Meri Jung (1985)

Two top lawyers battle against each other while the whole city witnesses the battle.

Director:

Subhash Ghai

Writer:

Javed Akhtar

Stars:

Beena Banerjee, Rajan Haksar, A.K. Hangal

2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Beena Banerjee	...	Dr. Asha Mathur
Rajan Haksar	...	Oberoi
A.K. Hangal	...	Advocate Gupta
Iftekhar	...	Garewal Saab
Javed Jaffrey	...	Vikram Thakral
Anil Kapoor	...	Arun Verma
Kamal Kapoor	...	Daga Saab
Girish Karnad	...	Deepak Verma
Huma Khan	...	Guest Appearance in song: "O Mere Khwabon Ke Shehzade"
Viju Khote	...	Arun's colleague (friendly appearance)
Khushboo	...	Komal / Pinky Verma
Nutan	...	Aarti
Amrish Puri	...	G.D. Thakral
Parikshat Sahni	...	Dr. Dinesh Mathur
Meenakshi Sheshadri	...	Geeta Mathur

Storyline

Honest and diligent Deepak Varma is framed for murder, he claims he did not commit. The Public Prosecutor, G.D. Thakral, while aware of his innocence, does nothing, and Deepak is hanged. His widowed wife goes to G.D. Thakral for assistance, but is instead humiliated, in the presence of her child, Arun. She runs away, and subsequently loses her mind, and no one knows about her whereabouts. Years later, Arun has grown up, studied law, and is now practicing law, and assisting people who cannot afford a lawyer. When he is approached by Geeta Mathur, to represent her brother, Dinesh Mathur, he initially refuses, but then reconsiders and is successful in this case. He then meets with G.D. Thakral, and memories which have haunted him for years, return, and Arun decides to wage war against Thakral, not knowing that in so doing, he may himself be entrapped as his father was.

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Plot Keywords:

lawyer | murder | trauma | wrongful conviction | chess | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

11 August 1985 (India)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Anil Kapoor was to play the role of the villain. After the casting changes,Anil was bumped up into playing the lead role,while Javed Jaffery took on the villains role.

User Reviews

good film

Subhash Ghai made nice films in 80's

This is one of those, the film has a simple plot and is well handled with no frills like extra comedy.etc

The no- nonsense approach works well

The film has several moments like the clash between Amrish and Anil It also has some heroic moments but they are okay

The film moves a decent pace, slows down at times

Directorally Subhash Ghai does a good job Music is good, Zindagi being superb

Cinematography is good

Anil Kapoor excels in his part, Meenaxi is able Jaaved is good Amrish Puri is great too Nutan is theatrical