| 1 | '''Karma''' |
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| 4 | 1986 193’ col/scope Hindi |
| 5 | d Subhash Ghai pc Mukta Arts lyr Anand |
| 6 | Bakshi m Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
| 7 | lp Dilip Kumar, Nutan, Dara Singh, Anupam |
| 8 | Kher, Jackie Shroff, Naseeruddin Shah, Anil |
| 9 | Kapoor, Tom Alter, Poonam Dhillon, Sridevi, |
| 10 | Shakti Kapoor |
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| 12 | |
| 13 | Dirty Dozen (1967) -style film invoking |
| 14 | ‘terrorists’ backed by ‘neighbouring’ states. |
| 15 | Rana Vishnu Pratap Singh (Kumar) is a |
| 16 | benevolent warden of a jail who feels that |
| 17 | people become criminals either because they |
| 18 | are forced into crime by a corrupt society (in |
| 19 | which case they should get a second chance) |
| 20 | or through greed (which is unpardonable). His |
| 21 | main hatred is reserved for Dr Dang (Kher), |
| 22 | head of the Black Star Organisation, a group of |
| 23 | international terrorists. The obstreperous Dang |
| 24 | arranges to bomb the jail, killing inmates, and |
| 25 | during his escape bid Dang massacres Rana’s |
| 26 | family, except for his wife Seeta (Nutan), who |
| 27 | goes dumb with shock, and his youngest son. |
| 28 | Rana is put in charge of a special anti-terrorist |
| 29 | squad comprising murderers condemned to |
| 30 | death: Baiju Thakur (Shroff), Khairu (Shah) and |
| 31 | Johnny (A. Kapoor). Rana trains them at a |
| 32 | border post in the farmhouse of the former |
| 33 | criminal Dharma (Dara Singh). The relationship |
| 34 | between the condemned men and their leader |
| 35 | forms the bulk of the film, interspersed with |
| 36 | love affairs, until the quartet eventually |
| 37 | overwhelms the villain’s heavily guarded |
| 38 | military retreat. |
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| 40 | [[Film]] |