Hathyar (1989 film)
| Hathyar | |
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| Directed by | J. P. Dutta |
| Written by | J. P. Dutta |
| Produced by | F. A. Nadiadwala |
| Starring | Dharmendra Sanjay Dutt Rishi Kapoor Kulbhushan Kharbanda Asha Parekh Amrita Singh Sangeeta Bijlani Paresh Rawal |
| Cinematography | Ishwar R. Bidri |
| Edited by | Deepak Wirkud |
| Music by | Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
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Running time | 170 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Hathyar (transl. Weapon) is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language action crime film written and directed by J. P. Dutta. It features an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Sangeeta Bijani, Asha Parekh, Paresh Rawal and Kulbhushan Kharbanda. The film focuses on how poverty forces a youngster (Dutt) to turn to crime by joining forces with the biggest don in town (Dharmendra), much to the chargin of his mother (Parekh), his lover (Singh) and his friend and the don's brother (Kapoor).
The film released worldwide on 10 March 1989 and was a critical and moderate commercial success. Over time, it has been considered as one of Dutt's best films, which probably gave the best description about the underworld. The performance of Sanjay Dutt is also regarded as one of the best in his career.