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Zahreelay(1990)
Hindi164 mins
Zahreelay (1990) is a 164-minute Hindi film directed by Jyotin Goel. Starring Chunky Panday, Bhanupriya and Juhi Chawla Mehta. With an audience rating of 4.1/10, Zahreelay stands as one of the notable Hindi releases of 1990.
Director:Jyotin Goel
Mood:
darkemotionalsuspenseful
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Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Prime Video
- Theatrical Release
- 1 January 1990
- Director
- Jyotin Goel
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 44m
- GudVibe Rating
- 4.1/10
Storyline
A wounded army veteran moves to a troubled neighborhood controlled by gangsters. He and a local taxi driver fight back, even winning over a hitman sent to kill them. However, the hitman betrays them, leading to their arrest and allowing the criminals to regain control.
“A one-armed soldier takes on the city's underworld.”
Film Details
4.1Rating
164Minutes
HindiLanguage
Release Date1 January 1990
Release Typetheatrical
Original TitleZahreelay
Parental Guide
Violence
Mild
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Mild
Vibe & Tags
Mood
darkemotionalsuspenseful
Themes
revengejusticecorruptionsurvival
Tonegritty
Pacingfast-paced
Complexitylight
Audiencemass
Best Withfriends
Violence4
Emotion4
Humor2
Rewatchability3
Reviews & Ratings
Your Rating
4.1/10Rating
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Cast & Crew
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.