Zanjeer (1998 film)

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Zanjeer: The Chain
Directed by Shibu Mitra
Written byZ. Onkar
Produced byYusuf Butt
Starring Aditya Pancholi
Sakshi Shivanand
Edited byBibhuti Bhushan
Music by Anand Milind
Distributed bySamna International
Release date
  • 28 August 1998 (1998-08-28)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Zanjeer: The Chain is a 1998 Bollywood action film directed by Shibu Mitra [1] starring Aditya Pancholi, Pratibha Sinha and Shakti Kapoor in the lead role. [2] [3]

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Plot

The film follows the story of Kumar (Aditya Pancholi), a local underworld don of Mumbai, who has a rival Lala Sarweshwar (Kiran Kumar). Both men have occupied their own areas in Mumbai and are running their own businesses. Kumar wants to avenge the death of his father, who had been Lala's loyal friend but Lala got him murdered on doubts of traitory. Kumar has a younger brother Sudhakar (Samrat Mukerji), who hates him because of his criminal activities, unbeknownst to the fact that Kumar committed his first murder to protect Sudhakar. [3]

Cast

Soundtrack

Zanjeer
Studio album by
LengthMercia
#TitleSinger(s)
1"Tujhe Dekh Ke Pehli Baar" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
2"Don't Touch My Ghaghariya" Vinod Rathod, Alka Yagnik
3"Kudi Punjabi" Jaspinder Narula
4"Main Hoon Dehradun Ka Tota" Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik
5"Chahe Din Ho Chahe Raat Ho"Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam

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References

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