Tamacha (transl. Smack; Hindi: तमाचा) 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.[citation needed] The film was dubbed in Tamil as Ezhai Thozhan and also dubbed in Telugu as Praja Nayakudu.[1][2][3]
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Directed by | Ramesh Ahuja |
Written by | Madan Joshi (dialogues) |
Screenplay by | K. B. Pathak |
Story by | Ramesh Ahuja |
Produced by | Prasan Kapoor |
Starring | Jeetendra Rajinikanth Amrita Singh Bhanupriya |
Cinematography | Anil Mitra |
Edited by | Nand Kumar |
Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
Production company | Tirupati Pictures Enterprises |
Release date | 26 February 1988 (1988-02-26) |
Running time | 165 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹ 5.2 million |
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.
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Song | Singer |
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"Sara Din Bas Duty Duty" | Asha Bhosle |
"Dilbar Dilbar, O Dilbar Jani, Kehti Hai Rut Yeh Suhani, Sunle Zara Duniya Hai Kya" | Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Aziz, Shailendra Singh |
"Jaago Mere Naag Devta, Mere Man Mein Bujhe Aag" | Mohammed Aziz, Kavita Krishnamurthy |
"Lag Ja Gale, Lagke Gale Sab Gile Tu Mita De" | Mohammed Aziz, S. Janaki |
"Dil Se Dil Mila, Phir Kaisa Gila, Ho Gaya Pyar" | Pankaj Udhas, Sharon Prabhakar |
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