Vinashak

Last updated

Vinashak - Destroyer
Vinashak.jpg
Movie Poster
Directed byRavi Dewan
Written by Rajkumar Santoshi
Produced byXavier Marquis
Starring Sunil Shetty
Raveena Tandon
Danny Denzongpa
CinematographyPeter Pereira
Edited byPrashant Khedekar
Music by Viju Shah
Release date
  • 30 January 1998 (1998-01-30)
Running time
152 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Vinashak - Destroyer is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Ravi Dewan [1] starring Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon and Danny Denzongpa. [2]

Contents

Plot

Police Inspector Arjun Singh is a brave and honest police inspector stationed in Khandala. He is a very strict police officer and uses harsh ways against all the criminals. His colleague and friend is Inspector Khan who always supports him. Arjun is in love with Kaajal who is the daughter of a senior police officer, ACP Amar Agnihotri. Arjun's father does not agree with the harsh ways he uses against the criminals. Near Mumbai, in the Central Jail, Jailer Lankeshwar uses his jail as a trade center for weapons and narcotics. ACP Amar is suspicious of Lankeshwar's actions. He requests the higher authorities to let Arjun go into the jail and gather evidence about Lankeshwar's evil deeds. The plan is that Arjun will fire a blank bullet on ACP Amar. Arjun pleads guilty in court and is sentenced to jail. In jail Arjun learns that arms, drugs and explosives are smuggled from the jail. He reports it secretly to the Home Minister and the New Police Commissioner through constable Hariram. But the fact is that ACP Amar was really killed inside the ambulance and Arjun is trapped. Hariram is killed in jail, Arjun's sister is gang-raped and father is also killed by Lankeswar's goon Azgar.

Inspector Khan learns of Arjun's plight and decides to help him. He sneaks into the jail and breaks Arjun's chains. Arjun destroys the jail's office with the help of Khan. However, Khan is fatally shot by the police. Soon he approaches Kaajal, who is furious with him for killing her father; however, after hearing the whole story, she forgives him and decides to help him.

Arjun plans to take his revenge in a systematic way. He becomes a one-man army and kills many of Lankeshwar's henchmen. Lankeshwar, Home Minister and Police Commissioner are afraid as Arjun has set upon a killing spree. Arjun kills the Police Commissioner, Home Minister and Azgar, the main henchman of jailer. In fright Lankeshwar pleads guilty in court and is sentenced to be a prisoner in his own jail. Arjun sensing his motive also pleads guilty and is imprisoned the same jail. However Lankeshwar, along with his fellow officers, decides to escape and become terrorists. When they escape Arjun starts a killing spree. Lankeshwar and Arjun have a final showdown in the jail. Arjun beats Lankeshwar, then drags Lankeshwar to the gallows and hangs him. The film ends with Arjun clad in a police uniform saluting with Kaajal and the Indian flag in the background. [3]

Cast

Soundtrack

Vinashak
Soundtrack album by
Released1997
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Tips Music
#TitleSinger(s)Lyricist(s)
1"Kho Diye" Roop Kumar Rathod, Sadhana Sargam Deepak Chaudhary
2"Godhna Godh" Poornima, Sudesh Bhosle Kishore Shastri
3"Rooba Rooba" Kavita Krishnamurthy Deepak Chaudhary
4"Chal Chal" Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy Deepak Chaudhary
5"Vinashak" Amit Kumar Deepak Chaudhary
6"Moriya MoriyaUdit Narayan, Sapna Mukherjee Dinesh Parihaar

Related Research Articles

<i>Bade Miyan Chote Miyan</i> (1998 film) 1998 film by David Dhawan

Bade Miyan Chote Miyan is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by David Dhawan and produced by Vashu Bhagnani under Pooja Entertainment. The film, which was the first Hindi film to be shot in the Ramoji Film City, stars Amitabh Bachchan and Govinda playing dual roles, alongside Raveena Tandon, Ramya Krishnan, Anupam Kher, Paresh Rawal, Sharat Saxena and Satish Kaushik. It is inspired by The Comedy of Errors and the 1995 American film Bad Boys.

<i>Mohra</i> 1994 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film

Mohra (transl. Pawn) is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film co-written, edited and directed by Rajiv Rai and produced by his father Gulshan Rai. It stars Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Poonam Jhawer, Raza Murad, Paresh Rawal, Gulshan Grover, and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. The film was also the first collaboration between the trio of Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal, who went on to collaborate several times later on.

<i>Main Khiladi Tu Anari</i> 1994 film by Sameer Malkan

Main Khiladi Tu Anari is a 1994 Indian action comedy film directed by Sameer Malkan. The screenplay is written by Sachin Bhowmick. Starring Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Shilpa Shetty and Raageshwari in main lead roles, it also included Shakti Kapoor, Johnny Lever and Kader Khan in supporting roles. The film became one of the 5 highest-grossing Indian movies of the year. The film is partly inspired by the 1991 American movie The Hard Way.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aditya Pancholi</span> Indian film actor, producer and playback singer

Aditya Pancholi is an Indian actor, producer and playback singer working in Hindi cinema.

<i>Garv: Pride & Honour</i> 2004 film by Puneet Issar

Garv: Pride & Honour is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language action crime drama thriller film directed by Puneet Issar. The film stars Salman Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Arbaaz Khan and Amrish Puri. This film was Puneet Issar' s directional debut, dealing with Mumbai Underworld and politics in Maharashtra. The film was initially titled Sanghar.

<i>Aan: Men at Work</i> 2004 Indian film

Aan: Men at Work is a 2004 Indian action drama film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. It features an ensemble cast consisting of Akshay Kumar, Shatrughan Sinha, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal in the leading roles, while Jackie Shroff, Irrfan Khan, Raveena Tandon, Lara Dutta, Om Puri, Rahul Dev, Manoj Joshi, Rajpal Yadav, Preeti Jhangiani and Ravi Kishan played supporting roles. It was released on 4 June 2004.

<i>Talaash: The Hunt Begins...</i> 2003 Indian film

Talaash: The Hunt Begins... is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film starring Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor. It is directed by Suneel Darshan and produced by Pahlaj Nihalani.

<i>Auzaar</i> 1997 Indian film

Auzaar is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Sohail Khan and written by Anwar Khan. The film stars Salman Khan, Sanjay Kapoor and Shilpa Shetty.

<i>Army</i> (1996 film) 1996 Indian film

Army is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Raam Shetty. The film stars Sridevi, Mohnish Behl, Sudesh Berry, Ronit Roy, Harish, Ravi Kishan, Kiran Kumar, and Danny Denzongpa. Shah Rukh Khan makes an extended special appearance. The movie was reported to be inspired by Sholay.

<i>Vijaypath</i> 1994 Indian film

Vijaypath is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action drama film starring Ajay Devgn, Tabu and Danny Denzongpa.

<i>Soch</i> 2002 film

Soch is a 2002 Hindi language crime thriller mystery film starring Sanjay Kapoor, Raveena Tandon, Arbaaz Khan, Danny Denzongpa and Aditi Govitrikar among others. Soch is adapted from Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 film Strangers on a Train.

<i>Balwaan</i> 1992 Indian film

Balwaan (transl. Mighty) is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Deepak Anand and produced by Raju Mavani. The film stars Sunil Shetty in lead role, with Divya Bharti, Tinu Anand and Danny Denzongpa in pivotal roles.

<i>Dilwale</i> (1994 film) 1994 Indian film

Dilwale is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film directed by Harry Baweja, has Ajay Devgan, Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon in lead roles and Gulshan Grover, Paresh Rawal as the main antagonists. Originally Divya Bharti signed for the lead, but due to her sudden demise, Raveena Tandon was cast. It was released on 4 February 1994 and had a runtime of 180 minutes. Dilwale was declared a superhit at the box office and went on to become one of the highest grossing films of 1994. Suniel Shetty got nominated for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award

<i>Acid Factory</i> 2009 Indian film

Acid Factory is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Suparn Verma. The film stars Fardeen Khan, Irrfan Khan, Manoj Bajpayee, Dino Morea, Aftab Shivdasani, Dia Mirza, and Danny Denzongpa. The film is an unofficial adaptation of the 2006 American film Unknown.

<i>Zameen</i> (2003 film) 2003 Indian film

Zameen (transl. Land) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Rohit Shetty in his directorial debut. The film stars Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu. The movie did average business at the box office.

<i>Ek Se Badhkar Ek</i> (2004 film) 2004 film by Kundan Shah

Ek Se Badhkar Ek is a 2004 Hindi-language comedy film directed by Kundan Shah and stars Suniel Shetty and Raveena Tandon. The film was produced by Pammi Sandhu. The score and soundtrack were composed by Anand Raj Anand. The film was released on 17 September 2004.

<i>Officer</i> (2001 film) 2001 film by Naeem Sha

Officer is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language thriller film starring Sunil Shetty and Raveena Tandon.

<i>Jung</i> (2000 film) 2000 Indian film

Jung (transl. Battle) is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Sanjay Gupta. The film features Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Aditya Pancholi, Raveena Tandon and Shilpa Shetty. The film has some similarities to the Hollywood film Desperate Measures.

<i>Mumbai Saga</i> 2021 Indian action film directed by Sanjay Gupta

Mumbai Saga is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Sanjay Gupta and produced by T-Series. It features an ensemble cast of John Abraham, Emraan Hashmi, Kajal Aggarwal, Mahesh Manjrekar, Rohit Roy, Anjana Sukhani, Prateik Babbar, Samir Soni, Amole Gupte and Gulshan Grover. Set in the '80s and '90s, Mumbai Saga shows changing phases of Mumbai by closing mills to make malls and high-rise buildings.

<i>Maatr</i> 2017 Indian Hindi thriller film directed by Ashtar Sayed

Maatr (transl. Mother) is an Indian thriller film written by Michael Pellico and directed by Ashtar Sayed. Michael Pellico is the executive producer under the banner CDB Musical. It featured Raveena Tandon in the lead role alongside Madhur Mittal, Divya Jagdale, Shailendra Goel, Anurag Arora, Saheem Khan and Rushad Rana. The music was created and composed by the Pakistani Sufi rock band, Fuzön.

References

  1. "Vinashak - Destroyer (1998)". Radio Times. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. Hungama, Bollywood (30 January 1998). "Vinashak – Destroyer Box Office Collection | India | Day Wise | Box Office - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama . Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  3. "Vinashak - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 14 December 2021.