The Burning Train

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The Burning Train
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Directed by	Ravi Chopra
Produced by	B. R. Chopra
Starring	Dharmendra Hema Malini Jeetendra Vinod Khanna Parveen Babi Neetu Singh
Music by	R. D. Burman
Release date(s)	1980
Running time	142 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi
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The Burning Train was a Bollywood action film released in 1980 directed by Ravi Chopra and featuring a huge all-star cast.

1 Cast
2 Plot
3 Ratings
4 External links

[edit] Cast

Dharmendra ..... Ashok
Hema Malini ..... Seema
Vinod Khanna .... Vinod Verma
Parveen Babi .... Sheetal
Jeetendra ..... Thief
Neetu Singh ..... Madhu
Vinod Mehra .... Rakesh
Simi Garewal .... School-teacher
Danny Denzongpa ..... Randhir
Madan Puri .... Ashok's dad
Navin Nischol .... Doctor
Om Shivpuri .... Rajaram

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Vinod Verma (Vinod Khanna) is an employee of the Indian Railways, who wants to make the perfect and fastest train in India. After years of dedication the Railway Board approves his prototype of the Super Express. His personal life with his wife and children is ruined because he has payed his full attention to building the model. He hopes to make it up to them after the train makes it inaugural run from Delhi to Bombay in a record 12 hours. Showing him support are his friends, Ashok and Rakesh. Another person, who's prototype of his own model of a fast train was not accepted, Randhir, wants to sabotage the train's innaugural run. He places bombs in the train and sabotages the break. During the run of the train, the bombs burts and the train does not stop, thus the name - "The Burning Train". What follows are numerous plans to save and counter-save the train, by Ashok, Seema, Vinod and Randhir respectively.