Pratibandh
Pratibandh is a 1990 Bollywood action film directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty and starring Chiranjeevi, Juhi Chawla and Rami Reddy. The film marked the Bollywood debut of leading Telugu film star Chiranjeevi. Juhi Chawla received a Filmfare Best Actress Award nomination. This film is a remake of the Telugu film Ankusam, starring Rajasekhar, directed by Kodi Rama Krishna.
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| Directed by | Ravi Raja Pinisetty |
| Produced by | Allu Aravind |
| Written by | Anees Bazmee |
| Starring | Chiranjeevi Juhi Chawla Rami Reddy J. V. Somayajulu Kulbhushan Kharbanda |
| Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | K.S. Hari |
| Edited by | Vellai Swamy |
| Distributed by | Geetha Arts |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
Chiranjeevi plays a hard nosed, honest cop, Inspector Siddanth, who fights for his beliefs. He gets in trouble with the villain (Rami Reddy) when he first refuses his bribe and then protects a witness to his crimes, Shanthi (Juhi Chawla). His guru (J. V. Somayajulu) becomes a minister and stands in the way of the villains. Because Siddanth spoils their assassination attempts and kills one of Rami Reddy's henchmen, Rami Reddy kills Shanthi, Siddanth's wife. In a last attempt to save his guru as well as to prove to him that the other police officers and Reddy were trying to kill him, Siddanth lights the very torch, which is placed with explosives, that his guru was supposed to and dies.
Songs
- "Kabhi Hua Nahi Kabhi Dekha Nahi" - Amit Kumar, Alka Yagnik
- "Pyar Mujhe Tum Karte Ho Itna" - Alka Yagnik, Amit Kumar
- "Baccho Bajao Tali Aayi Khilone Wali" - Alka Yagnik
- "Yeh Badnaseeb Bachcha" - Mohammad Aziz
Cast
- Chiranjeevi as Siddhant
- Juhi Chawla as Shanti
- Rami Reddy as "Spot" Nana
- Harish Patel as Katkar
- J. V. Somayajulu as Chief Minister Satyendra Sharma
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Home Minister
- Shafi Inamdar as Corrupt Police Official
- Reema Lagoo as Court Judge
- Allu Sirish as child artist
- Sumalatha as Naseem
Box office
The original Telugu version was a big hit of the year and the Hindi version was semi hit at the box office. The movie fetched Juhi Chawla a Filmfare Best Actress Award nomination. Pratibandh made Chiranjeevi notable Face at the national level, as he was already a star in the south. It was remade in Kannada as Abhimanyu (1990 film) with V. Ravichandran in the title role, by Ravi Raja Pinisetty himself.
External links
- Pratibandh on IMDb