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Commando (1988 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Commando' is a 1988 Hindi-language Indian action film directed by B.Subhash and produced by Mushir-Riaz. It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Mandakini, Hemant Birje, Kim in lead roles. It was a commercial success at the box-office.
Plot
The film starts with an assassination attempt that fails as a police inspector jumps in front and saves the minister. The police dies, but his wife gets mad. Thus the son grows himself by training himself, same time caring for his mother, who is in treatment for mental sickness. Mithun, now as the story proceeds, saves mandakini during a murder attempt by the gunmen of shakthi kapoor. Gradually both fall in love, but mandakini father is against it. Mandakini father gets in good terms with the villain to get mithun arrested as mithun got trapped by shakthi kapoor with a lorry full of explosives, during which mithun overhears conversation among villains of an assassination attempt. Mandakini gets kidnapped by villains, but Mithun rescues mandakini and also kills the villains.. final scene shows the assassination attempt got defeated by Mithun. Mithuns mother, also attending this function, suddenly gets her memory back, recognises mithun and accepts mandakini as her daughter in law happily..
Cast
*Mithun Chakraborty as Chandar
*Mandakini as Asha Malhotra
*Hemant Birje as Diler Singh
*Kim as Jhum Jhum
*Shashi Kapoor as Inspector General
*Dalip Tahil as Moolchand Bhalla
*Shakti Kapoor as Mirza
*Danny Denzongpa as Ninja
*Amrish Puri as Marcellony
*Om Shivpuri as Kailashpuri Malhotra
*Asrani as Driver
*Satish Shah as Ram Chong
*Mac Mohan as Security Officer
*Sarla Yeolekar as Chandar's Mother
*Satish Kaul as Chandar's Father
*Bob Christo as Marcellony's Henchman
*Tom Alter as Hatcher
*Asha Sharma as Indira Gandhi
*Iftekhar as Restaurant Manager
*Shashi Kiran as Police Inspector
*Ajit Vachani as Doctor
*Praveen Kumar
Soundtrack
The lyrics written by Anjaan to the music composed by Bappi Lahiri.
Parts of the score blatantly copied Star Wars Main Title theme.
References
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