Ghatak: Lethal
| Ghatak | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Rajkumar Santoshi |
| Screenplay by | Rajkumar Santoshi |
| Dialogues by | Rajkumar Santoshi Shyam Gupta |
| Story by | Rajkumar Santoshi |
| Produced by | Rajkumar Santoshi |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ishwar Bidri |
| Edited by | V. N. Mayekar |
| Music by | Score: Vanraj Bhatia Songs: R. D. Burman Anu Malik |
Production company | Santoshi Productions |
| Distributed by | Bharat Shah |
Release date |
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Running time | 158 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹6.25 crore |
| Box office | est. ₹32.7 crore |
Ghatak is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film written and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. The film stars Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Seshadri, Danny Denzongpa, and Amrish Puri.
The film was released on 15 November 1996, and was a blockbuster, grossing ₹32.7 crore at the box-office to become the highest-grossing Hindi film of the year. It won three awards at the 42nd Filmfare Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Puri), Best Screenplay (Santoshi), and Best Editing (Mayekar). It also received three nominations: Best Director (Santoshi), Best Actor (Deol), and Best Villain (Denzongpa). The film was remade in Telugu as Aapthudu (2004), starring Rajasekhar and Anjala Zaveri.