Gangvaa

Gangvaa is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Rajasekhar, starring Rajinikanth and Shabana Azmi.[1] It is a remake of Rajasekhar's 1983 Tamil film Malaiyoor Mambattiyan.[2][3] The film was a box office failure.[4]

Gangvaa
Poster
Directed byRajasekhar
Produced byDwarakish
StarringRajinikanth
Shabana Azmi
Music byBappi Lahiri
Release date
14 September 1984 (1984-09-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

The basic injustice at the core of Gangvaa is the way the landed classes take advantage of ordinary village folk. Early on in the film, a work crew finds a pot full of gold coins and Thakur Mahendra Singh (Amrish Puri) confiscates them to add to his already massive wealth. Enter Gangvaa (Rajnikanth) to save the day; Gangvaa kills Zamindar and his goons. Gangvaa puts together a band of the men who had suffered under the Zamindar's tyranny. Together they hang out in the wilderness and perform Robin-Hood-esque raids for the sake of vigilante justice. At some point Jamna (Shabana Azmi) encounters Gangvaa and is smitten. Then a village girl accuses Gangvaa of rape, and Jamna is enraged – it is here that she gets down to find the truth. It turns out that the rape was actually done by a totally different guy named Gangvaa (Raza Murad), and righting this wrong wins Jamna back for our hero, but makes him a new set of enemies that he spends the rest of the film fleeing from. Also on his tail is a police inspector (Suresh Oberoi), who cannot allow vigilante justice in his district, no matter how noble the intention.

Cast

Music
SongSinger
"O Jaanam Jaanam Jaanam" Asha Bhosle
"Angaara Hoon Main, Tu Komal Kali, Kyun Tu Mujhe Pyar Karne Chali" Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar
"Tanke Khadi Hai, Kya Phooljhadi Hai, Dil Mein Mere Gad Gayi" Asha Bhosle, Bappi Lahiri
"Gangvaa Gangvaa Gangvaa" Bappi Lahiri

References
  1. Hara Mandira Siṃha (2000). Hindi filmography: 1981–1999. Satinder Kaur. p. 118. Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.
  3. Dalvi, Mustansir (25 July 2016). "Rajinikanth in Hindi cinema: We awaited his wanton assault on our senses and were not disappointed". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  4. Jha, Subhash K (13 December 2021). "Rajinikanth turns 71: Here are things you probably didn't know about the Tamil icon". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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