Taaqatwar (1989)

• 45%
• 1989
• David Dhawan
• Govinda
• Sanjay Dutt
• Anita Raj

Municipal officer Vijay Sharma takes it upon himself to cleanse the city of all illegal constructions. Most of these sabotage constructions belongs to the famous builder, Munjal Khurana who is given a time span to disregard from these illegal practices. Munjal then offers to bribe Vijay albeit unsuccessful which prompts him to take matters into his own hands by killing Vijay; Munjal then frames Peter D'Mello for this killing. The case is called up in court whereby Peter is sentenced to be hanged; leaving behind an only son, John who is adopted by Sharma's wife, unable to bear the daily taunts of people John run far away from the Sharmas. Years later he grows up to lead a life of crime while Sharma's son, Amar grows up to be a police inspector with a motive of avenging his dad's death by killing Khurana. Khurana's business have materialize into drugs and unlawful activities - with Amar defeating him in every step - he now become a thrown in Khurana's side who hires John to kill him. John accept the job along with a fat fee - this then re-unite him with the Sharmas which prompts him to join hands with Amar to bring Munjal Khurana to justice.