Hathyar

<p>Avinash (Sanjay Dutt) and his parents (Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Asha Parekh) come to where they miserably scrape along. Sometimes their acquaintance with Samiulla Khan (Rishi Kapoor), the younger brother of the underworld crime lord Khushal Khan (Dharmendra), is quite helpful as Sami, who refuses to deal with his brother’s business, enjoys a good reputation. But after some bitter experiences, Avinash’s father cannot stand his poor situation anymore and commits suicide. Now Avinash bears the responsibility to be the family’s breadwinner which he, as he doesn’t manage to find a job, is unable to fulfill. Desperately (and instigated by his friend (Pakya) from the local gang) he starts stealing. After having killed one of his victims, he gets more and more bogged down in the mire of crime – and gets into the rivalry between the gang bosses Khushal Khan and Rajan Anna (Paresh Rawal). This was the first film signed by . although (1988) which she simultaneously signed released first. was supposed to play the role of Avinash but then he was replaced by Dutt. This is also the first Bollywood film to make use of real AK-47 guns although their bullets were made of rubber. Composed by and written by Parekh was noted for her performance. According to Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema, the film is Dutta’s best known film, and it “extended the ancestral conflict into Bombay’s gang wars”. According to of , the film was one of several “Rajasthan-based feudal dramas” by Dutta which “stood tall on a mass of machismo”.</p>