Joshilaay

Joshilaay (1989)

Dara and Karan, the sons of two of the victims of dacoit Jogi Thakur, wait many years to exact their revenge. When the Thakur's colleague Raja Singh cheats him and runs away with his loot, Jogi is arrested and sentenced for life imprisonment. Years later Jogi escapes from the prison to get hold of Raja and take back his booty, but finds his face on all the posters in the village to find him dead or alive with a reward of fifty thousand rupees. When Karan gets to know Jogi has escaped he goes looking for him. Dara also join hands with Karan to even the score with the dreaded dacoit.

Date of release
1989-01-10
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
2h 37m
Genres
Action, Drama, Western
Director
Sibte Hassan Rizvi

Casting

Interesting facts

Joshilaay is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Sibte Hassan Rizvi. The film stars Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rajesh Vivek and Satish Kaushik.

Production

The film was mostly directed by Shekhar Kapur, but he left before completion due to differences with the producer. Kapur had initially planned to cast Kamal Haasan in the role of Karan, but later opted for Anil Kapoor. After Kapur’s departure, Sibte Hasan Rizvi took over and completed the film. The film was shot on location in Leh and Ladakh.

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