Ghayal (1990 film)

Ghayal (transl. Wounded) is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language vigilante action film written and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi in his directorial debut and produced by Dharmendra. The film stars Sunny Deol and Meenakshi Seshadri, alongside an ensemble cast of Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Moushumi Chatterjee, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Shafi Inamdar, Annu Kapoor, Sudesh Berry and Sharat Saxena, with Raj Babbar in a special appearance.

The film grossed ₹20 crore and was a blockbuster hit at Box Office. It was also the 2nd highest-grossing film of the year. According to Box Office India, "Ghayal had set records in repeat runs. No film from the nineties was even close to it in repeat runs and only Sholay has higher business in repeat runs in the history of Hindi cinema. It grossed several times more than its original run during rereleases but the exact number is unknown."

The film received 8 nominations at the 36th Filmfare Awards, and won a leading 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Santoshi and Best Actor for Deol. At the 38th National Film Awards, the film won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Sunny Deol received the National Film Award – Special Mention. Ghayal was remade in Tamil as Bharathan in 1992, in Telugu as Gamyam in 1998 and in Kannada as Vishwa in 1999 and Pakastani Punjabi as Mard (1991).

On 5 February 2016, a direct sequel titled Ghayal Once Again was released.