Salaakhen (1998 film)

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Salaakhen
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Directed by Guddu Dhanoa
Written byDilip Shukla
Produced by
  • Guddu Dhanoa
  • Rajiv Tolani
Starring
CinematographyShripad Natu
Edited byA. Muthu
Music byDilip Sen-Sameer Sen
Production
company
Bhagwan Chitra Mandir
Release date
  • 24 April 1998 (1998-04-24)(India)
CountryIndia
Language Hindi
Budget9 crore [1]
Box office₹18.58 crore (equivalent to ₹174 crore or US$21 million in 2023) [1]

Salaakhen (lock up) is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Guddu Dhanoa. It stars Sunny Deol and Raveena Tandon in pivotal roles. Upon release, it recorded an excellent opening and was a hit on the box office. [2]

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Plot

The film starts with scenes in which police is in search of Vishal Agnihotri who is killer of four prominent personalities of the city. Suddenly, Vishal comes on the scene talking with a prominent lawyer. He deals with the lawyer to prove him innocent in the court for Rs.100 million. According to the deal, the lawyer proves Vishal innocent by presenting wrong witnesses wrongfully. When judge is about to announce the decision, Vishal kills his lawyer and accepts his guilt of killing four people. The news spreads on media like a forest fire. An inquiry committee was constituted to see other side of picture in Vishal's case. Vishal appears before the committee and film goes back flash which was Akandivli-based Sachidanand Agnihotri is an honest school-teacher, who has always faced problems due to his honesty, first with Poornima School; then in a Government school, and now he has come forward to testify against the sexual assault and murder of a young woman from Worli. Sachidanand points an accusing finger at Nagesh, the son of prominent and influential Jaspal Rana. Sachidanand's family, which consists of his wife, Gayetri, and son, Vishal, attempt in vain to talk him out of testifying. Vishal falls in love with Neha. The Police are forced to arrest Nagesh and hold him in a cell. Then the Police, headed by a corrupt Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kamble, attempt to intimidate Sachidanand and follow him everywhere under the pretext of protection. Sachidanand is driven out of his mind, and on the day of the testimony, Nagesh's lawyer, Ashok Pradhan, confuses him to such an extent that Sachidanand kills himself. Vishal, who is being held in prison for assaulting several policemen, breaks out, abducts Nagesh, and then kills Ashok Pradhan. When Kamble comes to Nagesh's rescue, Vishal kills both of them. He then hunts down Jaspal Rana and eventually kills him. The film comes in present. After listening Vishal's story, the court hands Vishal a sentence of 3 years to life imprisonment for which he tells the judge not to appoint people like Jaspal Rana to be ministers so people like him would have to take the law into their own hands.

Cast

Soundtrack

Salaakhen
Soundtrack album by
Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen
Released4 February 1998
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label T-Series
Salaakhen track listing
#TitleSinger(s)
1"Dhak Dhak" Abhijeet, Shweta Shetty
2"Pichhu Pade Hai"Shweta Shetty
3"Pagal Diwana Awara" Vinod Rathod, Chithra
4"Zubaan Pe Jo Nahin Aaye" Udit Narayan, Chithra
5"Punajbi Kudi Maare Jhatke"Lalit Sen, Hema Sardesai
6"Pagal Karna Pagal Hona"Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal
7"Dil Mera Le Gayee" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik

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References

  1. 1 2 "Salaakhen – Movie". Box Office India.
  2. "When Sunny Deol Became The Blockbuster King of The 90s". 28 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)