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Wikipedia article
'Tamacha' ( 'Smack'; Hindi: '') is a 1988 Hindi-language action film, produced by Prasan Kapoor under the Tirupati Pictures Enterprises banner and directed by Ramesh Ahuja. It stars Jeetendra, Rajinikanth, Amrita Singh, Bhanupriya in the pivotal roles and music was composed by Bappi Lahiri. Rajnikanth did an anti-hero role of an underworld don in this movie. The film was dubbed in Tamil as 'Ezhai Thozhan' and also dubbed in Telugu as 'Praja Nayakudu'.
Plot
The film begins with a sibling Chandra Pratap Singh & Jwala Pratap Singh of a royal family. Since Jwala Pratap is blemish & spiteful, their father entrusts the property to Chandra Pratap. Knowing it, Jwala Pratap kills his father and absconds. In that chaos, Chandra Pratap loses his vision. After a few years, Destiny makes their sons Vicky & Raju bosom friends. Then, Jwala Pratap is caught by Police and his wife Shanti dies giving birth to a child Gautham. Accordingly, Vicky faces a catastrophe and out of hunger turns into a criminal.
Years roll by, and Vicky / Vikram Pratap Singh acquires the summits in the netherworld but is deified by the destitute. Besides, Raju / Rajeev Pratap Singh, a bold CBI Officer is appointed to nail Vikram. Hence, the two friends stand as rivals. Vikram graciously raises Gautham who crushes a girl Dolly daughter of D.P. Saxena a bank manager. Time being, Rajeev marries his love Seema, Vikram couples up with his maid Maria and is blessed with a baby boy Kethan. Rajeev consistently makes numerous attempts to lay hold of Vikram but every time he shrewdly bolts.
Once, Vikram breaks into a bank by purporting his man Johnny as Manager Saxena utilizing a plastic surgeon Dr. Mehata. Rajeev breaks the mystery and seizes Vikram. Here, Vikram craftily incriminates Rajeev but he outbreaks the jail and abducts Kethan. In tandem, Maria & Gautham reproach the culpability of Vikram and pleads for him to leave the path, which he keeps a deaf ear to. Now Vikram flares up on Rajeev and in the battle, they recognize each other. Finally, the movie ends with Vikram surrendering leaving his family responsibility to Rajeev.
Cast
*Jeetendra as CBI Inspector Rajeev Singh "Raju"
*Rajinikanth as Vikram Pratap Singh "Vicky"
*Amrita Singh as Maria
*Bhanupriya as Seema
*Kimi Katkar as Dolly
*Sumeet Saigal as Gautam
*Anupam Kher as Dr. Mehta
*Asrani as Constable
*Iftekhar as Senior Police Officer
*Satyendra Kapoor as D.P. Saxena / Johny (Double Role)
*Shreeram Lagoo as Chandra Pratap Singh
*Rohini Hattangadi as Laxmi Singh
*Nilu Phule as Jwala Pratap Singh
*Sulabha Deshpande as Shanti Singh
*Murad as Rai Bahadur Pratap Singh
*Sudhir Dalvi as Mohan
*Vikas Anand as Vikas
*Aruna Irani
*Beena Banerjee as Mohan's Wife
Soundtrack
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
References
Category:1988 films
Category:1980s Hindi-language films
Category:Films scored by Bappi Lahiri
Category:Indian action films
Category:1988 action films
Category:Hindi-language action films
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