| Himmatwala | |
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| Directed by | K. Raghavendra Rao |
| Story by | Kadar Khan (dialogues) K. Raghavendra Rao (screenplay) |
| Starring | Jeetendra Sridevi |
| Music by | Bappi Lahri |
| Release date(s) | 25 February 1983 |
| Running time | 179 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | Rs. 12,00,00,000 |
Himmatwala is a 1983 Bollywood action-drama feature film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao starring Jeetendra and Sridevi. It is a remake of a Telugu film Ooriki Monagadu of 1981 also directed by K. Raghavendra Rao starring Krishna and Jaya Prada.
The film was amongst the top 5 grossers of 1983 and was declared "Super Hit" at box office. [1]
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School master Dharam Murti witnesses a murder of a man at the hands of Sher Singh Bandookwala. But Sher Singh with his might, terror and money sets free. In revenge he places Dharam Murti in an awkward position with a lady teacher, Menaka. Dharam Murti ashamed of this vacates his village and abandons his wife & children. His wife Savitri helps her son Ravi (Jeetendra) become an engineer who then resolves to fight against Bandookwala and get his father's spoilt reputation back. Bandookwala has terrorised all the villagers. His daughter Rekha (Sridevi) follows his footsteps and grows into an insensitive woman who tries to harass people. Ravi's sister Padma has to marry munimji's son Shakti as she is pregnant with his child. After marriage, Shakti and Bandookwala together start harassing Padma. Rekha falls in love with Ravi and decides to play same trick against the Bandookwala by pretending to be pregnant with Ravi's child. Ravi finds his father as a worker on a dam construction site. Ravi then presents Bandookwala guilty before the panchayat but is freed by Dharam Murti on condition that he should show affection to the poor and treat them well. Finally Bandookwala becomes a good man and then Ravi marries Rekha.
The songs are composed by Bappi Lahri.
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