Mard (1985 film)

Mard English Male or Man or Macho is a 1985 Hindi action film, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Amrita Singh and directed by Manmohan Desai. It was the highest earning film of 1985.

The film opens in India. It is the early 20th century, when India remains part of the British empire. The opening sequence shows a group of British soldiers plundering an Indian fort and taking its riches by air to England. They are stopped by the valiant Raja Azad Singh Dara Singh. Raja Azad Singh is immensely strong, and manages to lasso the light aircraft, subdue several English soldiers and recover the stolen jewels. Around this time, Raja Azad Singhs wife Rani Durga Nirupa Roy gives birth to a baby boy, who is named Raju. Raja carves the word mard man, intending to convey strength and bravery into the newborns chest, noting proudly that the baby is smiling throughout, and can apparently feel no pain. His words, mard ko dard nahin hota, meaning a true man feels no pain, are a recurring dialogue throughout the movie. The British commission conducts an investigation, led by a sympathetic and liberal Englishwoman, Lady Helena the investigation uncovers the atrocities of the English troops and results in several officers being officially reprimanded. Lady Helena is a close confidant of Raja Azad Singh, and is generally supportive of Raja and the idea of India gaining independence from British rule.The English officers General Dyer Kamal Kapoor and Inspector Simon Bob Christo conspire with a snivelling, weakwilled local doctor Harry Prem Chopra to capture Raja. Harry sedates Raja weakened thus, Raja is captured and imprisoned in a dungeon. Rani Durga escapes on Rajas faithful steed Bahadur. But she is shot, and the horse brings baby Raju to a local orphanage for safekeeping until Rani Durga can recuperate and reclaim him. The wife of a poor blacksmith spots baby Raju in the orphanage, asks after him and eventually adopts him. When Rani Durga returns, she is shocked to find her baby gone and she loses the ability to speak. The penniless Rani Durga eventually becomes a washer woman. The traitor Harry is appointed mayor of the town for his part in the capture of Raja.

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