Ghayal

1990 2h 43m HI

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 24

ActionCrimeDrama

Synopsis

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Ajay is framed by Balwant Rai for his brother's murder and sent to prison. Later, he befriends three convicts and sets out to seek revenge against Balwant Rai.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Sunny Deol
Ajay Mehra
Meenakshi Sheshadri
Varsha Bharti
Raj Babbar
Ashok Mehra
Amrish Puri
Balwant Rai
Moushumi Chatterjee
Indu Mehra
Om Puri
ACP Joe D’Souza
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Police Commissioner Ashok Pradhan
Shafi Inamdar
Gupta

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rajkumar Santoshi
Writers: Rajkumar Santoshi
Languages: Hindi
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 163 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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36 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Ghayal Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, shot by Rajan Kothari. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Bappi Lahiri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor V. N. Mayekar shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Sunny Deol and Meenakshi Sheshadri and Raj Babbar carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rajkumar Santoshi directs. Rajan Kothari behind the camera. Bappi Lahiri scores. V. N. Mayekar cuts. A long sit — settle in. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 163 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
236 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Ghayal Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, shot by Rajan Kothari. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Bappi Lahiri. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor V. N. Mayekar shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Sunny Deol and Meenakshi Sheshadri and Raj Babbar carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt0099652 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 24 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Rajan Kothari
Original score: Bappi Lahiri
Editing: V. N. Mayekar
Runtime: 163 min · 2h 43m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $19,000,000
Original language: HI
Certification (US): 15
IMDB: Ghayal (1990)

Awards

Filmfare Award for Best Film

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Part of

Ghayal Collection

Ghayal is a series of Indian Hindi-language action crime films. All films are produced by Dharmendra under the production company Vijayta Films. The first film Ghayal (1990) was directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and the second film Ghayal Once Again (2016) was directed by Sunny Deol who plays the main character of the films, Ajay Mehra.