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Joshilaay

Joshilaay

19895.32h 37m

Overview

Dara and Karan, the sons of two of the victims of dacoit Jogi Thakur, wait many years to exact their revenge. When the Thakur's colleague Raja Singh cheats him and runs away with his loot, Jogi is arrested and sentenced for life imprisonment. Years later Jogi escapes from the prison to get hold of Raja and take back his booty, but finds his face on all the posters in the village to find him dead or alive with a reward of fifty thousand rupees. When Karan gets to know Jogi has escaped he goes looking for him. Dara also join hands with Karan to even the score with the dreaded dacoit.

Directed by Sibte Hassan Rizvi
Written by Javed Akhtar
Produced by Sibte Hassan Rizvi
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Top Cast

Sunny Deol

Sunny Deol

Dara

Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor

Karan

Meenakshi Sheshadri

Meenakshi Sheshadri

Mangala

Sridevi

Sridevi

Gulabo

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Raja Singh

Rajesh Vivek

Rajesh Vivek

Jogi Thakur

Satish Kaushik

Satish Kaushik

Bachoo Lal

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Hemant Mishra

Surkhiya

A

Anirudh Agarwal

Damroo

Satyendra Kapoor

Satyendra Kapoor

Circus Manager

Themes & Keywords

circushorsewanted postertwo man armycultrevengeshootoutduelbanditquick drawaction hero

About Joshilaay

Joshilaay is a action, drama, western film released in 1989 exploring themes of circus, horse, wanted poster, two man army, cult, revenge. Directed by Sibte Hassan Rizvi, it stars Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Meenakshi Sheshadri. Dara and Karan, the sons of two of the victims of dacoit Jogi Thakur, wait many years to exact their revenge. When the Thakur's colleague Raja Singh cheats him and runs away with his loot, Jogi is arrested and sentenced for life imprisonment. Years later Jogi escapes from the prison to get hold of Raja and take back his booty, but finds his face on all the posters in the village to find him dead or alive with a reward of fifty thousand rupees. When Karan gets to know Jogi has escaped he goes looking for him. Dara also join hands with Karan to even the score with the dreaded dacoit.

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