Shastra

Oct 4, 1996

2h 24m

★ 3.5

The Weapon

Overview

One of the employees of Vijay's parents, Babu, is sentence to a long jail term for killing them. In hot pursuit to avenge the death of his parents Vijay wait until Babu is release from jail and confronts him. It is this confrontation that will change Vijay's life as Babu confides to him that he was framed for the murder of his parents; this then lightens up a man-hunt for the real perpetrators of this crime.

Genres

Action

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Nariman Films

Shastra Trailers

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Cast

Vijay Khanna (as Sunil Shetty)

Suniel Shetty

Pooja Prasad

Anjali Jathar

Shanti Prasad

Anupam Kher

Gavin (College Punk)

Gavin Packard

Babu

Danny Denzongpa

Rana

Mohan Joshi

Badshah Khan

Mukesh Rishi

Prem

Mushtaq Khan

Principal Badra

Dinesh Hingoo

Guest appearance

Ashwini Bhave

Aunty

Farida Jalal

Guest appearance

Himani Shivpuri

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