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Himmatwala (2013)

Himmatwala poster
Original title
हिम्मतवाला
Directed by
Sajid Khan
Genre
comedy film, action comedy film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 30m
Rated
NR
Rating
2.9 of 10 from 56 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A brave man fights against a corrupt landlord to protect his family and village. Set in the 1980s, it is an action comedy with exaggerated stunts and melodrama.

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What happens

Himmatwala (transl. Brave One) is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film written and directed by Sajid Khan and jointly produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Vashu Bhagnani. The film stars Ajay Devgn and Tamannaah Bhatia in the lead roles. Set in 1983, it is an official remake of the 1983 film of the same name by K. Raghavendra Rao, which was, in turn, a remake of the 1981 Telugu film Ooruki Monagadu. The film was theatrically released worldwide on 29 March 2013, and was critically panned and underperformed at the box office, earning 68.87 crore against a budget of 68 crore. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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