New Delhi (1988 film)

New Delhi

Promotional Poster
Directed by Joshiy
Produced by M.Sudhakar Reddy
Dr.M.Thirupathi Reddy
Rajeev Kumar
Written by Dennis Joseph
Starring Jeetendra
Sumalatha
Raza Murad
Thiagarajan
Music by Shyam
Cinematography Jayanan Vincent
Release dates
 December 16, 1988
Running time
 135 min.
Language Hindi
Budget Rs 2 Crores

New Delhi is a 1988 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Joshiy, starring Jeetendra, Sumalatha, Raza Murad, Thiagarajan

Plot

New Delhi is about a Delhi based journalist who is imprisoned in a mental asylum after exposing the wicked side of two corrupted politicians, and his subsequent attempts at revenge with the help of this lady love. The story is loosely based on the novel The Almighty by Irving Wallace. The film is the remake of highly successful Malayalam film under the same title New Delhi released in 1987.

Summary

Vijay Kumar is an honest Delhi-based Journalist later expose the wrongdoings of two corrupt politicians to help his Keralite girlfriend, Maria Fernandez, is beaten to such an extent that he becomes partly paralyzed is imprisoned. The two politicians, Kendriya Mantri Shankar Babu, and Desbandhu Sharma, ensure everything that Vijay Kumar does not get pardoned. Tortured Vijay Kumar complete his sentence and his girlfriend Maria helps him to start his own publication 'New Delhi Diary'. He uses information and material sent to him exclusively by his ace reporter, Vishwanath. Then the people who had harmed him start dying violent deaths one by one arousing suspicion amongst his staff, as well as his sister, Uma and her boy friend Suresh, who decide to investigate Vijay's background and who the mysterious Vishwanath really is.

Cast

Box-Office

Even though the original version was a blockbuster, this remake version failed mainly due to the casting. Apart from Jeetendra and Raza Murad, all the actors were from the original Malayalam version and this decision by the makers backfired as North Indian audience could n't relate with all the characters played by South Indian actors.

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