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Release Date:
January 23, 1987
Original Title:
लोहा
Production Countries:
India
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Inspectors Amar (Dharmendra) and Dayal (Raza Murad) in their attempt to arrest bandit Sher Singh (Amrish Puri),, get injured, Amar survives, but Dayal gets his legs crushed and becomes wheelchair-bound. Later, Amar arrests local politician Jagannath Prasad (Kader Khan), who gets released without being charged while Amar gets reprimanded, and decides to resign. Later, Sher Singh hijacks a bus and holds the passengers as hostages in exchange for 25 of his jailed associates. Dayal's granddaughter, Seema (Mandakini), is amongst them, and Dayal asks Amar for assistance. Amar, along with ex-convict, Qasim Ali (Shatrughan Sinha), and Karan (Karan Kapoor), a drug-dealer, does manage to rescue them but differences crop up among the trio and they part ways. Then Amar finds out that Qasim and Karan have masterminded a plan to facilitate the escape of the 25 convicts, and decides to confront them.
Cinematography:
Anwar Siraj
Dialogue:
Kader Khan
Director:
Raj N. Sippy
Editor:
Waman B. Bhosle
Gurudutt Shirali
Music:
Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar
Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma
Producer:
Salim Akhtar
Writer:
Ravi Kapoor
Mohan Kaul
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