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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Commando
| image = CommandoMithun.jpg
| caption = Promotional poster
| director = [[B.Subhash]]
| producer = [[Mushir Alam|Mushir-Riaz]]
| writer = [[Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza]] (dialogues) [[B.Subhash]]
| starring = [[Mithun Chakraborty]] [[Shashi Kapoor]] [[Mandakini (actress)|Mandakini]] [[Hemant Birje]] [[Amrish Puri]] [[Kim Yashpal|Kim]]
| music = [[Bappi Lahiri]]
| cinematography = [[Radhu Karmakar]]
| editing = Mangesh Chavan
| studio = M.R. Productions
| released = {{Film date|1988|06|17|df=y}}
| runtime = 135 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Commando''''' is a 1988 [[Bollywood|Hindi-language]] [[India]]n [[action film|action]] film directed by [[B.Subhash]] and produced by Mushir-Riaz, starring [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Mandakini (actress)|Mandakini]], [[Hemant Birje]], [[Amrish Puri]], and [[Kim Yashpal|Kim]]. It was a commercial success at the box-office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Commando|title=Film-Commando|publisher=IBOS|accessdate=26 November 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130103033235/http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Commando|archivedate=3 January 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/55845|title=Commando Cast & Crew|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|accessdate=20 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/COMMANDO-PRESS-BOOK-BOLLYWOOD-MANDAKINI-MITHUN-CHAKRABORTY-HEMANT-BIRJE-/252181920161?hash=item3ab736b9a1:g:ijcAAOxyTP1SPS9t|title=Commando-Film details-Press Book|publisher=ebay|accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref>

==Plot==
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The film starts with an assassination attempt that fails as a police inspector jumps in front and saves the minister . The police dies, but his wife gets mad. Thus the son grows himself by training himself , same time caring for his mother, who is in treatment for mental sickness. Mithun, now as the story proceeds, saves mandakini during a murder attempt by the gunmen of shakthi kapoor. Gradually both fall in love, but mandakini father is against it. Mandakini father gets in good terms with the villain to get mithun arrested as mithun got trapped by shakthi kapoor with a lorry full of explosives, during which mithun overhears conversation among villains of an assassination attempt. Mandakini gets kidnapped by villains, but Mithun rescues mandakini and also kills the villains.. final scene shows the assassination attempt got defeated by Mithun. Mithuns mother, also attending this function, suddenly gets her memory back, recognises mithun and accepts mandakini as her daughter in law happily..

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Mithun Chakraborty]] as Chander (Chandu)
*[[Shashi Kapoor]] as Inspector General
*[[Mandakini (actress)|Mandakini]] as Asha Malhotra
*[[Hemant Birje]] as Dilher Singh
*[[Kim Yashpal|Kim]] as Jhum Jhum
*[[Amrish Puri]] as Marcelloni
*[[Danny Denzongpa]] as Ninja
*[[Shakti Kapoor]] as Mirza
*[[Asrani]] as Driver
*[[Satish Shah]] as Ram Chong
*[[Om Shivpuri]] as Kailashpuri Malhotra
*[[Dalip Tahil]] as Moolchand Bhalla (M.C.)
*[[Mac Mohan]] as Security Officer
*Sarla Yeolekar as Chander's mom
*[[Satish Kaul]] as Satish - Chander's dad
*[[Bob Christo]] as Marcelloni's Henchman
*[[Tom Alter]] as Hatcher
*Asha Sharma as Indira Gandhi
*[[Iftekhar]] as Restaurant Manager
*Shashi Kiran as Police Inspector
*[[Ajit Vachani]] as Doctor
*[[Praveen Kumar (actor)|Praveen Kumar]]
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Commando
| type = film
| artist =
| cover =
| released = 1988
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 49:27
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer =
}}

The lyrics written by [[Anjaan (lyricist)|Anjaan]] to the music composed by [[Bappi Lahiri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saavn.com/s/album/hindi/Commando-1988/quNcLxVUXws_|title=Commando Songs|publisher=[[Saavn]]|accessdate=20 August 2016}}</ref>

Parts of the score blatantly copied Star Wars Main Title theme.
{| class="wikitable"
! Track !! Singer(s)
|-
| "O Dada O Dada (Ga Ga Re Ga, Gaadi Chale)"
| [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| "Maine Maine Tujhe Tujhe"
| [[Alisha Chinoy]], [[Vijay Benedict]]
|-
| "Mera Naam Zoom Zoom"
| Alisha Chinoy, Vijay Benedict, [[Shailendra Singh (singer)|Shailendra Singh]]
|-
| "O Mere Apne O Mere Sapne"
| Vijay Benedict
|-
| "Commando Commando"
| Alisha Chinoy, Vijay Benedict
|-
| "O Mere Apne O Mere Sapne" (Sad)
| Vijay Benedict
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0363525|Commando}}

[[Category:1988 films]]
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Babbar Subhash]]
[[Category:Films scored by Bappi Lahiri]]
[[Category:Indian spy thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian martial arts films]]
[[Category:Ninja films]]
[[Category:1988 martial arts films]]
[[Category:1988 action thriller films]]

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Commando 1988 film - Revision history

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