Hukumat (transl. Rule) is a 1987 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Anil Sharma, starring Dharmendra and Rati Agnihotri, while Swapna and Sadashiv Amrapurkar play supporting roles. The film became the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1987. It also received highly positive response from critics.[1] It was remade in Tamil as Puthiya Vaanam.

Hukumat
Promotional poster
Directed byAnil Sharma
Written byAnil Sharma
Produced byK.C Sharma
Starring
CinematographyAnil Dhanda
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Production
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Shantketan Films
Release date
  • 27 March 1987 (1987-03-27)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

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Arjun Singh is a dare-devil upright cop who believes in dealing strongly with criminals. D.I.G. Khan does not agree with his ways and there is always a disagreement between the two. Arjun is sent on a special mission to Shanti Nagar, which in under the police scanner due to some shady activities going on there. On reaching Shanti Nagar, Arjun sees that it is ruled by a wealthy businessman, Deen Bandhu Deena Nath aka D.B.D.N., who has very high contacts. He has terrorised the town with the help of his convoy of uniformed men who kill the citizens at will. Arjun realises that D.B.D.N is none other than Mangal Singh, the corrupt police officer who had killed Shankardayal Singh, Arjun's father when Arjun was a child. Arjun gets thirsty for D.B.D.N's blood, but is stopped by D.I.G Khan. But when D.B.D.N kills Arjun's young son, Arjun, with the help of D.I.G Khan sets out to overturn the evil rule (Hukumat) of D.B.D.N

Cast

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Actor Character
Dharmendra S.P. Arjun Singh
Shammi Kapoor D.I.G. Khan
Rati Agnihotri Kusum Singh
Swapna Sonia
Goga Kapoor Jamaal Sen
Sadashiv Amrapurkar Mangal Singh /Deenbandhu Dinanath (DBDN)
Prem Chopra Nanumal Thekedar
Deepak Qazir DBDN Secretary
Joginder Dharam Singh
Praveen Kumar Sobti Rakhshash
Deep Dhillon DBDN Henchman
Lilliput Bhimsen
Padma Khanna Ramkatori
Sudhir Javed
Jankidas Railway Ticket Collector of Shantinagar
Pinchoo Kapoor Keshav Lal
Rajendra Nath Charlie
Raj Kishore Chalta Firta Market
Beena Banerjee Village Woman
Parikshit Sahni Shankardayal Singh
Jugal Hansraj Chintu
Sudhir Dalvi Sonia's Dad
Chandrashekhar Vaidya Minister
Guddi Maruti Prostitutes in Red Light Area Dancer in "Ram Ram Bol" song
Huma Khan
K.N. Singh DBDN Friend's (Cameo}
Bob Christo Bob (Cameo)
Manorama Chinese Lady (Cameo)
Rajan Haksar Pakistani Man (Cameo)

Soundtrack

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Music for the film was scored by the duo of Laxmikant–Pyarelal.[2] All lyrics are by Verma Malik.

# Title Singer(s)
1 "Na Zulm Na Zalim Ka" Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Mohammed Aziz
2 "Es Afsar Ka Baja" Shabbir Kumar, Kavita Krishnamurthy
3 "Ram Ram Bol" Shabbir Kumar, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy
4 "Zulm Karne Se Bura Hai" Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Mohammed Aziz

References

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  1. ^ Kanwar, Rachna (3 October 2005). "25 Must See Bollywood Movies". Indiatimes movies. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Dharmendra – Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Archived from the original on 16 October 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
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