Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj

*Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj*
Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj
	Promotional poster
Directed by	Ravi Raja Pinisetty
Screenplay by	Vijaya Bapineedu; Ravi Raja Pinisetty
Story by	Vijaya Bapineedu
Based on	Gang Leader (Telugu)
Produced by	N. N. Sippy
Starring	Chiranjeevi; Meenakshi Sheshadri; Raj Babbar
Cinematography	P. S. Prakash
Edited by	Vellaiswamy
Music by	Anand-Milind
Release date	10 July 1992;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj (transl. Ruffians rule) is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language action crime film starring Chiranjeevi, Meenakshi Sheshadri in lead roles. It is a remake of the 1991 Telugu film Gang Leader. This was Chiranjeevi's second film in Bollywood. The film explores the concepts of exploitation by anti-social elements and the impact of crowd psychology. Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj was the remake of Chiranjeevi's own Gang Leader (1991).^[1]

Plot

Raja is portrayed as educated, righteous, honest, challenging, and a daredevil who is unemployed. With no work, he spends his time with his four friends. This upsets his grandmother and elder brothers Amar and Ravi, who worry about him.

Troubled by a lack of money, the family has many problems. Ravi's pending IAS examination requires money they do not have. To raise money, Raja and his friends take a job getting rid of Shalu, a tenant who has illegally settled in a house. Raja has an easy time getting rid of Shalu. But from then on, Shalu creates hell for him and moves into his house and life permanently.

Tejpal and Nagpal are power brokers. They succeed in getting Ritu married to Ravi, now an IAS officer, who is about to become a collector. The villains think this is a perfect strategy: Saxena's sister is married to Raja's brother. Raja revolts but is cornered. He has many clashes with the duo. In one of these clashes, Raja's friends and eldest brother Amar are murdered. All is lost until Raja and Ravi discover the truth about Tejpal and Nagpal. Raja and Ravi decide to end the Gundaraj.

Cast

Chiranjeevi as Raja
Meenakshi Sheshadri as Shalu
Raj Babbar as Ravi
Parikshit Sahni as Amar
Prem Chopra as Tejpal
Sharat Saxena as Nagpal
Dalip Tahil as SP Shivendranath Saxena
Tinu Anand as Home Minister Shanti Prasad Danga
Satish Shah as Jailor
Geetha as Ritu
Sudha as Aarti
Dina Pathak as Raja, Ravi & Amar's Grandmother
Rakesh Bedi as Govind Ahuja "Guddu"
Ravi Teja as Raja's Friend
Dinesh Kaushik as Raja's Friend
Dan Dhanoa as Corrupt Police Inspector
Kunika as Chanda
Anees Bazmee as Journalist Anees

Production

While working on the film, Sharat Saxena endured an injury that disengaged his left arm after a fall.^[2]

Soundtrack

The album featured hit songs composed by Anand–Milind and written by Sameer. The album managed top sales in 1992.^[3]

Song	Singer
"It's A Challenge"	Amit Kumar
"Ek Pappi De De"	Abhijeet, Sadhana Sargam
"Pehle Bhi Roz"	Abhijeet, Sadhana Sargam
"Tota Mera Tota"	Abhijeet, Sadhana Sargam
"Tum Mujhe Achhe"	Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik
"Lashkara Lashkara"	Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik

References

^ "Gang Leader - Chiranjeevi: Take a look at the actor's imprint in the showbiz world". The Times of India.
^ Sata, Fenil (18 August 2021). "EXCLUSIVE: Sharat Saxena speaks about his SHOCKING injury on the set of Aaj Ka Goonda Raj; he says, "I could not lift anything from my left hand. It had become totally USELESS"". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Aaj Ka Goonda Raj among most sold music albums of 1992". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012.

External links

Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj at IMDb

[auto-1] "Gang Leader - Chiranjeevi: Take a look at the actor's imprint in the showbiz world". The Times of India.

[2] Sata, Fenil (18 August 2021). "EXCLUSIVE: Sharat Saxena speaks about his SHOCKING injury on the set of Aaj Ka Goonda Raj; he says, "I could not lift anything from my left hand. It had become totally USELESS"". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[3] "Aaj Ka Goonda Raj among most sold music albums of 1992". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012.

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