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Wikipedia article




'Gangvaa' is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Rajashekar. It stars Rajinikanth, Shabana Azmi in lead roles. It is a remake of the 1983 Tamil film 'Malaiyoor Mambattiyan'.

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 (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 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 Fiance

*Chandrashekhar as Jaishankar

*Dulari

Music



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