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Jallaad (1995)

Jallaad poster
Original title
जल्लाद
Directed by
T. L. V. Prasad
Genre
action film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 24m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A son fights against his own father who is a villain. The story involves political conflict and family betrayal.

fast-paceddramaticintenseconflict-drivenaction-packedmelodramaticdual-rolepolitical

What happens

Jallaad (/ˈd͡ʒæl.lɑːd/ transl. Executioner) is a 1995 Indian bilingual political action thriller film directed by T. L. V. Prasad, simultaneously shot in Bengali and Hindi languages. Produced by Rajiv Babbar under the banner of Aabha Films, the film is inspired by Uttam Kumar starrer Bagh Bondi Khela (1975), while its core plot is based on Tamil film Amaidhipadai (1994). The film stars Mithun Chakraborty in a dual roles as father and son in opposing characters – the son has a positive role, whereas the father plays the main villain. The movie won him several awards in the Best Actor in a Negative Role category. It was Rambha's Bollywood debut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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