Singhasan (film)

Singhasan
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Directed by	Krishna
Produced by	Krishna
Written by	Kader Khan (dialogues) Indeevar (lyrics)
Screenplay by	Krishna
Story by	Krishna
Based on	Simhasanam (1986)
Starring	Jeetendra Jayaprada Radha Mandakini
Music by	Bappi Lahari
Cinematography	V. S. R. Swamy
Edited by	Krishna
Production company	Padmalaya Studios
Release date	4 March 1986 (1986-03-04)
Running time	162 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Singhasan (English: Throne) is a 1986 Hindi film produced & directed by Krishna on his Padmalaya Studios banner. Starring Jeetendra, Jayaprada, Radha, Mandakini in the lead roles and music composed by Bappi Lahari.^[1][2][3] The film is remake of Telugu Movie Simhasanam (1986); both the movies are made simultaneously by same banner & director and some of the scenes & artists are same in both versions.^[4][5]

Plot

The story is a tale of two kingdoms Avanthi and Gandhar, Chief Commander Syenadhipathi of Gandhar Vikram Singh (Jeetendra) and Prince of Avanthi Aditya Vardhan (again Jeetendra) look alike. Aditya is a drunker & womanizer who doesn’t feel any responsibility about his Kingdom, Vikram is a great more solid & warrior who expands Gandhar dynasty four sides, but he comes into trap of Gandhar Maha Mantri Bhanu Pratap (Kader Khan) that he has done murder attempt on Princess & future Queen of Gandhar Alakananda (Jayaprada) who loves Vikram a lot, Vikram has been sent away from kingdom because Bhanu Pratap wants to capture the dynasty. There in Avanthi also goes the same situation Avanthi Raj Guru Acharya Abhagadev (Pran) elder brother of Bhanu Pratap and leader of all the negative aspects in the both the kingdoms who wants kill Prince Aditya and make his son Urgarahu (Shanthi Kapoor) as a king who has authority to become king after Aditya, to kill him he arranges a poisonous girl Chandana (Madhakini) who lives in forest whom Aditya loves in the first site while hunting. People in both kingdoms suffer due to Abhagdev’s tack tick to overcome this problem Vikram establishes a revolutionary team in the forest. One day Golden Crown of Gandhar is Stolen by enemies team which is very powerful & protector of the kingdom to stop Alaknanda’s becoming Queen, Vikram destroys this trap saves the crown from enemies and makes Alakananda Queen. One day Chandana comes to know she is poisonous girl by killing Bhanu Pratap son Kal Kethu so she wants to get way from Aditya’s life to save him she try to commit suicide but Vikram saves her, Aditya becomes mad of Chandana and roams around the forest being search of her, when he is in the forest Abhagdev’s gangsters tries to kill him but Vikram saves him, Aditya sends Vikram in his place and asks him to become king to set right the problems in the kingdom Vikram obeys his order and goes in his place becomes King set rights all the problems in the kingdom, after sometime Vikram keeps Aditya in his place and goes back, Aditya marries Chandana who became normal with Vikram’s help. But after some time Aditya comes into the trap of Abhagdev & Bhanu Pratap they say that he is Vikram and he killed Aditya and became king and he should be hanged. Vikram come know this he destroys all the enemies saves Aditya, marries Alakananda & "Protects Peace in Both Kingdoms"

Cast

• Jeetendra as Vikram Singh & Aditya Vardhan (Dual role)
• Jayaprada as Queen Alakananda
• Radha as Jasvanthi
• Mandakini as Chandana Gandhi
• Pran as Achraya Abhangadev
• Waheeda Rehman as Rajmata Katyayini Devi
• Kader Khan as Mahamantri Bhanu Pratap
• Shakti Kapoor as Uggrarahu
• Amjad Khan as Kukuteswar
• Bharat Bhushan as Maharaja Sharminder Bhupathi
• Shreeram Lagoo as Mahamantri Srikanthji
• Sujit Kumar
• M.Balayya as Commander Veer Varma
• Kanta Rao as Sampurnacharya
• Allu Ramalingaiah
• Thyagaraju
• Praveen Kumar as Kaal Bhairav
• Gurbachchan Singh as Katari Kataiya
• Raj Varma as Kala Kethu

Soundtrack

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References