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Hindustani (1996)
Indian (original title)

185 min  -  Action | Drama  -   23 August 1996 (India)
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Senapathy, a veteran freedom fighter, is angry. He is angry against the rampant corruption at every level of the bureaucracy. He will clean it up at any cost.

Director:

S. Shankar

Writers:

S. Shankar (screenplay), S. Shankar (story), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview:
Kamal Hassan Kamal Hassan ...
Senapathy / Chandra Bose
Nedumudi Venu Nedumudi Venu ...
Krishnaswamy
Manisha Koirala ...
Ishwarya
Urmila Matondkar Urmila Matondkar ...
Sapna
Sukanya Sukanya ...
Senapathy's Wife
Aruna Irani ...
Gulabo Ram. Khilawan
Kasturi Kasturi ...
Kasthoori (Senapathy's Daughter)
Goundamani Goundamani
Crazy Mohan Crazy Mohan ...
Parthasarathy
Manorama Manorama
Senthil Senthil ...
Pannerselvam
Ajay Ratnam Ajay Ratnam
Nizhalgal Ravi Nizhalgal Ravi
Bala Singh Bala Singh
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Storyline

Circa the British rule in India, a man named Senapathy decides to rebel against the British in a violent way, learns a rare martial art that enables him to kill with his bare hands, and travels to Singapore, joins the Indian Liberation Army formed by renowned Subhash Chandra Bose, is one of the soldier's to engage the British into war. He subsequently joins a death squad in order to destroy British tanks. While all of the others succeed in carrying out their mission, Senapathy is captured, jailed, beaten, and mercilessly tortured by the British. Upon his release, he is looked after by a woman named Namrata, whose honor he had saved from the British - who had captured two truckloads of women protesters, burned their clothing, and forced them to commit suicide. Namrata and Senapathy marry, India gains independence, and they soon have two children - Chandrabose and Kasthoori. Years later Chandra quarrels with his honest and straight-laced father... Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)  

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The Biggest Indian Film Ever Made...

Genres:

Action | Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Tamil | Hindi (dubbed) | Telugu (dubbed)

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Indiai See more »

Filming Locations:

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Box Office

Budget:

INR 180,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

INR 50,000,000 (Worldwide) (8 May 1996)

Gross:

INR 400,000,000 (Worldwide)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Jhamu Sughand Productions See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

India:

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Chosen as the official entry for the Oscars from India for the year, though it didn't get nominated. See more »

Connections

References The Way of the Dragon (1972) See more »