Mafia Raaj

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Mafia Raaj
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Directed byYeshwantt alias Yash Chauhan
Written byAmrit Aaryan
Produced byAshok Ratan
Starring Mithun Chakraborty
Ayesha Jhulka
Shakti Kapoor
Sadashiv Amrapurkar
CinematographyP. Devaraj
Music byDilip Sen-Sameer Sen
Production
company
ABC Movies
Release date
  • 11 December 1998 (1998-12-11)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Mafia Raaj is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Yeshwantt and produced by Ashok Ratan, [1] starring Mithun Chakraborty, Ayesha Jhulka, Shakti Kapoor and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. [2] [3]

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Plot

Inspector Suraj is successful in maintaining peace and order in his village and is hence transferred to the city to keep the Mafia under control. Suraj moves to the city along with her sister, Chanda. In the city he crosses path with dangerous underworld dons Dhanpat Jaggal and his brother Jacky Jaggal. To teach Suraj a lesson, the duo rape his sister and kill his father. Now Suraj has to go against the law to get his family justice.

Cast

Music

  1. "Choomantar" – Poornima, Bali Brahmabhatt; Sudesh Bhosle
  2. "Dilruba Dilruba" – Suchitra Krishnamurthy
  3. "HUngama Hai Teri Jawani" – Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy
  4. "Mainu Laagi Hai susu" – Sadhana Sargam, Abhijeet

Reception

Mukhtar Anjoom of Deccan Herald opined that "Mithun might make perfect business sense to his producers. But, watching him in such supremely stupid roles must be no mean task even to his dwindling fans". [4]

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References

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