Krodhi

About the film

Krodhi (transl. The furious) is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Subhash Ghai. It stars Dharmendra in titular role, Shashi Kapoor and Zeenat Aman, along with Premnath, Ranjeeta, Sachin, Hema Malini (special appearance), Moushumi Chatterjee (guest appearance), Pran, Amrish Puri and Vimi. The film was launched in 1977, but faced delays due to various issues between the cast and the crew, finally released on 20 February 1981.

Summary

Krodhi is the story of Vikramjit Singh alias Vicky, who as an orphan grew up amidst hatred and poverty. When a local school teacher, Shakarbaba, brings him into his school, Vicky becomes friendly with a young girl named Aarti. They later fall in love and Vicky goes abroad to study. On the day Vicky decides to propose marriage, Aarti is sold by her lecherous uncle, for a few thousand rupees, to a group of men who attempt to rape her, but she kills herself.

An enraged Vicky hunts down her uncle and the molesters and kills them by throwing them from a high-rise building. Vicky's rage makes him Krodhi (resentful person) and prompts him to do more daredevil deeds and he ends up becoming the ultimate underworld don with a private militia of his own. When one of his associates, Neera, marries a CBI Officer Kumar Sahni things take a different turn. Police try to nab Vicky and believe him to be dead when his bullet-proof helicopter crashes.

Years later, Neera visits her in-laws in a small town, and is introduced to a kind and saintly person with special powers for healing and is shocked to find that Shradhanand is none other than Vicky. Now Vicky will have to decide whether to run again, or kill this only witness and continue living without any trouble.

Soundtrack

The background score of the movie was done by Kalyanji–Anandji. The music for the film’s songs was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal and the lyrics of the songs were penned by Anand Bakshi.

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