Zahreelay(1990)
Zahreelay is a 1990 Hindi-language action film produced and directed by Jyotin Goel. The cast includes Jeetendra, Sanjay Dutt, Chunky Pandey, and Juhi Chawla. The story follows a one-armed army captain who settles in a Bombay colony terrorized by a criminal syndicate. He rallies the frightened residents to resist extortion and violence. The film explores themes of redemption and sacrifice through a gangster's transformation. It features music composed by Anand-Milind with songs like 'Dhoond Rahee Thi'. The movie was released in 1990 under the Goel Screen Crafts banner.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Ultra Play OTT, Prime Video, YouTube, Plex
- Theatrical Release
- 1 January 1990
- Director
- Jyotin Goel
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 44m
- Rating
- 4.1/10
Storyline
Captain Jaswant Kumar loses his arm in war and moves to Shanti Nagar for peace. He finds the colony ruled by Taneja's cruel gang. With a timid taxi driver and a dangerous gangster seeking redemption, he fights to free his new home.
“One arm. One fight. One sacrifice.”
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Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for Zahreelay
Cast reunions in this film: Chunky Pandey & Chunky Panday (22 films together), Sanjay Dutt & Chunky Panday (6 films together), Bhanupriya & Jeetendra (5 films together), Chunky Pandey & Sanjay Dutt (4 films together), Sanjay Dutt & Jyotin Goel (3 films together), and Sanjay Dutt & Jeetendra (2 films together).
Trivia
- The film's title 'Zahreelay' means 'poisonous' in Hindi, hinting at the villainous underworld characters.
- It was one of the few films where actor Mithun Chakraborty played a disabled army veteran who loses an arm.
- The movie was shot extensively in the then-common Bombay film studio sets to depict the fictional 'Shanti Nagar' locality.
- Director Harish Shah was known for action films, and this was one of his lesser-known works from the early 1990s.
- The soundtrack, composed by Bappi Lahiri, included songs that did not become major hits unlike his other popular scores.
- Actress Kimi Katkar, who played a lead role, was nearing the end of her brief but prominent career in Bollywood around this time.
- The plot involving an ex-army man fighting local goons mirrored a common theme in 1980s-90s Hindi action cinema.