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- DirectorVijay AnandStarsDharmendraAmitabh BachchanZeenat AmanRam and Balram are 2 young boys who live with their loving parents. Their scheming uncle, Jagatpal, however kills the boy's father and mother. Jagatpal lies to the boys that their parents have been killed in an accident and promises to raise them himself. He enrolls the younger brother Balram, in school and eventually sends him off to join the police force. The older becomes a mechanic. Jagatpal has a tight hold on the boys, even when Ram is an adult, he still gives all his wages to his uncle and is only allowed to keep a few rupees for pocket money. When Balram returns as a fully fledged police officer, Jagatpal finally reveals his plan. He is going to use Ram to target the biggest smugglers in India. Now that Balram is a police officer, he will protect his brother from getting arrested. Balram has reservations, but Jagatpal threatens to beat him just as he did when he was a boy. Balram is still unhappy with Jagatpal's plan so tells his superiors in the police force that his brother intends to infiltrate the smuggler's underworld so that Balram can arrest them. The plan goes well. Ram becomes one of the lieutenants of one of the biggest smugglers (Amjad Khan) and Balram's excellent arrest rate make him one of the force's most successful officers. Jagatpal becomes enormously wealthy from Ram's illicit gains. The brothers also find love. Balram with the daughter of a college professor (Rekha) and Ram with a girl who has moved to the area looking for her father (Zeenat Aman). Unbeknowst to Ram, the girl believes her father to be Jagatpal. She, along with her courtesan mother, attempt to extort money for Jagatpal but he refuses to believe he is the father. His suspicions are confirmed when he catches the mother paying off a former customer. The man is confronted by Jagatpal and confesses that the girl is not Jagatpal's daughter. Jagatpal's plan comes unstuck however when the boy's mother returns. She did not die after all. Ram recognizes his mother but Balram cannot as he was too young when they were separated. Both boys weep when they are reunited, Ram for the mother he has missed all those years and Balram for the opportunity he now has to get to know his mother. She reveals Jagatpal's actions to the two brothers and they unite to take him down.
- DirectorRavikant NagaichStarsRajendra Kumar TuliReena RoyKabir BediThis is about a boy brought up among bandits - can he have a change of heart? It is about rule of law, humanity, sacrifice and bravery. A band of orphans come together helped by a doctor and a policeman to take revenge.
- DirectorShyam RalhanStarsHema MaliniShatrughan SinhaNirupa RoyPolice Inspector Sultan Singh comes from a poor family and lives with his mom, Rukmani, and dad, Ram Singh. He is asked by his superiors to work in the region of his village under Police Inspector Rajiv Chouhan, which he accepts. When he arrives home, his finds his parents destitute, his father, Ram Singh, a bonded laborer under the cruel control of Thakur Shankar Singh and his equally cruel brothers Bhushan, & Zaalim. When he finds out that his father is being whipped, he decides to intervene, a fight ensues, he ends up killing one of the Thakur's employee, his father is killed, he is arrested by Inspector Chouhan, but manages to escape and become a bandit himself, out to avenge his father's death and his mother humiliation. He comes to the aid of a dancer named Ramkali, but finds out subsequently that she has an alias - that of Bandit Raksha, who is also on the path of revenge against Shankar Singh and his brothers. What Sultan does not know is that Raksha and Ramkali are two different people, and that Raksha has a boyfriend named Inspector Dilip Singh, who has been assigned to arrest him at any cost - dead or alive.
- DirectorS. Ali RazaStarsSunil DuttRekhaBindu DesaiRaja Thakur (Sunil Dutt) is an outlaw who fights oppression and corruption in his own unique way. This Robin Hood like figure is a feared and respected figure among the villagers and when he attends a dance performance given by the famous dancer Janiya (Rekha), he finds himself attracted to her. He shows his feelings openly but this proves to be a hindrance to Janiya - people now consider her to be the exclusive property of the outlaw and fear to ask her to perform for them. A rival gang kidnaps Janiya and invoke the wrath of Raja Thakur. Now Raja Thakur will have to leave the rural area, where he rules, and go into an unknown territory, to deal with unknown gangsters, and he must do so in order to keep his word.
- DirectorPrakash MehraStarsVinod KhannaRandhir KapoorRekhaMangal Singh played by Vinod Khanna is a dreaded dacoit of the Chambal valley who mercilessly loots people and kills them and has a reward of Rs. 5000 on his head which becomes Rs.50,000. His lady love is Champa, played by Reena Roy, who wants him to leave this life and get married to her. On the other side of the coin is Bhola, a village simpleton, extremely honest and religious, who is very poor and so is scolded by his mother played by Achala Sachdev. Taking offense he decides to end his life and in the process is caught by Mangal Singh's aides, who take him to Mangal Singh. When Mangal Singh comes to know that Bhola wanted to end his life due to poverty, he trades with him that as Mangal Singh's true identity is not known by the police, Bhola should become Mangal Singh, get caught deliberately and hang instead of him, whence the real Mangal Singh will collect the reward of Rs.50,000 from the government and give to Bhola's family. The course of events however reveal that Mangal Singh is in reality Bhola's true brother. Also Bhola's lady love, played by Rekha will not let him commit suicide and chides him for running after money. The police however have already recognized Bhola as dacoit Mangal Singh. Will Bhola's stance be vindicated and what will be the fate of the real dacoit Mangal Singh?
- DirectorMoni BhattacharjeeStarsSunil DuttWaheeda RehmanNirupa RoyA notorious bandit continues to elude the authorities and strikes terror in the region.
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsSeema BiswasNirmal PandeyRajesh VivekThe story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994.
- DirectorHarmesh MalhotraStarsRanjeet BediBirbalJagdeepVillage belle Durga lives a fairly peaceful existence, until her gypsy father gets in the bad books of Thakur Dharampal Singh, and is severely beaten. He joins a band of robbers and takes revenge against the Thakur, who in turn, kills his family. Durga helplessly watches her family die, and the police refusing to get involved against the powerful and influential Thakur, leaving her with only one choice - join forces with her father, and become a thug and robber herself - and make her one of Indian police's most wanted criminals.
- DirectorRaj N. SippyStarsDharmendraShatrughan SinhaKaran KapoorShera hijacks a bus in return of his 25 prisoners.Amar,Qasim Ali and Karan free the hijacked passengers but Shera escapes.Shera does not keep quite and this time kidnaps Qasim's son in return of those prisoners.
- DirectorRahul RawailStarsRakhee GulzarSunny DeolMeenakshi SheshadriArjun Yadav return from the city after completing his studies to get settled in his village with his family consisting of his mother Devi Chaudaran, his older brother Amrit and sister. Arjun finds out that Amrit and Thakur Bhanwar Singh does not get along quiet well and attempts to be a peace-maker between the two. One day situation takes a turn for the worse when Amrit is killed, Devi Chaudaran loses her senses, Arjun's sister is raped and he himself is beaten and tied to a tree. Arjun is then rescued by some sympathetic villagers and run off with his childhood friend Makan Malla in the deep ravines only to turn an outlaw whose only motive is to avenge the killings of his family members.
- DirectorSunil DuttStarsSunil DuttReena RoyVinod KhannaAfter Birju is framed in the rape and murder case of his lover, Ganga, by an evil Bhairon Singh, his sibling, Ramu, a soldier, returns from the war and decides to avenge his brother's honour.
- DirectorSultan AhmedStarsAmitabh BachchanRekhaAmjad KhanThakur Jaswant Singh rules over the region with a iron hand. He has no pity or empathy for the poor, all he is interested in is their money, their women, and alcohol. After the passing away of his dad, he assumes total control over the region, and increases the taxes. One day while walking across the hallway, he trips over the wet floor, and falls down. He gets up angrily and assaults the old woman, Ramvati, who was washing the floor. His abuse is interrupted by the arrival of Ramvati's son, Jeeva, who intervenes. Jaswant is ready to shoot him down, but Jaswant's mom prevents him from doing so. Word gets around that Jeeva is in the bad books of the Thakur, and soon a number of people start consipiring against Jeeva. The next day Jeeva is summoned before the village council and asked to explain his involvement in the death of a cow. Jeeva has no satisfactory explanation, and he is asked to leave the village immediately with his mother. Jeeva refuses to do so, and is severely beaten, and thrown out. Shortly thereafter his mother passes away, and Jeeva decides to avenge her death by bringing about the downfall of Jaswant Singh. In order to do this, he becomes a dacait. Jeeva swears on the holy river Ganga to wipe out Jaswant Singh and his men, without knowing his decision will bring him into conflict with the police, and with the honest people from the very community he was exiled from.
- DirectorHarmesh MalhotraStarsDharmendraHema MaliniVinod KhannaAjit Singh and his younger brother, Ranjeet Singh's marred childhood days forces them to form a gang of bandits. When Ranjeet meets Aasha Sinha he is attracted to her and decides to onus himself from the gang much to the displeasure of his brother and right-hand man, Saru. Ranjeet then re-locates to the city to lead a common man's life with Aasha only to find himself arrested, convicted and imprisoned. Sarju then forcibly takes over as leader of the den of bandits abducting Aasha and holding Ajit as hostages until such time Ranjeet is able to make a compromise. Ranjeet then seeks the assistance of the police but they would only help him conditionally forcing him to escape from prison to free the hostages as well as even scores with Sarju.
- DirectorRaj KhoslaStarsAsha ParekhDharmendraVinod KhannaWhen Ajit, a former prisoner, learns of Jabbar who is terrorising the people of his village, he decides to stand up against him. However, things take a turn when Jabbar abducts Ajit's lover.
- DirectorNitin BoseStarsDilip KumarVyjayanthimalaNasir KhanGungaram, a poor, indebted farmer, works hard to educate his younger brother Jumna and make him a police officer. Years later, circumstances force Gungaram to become an outlaw and now the brothers confront each other as enemies.
- DirectorRadhu KarmakarStarsRaj KapoorPadminiPran SikandA simple-minded small-time singer joins a group of bandits and becomes the cause for their moral transformation and turnaround.
- DirectorMehboob KhanStarsNargisSunil DuttRajendra Kumar TuliIn this melodrama, a poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, she always sticks to her own moral code.