Suryaa: An Awakening

About the film

Suryaa: An Awakening (Hindi: सूर्या: एक जागृति, pronounced Soorya: Ek Jaagrti) is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Esmayeel Shroff. The film stars Raaj Kumar, Vinod Khanna, Bhanupriya, Raj Babbar in lead roles. It was a financial success.

Plot

In the small community of Sargaon (Shikarpur) in rural India, Pt. Gangadhar Choudhary rules with an iron fist, forbidding anyone from speaking out against him. He owns most of the land surrounding his palatial home, save for a small patch of land owned by Veer Singh.

One day, he summons Veer to his house and offers to buy his land for a substantial sum of money, but Veer refuses. Pt. Gangadhar has him killed. Veer's wife then dies of shock, leaving behind their son, Suraj, to be brought up by a kindly widow called Mrs. Salma Khan.

Many years later, following a successful military career, Suraj returns to his home village to avenge his parents' death.Suraj later avenges his father's death.

Music

The music was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal, with the lyrics being penned by Santosh Anand.

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