Maha-Sangram (also known in the UK as The Big Battle) is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language action drama film, directed by Mukul Anand. The film features an ensemble cast of Vinod Khanna, Govinda, Aditya Pancholi, Madhuri Dixit, Shaheen, Sonu Walia, and Amjad Khan. The film is best known for bringing Aditya Pancholi into the limelight, as it was his show-stealing performance and his first commercial success in Bollywood. His performance as the angry villain Thakur was critically acclaimed and widely accepted, thus becoming the main reason for the movie's success.[1]

Maha-Sangram
Promotional Poster
Directed byMukul Anand
Produced byNitin Manmohan
StarringVinod Khanna
Govinda
Aditya Pancholi
Madhuri Dixit
Shaheen
Sonu Walia
Amjad Khan
Music byAnand–Milind
Distributed byNeha Arts Pvt.Ltd
Release date
  • 12 January 1990 (1990-01-12)
Running time
149 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

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Uttar Pradesh-based Vishal gets a telegram from Santa Cruz Police Station that his younger collegian brother, Arjun, is dead. Distraught he travels to Bombay, collects his brothers ashes, and finds out that Arjun met a violent death. With the aid of a street-smart con-woman and her mentor, Babu Kasai Hyderabadi, he then sets out to find who killed his brother - not knowing that soon he will be drawn into the dark world of Godha and Vishwaraj.

Cast

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Track list

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The soundtrack was composed by Anand Milind. The item number "Dhak Dhak Dil Dhadke" features vocals by Alisha Chinai with a few lines rendered by Aditya Pancholi, who has acted in the movie. Lyrics were penned by Sameer

Song Singer
"I Love You" (female) Alka Yagnik
"I Love You" (happy) Alka Yagnik, Mohammed Aziz, Udit Narayan, Jolly Mukherjee, Anand
"I Love You" (sad) Mohammad Aziz, Alka Yagnik
"Do Dooni Chaar" Amit Kumar, Anuradha Paudwal
"Aa Bahon Mein Aa" Amit Kumar, Anuradha Paudwal
"Chhodke Tujhko" (happy) Mohammad Aziz, Suresh Wadkar
"Chhodke Tujhko" (sad) Mohammad Aziz, Suresh Wadkar
"Aaya Main Aaya" Udit Narayan, Amit Kumar
"Dhak Dhak Dil Dhadke" Alisha Chinai

References

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  1. ^ "Maha Sangram 1990 Movie Box Office Collection, Budget and Unknown Facts – KS Box Office". 7 October 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
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