Virodhi (1992 film)

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Virodhi
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Poster of the film
Directed by Rajkumar Kohli
Story byLalit Mahajan
Produced by Rajkumar Kohli
Starring Armaan Kohli
Harsha Mehra
CinematographyThomas Xavier
Edited byShiv Kumar Sharma
Music by Anu Malik
Release date
  • 3 April 1992 (1992-04-03)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Virodhi is a 1992 Indian Bollywood crime drama film produced and directed by Rajkumar Kohli. [1] It stars the debuting Armaan Kohli and Harsha Mehra in pivotal roles with Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra and Anita Raj in supporting roles. [2] [3] This movie was amongst few movies which were promoted as multistarrer villain movies.

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Plot

Inspector Shekhar gets involved in an illegal case which involves ministers like Pandey Sahib & his alliances. When Inspector Shekhar tries to bring justice against them he gets killed by the hooligans of Pandey Sahib. It's up to his younger brother Raj to avenge his brother's death by trusting law and justice or by taking the law into his own hands.

Cast

Soundtrack

All songs are written by Dev Kohli.

SongSinger
"Tere Mere Pyar Ka Aisa Naata" Mohammed Aziz, Kumar Sanu, Sarika Kapoor
"Nain Kabootar" Asha Bhosle, Kumar Sanu
"Jaanam Jaanam" Asha Bhosle, Kumar Sanu
"Ek Chumma De De" Amit Kumar
"Chullubhar Pani Mein" Udit Narayan

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References

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