Hukumat

Hukumat is a 1987 Bollywood film directed by Anil Sharma and starring Dharmendra and Rati Agnihotri in the lead roles while Swapna and Sadashiv Amrapurkar play supporting roles. The movie became the highestgrossing Bollywood film of 1987. It also received highly positive response from critics and audiences alike. Also, Dharmendra gavesuccessful movies in the same year, which still remains a record.

The film was remade in Tamil as Puthiya Vaanam 1988 with Sathyaraj in Dharmendras role and became huge hit there alsoHukumat went on to become the biggest hit of 1987 and even made more money than the much hyped Mr. India made. It was the first ever hit for director Anil Sharma. The film was celebrated at the 2003 Zee Cine Awards hosted by Anil Kapoor as one of the greatest hits of Indian cinema. The film was considered to have had great songs, powerful dialogue delivery, excellent cinematography, and the acting of Dharmendra also received much praise. By many, this film was ranked as one of the best ever to be made in the history of Bollywood. The protagonist, Dharmendra, was critically acclaimed widely for his mannerisms, anger, charisma, emotions, powerful delivery of dialogues and ingenuity which were all conveyed excellently in a full blend in the film. His pairing with Rati proved to be immensely successful as the duo received praise for their chemistry. It was well received by the Indian audience. Also, the brief duet picturised on them was praised and considered exceptional. Sadashiv is a oneman treat and he is truly one of Indias greatest villains.Hukumat was a huge financial as well as a critical success, grossing a huge 110million which was a huge gross at that point of time in Bollywood and became a milestone film,widely regarded as a cult classic in Indian Cinema. ........

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