala" Mohammed Aziz
"Pehli Bar Tere Mandir Mein" Mohammed Aziz
"Bombay Bombay Bombay Bombay Bombay" Mohammed Aziz, Amit Kumar

References

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  1. ^ "KroadhU". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Kroadh Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Kroadh (1990) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Kroadh - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
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