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Joshilaay

Name: Joshilaay
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Released: 1989-01-10
Duration: 157 min
Rating: 6

★ 6,0 /10 (4 Votes)

1989 HI 157 min

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.

Release date

10/01/1989

Votes

Popularity

1.2

Genres

Action Drama Western

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

157 min

Sunny Deol

Dara

Anil Kapoor

Karan

Meenakshi Sheshadri

Mangala

Sridevi

Gulabo

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Raja Singh

Rajesh Vivek

Jogi Thakur

Satish Kaushik

Bachoo Lal

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Hemant Mishra

Surkhiya

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Anirudh Agarwal

Damroo

Satyendra Kapoor

Circus Manager

Bharat Bhushan

Mangala's Father

Alok Nath

Doctor

Prema Narayan

Sharbati

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Rajesh Puri

Banke

Rama Vij

Doctor's wife

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Master Jatin Khurana

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Harjeet Walia

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Haniif Sheikh

Hanif

Agarwal

Bhiku Verma

Japan Sing Sandhu

Hemant Mishra

K.L. Shetty

Deepak Qazir

Baba (as Deepak Kejriwal)

Satish Kaushik

Bachulal

Kumud Tripathi

Ashok Sharma

Ami Asthana

Mahendra

Arvind

Deep Dhillon

Prem Chopra

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Gulshan

Shakti Kapoor

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Anirudh Agarwal

Damroo Lohar (uncredited)

Sulabha Arya

Bela (uncredited)

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Javed Rizwi

Child artist (uncredited)

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Jaspal Sandhu

Manohar (uncredited)

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Ravi Shastri

(uncredited)

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The movie has a good story line and Sunny Deol performs well with Anil Kapoor. It is a bit stretched but the dust, horses, guns, and villages are worth watching. The plot is quite good and the movie has a Jaanbaaz sort of a feel. The dacoits are back with a bang and the old blues of horses and guns make me feel good. Overall, you wont say that you wasted time or it wasn't worth it. It can be a good weekend watch if you are interested in 1980's Indian cinema. You cannot compare it with any Hollywood movie but Shekhar Kapur does a good job in bringing the reality of Indian villages to life, and …

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