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Wikipedia article
'Mahaanta' ( 'Eminence') is a 1997 Hindi-language action film, produced by Ayub Khan under the Ayesha Film banner and directed by Afzal Khan. It stars Jeetendra, Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, Shakti Kapoor and Danny Denzongpa and music composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. Filming began in 1991 and was delayed for 6 years due to Dutts arrests in 1993 and Dutt and Dixit breaking up their relationship.
Plot
Young Vijay studies at Good Shepherd High School and lives a wealthy lifestyle in a small scenic town along with his uncle, who is the Inspector General of Police in Bombay, and has a close friend called Raj Malhotra. When both mature, Vijay gets married, while Raj marries Shanti. At his uncle's insistence, Vijay departs to live in Bombay, where he eventually becomes the Police Commissioner. Subsequently, Raj, Shanti, and Raj's brother, Sanjay, also re-locate to Bombay, where they are united with Vijay. Then Sanjay falls in love with Jenny and both want to get married, much to the chagrin of Mahesh, who wants to marry her at any costs. Mahesh is the only son of wealthy and influential Kedar, who manages to convince Edward that it will be in Jenny's and Sanjay's best interest if Jenny weds Mahesh. The marriage is arranged, but on that very day, Sanjay steps in, humiliates Kedar, and marries Jenny. That night Sanjay is arrested by none other than Vijay himself and placed in a cell. The next morning he is released and returns home to find that his brother and sister-in-law are both dead. Sanjay swears to avenge their deaths as well as find out why Vijay betrayed Raj and arrested him on his wedding night.
After learning that Kedarnath killed Sanjay's brother and sister-in-law, Sanjay confronts and challenges him that he will kill him in the same place but will not remove evidence. Despite Jenny and Vijay's attempt to stop him, he goes to kill Kedarnath, his son Mahesh, corrupt Inspector P.K. Dubey, and his henchman Nanubhai Chatewala.
Sanjay chases and kills Mahesh on the night of New Year's Eve. Then chases Inspector Dubey into the meat market then chops him and hangs him to death by a metal hook. Sanjay suddenly learns that Vijay put him into jail to save his life and realizes his mistake. He also learns that Kedarnath lured Vijay to get him killed at the Ganesh Chaturthi festival so he reaches there and saves him. And he kills Nanunbhai on hand to hand combat.
After killing 3 of them, Sanjay lures Kedarnath to his industry and tries to get him killed in the same places and same way his brother and sister-in-law were killed, but the police force led by Vijay finally comes to stop him. Sanjay's surrender to comes to halt when unconscious Kedarnath wakes up and tries to shoot Sanjay but Vijay gets shot when he saved him and Sanjay shoots Kedarnath to death. After Vijay gets recovered, he and Sanjay get emotionally united.
Cast
*Jeetendra as Police Commissioner Vijay Kapoor
*Sanjay Dutt as Sanjay Malhotra
*Madhuri Dixit as Jenny Malhotra
*Mohsin Khan as Raj Malhotra
*Poonam Dhillon as Vijay's wife
*Saeed Jaffrey as Inspector General of Police
*Satyendra Kapoor as Edward Pinto
*Shakti Kapoor as Inspector P.K. Dubey
*Raza Murad as The Narrator
*Amrish Puri as Seth. Kedar Nath
*Paresh Rawal as Nanubhai Chathewala
*Sumalatha as Shanti Malhotra
*Kishore Anand Bhanushali as Sanjay's friend
*Tej Sapru as Mahesh Nath
*Snehal Dabi as Sanjay's friend
*Brij Gopal as Kelkar (Informer)
*Shashi Kiran as Sanjay's friend
*Mehmood Jr. as Sanjay's friend
*Tariq Shah as Inspector Aslam Sher Khan
*Gurbachchan Singh as Ujagar
Soundtrack
Music by: Laxmikant-Pyarelal & Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
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