Ghayal (1990)

Original title

घायल

Directed by

Rajkumar Santoshi

Genre

drama film, action film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 43m

Rated

15

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man seeks revenge after his brother is killed by a wealthy industrialist's goons. He fights against a corrupt system to bring the criminals to justice.

intensevengefulfast-pacedfrustratedaction-packedemotionally chargedgrittyrighteous

What happens

Ghayal (transl. Wounded) is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language vigilante action film written and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi in his directorial debut and produced by Dharmendra. The film stars Sunny Deol and Meenakshi Seshadri, alongside an ensemble cast of Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Shafi Inamdar, Moushumi Chatterjee, Raj Babbar (special appearance), Sudesh Berry, Annu Kapoor, and Sharat Saxena. The film grossed ₹20 crore and was a blockbuster hit at Box Office. It was also the 2nd highest-grossing film of the year. According to Box Office India, "Ghayal had set records in repeat runs. No film from the nineties was even close to it in repeat runs and only Sholay has higher business in repeat runs in the history of Hindi cinema. It grossed several times more than its original run during rereleases but the exact number is unknown." The film received 8 nominations at the 36th Filmfare Awards, and won a leading 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Santoshi and Best Actor for Deol. At the 38th National Film Awards, the film won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Sunny Deol received the National Film Award – Special Mention. Ghayal was remade in Tamil as Bharathan in 1992, in Telugu as Gamyam in 1998 and in Kannada as Vishwa in 1999 and Pakistani Punjabi as Mard (1991). On 5 February 2016, a direct sequel titled Ghayal Once Again was released. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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