Tahalka

Tahalka
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Directed by	Anil Sharma
Written by	Anil Sharma
Starring	Dharmendra Naseeruddin Shah Aditya Pancholi Javed Jaffrey Amrish Puri
Music by	Anu Malik
Release dates	June 26, 1992
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Tahalka is a 1992 Bollywood film directed by Anil Sharma and featuring an ensemble cast including Dharmendra, Naseeruddin Shah, Aditya Pancholi, Javed Jaffrey, Amrish Puri, Mukesh Khanna, Ekta Sohini, Pallavi Joshi, Sonu Walia, Shikha Swaroop and Firdaus Dadi in her acting debut.^[1] The film was the fifth highest grosser of 1992 and was declared a "HIT". ^[2]

Plot

General Dong (Amrish Puri) is an evil dictator of a kingdom called Dongrila. He has kidnapped dozens of school girls and plans to use them as suicide bombers to bomb populated areas in India. One of his hostages is Dolly (Firdaus Dadi) who is the daughter of Major Krishna Rao (Mukesh Khanna). Krishna Rao recruits the best Indian army officers Captain Ranvir (Naseeruddin Shah), Captain Aditya (Aditya Pancholi), Captain Javed (Javed Jaffrey), Captain Anju (Ekta Sohini) and former disgraced Major Dharam Singh (Dharmendra). Together they go on a perilous journey between the borders of China and India to rescue Dolly as well as dozens of school girls held in Dong's captive and destroy Dong's kingdom of Dong-rila.

Cast

• Dharmendra ..... Major Dharam Singh
• Naseeruddin Shah .... Captain Ranvir
• Aditya Pancholi .... Captain Rakesh
• Javed Jaffrey .... Captain Javed
• Mukesh Khanna .... Major Krishna Rao
• Amrish Puri .... General Dong
• Shammi Kapoor .... Brigadier Kapoor
• Ekta Sohini .... Captain Anju Sinha
• Pallavi Joshi ... Julie
• Shikha Swaroop .... Captain Cynthia
• Sonu Walia ... Jenny D' Costa
• Firdaus Dadi .... Dolly
• Gulshan Grover as Allah Rakha

Soundtrack^[1]

The music composed by Anu Malik.

References

External links

• Tahalka at the Internet Movie Database