Qatil

Qatil
Directed byAshok Gaikwad
Written by
  • Ravi Kapoor
  • Mohan Kaul
Produced by
  • Shama Akhtar
  • Nasim Hijazi
Starring
CinematographyAnwar Siraj
Edited by
  • Bantappa Rai
  • Rohita Shetty
  • Waman Bhonsle
  • Gurudutt Shirali
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Production
company
Aftab Pictures
Release date
  • 23 December 1988 (1988-12-23)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Qatil (translation: Killer) is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Ashok Gaikwad and produced by Shama Akhtar and Nasim Hijazi. The film stars Aditya Pancholi and Sangeeta Bijlani in the lead roles. Shakti Kapoor plays the antagonist. Kiran Kumar, Amjad Khan, Raza Murad, Vikram Gokhale and Anjana Mumtaz play supporting roles. The soundtrack is composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal with lyrics by Sameer.

The film follows the story of a young law student who challenges the law of death penalty and implicates himself in a murder case of a prostitute to prove that innocent people are given the punishment of death penalty.