Ghatak: Lethal Dvd

Ghatak: Lethal is an Indian 1996 Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, starring Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Seshadri, and Amrish Puri, while Danny Denzongpa plays the antagonist. Marking Santoshi’s third collaboration with Deol, Seshadri, and Puri after Ghayal (1990) and Damini (1993), it earned ₹440 million worldwide to become the fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film of the year, and won three awards including Best Supporting Actor for Puri at the 42nd Filmfare Awards, where it was also nominated for three other awards: Best Director for Santoshi, Best Actor for Deol, and Best Villain for Denzongpa. Ghatak is Seshadri’s last film to date. The film was later remade in Telugu as Aapthudu starring Rajasekhar and Anjala Zaveri.

Plot

Kashi (Sunny Deol) is a kind-hearted wrestler and the dutiful son of Shambhu Nath (Amrish Puri) living in Banaras. Shambhu Nath, who was a freedom fighter awarded with Tambra Patra, is an honourable and respectable man in town. Kashi comes to Mumbai with his father for his medical treatment for his throat and stays with his brother Shiv Nath (K. K. Raina). Kashi meets Gauri (Meenakshi Seshadri) and starts liking her. He learns that the colony is being terrorized by a tyrannical gangster named Katya (Danny Denzongpa) along with his other six brothers. Before Kashi’s arrival, a resident named Sachdev (Om Puri) tries to initiate revolt against Katya, but gets ruthlessly killed by him, thereby making Malti (Ila Arun), wife of Sachdev, go mad. Katya and his brothers become enemies with Kashi when he beats up their goons when they were beating up Malti. Shambhu Nath is later diagnosed with throat cancer and has only a few days to live.

When Kashi refuses to be a member of Katya’s gang, Katya become ferocious and makes Shambhu Nath a dog in front of the entire society. After a series of dramatic events, Shiv Nath is murdered by Jeena (Mukesh Rishi), one of Katya’s brothers. Kashi then kills Antya (Deep Dhillon) and gets arrested. Meanwhile, Shambhu Nath dies of cancer. When Kashi was going to disperse his father’s ashes at the Ghat with the police, the police van gets attacked by Katya’s brothers and goons. Kashi kills all of them including Katya’s three brothers and reaches Katya’s home. There he kills Jeena, thereby causing only two brothers to survive, including Katya. As Katya made Kashi’s father dog, he made Kashi as an ox and takes him to the colony to re-establish his supremacy. But Kashi stands up and Katya’s entire gang is then attacked by the residents. The sixth brother (Tinu Verma) is then killed by the mob. Kashi makes Katya a dog and asks him to bark. Katya, having no choice, barks on Kashi’s instructions. Shrey then kills Katya and the colony gets freedom from his tyranny.

Cast

Actor Character Role Notes
Sunny Deol Kashi Nath Wrestler from Benaras
Meenakshi Seshadri Gauri
Danny Denzongpa Katya Main Antagonist
K. K. Raina Shivnath Elder Brother and Sister in Law of Kashinaath Shop Owner
Sheela Sharma Sheela
Om Puri Sachdev Shop Owners Special Appearance
Viju Khote
Anjan Srivastav
Suresh Bhagwat Gopal
Deep Dhillon Antya Brothers of Katya
Mukesh Rishi Jeeva
Tinu Verma Bhiku
Harish Patel Brother- In- Law of Katya
Ponnambalam Fighter of Katya in the Ring Special Appearance
Makrand Deshpande Goon of Katya
Ila Arun Malti Wife of Sachdev
Navni Parihar Elder Sister and Brother- In- law of Gauri
Shiva Rindani Chandru
Ahmed Khan Doctor Hospital Staff
Ghanashyam Nayak Receptionist
Santosh Gupta Ward Boy
Tinnu Anand Police Inspector
Rohini Hattangadi Wife of Police Inspector (Tinu Anand)
Amitabh Bachchan Himself Friendly Appearance
Mamta Kulkarni Special Appearances and Dancers in the Song “Koi Aaye Toh le Jaye”
Ganesh Acharya