Mafia Raaj | |
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Directed by | Yeshwantt alias Yash Chauhan |
Written by | Amrit Aaryan |
Produced by | Ashok Ratan |
Starring | Mithun Chakraborty Ayesha Jhulka Shakti Kapoor Sadashiv Amrapurkar |
Cinematography | P. Devaraj |
Music by | Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen |
Production company | ABC Movies |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
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]
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.
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