Mashaal

1984 • 161 minutos

Información de esta película

MASHAAL is a story about Vinod (Dilip Kumar) an honest fearless and crusading editor of an outspoken newspaper, who has vowed to eradicate the evils of illicit liquor, bootlegging and organized crime from his city.

It is story of Raja (Anil Kapoor - Slumdog Millionaire & 24), a young man from the slums who inevitably takes to bootlegging and black marketing to make his living.

Mashaal also tells the story of Vardhan (Amrish Puri - Indiana Jones & Temple of Doom) who is a powerful wealthy and respected figure of the city whose cloak of respectability hid all the social evils and crimes which flourished beneath.

How a chain of events change the lives of Raja, from a black marketer in to a young crusading journalist under the guidance of his now Godfather Vinod.

How Vinod’s life changes from an honest newspaper editor to becoming an underworld Don and a Racketeer, in order to combat the person responsible for his destruction - Vardhan.

Raja and Vinod are now on opposite side and despite every effort on Raja’s part, Vinod cannot go back to his old life - He has reached a point of no retreat... But Vinod has passed on the Torch to Gen Next and Raja must continue the crusade.

Valoraciones y reseñas

The film breaks many new grounds like working of press, the threat to fearless journalists from underworld, the life in slums, the lives of a gang of goons! Overall a good movie!!

Yash Chopra uses some great stage actors -Saaed Jaffery,Nilu Phule, Alok Nath! Mohan Agashe in this movie and extract some fine performances from them.

Dilip Kumar delivers a knockout performance. From a fearless journalist to a man running a crime syndicate, the legend shows amazing versatility in his performance!