
Shastra
1996-10-04 · 144 min · ★ 5.7
One of the employees of Vijay's parents, Babu, is sentence to a long jail term for killing them. In hot pursuit to avenge the death of his parents Vijay wait until Babu is release from jail and confronts him. It is this confrontation that will change Vijay's life as Babu confides to him that he was framed for the murder of his parents; this then lightens up a man-hunt for the real perpetrators of this crime.
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- Directors
- Sanjay Khanna
- Production companies
- Nariman Films
- Countries
- India
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Suniel ShettyVijay Khanna (as Sunil Shetty)
Anjali JatharPooja Prasad
Anupam KherShanti Prasad
Gavin PackardGavin (College Punk)
Danny DenzongpaBabu
Mohan JoshiRana
Mukesh RishiBadshah Khan
Mushtaq KhanPrem
Dinesh HingooPrincipal Badra
Ashwini BhaveGuest appearance
Farida JalalAunty
Himani ShivpuriGuest appearance
Avtar GillCommissioner of Police
Kunickaa SadanandSonia (as Kunika)
Jack GaudSonia's Brother
Achyut PotdarVijay's Guardian (as Achyut Poddar)
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