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Mashaal () is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language action film. Produced and directed by Yash Chopra, it starred Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Anil Kapoor and Rati Agnihotri. The role played by Anil Kapoor was first offered to Amitabh Bachchan and then to Kamal Haasan, but after they declined the offer, the role went to Anil Kapoor. The project marked Anil's primary on-screen collaboration with Dilip Kumar. Vinod Kumar (Dilip Kumar) plays a respected, law-abiding citizen who turns to crime for exacting revenge. The film was based on the Marathi play Ashroonchi Zhali Phule written by Marathi writer Vasa
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7.8Vinod Kumar, an honest man, tries to expose the malpractices of influential politician-cum-gangster, SK Vardhan through his newspaper, Mashaal. A chain of events changes Vinod's life - from an honest journalist to a gangster.
Cast
- Anil Kapoor as Raja
- Dilip Kumar as Vinod Kumar
- Amrish Puri as S.K. Vardhan
- Rati Agnihotri as Geeta
- Waheeda Rehman as Sudha Kumar
- Saeed Jaffrey as Kishorilal
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Mashaal
- Film.image
- Mashaal.jpg
- Film.caption
- Poster
- Film.director
- Yash Chopra
- Film.producer
- Yash Chopra
- Film.writer
- Javed Akhtar
- Film.story
- Adaptation:Javed AkhtarOriginal:Vasant Kanetkar
- Film.starring
- Dilip KumarWaheeda RehmanAnil KapoorRati AgnihotriGulshan GroverSaeed JaffreyAlok NathAmrish Puri
- Film.based_on
- Ashroonchi Zhali Phule by Vasant Kanetkar
- Film.music
- Hridaynath Mangeshkar
- Film.cinematography
- Santosh Sivan
- Film.studio
- Yash Raj Films
- Film.distributor
- Yash Raj Films
- Film.runtime
- 170 minutes
- Film.country
- India
- Film.language
- Hindi
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- publication date
- 1984-01-01
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Mashaal () is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language action film. Produced and directed by Yash Chopra, it starred Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Anil Kapoor and Rati Agnihotri. The role played by Anil Kapoor was first offered to Amitabh Bachchan and then to Kamal Haasan, but after they declined the offer, the role went to Anil Kapoor. The project marked Anil's primary on-screen collaboration with Dilip Kumar. Vinod Kumar (Dilip Kumar) plays a respected, law-abiding citizen who turns to crime for exacting revenge. The film was based on the Marathi play Ashroonchi Zhali Phule written by Marathi writer Vasant Kanetkar. The film was remade in Malayalam as Ithile Iniyum Varu with Mammootty playing the lead role.
== Plot == Vinod Kumar is an upright and honest man, who runs a newspaper named "Mashaal". Vinod exposes the ills in society with the help of his newspaper. Vinod's wife, Sudha, sees a vagabond named Raja and tries to instill some values and culture in him. Vinod is sceptical about this, but accepts when Raja tells them of his tragic childhood and comes to regard Sudha as a maternal figure. Finally, Vinod decides to help Raja by sending him to Bangalore to complete his education and become a journalist. During frequent meetings with Vinod and Sudha, Raja befriends Geeta, an aspiring journalist and an assistant in Vinod's paper, and they fall in love.