Rakesh Bedi

Jaskirat Singh Rangi descends deeper into his alias as Hamza Ali Mazari, rising through Karachi's criminal hierarchy to claim the feared title "Sher-e-Baloch" while balancing loyalty, betrayal, and survival in a ruthless underworld. Jaskirat Singh Rangi buries his identity beneath the calloused skin of a Karachi gangster. A sudden power vacuum opens the underworld gates, and he lunges forward, seizing control of the local syndicate to hunt the architects of a past atrocity. The path demands total submission to the lie. As a suspicious military adversary closes the trap, Jaskirat orchestrates volatile alliances to shield his true allegiance. The survival of his operation requires absolute ruthlessness. Trapped between the cold mandates of his handlers and the immediate affection of local allies, he pivots sharply into his defining vice of reckless, insubordinate aggression. He stakes everything on a high-risk gamble, knowingly exposing those around him to a catastrophic reckoning. In 2000, Hamza Ali Mazari (Ranveer Singh), then known as Jaskirat Singh Rangi, leaves his hometown in Pathankot to undergo military training. During his absence, a violent land dispute involving local MLA Sukhwinder Singh (Aashish Duggal) leads to attacks on his family: his father is hanged and his elder sister Harleen (Hitika Bali) sexually assaulted and murdered, and younger sister Jasleen (Pari Pandher) abducted. Upon returning with weapons purchased from UP based mafia don and political leader Atif Ahmed (Salim Siddiqui), Jaskirat, with the help of his friend Gurbaaz (Udaybir Sandhu), brutally murders Sukhwinder and the rest of his gang, and rescues Jasleen. Jaskirat was a trained army soldier by then and he uses that training to make sure that no male in Sukhwinder's family survives. He is subsequently arrested, tried, and sentenced to death. Before his incarceration, he entrusts Jasleen's future to Gurbaaz. In 2002, Jaskirat is abducted during a prison transfer and brought before intelligence officials Ajay Sanyal (R. Madhavan) Director of IB, and Sushant Bansal (Manav Gohil) Deputy Director of IB. Sanyal says that he can get Jaskirat off the death row and the Government will take care of his family, but he asks for Jaskirat's life in exchange. Jaskirat will have to do as told. Jaskirat says that his father and grandfather both served in the army, but his patriotism died when his family was disowned by the same system that he had vowed to protect. Sanyal reminds Jaskirat that as men it is their duty to fight for their family. He promises a dark life, but a meaningful one. Sanyal says that only he has the outlet for the rage that is still inside Jaskirat. By 2004, he is recruited into a covert program to infiltrate Pakistani terror networks, given the identity of Hamza Ali Mazari, and deployed to Lyari via Kabul, where he severs ties with his past and operates under handler Mohammed Aalam (Gaurav Gera) a juice shop owner in Lyari. Sanyal tells Jaskirat to be vigilant and patient. After entering Kabul, Jaskirat burns the only photo of his family he had in his possession. By 2009, following the death of Rehman Dakait (Akshaye Khanna) in Lyari, Hamza manipulates local factions to ignite a conflict between the Baloch and Pathan gangs. Hamza tells Uzair that it was Arshad Pappu who informed Aslam about Rehman's location as he wanted to rule Lyari. This results in the death of Pathan gang leader Arshad Pappu (Ashwin Dhar) and the arrest of Rehman's Baloch cousin brother Uzair Baloch (Danish Pandor), consolidating Hamza's influence in Karachi while advancing his mission. Jameel played a dubious role in this as on one hand he showed Arshad that he will protect him, on the other hand he instructs SP Aslam to barricade Lyari and to not allow any Pathan to pass through. Jameel then directs Arshad to his milk factory as a safe place to hide, but Hamza was already there waiting for him. Uzair tortures Arshad and then kills him in broad daylight in full public view. Aquib Ali Zarwari (Sanjay Mehandiratta), President of Pakistan and leader of the PAP was under a lot of pressure due to the violence in Lyari and Major Iqbal suggests that they arrest Uzair since he was recorded while killing Arshad. Hamza helps Uzair escape to Dubai and tells Aslam exactly when Uzair will be landing so he can be arrested. Uzair is brought to Pakistan and imprisoned for 12 years. SP Aslam tells Major Iqbal that he killed Rehman as he wanted revenge for Dawood. Aslam says that Rehman's brother-in-law Bilal had commercial property in Lyari of 500 Crores, which was usurped by Dawood's brother Noora. Rehman asked Dawood to instruct Noora to vacate the land, but Dawood refused to intervene. In response, Rehman had Noora abducted and killed by the BUF. As the leader of Lyari, Hamza decides to back the Muslim Movement Party headed by Nawaz Shafiq (Mashhoor Amrohi) to fight the elections against PAP. Jameel also changes his allegiance from PAP to MMP. Hamza also repairs his relations with the BUF leader Shirani (Bimal Oberoi) who also promises his support to Hamza. Hamza's wife Yalina gives birth to their first son and with MMP coming to power, Hamza becomes the undisputed King of Lyari and the Baadshah of Karachi. In 2014, Narendar Damodardas Modi takes oath as the Prime Minister of India. This is a major blow to Major Iqbal who had tried to influence the elections to get the Congress Party to power. Hamza's actions drew him into the inner circle of "Bade Sahab" Dawood Ibrahim (Danish Iqbal), who tasks him with facilitating narcotics operations to fund military operations. Dawood wanted Iqbal to ensure that the UP elections went their way and parties sympathetic to the Muslim cause remained in power. Dawood orders Rs 70,000 Crores in fake Indian currency to be printed and pushed into UP to control the elections. Dawood and Iqbal reveal that ISI supports all anti-India forces including Punjab rebels, Kashmiri militants, Naxals and so on. Iqbal says that keeping India weak makes Pakistan strong. Pakistan buys cheap drugs from Karachi and sells them at a premium in India and uses the profits to buy American and Russian arms to arm the various anti-national outfits in India. A group of Punjabi rebels is brought in to assist, including Gurbaaz, unknown to Hamza. Gurbaaz is the leader of the group who buys Rs 12 Crores worth of drugs and plans to sell it in India for Rs 150 Crores. During a party at Hamza's house, an intoxicated Gurbaaz confronts him and threatens to reveal his identity to the others, leading to a fight that ends with Gurbaaz dead. Aalam arrives to cover-up the incident. When he is discovered, Hamza kills him in front of the guests. The ISI tells Aslam that they suspect Hamza as there was no need to kill Aalam and he could have been a source of information. Yalina overhears this. Yalina (Sara Arjun) Hamza's wife, uncovers Hamza's true identity when she finds his secret diary in which he had written everything from the very beginning. Yalina confronts him but agrees to remain silent for the sake of their son, Zayan, and understanding his reasons. Hamza says that Pakistan had conducted numerous terrorist attacks against India and cost the lives of numerous innocents. Hamza was only trying to get them justice. Yalina tells Hamza that Aslam suspects him. As suspicion grows, SP Chaudhary Aslam (Sanjay Dutt) Lyari Task Force (LTF), Sindh Police, begins investigating Hamza but is killed in a suicide attack orchestrated by Hamza through the Balochistan United Force (BUF). At a secret meeting in Dubai, Sanyal grants Hamza autonomy to dismantle the remaining terror network and initiate Operation Green Leaf, leading him to assassinate several key operatives, including a panicked terror financier and fake Indian currency maker Javed Khanani (Ankit Sagar), whose fake currency became useless due to demonetization, and IC 814 hijacker Zahoor Mistry (Vivek Sinha), whose death is observed by Sanyal on a video call. Atif Ahmed is arrested in India, to cut the terror link from Pakistan to Nepal to India. Dawood plans an attack on India after the judgment on Ayodhya Ram Jamnbhoomi case. Hamza on was sitting in the meeting when Iqbal says that till Atif Ahmed is alive, their work in India will continue uninterrupted. Simultaneously, while going for a medical check, an imprisoned Atif Ahmed is assassinated by unknown gunmen, shocking Major Iqbal (Arjun Rampal) from ISI and many others. Meanwhile, Aslam's second-in-command Omar (Aditya Uppal) uncovers Hamza's true identity by extorting Yalina after holding Zayan at gunpoint and informs Major Iqbal. Hamza travels to Iqbal's Madrassa in Muridke to deliver weapons. During their meeting, Iqbal confronts Hamza as an Indian spy and stabs him, but a bomb planted by Hamza and the BUF in the weapons crates kills multiple militants. A firefight ensues between Iqbal's Mujahideen and the BUF (disguised as Pakistan Rangers). Hamza destroys Iqbal's transport with an RPG, has the BUF level the Madrassa, and pursues Iqbal to a shipping yard, where they fight until Hamza kills Iqbal in a kerosene tanker explosion. After a final phone call with Yalina, Hamza is captured and tortured by Omar, until Sanyal coerces his release by blackmailing the head of Pakistani intelligence, Shamshad Hassan (Raj Zutshi), with evidence of his dealings with Israeli intelligence. Hamza suggests Uzair to be used as a scapegoat and framed as India's spy. Hamza is picked up by his father-in-law Jameel Jamali (Rakesh Bedi) a senior politician of the Pakistani Awami Party (PAP) and Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, who reveals himself as a longtime Indian asset who had been slowly poisoning Dawood while embedded in his network. Having completed his mission, Hamza abandons his alias, being forced to leave Yalina and their son behind for the sake of their well-being and returns to India as Jaskirat Singh Rangi. Though commended for his service, Jaskirat disappears before his formal debriefing and returns to his childhood home, which he wistfully gazes from afar. Flashbacks depict Jaskirat's training with the Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW). Shamshad orders Omar into a mental asylum after he threatens to reveal Shamshad's release of Hamza to the National Assembly.

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Raised by a kindly thief, orphaned Jimmy goes on the run from goons and falls in love with Jyoti, whose father indirectly caused his parents' deaths. Kedarnath is a wealthy man with many enemies. One day, a taxi-driver, Dilher Singh, saves his life, but is killed instead. Kedarnath is grateful and is willing to look after Dilher's widow and son. But his enemies find out about this, and substitute a woman named Sheela and her son, Vikram, instead. The real widow is killed by them, and her son, Jimmy, is looked after by a kind-hearted poor man, Jaggu, and his son, Gulu, who make their living stealing and begging. Years later, Jimmy and Gulu have grown up but are still stealing. Jimmy, on the run from hoods, ends up in Delhi, impersonating Rakesh Rajpal, and meets with Jyoti and falls in love with her. Jyoti introduces him to her dad, none other than Kedarnath. It is here that the drama unfolds, bringing back past memories and crimes. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Sunder Srivastava (Shahrukh Khan) is a young graduate whose main ambition in life is to fulfill his father's dream of starting a school on his half-acre property in his village, though he has no funds to execute his plans. Sunder's childhood friend Prem, a seasoned conman in Mumbai, convinces the gullible Sunder to mortgage. When Sunder comes to Mumbai, Prem has fled with his money. To make matters worse, he has neither food nor shelter in this new town. Sunder is forced to take shelter in a Christian cemetery. Sunder starts cursing his stars & venting his anger. Somebody responds to him, but Sunder doesn't know who talked. He asks the caller to confirm his identity. The caller cannot be seen, but is as surprised as Sunder himself. The caller asks Sunder whether the latter can really hear him. Sunder realizes that he has been talking with a ghost & panics. The ghost suddenly becomes visible to Sunder & introduces himself as Amar Kumar alias Marco (Naseeruddin Shah). Marco tells Sunder that only he can help Sunder & vice versa. Marco tells his story. Marco was an underworld gangster who fell in love with one Savitri Kaul (Malvika Tiwari), daughter of one Mr. Kaul(Shammi Kapoor). Savitri declined to marry him if he did not leave his ways. To show that he was serious, Marco had planned had resolved to give up crime. This did not bode good with his protege Kunta(Tinu Anand), who wanted to become as big as Marco himself. On his wedding night, Marco was kidnapped & killed by Kunta, after which he was buried there. Marco tells Sunil that many crimes taking place in the city under his name are actually done by Kunta & his minions. Marco tells Sunder that due to his sins, he cannot attain redemption. Marco was foretold that only his savior would be able to see & hear him, so Sunder has to help him. Sunder declines, but Marco surprises him by reminding him of his dream, about which Sunder had not told a thing to Marco. Marco tells him that he wants to see Savitri & Mr. Kaul. He also tells that he cannot touch or harm anybody until time comes. Marco manages to get Sunder a post as games teacher in a school run by Mr. Kaul. Marco is angered to know some time after his murder, Kunta spread the news that Marco had fled the country. Kunta's henchmen tried to rape Savitri, but she committed suicide. Marco is surprised to know that he has a daughter from Savitri called Mala(Urmila Matondkar). What really ticks off Marco is that the school lacks appropriate funding & Kunta is trying to usurp its land. Marco gets more than enough fuel to feed his vengeance. Mala & Sunder start falling in love. Marco helps this story & keeps Kunta's goons away for some time. Later, Marco shows a secret room to Sunder where he had kept all his loot. The room was not known to Kunta or anybody else, so Marco proposes that an anonymous donation be made, which will be more than enough to save the school & help Sunder. However, due to their oversight, Kunta finds out that room. Marco loses all his money. In a desperate bid, Marco steals some money & bets to double the money. Sunder is held responsible for the theft, although no proof is present. Marco tells the truth to Sunder, on which latter has a fallout with him. Sunder decides to fight, regardless of the pressure. A cricket match between Sunder's team & team headed by Kunta's son is to take place. This is a life & death match. Marco is skeptical, since he knows that Sunder's team doesn't have a fighting chance. Marco tries to amend things, but Sunder firmly tells that he will win this thing fair & square. However, on seeing the team being trounced very badly, Sunder relents & forces Marco to help them. With help of Marco's spirit, Sunder tilts the sides. Sunder has had a brief meeting with Kunta earlier. Kunta is suspicious that Sunder knows his secret. In a desperate attempt, he abducts Sunder along with Mala & buries them alive in the very place he had buried Marco. Marco succeeds in saving the duo after which he starts overpowering Kunta's goons. Finally, Marco tries to kill Kunta. Kunta is surprised, shocked & unable to understand what is happening. The police arrive on the crime scene & are surprised to see a shocked Kunta hanging midair without any support. Sunder confronts Kunta, who confesses the truth. On Sunder's cajoling, Marco leaves Kunta alive. Sunder tells the whole story to Mr. Kaul & Mala. In the end, Sunder succeeds in his mission & gets married to Mala. Marco comes in the form of a spirit & blesses the duo, before ascending to heaven. Marco advises that he got a second chance, but whoever is alive must get their act in order, since they may not get one. In a final bid for victory, Kunta captures Sunder, Mala, and Marco's father-in-law, attempting to bury them alive in Marco's grave. Marco rescues them and gives all the criminals led by Kunta a beating. He is about to kill Kunta when Sunder pleads with him not to do so, whereupon Marco forgives his enemy and lets him go. Sunder subsequently marries Mala while Marco ascends to heaven. As he goes, Marco warns the youths that although he came back to life for a second chance to do the right thing, they will not have the same chance; they therefore must make the best of what chances they have.

Peer Baba (Shammi Kapoor) sits in a town on the trade routes of Arabia and is the keeper of ancient tales. A rich tribal lord Ismail Baig from Bukhara comes to the Baba begging for a child, as he and his wife are childless. Baba blesses the couple but says that the resultant child will have to face severe storms in his life and could even die due to the intense storm of love. At the same time came Tulla (Pran) with his wife (Tanuja) from India, begging for their own bundle of love. Baba issues the same warning to Tulla and blesses the couple with a daughter. 20 years later, the boy and the girl have grown up. Tulla daughter is a pottery artist and sends a beautiful water jug to the Baba, via trader named Hasim, as a gift. The Baba asks Hashim to take the jug to Bukhara and give water to the first thirsty person he sees. Back in Bukhara the boy is a tribal prince named Izzat. Izzat wins the tribal sport of Buzkashi, against all the other warriors of the tribe. Hashim reaches Bukhara and gives the jug to Izzat who declares that he is thirsty. Drinking the water, Izzat has visions of a beautiful woman and now wants to go to India to meet her. Ismail knows that this is the test that Baba had foreseen for Izzat. But Ismail allows Izzat to go, as this is destiny and has to be faced. Shahzada Izzat Beg (Sunny Deol) comes to India with his caravan from Bukhara Uzbekistan and settles in a town called Gujra in Punjab. Salamat (Rakesh Bedi) is Izzat's friend, whom he had freed from slavery during the trip, by paying Salamat's master 1000 Dinars. On the way Izzat also fights the bandit leader Zarina (Zeenat Aman), when her gang attacks the caravan, for feeding water to their enemy. Zarina befriends Izzat when he declares that he will not fight a woman. The enemy Izzat saved was named Jabru, who says that he knows why Zarina became an outlaw. In Punjab, Izzat falls in love with Sohni (Poonam Dhillon), who keeps a shop of earthen pots with her father Tulla. Izzat Beg buys a pot from her with whatever money he had, and they are attracted to each other. Salamat also falls in love with a girl named Salamati, who is Noor's (Gulshan Grover) sister. Turns out Sohni was already engaged to Jabru, the man whom Izzat saved on the way to the town. Jabru's sister Malkani only knew that he had been abducted by bandit Zara, and didn't know that Jabru had been saved by Izzat. Malkani breaks the engagement with Tulla. Izzat requests Tulla to teach him the art of pottery, and since Izzat had bought Tulla's entire inventory, he was happy to oblige. Meanwhile Jabru returns to Malkani and reveals that Zara is actually Zarina. It seems that Zarina killed her husband due to Malkani and turned into a bandit. Jabru insists that he will only marry Sohni, but Malkani refuses to set foot in Tulla's house again. Malkani summons Tulla to her house. Malkani says that Sohni will not get a better groom than Jabru, but Tulla refuses to consider the match after being insulted by Malkani. In response, Malkani stops the supply of earthen clay to all potters in town. Only her land supplies the earthen clay. Izzat uses every opportunity to get close to Sohni, and even kisses her. While Noor is in love with Sohni and resents her relationship with Izzat. Noor approaches Sohni's mother and asks for her hand in marriage as he argues that the news of her engagement breaking will bring much disrespect to the family. Noor also says that he is from the same tribe as Sohni, and hence has the right to propose marriage. But Tulla hates Noor, as Noor was his student who opened his own pottery shop, and now wants to use Sohni's misfortune, to get his hands on Sohni herself. Noor accuses Tulla of selling his daughter to the rich Izzat. Tulla finds Sohni romancing Izzat and confronts her. Tulla says that it is a matter of honor for him and asks Sohni to stay away from Izzat. Noor complains to Zarina that a foreigner entered the village and bought his love with the might of money. Zarina has the foreigner abducted, only to find that it is Izzat. Noor challenges Izzat to a duel and is easily defeated. Izzat tells Zarina that Sohni loves him, but spares Noor's life as he knows that Noor also loves Sohni and that is not a crime. Zarina tells her own story to Izzat. She says that she loves a poor man named Rashid. She eloped with him, after her family refused to accept their love. But once she eloped, she found that Rashid was already in love with Malkani. Zarina stabs Rashid to death and turns into an outlaw. The potters beg Malkani to restart the supply for earthen clay. Malkani wants Tulla to marry Sohni to Jabru as her condition to restart the supply of clay. The potters try to convince Tulla, but he asks for more time to make a decision. Meanwhile, Sohni and Izzat continue to meet, which is seen by Noor. Izzat was staying in the village in the disguise of a cow herder. He had bribed the original cow herder named Mahiwal to give his clothes to him, and the original to leave the village. Noor knew this, and he poisons the buffaloes, while Izzat was romancing Sohni. The villagers find Izzat in the disguise of the cow herder and beat him up. The village Panchayat decide that Izzat poisoned the cattle to take revenge on the village when they refused to marry Sohni to him. He is sentenced to death by hunger. The Panchayat also decides that Sohni will be married to Jabru to resolve the issue with Malkani. After several days, with Izzat nearing death, Sohni agrees to marry Jabru to save Izzat's life. But now, Jabru finds Izzat on the streets with Salamat, and brings him home for treatment. When Izzat recovers, he realizes that Jabru is the guy engaged to Sohni now. Since Jabru is his friend, Izzat decides not to reveal the truth to Jabru. But Noor realizes the issue and reveals everything to Malkani. Noor says that this is Izzat's ploy since after the wedding both Izzat and Sohni will be living under Malkani's roof. Noor then goes to Zarina and says that Izzat's Sohni is being married forcefully to Jabru. On the day of the wedding, Noor attacks Izzat when he is alone and abducts him with his goons. Noor reveals to Izzat that he was the one who poisoned the cattle. He also says that Zarina will kill Malkani and Jabru at Tulla's house and this way Sohni will end up with Noor. Izzat defeats Noor and rushes back to the village to the wedding with Salamat. Due to a storm, their horse falls down, injuring Izzat. Zarina confronts Malkani at the wedding and says that the wedding is happening without the bride's consent. Jabru is shocked to find that Sohni loved Izzat, his best friend, and was only engaged to him so that the villagers could get clay from Malkani's land. Jabru divorces Sohni. Salamat reaches the wedding and reveals how Malkani sent Noor to kill Izzat. Sohni rushes to Izzat who is lying injured by the river. Sohni and Izzat enter the stormy river from opposite ends and meet in the middle and drown together in embrace.

While trying to win over his beloved's parents, a young man is accused of arson, and his father soon realizes insanity may be his only defense. Coming from a decent upper middle-class family, Vikram Saxena meets with gorgeous Seema Singh, and both fall in love. But their respective families have other plans for them. While Vikram is able to convince his advocate dad, Shyam Sunder, to change his mind, Seema is unable to do so, and her marriage is being planned with a U.S. resident. Things take a turn for the worst when the police arrest Vikram with arson, with evidence that he had burned down a property belonging to Seema's dad, Colonel Ram Mohan Singh. Due to this, Vikram's dad comes forward to defend him, and Seema will not have anything to do with him anymore. Shyam Sunder realizes that the only way he can save his son from being imprisoned is to have him certified as insane, but will have to live with the consequences for the rest of his life, as well as the the stigma this will place on his family for years to come. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)