Qatil (1988)

Directed by

Ashok Gaikwad

Country

India

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young law student opposes the death penalty. He decides to frame himself for the murder of a prostitute to argue that innocent people can be wrongly executed.

dramatictenseearnestthought-provokingdeliberatemelodramaticintense

What happens

Qatil (translation: Killer) is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Ashok Gaikwad and produced by Shama Akhtar and Nasim Hijazi. The film stars Aditya Pancholi and Sangeeta Bijlani in the lead roles. Shakti Kapoor plays the antagonist. Kiran Kumar, Amjad Khan, Raza Murad, Vikram Gokhale and Anjana Mumtaz play supporting roles. The soundtrack is composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal with lyrics by Sameer. The film follows the story of a young law student who challenges the law of death penalty and implicates himself in a murder case of a prostitute to prove that innocent people are given the punishment of death penalty. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Hatya (1988)
• Faisla (1988)
• Zulm Ko Jala Doonga (1988)
• Antima Theerpu (1988)
• Agnee (1988)
• Aakhri Adaalat (1988)
• Vicharana (1988)
• The Truth (1988)