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Aakhree Raasta is a film of genre Drama directed by K. Bhagyaraj with Amitabh Bachchan

Aakhree Raasta (1986)

Aakhree Raasta
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Length 2h45
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Genres Drama,    Action,    Crime
Rating70% 3.5439153.5439153.5439153.5439153.543915

Aakhree Raasta (English: The Last Option) is a 1986 Bollywood action crime drama film starring Amitabh Bachchan in a dual role, Sridevi, Anupam Kher and Jayaprada. It was directed by the famous Tamil actor and director Bhagyaraj. It is a remake of P. Bharathiraaja's 1984 Tamil film Oru Kaidhiyin Diary (English: A Prisoner's Diary) for which the Bhagyaraj himself wrote the story and screenplay. The Tamil film starred Kamal Haasan; Kamal Haasan also played a dual role in the original movie.

The film became a "Super-hit" at the box office.

Synopsis

David D'Costa (Amitabh Bachchan) lives a relatively poor life in Chennai with his wife Mary D'Costa (Jayaprada) who is pregnant. He literally worships the Member of Parliament Chaturvedi (Sadashiv Amrapurkar), and is even willing to die for him. He introduces Mary to Chaturvedi, and with his blessings they name the new-born son James. Then one day while he is busy obstructing rail traffic, he gets arrested and is bailed out by Mahesh (Anupam Kher) When he returns home he finds that Mary has committed suicide. She left a note blaming Chaturvedi for raping her. An upset David goes to confront Chaturvedi, is intercepted by Police Inspector Roop Kumar Sahay (Dalip Tahil) and Dr. Verma (Bharat Kapoor), the evidence is destroyed, and he is sentenced to 24 years in prison for Mary's murder. He asks his friend Mahesh to look after James in his long absence. Twenty four years later, David is released, he goes to visit Mahesh and is shocked to find that Mahesh has changed, he is no longer a boot-legger, he now lives a wealthy life-style, he wants David to forget the past, and live with his CID Inspector son Vijay (also Amitabh Bachchan). David is devastated with this news, but is determined to avenge his wrongful conviction and Mary's death, so he sets about to kill his tormentors one by one - the only obstruction he faces is none other than Vijay who, unaware of David being his father, is out to protect the 3 people.

Actors

Amitabh Bachchan

(David / James D'Costa)Sridevi

(Vinita Bhatnagar)Anupam Kher

(Mahesh Sandaliya)Dalip Tahil

(Inspector / S.P. Roop Kumar Sahay)Sadashiv Amarapurkar

(Netaji Chaturvedi)
And :
Bharat Kapoor
Om Shivpuri
Viju Khote
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