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Shahenshah (1988)

Directed by Tinnu Anand

Overview

Inspector Srivastav is framed by a wily and cunning gangster, J.K., and unable to prove his innocence, hangs himself, leaving behind his wife, and son, Vijay. Years later, Vijay has grown up and has joined the police force as an Inspector. Unlike his dad, he is corrupt and does accept bribes to turn a nelson’s eye to crime. The City Police are assigned the task of apprehending a customed man called “Shahenshah”, who operates at night and targets, tries and kills gangsters in a “Judge and Executioner “style. No one knows the real identity of Shahenshah, as he is feared by the police department, and respected by the poor and middle-class.

Length 180 minutes

Actors

Amrish Puri | Rohini Hattangadi | Amitabh Bachchan | Suresh Bhagwat | Sharat Saxena | Vijayendra Ghatge | Aftab Shivdasani | Aanjjan Srivastav | Prem Chopra | Supriya Pathak | Pran | Sudhir | Aruna Irani | Avtar Gill | Meenakshi Seshadri | Kader Khan | Yunus Parvez | Jagdeep | Murad | Goga Kapoor | Brij Gopal | Ghanshyam Rohera | Guddi Maruti | Mahesh Anand | Dan Dhanoa | Bandini Mishra | Ajay Wadhavkar | Praveen Kumar Sobti