Avenging an honest father
View(s):‘Himmatwala’ a Bollywood action comedy film directed by Sajid Khan is now being screened at Regal Colombo and Regal Kandy.
Featuring Ajay Devgan opposite Tamannaah in the lead roles, the film is the official remake of the 1983 blockbuster Himmatwala which itself was a remake of a Telugu film Ooriki Monagadu of 1981.
The movie is also one of the biggest remakes of the 80s Bollywood cult classic which revolves around a poor and wronged woman’s son, who returns from the big city to avenge his father, an honest school teacher.
An honest temple priest takes on more than he can handle when he bears witness to a murder and gives evidence in a court of law against a powerful landlord in his village. The landlord bribes his way to freedom and engineers a ploy to ruin the priests reputation and his status among his peers in the village.
Ashamed of his tarnished reputation the priest commits suicide,and leaves his wife and young children to face the atrocities of the evil landlord. The son flees the village and travels to Mumbai to make a life, but returns years later to avenge the shame caused to his family.
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