Ziddi (1997)

Original title

ज़िद्दी

Directed by

Guddu Dhanoa

Genre

action film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 50m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A short-tempered man takes on local criminals after they target his family. He deals out harsh punishment and later seeks revenge for the deaths of his siblings.

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What happens

Ziddi (transl. Stubborn) is a 1997 Indian action film directed by Guddu Dhanoa, starring Sunny Deol, Raveena Tandon, Anupam Kher, Raj Babbar and Ashish Vidyarthi. It follows a short-tempered and stubborn Deva, who is feared because of his ruthless ways and severe punishment to the local hoodlums and later vows to avenge the death of his siblings. It went on to become one of the biggest Bollywood hits of 1997, grossing Rs 324.3 million (US$5.7 million) at the box office. The film was remade in Tamil as Dharma, starring Vijayakanth. This is the second time Vijayakanth reprised Sunny Deol's role after Ghayal (1990) remake titled Bharathan (1992). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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