Pratibandh
7.4 /10 1 Votes
Duration Country India | 7.2/10 Genre Action, Drama Running time 2h 39m Writer Anees Bazmee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 28 September 1990 (1990-09-28) (India) Release date September 28, 1990 (India) Music director Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar, Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma Cast Similar movies Chiranjeevi and Juhi Chawla appear in Pratibandh and The Gentleman |
Pratibandh (Hindi: प्रतिबंध) is a 1990 Bollywood action film directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty the film stars Chiranjeevi, Juhi Chawla and Rami Reddy in the lead roles. The film marked the Bollywood debut of leading Telugu film star Chiranjeevi. Juhi Chawla received Filmfare Best Actress Award nomination. The blockbuster film is a remake of the Telugu film Ankusam starring Rajasekhar, directed by Kodi Rama Krishna.
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Plot

Chiranjeevi plays a hard nose, 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" - N/A
Cast

Box office

The original Telugu version was a big hit of the year and the Hindi version was HIT at the box office. The movie fetched Juhi Chawla a Filmfare Best Actress Award nomination. Pratibandh made Chiranjeevi notable at the national level, as he was already a megastar in the south. It was remade in Kannada as Abhimanyu_(1990_film) with V._Ravichandran in title role, by Ravi Raja Pinisetty himself
References
Pratibandh WikipediaPratibandh IMDb Pratibandh themoviedb.org