| Gangvaa | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Rajasekhar |
| Screenplay by | Rajasekhar |
| Based on | Malaiyoor Mambattiyan (Tamil)(1983) |
| Produced by | Dwarakish |
| Starring | Rajinikanth Shabana Azmi |
| Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Gangvaa is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Rajasekhar, starring Rajinikanth and Shabana Azmi. [1] It is a remake of Rajasekhar's 1983 Tamil film Malaiyoor Mambattiyan . [2] [3] The film was a box office failure. [4]
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. Gangvaa (Rajnikanth) kills the 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 helps Gangvaa win Jamna back, but this 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 activities in his district, irrespective of the intention.
The music was composed by Bappi Lahiri. [5]
| Song | Singer |
|---|---|
| "O Jaanam Jaanam Jaanam" | Asha Bhosle |
| "Angaara Hoon Main, Tu Komal Kali, Kyun Tu Mujhe Pyar Karne Chali" | Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar |
| "Tanke Khadi Hai, Kya Phooljhadi Hai, Dil Mein Mere Gad Gayi" | Asha Bhosle, Bappi Lahiri |
| "Gangvaa Gangvaa Gangvaa" | Bappi Lahiri |
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