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{{Infobox film
| name = Mahaanta
| image = Mahaanta.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| writer = Talat Rekhi {{small|(dialogues)}} 
| story = Afzal Khan
| screenplay = Afzal Khan
| director = Afzal Khan
| producer = [[Ayub Khan (actor)|Ayub Khan]]
| starring = [[Jeetendra]] [[Sanjay Dutt]] [[Madhuri Dixit]] [[Shakti Kapoor]] [[Paresh Rawal]] [[Danny Denzongpa]]
| music = [[Laxmikant Pyarelal]]
| cinematography = Anwar Siraj
| editing = Prashant Khedekar Vinod Nayak
| studio = Ayesha Film
| released = {{Film date|1997|5|23|df=y}}
| runtime = 174 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Mahaanta''''' ({{translation}} ''Eminence'') is a [[Bollywood films of 1997|1997]] [[Hindi]]-language [[action film]], produced by [[Ayub Khan (actor)|Ayub Khan]] under the Ayesha Film banner and directed by Afzal Khan. It stars [[Jeetendra]], [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Madhuri Dixit]], [[Shakti Kapoor]] and [[Danny Denzongpa]] and music composed by [[Laxmikant Pyarelal]]. Filming began in 1991 and was delayed for 6 years due to [[Dutt’s arrests in 1993]] and Dutt and Dixit breaking up their relationship.

==Plot==
Young Vijay studies in Good Shepherd High School and lives a wealthy lifestyle in a small scenic town along with his uncle, who is the Inspector General of Police in Bombay and has a close friend called Raj Malhotra. When both mature, Vijay gets married, while Raj marries Shanti. On his uncle's insistence, Vijay departs to live in Bombay, where he eventually becomes the Police Commissioner. Subsequently, Raj, Shanti, and Raj's brother, Sanjay, also re-locate to Bombay, where they are united with Vijay. Then Sanjay falls in love with Jenny and both want to get married, much to the chagrin of Mahesh, who wants to marry her at any and all costs. Mahesh is the only son of wealthy and influential Kedar, who manages to convince Edward that it will be in Jenny's and Sanjay's best interest if Jenny weds Mahesh. The marriage is arranged, but on that very day, Sanjay steps in, humiliates Kedar and marries Jenny. That night Sanjay is arrested by none other than Vijay himself and placed in a cell. The next morning he is released and returns home to find that his brother and sister-in-law are both dead. Sanjay swears to avenge their deaths as well as find out why Vijay betrayed Raj and arrested him on his wedding night.

After learning that Kedarnath killed Sanjay's brother and sister-in-law, Sanjay confronts and challenges him that he will kill him in same place but will not remove evidence. Despite of Jenny and Vijay's attempt to stop him, he goes to kill Kedarnath, his son Mahesh, corrupt Inspector P.K. Dubey and his henchman Nanubhai Chatewala.

Sanjay chases and kills Mahesh in night of New Year Eve. Then chases Inspector Dubey in meat market then chops him and hang him to death by metal hook. Sanjay suddenly learns that Vijay actually put him into jail to save his life and realizes his mistake. He also learns that Kedarnath lured Vijay to get him killed on Ganesh Chaturthi festival so he reaches there and saves him. And he kills Nanunbhai on hand to hand combat.

After killing 3 of them, Sanjay lures Kedarnath to his industry and tries to get him killed on same places and same way his brother and sister-in-law were killed, but police force lead by Vijay finally comes to stop him. Sanjay's surrender to comes to halt when unconscious Kedarnath wakes up and tries to shoot Sanjay but Vijay gets shot when he saved him and Sanjay shoots Kedarnath to death. After Vijay gets recovered, he and Sanjay gets emotionally united.

==Cast==
* [[Jeetendra]] as Police Commissioner Vijay Kapoor
* [[Sanjay Dutt]] as Sanjay Malhotra
* [[Madhuri Dixit]] as Jenny Malhotra
* [[Mohsin Khan (actor)|Mohsin Khan]] as Raj Malhotra
* [[Poonam Dhillon]] as Vijay's wife
* [[Saeed Jaffrey]] as Inspector General of Police
* [[Satyendra Kapoor]] as Edward Pinto
* [[Shakti Kapoor]] as Inspector P.K. Dubey
* [[Raza Murad]] as The Narrator
* [[Amrish Puri]] as Seth. Kedar Nath
* [[Paresh Rawal]] as Nanubhai Chathewala
* [[Sumalatha]] as Shanti Malhotra
* [[Kishore Bhanushali|Kishore Anand Bhanushali]] as Sanjay's friend
* [[Tej Sapru]] as Mahesh Nath
* [[Snehal Dabi]] as Sanjay's friend
* Brij Gopal as Kelkar (Informer)
* Shashi Kiran as Sanjay's friend
* Mehmood Jr. as Sanjay's friend
* Tariq Shah as Inspector Aslam Sher Khan
* Gurbachchan Singh as Ujagar

==Soundtrack==
Music by: Laxmikant-Pyarelal & Lyricist: [[Anand Bakshi]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Choole Choole"
| [[Alka Yagnik]]
|-
| 2
| "Ek Taraf Akeli"
| [[Mohammad Aziz]], Alka Yagnik
|-
| 3
| "Tapka Re Tapka"
| Mohammad Aziz, [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]
|-
| 4
| "Loji Sunoji"
| Mohammad Aziz, Alka Yagnik
|-
| 5
| "Deva O Deva"
| Alka Yagnik
|-
| 6
| "Tere Bin Main Hu Kya"
| [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]], Mohammad Aziz, [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]
|-
| 7
| "Mere Yaaron Tum"
| Amit Kumar
|-
| 8
| "Tapka Re Tapka (Duet)"
| Mohd Aziz, Kavita Krishnamurthy
|-
| 9
| "Tapka Re Tapka v2"
| Mohd Aziz
|-
| 10
| "Tapka Re Tapka v3"
| Mohd Aziz
|-
| 11
| "Haan Main Tujhse Pyaar Karti Hoon"
| Alka Yagnik, Vinod Rathod
|-
|}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0251194|Mahaanta}}

[[Category:1997 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
[[Category:1990s action drama films]]
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films about revenge]]
[[Category:Masala films]]

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