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{{Infobox film
| name           = Ghatak:
| image          = GhatakLethal.jpg
| caption        = 
| director       = [[Rajkumar Santoshi]]
| producer       = Rajkumar Santoshi
| story          = Rajkumar Santoshi
| screenplay     = Rajkumar Santoshi<br>[[K. K. Raina]]
| starring       = [[Sunny Deol]]<br>[[Meenakshi Seshadri]]<br>[[Danny Denzongpa]]<br>[[Amrish Puri]]
| music          = [[R. D. Burman]]<br>[[Anu Malik]] (songs)<br/>[[Vanraj Bhatia]] (score)
| cinematography = Ishwar R. Bidri
| editing        = V. N. Mayekar
| studio   = Santoshi Productions
| distributor  = [[B4U Motion Pictures|B4U Entertainment]]
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|1996|11|15}}
| runtime        = 158 min
| country        = India
| language       = Hindi
| budget         = 
| gross          = {{INRConvert|440|m}} (Original)<br/>{{INRConvert|755|m}} (Adjusted)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/ghatak | title=Ghatak Collections | access-date=5 June 2012}}</ref>
}}

'''''Ghatak: Lethal''''' is an Indian [[List of Bollywood films of 1996|1996]] [[Hindi-language]] action thriller film directed by [[Rajkumar Santoshi]], starring [[Sunny Deol]], [[Meenakshi Seshadri]], and [[Amrish Puri]], while [[Danny Denzongpa]] plays the antagonist. Marking Santoshi's third collaboration with Deol, Seshadri, and Puri after ''[[Ghayal (1990 film)|Ghayal]]'' (1990) and ''[[Damini]]'' (1993), it earned {{INR|440 million}} worldwide to become the fourth highest-grossing Bollywood film of the year, and won three awards including [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for Puri at the [[42nd Filmfare Awards]], where it was also nominated for three other awards: [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] for Santoshi, [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] for Deol, and [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role|Best Villain]] for Denzongpa. ''Ghatak'' is Seshadri's last film to date. The film was later remade in Telugu as ''Aapthudu'' starring [[Dr. Rajasekhar|Rajasekhar]] and [[Anjala Zaveri]].

==Plot==
Kashi ([[Sunny Deol]]) is a kind-hearted wrestler and the dutiful son of Shambhu Nath ([[Amrish Puri]]) living in [[Banaras]]. Shambhu Nath, who was a freedom fighter awarded with ''Tambra Patra'', is an honourable and respectable man in town. Kashi comes to [[Mumbai]] with his father for his medical treatment for his throat and stays with his brother Shiv Nath ([[K. K. Raina]]). Kashi meets Gauri ([[Meenakshi Seshadri]]) and starts liking her. He learns that the colony is being terrorized by a tyrannical gangster named Katya ([[Danny Denzongpa]]) along with his other six brothers. Before Kashi's arrival, a resident named Sachdev ([[Om Puri]]) tries to initiate revolt against Katya, but gets ruthlessly killed by him, thereby making Malti ([[Ila Arun]]), wife of Sachdev, go mad. Katya and his brothers become enemies with Kashi when he beats up their goons when they were beating up Malti. Shambhu Nath is later diagnosed with throat cancer and has only a few days to live.

When Kashi refuses to be a member of Katya's gang, Katya become ferocious and makes Shambhu Nath a dog in front of the entire society. After a series of dramatic events, Shiv Nath is murdered by Jeena ([[Mukesh Rishi]]), one of Katya's brothers. Kashi then kills Antya ([[Deep Dhillon]]) and gets arrested. Meanwhile, Shambhu Nath dies of cancer. When Kashi was going to disperse his father's ashes at the Ghat with the police, the police van gets attacked by Katya's brothers and goons. Kashi kills all of them including Katya's three brothers and reaches Katya's home. There he kills Jeena, thereby causing only two brothers to survive, including Katya. As Katya made Kashi's father dog, he made Kashi as an ox and takes him to the colony to re-establish his supremacy. But Kashi stands up and Katya's entire gang is then attacked by the residents. The sixth brother Bhiku (Tinu Verma) is then killed by the mob. Kashi makes Katya a dog and asks him to bark. Katya, having no choice, barks on Kashi's instructions. Kashi then kills Katya and the colony gets freedom from his tyranny.

== Cast ==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Actor
!Character 
!Role
!Notes 
|-
|[[Sunny Deol]]
|Kashi Nath
|Wrestler from Benaras
|
|-
|[[Meenakshi Seshadri]] 
|Gauri
|
|
|-
|[[Danny Denzongpa]]
|Katya
|Main Antagonist
|
|-
|[[Amrish Puri]]
|Shambhu Nath
|Kashi's Father
|
|-
|[[K. K. Raina]]
|Shivnath
|Rowspan="2"|Elder Brother and Sister in Law of Kashinaath
|Shop Owner
|
|-
|[[Sheela Sharma]]
|Sheela
|
|-
|[[Om Puri]]
|Sachdev
|Rowspan="4"|Shop Owners
|Special Appearance 
|-
|[[Viju Khote]]
|
|
|-
|[[Anjan Srivastav]]
|
|
|-
| Suresh Bhagwat
|Gopal
|
|-
|[[Deep Dhillon]]
|Antya
|Rowspan="3"|Brothers of Katya
|
|-
|[[Mukesh Rishi]]
|Jeena
|
|-
|[[Tinu Verma]]
|Bhiku
|
|-
|[[Harish Patel]]
|
|Brother- In- Law of Katya
|
|-
|[[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]]
|
|Fighter of Katya in the Ring 
|Special Appearance
|-
|[[Makrand Deshpande]]
|
|Goon of Katya
|
|-
|[[Ila Arun]]
|Malti
|Wife of Sachdev
|
|-
|[[Navni Parihar]]
|
|Rowspan="2"| Elder Sister and Brother- In- law of Gauri
|
|-
|[[Shiva Rindani]]
|Chandru
|
|-
| Ahmed Khan
|
|Doctor
|Rowspan="3"|Hospital Staff
|-
|[[Ghanashyam Nayak]]
|
|Receptionist
|-
| Santosh Gupta
|
|Ward Boy
|-
|[[Tinnu Anand]]
|
|Police Inspector
|
|-
|[[Rohini Hattangadi]]
|Savitri
|Wife of Police Inspector ([[Tinu Anand]])
|
|-
|[[Amitabh Bachchan]]
|Himself
|Friendly Appearance
|
|-
|[[Mamta Kulkarni]]
|
|Rowspan="2"|Special Appearances and Dancers in the Song "Koi Aaye Toh le Jaye"
|
|-
|[[Ganesh Acharya]]
|
|
|-
|}

==Production==
Originally, [[Kamal Haasan]] was signed to play the lead role and the advertisement appearing in ''[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]''  read as  ''Welcome back to Hindi Screen'', but Kamal withdrew from the film for unknown reasons.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kamal Haasan: Lesser known facts|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/kamal-haasan-lesser-known-facts/photostory/45068468.cms|access-date=16 October 2017|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=7 November 2014}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The music for the movie was mainly composed by R. D. Burman. The song "Koi Jaye To Le Aaye" was the only song composed by Anu Malik and it became popular.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Length !! Music Director !! Lyricist
|-
| 1
| "Koi Jaye To Le Aaye"
| [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Shankar Mahadevan]]
| 04:09
| [[Anu Malik]]
| [[Rahat Indori]]
|-
| 2
| "Nigahon Ne Chheda"
| [[Suresh Wadkar]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]
| 06:24
| [[R.D. Burman]]
| [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]]
|-
| 3 
| "Badan Mein Chandni" 
| [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]
| 05:55
| R.D. Burman
| Majrooh Sultanpuri
|-
| 4
| "Aaki Naaki"
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
| 08:57
| R.D. Burman
| Majrooh Sultanpuri
|-
| 5
| "Ek Dil Ki Diwani"
| [[Suresh Wadkar]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]
| 07:29
| R.D. Burman
| Majrooh Sultanpuri
|-
| 6
| "Theme of Ghatak" (Instrumental)
|
| 02:28
|}

==Box office==
The film was made at a budget of Rs. 62.5&nbsp;million, did collections of Rs. 265&nbsp;million and was declared a Superhit.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Years/years_detail/1996 | title=Box Office 1996 | access-date=5 June 2012}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
;[[42nd Filmfare Awards]]

===Won===
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] - [[Amrish Puri]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] - [[Rajkumar Santoshi]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] - V. N. Mayekar

===Nominated===
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] - [[Sunny Deol]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] - Rajkumar Santoshi
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role|Best Villain]] - [[Danny Denzongpa]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0116407|Ghatak: Lethal}}

{{Rajkumar Santoshi}}

[[Category:1996 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by R. D. Burman]]
[[Category:Films directed by Rajkumar Santoshi]]
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1990s action drama films]]
[[Category:1996 action thriller films]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anu Malik]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]
[[Category:Films about social issues in India]]
[[Category:Indian films about cancer]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Maharashtra Police]]
[[Category:1996 drama films]]