Lal Baadshah (1999)

Lal Baadshah (transl. Red King) is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by K. C. Bokadia, starring Amitabh Bachchan in a dual role, Raghuvaran, Manisha Koirala, Shilpa Shetty and Amrish Puri. Nirupa Roy also appears in her last film playing Bachchan's foster mother. This was released in the declining period of Bachchan's career and failed at the box office. However, owing to charisma of Bachchan, who brilliantly played a Bihari speaking hero, the movie was a hit in Eastern U.P. and Bihar.

Plot

Lal Singh lives with his mother in a small basti in Mumbai and grew up with the poor and needy. He is called Lal Badshah by the people he lives among. Lal is a very helpful person and dead-set against crime. In the same city lives Vikram Singh, alias Vicky Baadshah, who is the Don of the city and is always clashing with Lal Baadshah. Vicky is the son of Dayal Singh, who lives far away from Mumbai in a castle. Vicky and his brother Ajit Singh, a corrupt police officer, want to rule the city.

Meanwhile, Lal meets Kiran, an L.I.C. agent who falls in love with him and is determined to become his wife. At the castle, Dayal Singh is still hunting for the treasures of the Maharaja, whom he murdered years ago, along with his brother Sultan Singh. When the Maharaja was murdered, his son, Dewan Ranbir Singh, hid the treasure, for which Dayal Singh tried to murder him.

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan as Lal Singh alias Lal Baadshah / Ranveer Singh (father)

Manisha Koirala as Kiran

Radhika as Wife of Ranveer Singh

Amrish Puri as Thakur Dayal Singh

Shilpa Shetty as Seema, Lawyer's daughter

Shakti Kapoor as Balu

Raghuvaran as Vikram Singh "Vicky"

Mukesh Rishi as SP Ajit Singh

Nirupa Roy as Lal's Foster Mother, Malti Singh

Prem Chopra as Sultan Singh

Mohan Joshi as a Lawyer Prakash Kulkarni

Jack Gaud as Jabbar Singh

Mac Mohan as Rafiq, Vikram's Henchman

Ram Mohan

Sudhir as Jaichand, Vikram's Henchman

Mahesh Anand as Narayan Singh

Viju Khote as Damodar Kiran's Boss

Pramod Moutho as Maharaja

Nagma as a Dancer in song, "Pattai Ley Humka Tu"

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Aadesh Shrivastav. Lyrics were penned by Shyam Raj, Maya Govind and Gauhar Kanpuri.

Track listing

References

External links

Lal Baadshah at IMDb