Boxer (1984)

Shanker is jailed for theft and there meets with Tony, who introduces him to professional boxing, after witnessing him fight an inmate. When he gets out of jail, Shanker takes up professional boxing.

Director:

Raj N. Sippy

Writers:

Vinay Shukla (dialogue), Jyoti Swaroop (screenplay)

Stars:

Tanuja, Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tanuja	...	Savitri Dharma
Mithun Chakraborty	...	Shankar Dharma
Rati Agnihotri	...	Rajni Khatau
Sharat Saxena	...	Raghu Raj
Parikshat Sahni	...	Tony Braganza (as Parikshat Sahani)
Iftekhar	...	Rushie
Sujit Kumar	...	Inspector Khatau
Sudhir	...	Gaffar Bhai
Gurbachchan Singh	...	Shera (as Gurbachan Singh)
Baby Pinky
Shekhar Purohit
Azaad Irani
Jagdish Raj	...	Man whose watch gets stolen
Sunder Taneja
Master Nadeem	...	Sonu Dharma

Storyline

Dharma works as a Boxer with Kashmir Silk Mills, the Managing Director is very pleased with him, and assures him that if he wins the next boxing bout against Shera, he will send him to London. Unfortunately, Dharma loses the bout, he is grievously injured, unable to box anymore, and shortly thereafter he is fired from his job. Thereafter an embittered Dharma takes to drinking alcohol in a big way, ignoring his pregnant wife, Savitri, & young son, Shankar. Things get worse when Savitri gives birth to a second baby boy, Sonu. Then in order to make ends meet, Shankar takes to stealing, and hiding from the law. Years later, Shankar, now a career criminal, is arrested for stealing a watch from a man coming out of a jewelery store, he is tried in court and sentenced to jail for 6 months. In prison, he meets with boxing manager, Tony Braganza, and after his release he starts to train with him and eventually challenges the reigning Champion, Raghuraj. Shankar loses the fight, is injured, and ...

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Genres:

Drama | Adventure | Action | Crime

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

17 February 1984 (India)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Bollywood's Raging Bull

I have seen many Mithun's movie this one is totally different from other movies of that time. I like director Raj N Sippy, in the past he has given memorable movies like Baazi,Satte Pe Satta etc.Danny also has done a great job in this movie he has portrayed the role of Mithun's father (they are almost of same age) , but Danny did it with fine maturity and courage. The story revolves around the Boxer who has to win his last fight to get back his dignity which his Father lost once in the same arena.

The story is very emotional and certainly enjoyable. I would give it as 8 out of 10.