Zanjeer (1998 film)

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| name = Zanjeer: The Chain

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| director = Shibu Mitra

| producer = Yusuf Butt

| writer = Z. Onkar

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| starring = Aditya Pancholi
Sakshi Shivanand

| music = Anand Milind

| cinematography =

| editing = Bibhuti Bhushan

| distributor = Samna International

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1998|8|28}}

| runtime = 135 minutes

| country = India

| language = Hindi

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Zanjeer: The Chain is a 1998 Bollywood action film directed by Shibu Mitra{{Cite web|title=ZANJEER - THE CHAIN (1998)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b806ccc25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522231621/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b806ccc25|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 May 2018|access-date=2022-02-19|website=BFI}} starring Aditya Pancholi, Pratibha Sinha and Shakti Kapoor in the lead role.{{Cite web|title=Zanjeer The Chain (1998) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/zanjeer-the-chain-8289|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120073113/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/zanjeer-the-chain-8289|url-status=live|archive-date=20 January 2021|access-date=2022-02-19|website=Cinestaan}}{{Cite web|title=Zanjeer - The Chain - Movie - Box Office India|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2537|access-date=2022-02-19|website=www.boxofficeindia.com}}

Plot

The film follows the story of Kumar (Aditya Pancholi), a local underworld don of Mumbai, who has a rival Lala Sarweshwar (Kiran Kumar). Both men have occupied their own areas in Mumbai and are running their own businesses. Kumar wants to avenge the death of his father, who had been Lala's loyal friend but Lala got him murdered on doubts of traitory. Kumar has a younger brother Sudhakar (Samrat Mukerji), who hates him because of his criminal activities, unbeknownst to the fact that Kumar committed his first murder to protect Sudhakar.