Avinash(1986)
Avinash is a 1986 Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Umesh Mehra. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty, Parveen Babi, Poonam Dhillon, and Prem Chopra. It follows Avinash, a club dancer who loses his memory after being shot in the head by a terrorist's men. He is hunted by the terrorist Pratap, who believes Avinash possesses a film containing evidence of his crimes. The story involves mistaken identity, betrayal, and a hero's fight to reclaim his past. The film is loosely based on Robert Ludlum's novel 'The Bourne Identity'. It was noted for Mithun Chakraborty's energetic dance performance during the title sequence. The film was released in 1986 and is a product of the masala action genre popular in that era.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- YouTube, ZengaTV, Internet Archive
- Theatrical Release
- 12 December 1986
- Director
- Umesh Mehra
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Rating
- 4.4/10
Storyline
Avinash is a happy club dancer whose life is destroyed when a terrorist kills his family. He is shot in the head and loses his memory. Now, with no idea who he is, he must survive while being hunted by the killer. Two mysterious women enter his life, but he cannot trust either of them. He must fight to remember his past and stop the terrorist.
“He lost his memory. He found his fight.”
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Cast & Crew
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Frequent partnerships reunited for Avinash
Cast reunions in this film: Prem Chopra & Mithun Chakraborty (18 films together), Tom Alter & Prem Chopra (7 films together), Prem Chopra & Poonam Dhillon (7 films together), Prem Chopra & Sujit Kumar (6 films together), Prem Chopra & Parveen Babi (6 films together), and Mithun Chakraborty & Sujit Kumar (6 films together).
Trivia
- The film's director Umesh Mehra was also known for directing the 1985 action film 'All Rounder' starring Mithun Chakraborty.
- Avinash was one of the few 1980s Bollywood films where the hero, played by Raj Kiran, is introduced as a club singer and dancer rather than a more typical action-hero role.
- The plot device of a character losing memory after a head injury was a recurring theme in several mid-80s Hindi films, like 'Meri Jung' (1985) and 'Aaj Ka Arjun' (1990).
- Actress Madhavi, who played a key female lead, was primarily known for South Indian films and this was one of her relatively fewer prominent Hindi movie roles during that period.
- The film's soundtrack, composed by Bappi Lahiri, included the song 'Dil Mera Toda' sung by Kishore Kumar, which became moderately popular.
- Despite its action-crime genre, the movie performed poorly at the box office and is not widely remembered among major hits of 1986.
- The narrative features two separate women (Nisha and Alka) claiming a relationship with the amnesiac hero, a dramatic twist common in melodramas of the era.