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Title
Lal Baadshah
Cast Amitabh Bachchan, Manisha Koirala, Shilpa Shetty, Amrish Puri
Director K.C. Bokadia
Genre Action
Year 1999
Lal Singh lives with his mother (Nirupa Roy) in small basti in Bombay, grows
up with the poor and needy. He is called Lal Badshah by the people he lives
among. Lal is a very helping person and dead set against crime. In the same city
lives Vikram Singh alias Vicky Baadshah (Raghuvaran) Don of the city, who always
clashes with Lal Baadshah. Vicky is the son of Dayal Singh (Amrish Puri) who
lives far away from Mumbai. Vicky & his brother Ajit Singh (Mukesh Rishi), a
corrupt police officer want to rule the city.
Meanwhile, Lal meets Kiran (Manisha Koirala), an L.I.C. agent who falls in love
with him & 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 (Prem Chopra). When the Maharaja was murdered, his
Dewan Ranbir Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) hid the treasure, for which Dayal Singh
tried to murder him. What is the link between Ranbir Singh and his look-alike
Lal Singh and will Dayal Singh be able to ever find the treasure?
Manisha Koirala and Shilpa Shetty provide the glamour in a film totally
dominated by Amitabh Bachchan. The songs ‘Dhanno Ki Ankh Sharaabi’ and ‘Dedo
Dedo Isko Dil Dedo’ were popular numbers.
   
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