Dand Nayak

{{Infobox film

| name = Dand Nayak

| image = Dand Nayak.jpg

| director = Sikander Bharti

| producer = Sanjay Bali
Lokesh Bali

| music = Rajesh Roshan

| writer =Madan Joshi (dialogues)

| screenplay=Dharamveer Ram

| story=Pritam Parkash Bali

| studio=Matheswari Films

| editing=Nand Kumar

| cinematography=Anil Dhanda

| starring = Naseeruddin Shah
Manek Bedi

| runtime = 149 min.

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1998|4|17}}

| country = India

| language = Hindi

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Dand Nayak is a 1998 Bollywood action drama film directed by Sikander Bharti{{Cite web|title=Dand-Nayak (1998) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/dand-nayak-8404/cast-crew|access-date=2022-02-19|website=Cinestaan|archive-date=19 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219173917/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/dand-nayak-8404/cast-crew|url-status=live}} starring Naseeruddin Shah, Manek Bedi, Ayesha Jhulka, Inder Kumar, Shilpa Shirodkar and Paresh Rawal.{{Cite web|title=Dand - Nayak - Movie - Box Office India|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2576|access-date=2021-12-14|website=boxofficeindia.com|archive-date=14 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214110333/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2576|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://webmusic.in/|title=Archived copy|access-date=26 June 2018|archive-date=7 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007024527/http://webmusic.in/|url-status=live}}

Plot

Bankhelal Chaurasia comes to Bombay from Uttar Pradesh and starts a business of raising and keeping buffalos and selling their milk. He then advances into petty crime and works his way up to major crimes, such as dealing drugs, land grabbing, smuggling and murder.

He soon becomes the Bombay underworld as the kingpin. Inspector Vishal want to punish Bankhelal by hook or by crook, and he also has a reputation in succeeding no matter what the consequences are. A lady journalist who always prints Bankelal's underworld dealings is also threatened and happens to be Inspector Vishal's wife.