Director: Subhash Ghai; Writer: Sachin Bhowmick, Subhash Ghai, Kader Khan; Producer: Subhash Ghai; Cinematographer: Kamalakar Rao; Editor: Waman B. Bhosle, Gurudutt Shirali; Cast: Dilip Kumar, Nutan, Dara Singh, Anupam Kher, Jackie Shroff, Naseeruddin Shah, Anil Kapoor, Tom Alter, Poonam Dhillon, Sridevi, Shakti Kapoor
Summary: Dirty Dozen (1967) -style film invoking
‘terrorists’ backed by ‘neighbouring’ states.
Rana Vishnu Pratap Singh (Kumar) is a
benevolent warden of a jail who feels that
people become criminals either because they
are forced into crime by a corrupt society (in
which case they should get a second chance)
or through greed (which is unpardonable). His
main hatred is reserved for Dr Dang (Kher),
head of the Black Star Organisation, a group of
international terrorists. The obstreperous Dang
arranges to bomb the jail, killing inmates, and
during his escape bid Dang massacres Rana’s
family, except for his wife Seeta (Nutan), who
goes dumb with shock, and his youngest son.
Rana is put in charge of a special anti-terrorist
squad comprising murderers condemned to
death: Baiju Thakur (Shroff), Khairu (Shah) and
Johnny (A. Kapoor). Rana trains them at a
border post in the farmhouse of the former
criminal Dharma (Dara Singh). The relationship
between the condemned men and their leader
forms the bulk of the film, interspersed with
love affairs, until the quartet eventually
overwhelms the villain’s heavily guarded
military retreat.
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