Tahalka (1992)

While on a yacht trip along with this daughter, Dolly, Indian army Major Krishna Rao, observes a girl in distress and goes to rescue her. He ends up rescuing dozens of girls, who have been ... See full summary »

Director:

Anil Sharma

Writers:

Shyam Goel (dialogue), Anil Sharma,

Stars:

Dharmendra, Naseeruddin Shah, Mukesh Khanna

Cast

Credited cast:
Dharmendra	...	Ex-Major Dharam Singh
Naseeruddin Shah	...	Captain Ranbir Chauhan
Mukesh Khanna	...	Major Krishna Rao
Aditya Pancholi	...	Capt. Rakesh
Amrish Puri	...	General Dong
Shammi Kapoor	...	Brig. Kapoor
Ekta Sohini	...	Capt. Anju Sinha
Pallavi Joshi	...	Julie
Sonu Walia	...	Jenny D'Costa
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Alter	...	Dong's army captain
Bajrangi
Prem Chopra	...	Prince Kow
Bob Christo
Firdaus Dadi	...	Major Krishna Rao's daughter
Dan Dhanoa	...	Jelu

Storyline

While on a yacht trip along with this daughter, Dolly, Indian army Major Krishna Rao, observes a girl in distress and goes to rescue her. He ends up rescuing dozens of girls, who have been entrapped by General Dong. While the girls manage to escape, he and Dolly are captured. Dong cuts off Krishna's ankle and gives him one year to come and rescue his daughter. Krishna goes to get an artificial limb, and returns to India to find out that Dong has been successful in assassinating General Sinha. Brig. Kapoor arranges for a small unit to stop Dong, which include Anju Sinha, Rakesh, Ranbir Chauhan, and Javed, all with the rank of Captain. They enlist the help of disgraced Ex-Major Dharam Singh and travel to the border region between China and India. What this group does not know is that their secret mission has been leaked to Dong - who is now awaiting their arrival, along with his army of men, and women suicide bombers, and his very own clones - and Dong means business - and Dong is never...

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Genres:

Action

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

26 June 1992 (India)

Also Known As:

Commotion

Filming Locations:

AVM Studios, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR 1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shantketan

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The role of Captain Rakesh was originally offered to Sanjay Dutt but due to a lack of dates Dutt had refused the role. Aditya Pancholi later took the role.

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Connections

Referenced in Agneepath (2012)

User Reviews

Shom Shom Shamo Sha-Sha

It's a treat for you if you liked Elaan-e-Jung and Farishtay.Reason?Exactly,the same storyline.After Farishtay,Anil Sharma's another action packed pot-boiler.The plot of a tyrant King/General is Director Sharma's trademark now.Also casting Dharmendra is another ritual now.

But Anil Sharma's direction is distinguishable from the scores of similar plotted movies released in early 90s.

Old Dharmendra tried hard to flex his muscles but in vain.

The song involving the 3 actors as drag-queen is hilarious and strongly recommended.

Amrish Puri as Gen.Dong of Dongrila is a delight.He is undoubtedly the best actor to play the primary antagonist in a bollywood pot-boiler.Shom Shom Shamo Sha-Sha.