Summaries

An amateur boxer runs errands for a local gangster but revolts against him after the gangster kills his friend and his conscience is awakened.

Ghulam means a slave. Sidharth (Aamir Khan) is an amateur boxer who does not work, preferring to loaf about with friends. His older brother Jai (Rajit Kapoor) works with a gangster who rules the neighborhood, terrorizing merchants and demanding protection money. As a child Sidharth idolized his father, an ex-freedom fighter, whom he saw committing suicide in guilt after a visit from an old acquaintance. Sidharth meets a girl, Alisha (Rani Mukerji), who rides with a motorcycle gang, and Hari, a social worker. The film tells the story of Sidharth's romance with Alisha and his reformation.—gavin@[email protected]

Amateur boxer Siddharth Marathe and his older brother, Jai works for a criminal don, Ronak Singh alias Ronnie. Ronak dominates the region by instilling fear in the people; the only man who decides to speak up against him is Hari the brother of Siddharth sweetheart, Alisha. When Ronak gets aware that Hari is going to the court of law to testify against him he has him killed; with the eye witness to this crime being Siddharth. Siddharth then decides to get Ronak incarcerated by instituting legal proceedings endangering his and his brother's life.—gavin ([email protected])

Siddhu, a tearaway and ned, is a boxing champion. His elder brother is the accountant and henchman for a slumlord. The slumlord is a former boxing champion who rules the local community by terrorizing people, extorting money from local shopkeepers n hoteliers n sometimes by match fixing. Siddhu convinces a social worker who reminds him of his dead father, into an ambush, preventing the social worker from persuading the local people to sign a police complain against the slumlord. Siddhu assumed that the slumlord's henchmen were only going to have a talk with the social worker to pressure him into not convincing the local people to file a police complain against the slumlord but is shocked when the social worker is killed.[email protected]

Sidharth (Aamir Khan), is a Mumbai 'Tapori' and a boxing champion. His elder brother, Jai (Rajat Kapoor) works with Raunak Singh (Sharad Saxena), who now rules their "Basti" through terrorizing its people and collecting 'Hafta' from local merchants. Sidharth idolized his father, a freedom fighter, whom he saw falling to his death as a child. This effects Sidharth through his adult life. Sidharth meets a young girl, Alisha (Ranee Mukherjee), who rides with a motorcycle gang and Charlie (Deepak Tijori), the gang leader. Sidharth also meets Hari, whose idealism reminds him of his father. Hari's social work in the community possess a threat to Raunak Singh's evil empire. What happens to Hari changes Sidharth's life forever. How Sidharth breaks Raunak Singh's chains of 'Ghulami' around the community forms the crux of the story. Featuring the super hit song "Aati Kya Khandala" sung by Aamir Khan.

Details

Keywords
  • villain
  • father son relationship
  • gangster
  • attempted murder
  • remake of american film
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Jun 18, 1998
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin India
Language Hindi
Filming locations Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India
Production companies NH Studioz

Box office

Gross worldwide $5859949

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 42m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio

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