China Gate (1998)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Rajkumar Santoshi

Writers:

Vijay Deveshwar (dialogue associate)
K.K. Raina (dialogue)

Plot:

After witnessing the brutal slaying of her Forest Officer father, Sunder Rajan, at the hands of dreaded dacoit Jageera...

Plot Keywords:

Villager | Colonel | Gun | Remake | Police Inspector

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Om Puri	...	Col. Krishnakant Puri
Naseeruddin Shah	...	Maj. Sarfaraz Khan
Danny Denzongpa	...	Maj. Ranjir Singh Gurung
Mamta Kulkarni	...	Sandhya Rajan
Ila Arun	...	Mrs. Gopinath
Kulbhushan Kharbanda	...	Maj. Kailashnath Gupta
Paresh Rawal	...	Inspector Barot
Tinnu Anand	...	Capt. Bijon Dasgupta (as Tinu Anand)
Anjan Srivastav	...	Pandey / DK (as Anjan Shrivastava)
Jagdeep	...	Sub. Nageshwar Rammaiah
Viju Khote	...	Ghanshyam
K.D. Chandran	...	MD
Shivaji Satham	...	Gopinath (as Shivaji Satam)
Harish Patel	...	Devdurg villager
Amrish Puri	...	Col. Kewal Krishan Puri

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

India:UA

Filming Locations:

D. Rama Naidu Studios, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Company:

Santoshi Productions

Trivia:

Holds the record for the highest number of extras used in a Hindi film and the biggest action sequences filmed in a Hindi film.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bollywood Bound (2001)

Overlong but well-acted homage to 'Sholay'

This film works as an overlong homage to 'Sholay'. Here a bunch of squabbling, overweight and dishonored former army men fight to capture a notorious bandit and reclaim their pride. Om Puri and Danny Denzongappa are good but Amrish Puri steals the show. The sparks between Amrish and Naseer are worth watching. Urmila has an item number and it's a foot-tapping one! The villain is suitably hammy, though not very tough. The film does tend to drag and could have been at least a half hour shorter. Still, it's watchable for the most part at least on television/DVD.

Overall 6/10