Ghayal (1990 film)

Ghayal
Promotional Poster
Directed byRajkumar Santoshi
Written byRajkumar Santoshi
Produced byDharmendra
Starring
CinematographyRajan Kothari
Edited byV. N. Mayekar
Music byBappi Lahiri
Production
company
Distributed byVijayta Films
Release date
  • 22 June 1990 (1990-06-22)
Running time
163 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget2.5 crore
Box office₹20 crore (equivalent to ₹660 crore or US$80 million in 2023)

Ghayal (transl. Wounded) is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language action drama film written and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi (in his directorial debut) and produced by Dharmendra. The film stars Sunny Deol, Meenakshi Seshadri, Raj Babbar and Amrish Puri, with Moushumi Chatterjee, Annu Kapoor, Om Puri, Sharat Saxena and Sudesh Berry playing supporting roles. The film grossed at ₹20 crore and was declared a "super hit" by Box Office India.[1] It was also the 2nd highest-grossing film of the year. According to Box Office India, "Ghayal had set records in repeat runs. No film from the nineties was even close to it in repeat runs and only Sholay has higher business in repeat runs in the history of Hindi cinema. It grossed several times more than its original run during rereleases but the exact number is unknown."[2]

The film received 8 nominations at the 36th Filmfare Awards, and won a leading 7 awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Santoshi and Best Actor for Deol. At the 38th National Film Awards, the film won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Sunny Deol received the National Film Award – Special Mention. Ghayal was remade in Tamil as Bharathan in 1992, in Telugu as Gamyam in 1998 and in Kannada as Vishwa.[3]

On 5 February 2016, a direct sequel titled Ghayal Once Again was released.

  1. ^ "Box Office 1990". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Rewind - Ghayal The Phenomena Of The Nineties - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  3. ^ @NFAIOfficial (15 February 2019). "Director Shivamani made #Remake of Raj Kumar Santoshi's popular action drama #Ghayal (1990) in Kannada as #Vishwa (1999). Take a look at posters for both films" (Tweet) – via Twitter.