Arun Bakshi

Arun Bakshi


in Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Arun Bakshi is an Indian film and television actor and also a singer. He has acted as a character actor in over 100 Hindi films, and as a playback singer has also sung 298 songs. He has also worked in Punjabi and Bhojpuri cinema. He also played the role of Mahant Dashrath Tripathi in Colors's Ishq Ka Rang Safed.

He was born and brought up in Ludhiana, Punjab, where he graduated from Arya College, Ludhiana. He worked with the Punjab Agricultural University for a while, before moving to Mumbai, to start his acting career in 1981, first in television and later films.

Arun Bakshi is well known for performances in BR Chopra's Mahabharat as Dhristadyumna, Guru, Kuch To Gadbad Hai and Masoom.

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Political War
Title: Political War
Character: Kanojia
Released: February 23, 2024
Type: Movie
Set against the backdrop of an election, corrupt politicians stir up religious conflicts in this Hindi language drama.
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Fire of Love: RED
Title: Fire of Love: RED
Released: January 5, 2024
Type: Movie
A famous novelist Rajveer who gets lost between fiction and reality.
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Anth the End
Title: Anth the End
Released: November 11, 2022
Type: Movie
Simran gets Ranjeet arrested for crimes. Ranjeet escapes, but returns in disguise to visit Simran. Unaware of the identify of his visitor, Simran informs Sumeet, who organizes a party. However the event results in a fight between Sumeet and Ranjeet, whose identity is exposed. He kidnaps Sumeet and demands ransom, but winds up killing him by accident. What happens next forms the crux of the story.
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Title: Saurashtra
Released: August 11, 2022
Type: TV
This is web series based upon crime and thriller in North India.
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48 Kos
Title: 48 Kos
Character: Sham Lal
Released: July 8, 2022
Type: Movie
48 KOS Kurukshetra bhoomi is between the two rivers Saraswati and Drishadvati.
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Title: The Judgement Day
Character: Markand
Released: February 5, 2020
Type: TV
The whole nation is waiting for the verdict. Ranveer Pratap is called in the witness stand . The fate of Ranveer of Antara is at stake. CBI and Aabha are hopeful that Shiraz will get justice but will he?
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Yaaran De Yaar Punjabi - Assi Haan Yaar Punjabi
Title: Yaaran De Yaar Punjabi - Assi Haan Yaar Punjabi
Released: January 31, 2014
Type: Movie
Love stories that start from campus end up in a cold blooded fight. It is a sweet tale of campus love stories as well as fight for love. Will love triumph over evil ploys?
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Ashok Chakra
Title: Ashok Chakra
Released: March 28, 2010
Type: Movie
Ashok Chakra movie is based on the 26/11 Attacks in Mumbai and almost every scene is being enacted herein. The country gives Ashok Chakra to all the soldiers of country. Film Ashok Chakra is a war against terrorism where film gets the news through Assab that who are putting these men to become human bombs. These human bombs are made in quantity and sent to different countries to spread terror. Assab is one of them who come to Mumbai through water and creates terror in the city and how he kills people in Mumbai. Assab is hanged till death in the film.
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Don Muthu Swami
Title: Don Muthu Swami
Character: Inspector Bakshi
Released: May 22, 2008
Type: Movie
Don Muthu Swami is one of Bombay's most fearsome gangsters. On his deathbed, his father forces him to make a promise: that from now on he will lead a decent life. From that moment onwards, the don has a new purpose in life: to become Sir Muthu Swami instead. On of his new goals is to become fluent in Urdu, for which purpose he hires the young Jaikishan as a teacher. Don Muthu Swami has a beautiful daughter, Sanjana, whom he wants to get married to Pradhan, the son of his close friend. However, the don's right hand man, Preetam, asks for her hand as well. To impress Don Muthu Swami, he claims to be very rich by stealing millions from his employer. Sanjana herself, on the other hand, is desperate to get married to Jaikishan, and to scare off Pradhan, she fakes to be pregnant. The Don believe Preetam must be the culprit, but as it turns out, the girl Preetam loves is not Sanjana, but another girl who claims to be Don Muthu Swami's daughter, Ranjana.
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Black & White
Title: Black & White
Character: Naeem Shaikh
Released: February 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Rajan Mathur (Anil Kapoor) is a Professor in Urdu literature in Dr. Zakir Hussain's College. He resides in Chandni Chowk with his activist wife, Roma Mathur (Shefali Shah). Professor Mathur comes across a young boy called Numair Qazi (Anurag Sinha) who introduces himself as a victim of communal riots in Gujarat.
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Salaam-e-Ishq
Title: Salaam-e-Ishq
Character: Satpal
Released: January 26, 2007
Type: Movie
Six couples who do not know each other are brought together by destiny, fate and love
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Ek Jind Ek Jaan
Title: Ek Jind Ek Jaan
Character: Dhanwant 'Dhanya' Dhanoo' Singh / Dhanwant Kang
Released: December 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Sukha and Gurjit are engaged, but she is afraid to join him in raising his 3 younger siblings, Karma, Guddi and Channi. He backs out of the arrangement, which enrages her brother, Kundan Singh. Fifteen years later, Sukha's youngest brother and the still angry Kundan's daughter want to marry.
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Kyon Ki...
Title: Kyon Ki...
Character: Patient
Released: November 3, 2005
Type: Movie
Widowed Colonel Khurana, a resident of India, goes to London, accumulates enough wealth, returns to India, opens a private Sanatorium for the insane, and hires his daughter, Tanvi, as one of the psychiatrists'. His second-in-charge is Dr. Sunil. Tanvi looks after patient #36, a woman by the name of Shobhna Mathur, quite lovingly, almost like the mother she never had. Then Shobhna gets well, is discharged and unable to recollect Tanvi's loving care. This does hurt Tanvi, so she decides never to get close to any patient, especially the new patient #36, Anand J. Sharma, who has been admitted by a Court Order. Circumstances do make Tanvi and Anand get close, so close that they fall in love with each other. But her disciplinarian father has chosen a suitor named Karan, and is not willing to take the risk of Tanvi marrying a mental patient, especially one like Anand, who has been arrested and charged with killing his fiancée, Maya.
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Jo Bole So Nihaal
Title: Jo Bole So Nihaal
Character: Rajinder Singh
Released: May 13, 2005
Type: Movie
Jo Bole So Nihaal (also transliterated as Jo Bole So Nihal; literally meaning "Whoever utters shall be fulfilled") is a 2005 Bollywood action comedy film, directed by Rahul Rawail. It stars Sunny Deol, Shillpi Sharma and Kamaal Khan in lead roles, whilst Nupur Mehta and Surekha Sikri appear in major supporting roles; the director also plays an antagonistic role in the film. Singer Kamaal Khan appeared first time on big screen in a negative role. This movie was his debut movie as actor. The film's release was met by protests from Sikh groups, who took offense at its use of a Sikh religious phrase as its title,[1] as well as scenes in which a Sikh police officer is shown being chased by scantily-clad women[citation needed]. Two bomb attacks on 22 May 2005 on theatres in New Delhi showing the film killed one person and injured 49, prompting cinema owners to pull the film, in some cases voluntarily and in some states as a result of a government order.
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Kuch To Gadbad Hai
Title: Kuch To Gadbad Hai
Character: Inspector R.K. Marwah
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Justice Balwant Khanna lives a comfortable lifestyle with his wife, Devika, and two sons, Sanjay and Jai. He has placed a lot of faith in his sons hoping that they will marry girls of equal status. Unfortunately, Sanjay falls in love with an orphan by the name of Rashmi and marries her. Balwant reluctantly accepts her as his daughter-in-law, but warns Jai that there will be no more orphan daughter-in-laws welcome in the Khanna household. Then chaos breaks out when Mr. Kapoor and Mrs. Kapoor arrive to fix the marriage of their daughter with Sanjay. Chaos gives way to confusion when the Kapoors claim that Rashmi is their daughter. While Devika instantly accepts Rashmi, Balwant takes his own time to accept her as his daughter-in-law. Then Jai announces that he has married a girl named Neha, the daughter of Gopal Das. Shortly thereafter Rashmi invites her friend, Riya and her husband Ajay to live with them as paying guests.
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Aanch
Title: Aanch
Character: Shambhu
Released: September 26, 2003
Type: Movie
Vidya lives a middle-class lifestyle in a virtually lawless town called Amarpur, India, along with her widower and disabled dad, Shambhu; married brother, Shiva and his wife, Lata; and her paternal grandma. She studies in the Arts Commerce and Science college in Bombay, and is summoned home to get married to a man of her family's choice, to which she reluctantly agrees. On the day of the marriage, a dancer performs an item which angers Mahadev, who is the Mukhiya of Mandaur, another lawless...
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Tantrik Shakti
Title: Tantrik Shakti
Released: January 17, 2003
Type: Movie
A 2003 Indian horror film.
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Karz
Title: Karz
Released: December 6, 2002
Type: Movie
Suraj is the adopted son of a wealthy hotel owner who is haunted by memories of his birth mother's rejection. He befriends Raja not knowing that he is in fact his younger brother and even gives up his love Sapna to Raja. Through Raja he is reunited with his birth mother and it is revealed that she was raped by a criminal who fathered Suraj. After many fights, flying bodies, car chases, and broken glass, Suraj eventually exacts revenge on his birth father and dies happily in his mother's arms.
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Vadh
Title: Vadh
Character: Deepa's father
Released: March 29, 2002
Type: Movie
A leading psychologist's much younger wife begins an extramarital affair with his close friend. When the doctor finds out, he plots revenge, which puts himself, his wife, his close friend and his brother in mortal danger.
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Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa
Title: Yeh Dil Aashiqanaa
Released: January 18, 2002
Type: Movie
Yeh Dil Ashiqana is the story of Karan and Pooja who are studying in the same college in Poona. They meet and fall in love and their romance progresses without any problems until one day while going to her brother's house in Mumbai.
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Sindoor Ki Saugandh
Title: Sindoor Ki Saugandh
Character: Gulal
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Orphaned Roshni lives a poor-lifestyle with her maternal uncle, Gulal, and his wife, and they do Nautanki (singing and dancing) from village to village for a living. She is in love with Sharad and both want to get married. Lusty Thakur Gajraj Singh, who will shortly become an MLA, takes a liking to Roshni and, together with bandit Bhairav Singh, abduct Roshni in her bridal gear, killing Sharad, and having their way with her. Roshni survives, decides to complain to the Police, not only refuse to take any action, but the Police Inspector in Charge also has his way with her. Humiliated, she is left on the streets, rescued by kind-hearted bandit, Shankara, who recruits her and she swears to avenge her humiliation by killing her molesters. She unleashes a wave of terror attacks, prompting the government to assign Inspector Ramesh Kumar to arrest her at any and all costs. The question remains, does Roshni have enough time to carry out her vengeance before being arrested by Ramesh Kumar?
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Zulmi
Title: Zulmi
Character: Police Inspector Vikram
Released: April 16, 1999
Type: Movie
As underworld godfather Baba is dying, he makes a last request to his head bodyguard Balraj to protect Nihal, the godfather's son. Years later, Balraj sees a young man named Raj successfully fight off a gang of thugs who are trying to rob a helpless woman. Impressed by Raj's skill, Balraj hires him to watch over his daughter, Komal. Komal is initially repulsed by the commoner, and tries repeatedly to have him fired or push him into quitting, but to no avail. Gradually, she comes to admire him, and even begins to fall in love with him. Raj, unfortunately, has sworn revenge against an unknown thug who attacked his sister. Who will Raj's object of hatred turn out to be?
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Dulhan Banoo Main Teri
Title: Dulhan Banoo Main Teri
Character: Rastogi
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
With his vision and the blessings of his Dadi Ma, Deepak Rai (Faraz Khan), son of a London based NRI Kuldaap Rai (Dalip Tahil) and Koshi (Beena), visits India and falls in love with Radha, a flower girl.
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Shaheed-E-Mohabbat Boota Singh
Title: Shaheed-E-Mohabbat Boota Singh
Character: Faqeer at Boota's shrine
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
The film is set in 1947. The exodus has begun after Partition. A Sikh ex-military man in his thirties finds a 16-year-old Muslim girl alone in a nearby village and brings her home. But the villagers tell him he should either marry her or leave her in a camp where people bound for Pakistan are located. But he decides that since he is far older, he would better leave her at the camp. As he is about to send her off with a man bound for the camp and who is prepared to marry her there, she asks Buta Singh, if he is so poor that he cannot even feed her two Rotis per day to keep her alive...
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Pardesi Babu
Title: Pardesi Babu
Character: Thief
Released: November 13, 1998
Type: Movie
Raju is a poor guy who wants to marry a rich girl. Her father challenges Raju to earn ₹10,000,000 within a year to prove himself first.
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Hitler
Title: Hitler
Character: Inspector Bakshi
Released: May 13, 1998
Type: Movie
Nicknamed as "Hitler", Jailer Siddhanth Kumar Sharma is feared and respected at work as well as at home where he lives with his wife, a former lawyer, Sheila; younger brother, Amar; two younger sisters and his son. He would like Amar to find employment for himself on his merit rather than use his contacts, but Amar is unable to secure any employment. Then wealthy Daulatram insults Siddhanth, accuses him of using Amar as a ploy to woo his daughter Priya, so that the Sharma family can inherit his wealth. An angered Siddhanth confronts Amar, who grabs a knife and warns Daulatram. Shortly thereafter, the police arrest Amar for killing Daulatram. Siddhant disbelieves him, but Sheila decides to don her black gown and represent her brother-in-law, against the overwhelming evidence that has surfaced against him. It is now up to Sheila to not only defend Amar but also attempt to find out the reason behind Daulatram's death.
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Title: Shaktimaan
Character: Dr. jackal
Released: September 13, 1997
Type: TV
When darkness get strengthened to destroy the world, Suryanshis chose Shaktimaan in order to fight against the forces of evil.
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Masoom
Title: Masoom
Released: August 13, 1996
Type: Movie
He is the only child of Yashoda(Renuka Shahane) and Vikram Singh(Suresh Oberoi). Vikram Singh was billed by a notorious gangster Barood(Mohan Joshi). The story also has a youngster Akash(Inder Kumar) who is an investigating journalist. At any cost he wants Barood to be arrested and punished. One day Kishan is kidnapped by Barood and from here on starts the roller coster ride of Kishan who cleverly comes out of Barood's web and at the end saves the country and makes his mother proud.
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Bhishma
Title: Bhishma
Released: July 26, 1996
Type: Movie
Paro, her mother, and her brother, Natwar, find an unconscious man near their town. They bring him over to their house, nurse and nurture him back to good health, only to find out that he has the mind of a 12 year of old child, and name him Bhola. Years pass by, Paro has fallen in love with Bhola, for he rescued her from a molester, and both would like to get married. Before that could happen, Bhola is viciously attacked and left for dead by Paro's molester, and is hospitalized. While in hospital, Police Sub-Inspector Abhimanyu Verma finds out that Bhola is not who he claims to be but a homicidal maniac, wanted for killing three policemen - named Bhisma - and is possibly masquerading as a 12 year old child to hide from the police.
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Gopi Kishan
Title: Gopi Kishan
Character: Corrupt Minister Rautulla Himayati
Released: December 2, 1994
Type: Movie
Policeman Gopi's doppelganger Kishan, who is a criminal, learns about the former and uses his identity to his advantage as he tries to find his father. This results in Gopi reaping the benefits.
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Imtihaan
Title: Imtihaan
Character: Sunil
Released: May 2, 1994
Type: Movie
Vicky (Saif Ali Khan) is a popular singer, who meets and falls in love with Preeti (Raveena Tandon). He asks permission to marry her from her father, who instantly approves of him. Preeti is reluctant to get married but agrees for her father's sake. Soon, her father falls ill, and he makes her promise that she will not tell Vicky about her past life.
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Khudai
Title: Khudai
Character: Jagjit
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Raj Anand is a Bollywood movie director and lives a wealthy lifestyle with his wife, Padmini, and only son, Varun. He is respected and liked in the industry and is known to be a man of honesty and principles. He feels that Varun should make a debut in one of his movies, which he decides to call "Nagar Vadhu" (Prostitute), and hopes to cast a well-known Bollywood actress, Sakhi Swami, opposite Varun in the female lead role. The only problem is that Varun dislikes acting, but when Raj persuades him, he changes his mind, and agrees to act in this movie. Varun meets with Sakhi, and both are attracted to each other. This does not auger well with Raj and he puts a stop to the production immediately. It is then that Varun finds out that his principled father has been known to have an illicit relationship with Sakhi. How will this knowledge help him overcome the wall of mistrust that has now arisen between his dad, himself, and Sakhi.
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15th August
Title: 15th August
Character: Inspector Kansingh Dewda
Released: September 17, 1993
Type: Movie
Nagpal kills Chaudhry and his son, Ram, a military officer. Chaudhry's second son, Vikram, vows to destroy Nagpal who is all set to become the Chief Minister on the upcoming Indian Independence Day.
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Antim Nyay
Title: Antim Nyay
Character: Arjun Bakshi
Released: July 23, 1993
Type: Movie
Jay Singh lives a middle-classed lifestyle along with his dad, Raghunath, and mom, in Bombay. His dad is killed, and both he and his mother attempt to get justice, but their efforts prove to be all in vain. Then he meets with Seema, the only daughter of Editor Aadesh Varma, both fall in love and get engaged. Jay takes a course in Indian Police Services and hopes to become a police officer.
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Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja
Title: Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja
Released: April 16, 1993
Type: Movie
Jagmohan Jugral kills his twin brother, Manmohan, in order to escape from Customs Officer Verma. In the chase that follows, Jagmohan also kills Verma, and a doctor, Ashok Soni. With their deaths their children, Ramesh and Seema, are orphaned and end up at an orphanage. Both get separated when Seema is adopted by a respected couple. Ramesh runs away from the orphange and is adopted by Girdharilal, a career thief. Ramesh learns all the skills of thievery from Girdharilal. Ramesh is now grown up a better career thief than Gidharilal, and Seema too has grown up. Both are on the look-out for Jugral, who is now known as a very respectable citizen.
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Rang
Title: Rang
Character: Lecturer
Released: April 2, 1993
Type: Movie
Yogi Joshi (Kamal Sadanah) is the hardworking middle class student who goes to college with the traditional Pooja (Ayesha Julka), who is the daughter of a single-father. Pooja has been in love with Yogi for quite some time, but Yogi seems to see her as a good friend. Yogi's father (Bharat Kapoor) works at the factory owned by the successful Indu Singh (Amrita Singh). Indu admits her daughter into the same college as Yogi and Pooja. She is a trustee of the college and is assured by the Principal that Kajal is in good hands. Kajal (Divya Bharti) goes to college and tries to park in Pooja's spot, but Pooja cuts her off. The two get in an altercation and to show Pooja how much power Kajal has, she drives her jeep into the corridors of the college and stops right in front of Pooja and her friends, including Yogi.
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Apradhi
Title: Apradhi
Character: Police Inspector
Released: October 28, 1992
Type: Movie
Satyaprakash is an honest security officer who works at the docks in a small town in India, and lives with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vishambernath; wife, Janki, a blind daughter, Munni; and an unmarried sister, Juhi. He hopes to make enough money to get Munni's vision back and ensure that Juhi gets married and the rest of the family are looked after well. Before that could happen, he is killed. When the Police come to his house looking for his killer, Janki, unknowingly shields the killer, but when she finds out the truth, she tells them about his location, but the killer flees.
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Balwaan
Title: Balwaan
Character: Police Inspector
Released: September 11, 1992
Type: Movie
A brave cop - who has always stood up to injustice and corruption - runs afoul of an influential gangster, when he is assigned to Mumbai.
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Chamatkar
Title: Chamatkar
Character: Upmire
Released: July 8, 1992
Type: Movie
When Sunder loses everything, he seeks refuge in a graveyard, where he befriends a ghost.
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Trinetra
Title: Trinetra
Released: July 26, 1991
Type: Movie
Trinetra is the story of revenge of a son, who lost his honest father, to a group of evil minds. It is the story of a son's infinitive love for his mother, who lost her husband. It is the story of a son's revenge on his father's killers.
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Henna
Title: Henna
Character: Constable Nawabdin
Released: June 28, 1991
Type: Movie
Beautiful Henna Khan lives the life of a gypsy near the river, Jhelum, in Pakistan with her widowed dad, Khan Baba; three brothers, Ashraf, Razzak, and Zaman; and Razzak's wife, Najma. One day she comes across a male body that has been washed ashore. Khan Baba, Bibi Gul, and Henna take this male in, nurse him back to health, only to find out that he has lost his memory. The male in his sleep cries out the name of "Chand", and everyone starts calling him by that name.
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Numbri Aadmi
Title: Numbri Aadmi
Character: Inspector Anand Srivastav
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Rana (Amrish Puri) kills Inspector Anand Srivastav, and the only witness is Anand's son, Shankar. Years later, Shankar has grown up and has become a modern Robin Hood of sorts, robs the rich and distributes the wealth amongst the poor, especially a charitable hospital. Shankar comes to know that Rana is still alive, and attempts to avenge his father's death, only to find out that Rana has powerful friends, such as Assistant Commissioner of Police Vijay Pratap (Suresh Oberoi), who not only disbelief Shankar, but will prevent him from doing any harm to Rana.
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Guru
Title: Guru
Character: Inspector Arun
Released: February 24, 1989
Type: Movie
Mithun Chakraborty's ambition is to become an upright Police officer, but unluckily he is not getting selected. His sole strength is his lady love Sridevi. As Mithun's ambition fails, he turns to alcohol, dacoity, and thugism. He finally joins Amrit Pal's lethal gang to take revenge on the Police force, which blocked his ambition. Sridevi (in a double role), is Shakti Kapoor's important gang member. One day, Shakti Kapoor gets the confidential message about an undercover cop in his Gang.
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Nasoor
Title: Nasoor
Character: Dr. Babubhai
Released: May 28, 1985
Type: Movie
Drama starring Om Puri
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Surkhiyaan
Title: Surkhiyaan
Character: Night Queen Guest House's Manager
Released: February 21, 1985
Type: Movie
Shera lives a poor lifestyle in Bombay along with his widower dad, a retired school-teacher, and is love with his neighbor, Sapna, who he hopes to marry some day. Shera wants to get rich quickly, but unable to get a job, decides to take to crime and works with a gangster, Jaggu. He soon gets arrested, tried in Court, found guilty, and sentenced to jail for several months. When he is released he returns home to find that Sapna has befriended a lawyer, Avinash Prakash. Shortly thereafter Shera's father is informed that Shera has been arrested again, this time for abducting and killing Revati Prasad, the daughter of wealthy Dharam Prasad.
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Gangvaa
Title: Gangvaa
Released: September 14, 1984
Type: Movie
Gangvaa embarks on a quest for revenge against a crooked landlord after he orders the death of his father for reporting his crimes to the police and getting him arrested.
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Aaj Ki Awaz
Title: Aaj Ki Awaz
Character: Inspector Veerkar
Released: September 7, 1984
Type: Movie
A Professor finds his life turned upside down after he decides to combat crime.
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Kanoon Kya Karega
Title: Kanoon Kya Karega
Character: Lalchand's Advocate
Released: July 19, 1984
Type: Movie
Advocate Gautam Mehra lives in Bombay with his wife, Anju, and a daughter, Rakhsa. One day while returning from court he sees a woman being molested. He stops, phones the police, and then tries to stop the molester, in vain, though as he gets attacked and loses consciousness. But the police do arrive and arrest the molester. Raghuvir's attempts to convince Gautam to change his testimony are in vain. Gautam goes on to testify against Raghuvir Singh, and gets him sentenced to seven years rigorous prison.
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Saaransh
Title: Saaransh
Character: Gajanan Chitre's Goon
Released: May 25, 1984
Type: Movie
A retired school teacher and his wife come to terms with life after the death of their only son in a mugging incident on the streets of New York.
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Zara Si Zindagi
Title: Zara Si Zindagi
Character: Arun
Released: January 7, 1983
Type: Movie
An MA in philosophy, Raja arrives in Delhi to look for employment and comes across Kusum, a struggling stage actress. They both face hardships in order to make a living.