Lal Baadshah
3.4 /10 1 Votes
Director K. C. Bokadia Release date March 5, 1999 (India) Country India | 3.2/10 Genre Action, Crime, Drama Running time 3 hours | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 5, 1999 Writer K.C. Bokadia, Anwar Khan (dialogue) Songs Dhano Ki Aankh Sharabi Laage Cast (Ranbhir Singh), (Lawyers daughter), (Kiran), (Lals foster mother), (Thakur Dhayal Singh) |
Lal Baadshah is a 1999 Indian Hindi crime drama film directed by K.C. Bokadia and starring Amitabh Bachchan in a dual role, Raghuvaran, Manisha Koirala, Shilpa Shetty and Amrish Puri. Nirupa Roy also appears in her last film playing Bachchan's foster mother. This was Bachchan's third film since his comeback after a five-year hiatus; it failed at the box office but hit in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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Plot
Lal Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) lives with his mother (Nirupa Roy) in a small basti in Bombay, grows up with the poor and needy. He is called Lal Badshah by the people he lives among. Lal is a very helping person and dead set against crime. In the same city lives Vikram Singh alias Vicky Baadshah (Raghuvaran) who is the Don of the city always clashing with Lal Baadshah. Vicky is the son of Dayal Singh (Amrish Puri) who lives far away from Mumbai in a castle. Vicky & his brother Ajit Singh (Mukesh Rishi), a corrupt police officer want to rule the city.

Meanwhile, Lal meets Kiran (Manisha Koirala), an L.I.C. agent who falls in love with him & is determined to become his wife. At the castle, Dayal Singh is still hunting for the treasures of the Maharaja, whom he murdered years ago along with his brother Sultan Singh (Prem Chopra). When the Maharaja was murdered, his son, Dewan Ranbir Singh (also Amitabh Bachchan) hid the treasure, for which Dayal Singh tried to murder him.
Cast
Soundtrack

The music is composed by Late Aadesh Shrivastav. Lyrics are penned by Shyam, Maya Govind, and Gohar Kamla.
References
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