22-554: [REDACTED] Look up Shankar or शंकर in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shankara (also written as Sankara or Samkara , IAST śaṅkara ) can refer to: Shiva , the Hindu god Adi Shankara , 8th-century Indian philosopher K. N. Shankara , Indian space scientist Shankaracharya (Shankara acharya), a commonly used title of heads of maţhas (monasteries) in
44-539: A coal mine, where Bulla tries to use the adopted baby which he thinks is Shankar's daughter to gain leverage in the fight. Soon Bulla realizes that the baby is his own, but he still uses the baby as a shield. Shankar rescues the girl with the help of his monkey, Tinku. Again the scene switches to the airport where Kala Shetty comes with a helicopter to save Bulla. With a brief fight, Shankar kills Kala Shetty and finally Bulla. Source Ravi Balakrishnan of The Economic Times states "The Mithun Chakarborthy-starrer has gained
66-462: A few seconds! The animosity is raised further when Shankar's father is beaten up by Bulla's goons when his father tries to stop the goons from collecting money from shopkeepers. Shankar reaches the scene and beats Bulla's men, who can somersault many feet high in the air while fighting. However, Shankar beats all of them with relative ease. As revenge, one of Bulla's henchmen, Naate (shortie), abducts Shankar's sister and tries to molest her. However, she
88-430: A girlfriend named Ganga, who wants to marry him as soon as possible, but Shankar has bigger things to worry about. Shankar further enrages Bulla by entering a fighting competition organized by Bulla at the shipyard. Shankar does not enter to win money or fame for himself, but only to win the money so that some other laborer can marry off his daughter. He manages to defeat Bulla's prize fighter, by just twisting his hand for
110-466: A more startling revelation of the mysterious 'tipping point' anywhere of my social circle. Over the past few months, about four unrelated sources from three parts of the world have asked me if I'd seen Kanti Shah's Gunda." On its release in 1998, the film had to be withdrawn from theaters due to complaints received by the Central Board of Film Certification from college girls who were appalled by
132-445: A rampage and starts killing all of Bulla's accomplices one by one, starting with Gulshan. Shankar finds Ibu Hatela attempting to rape a girl, and beheads him, too. However, when he tries to assassinate the politician Bachchubhai Bhigona, a sniper from another car kills Bhigona. Shankar is caught and charged with the murder and is sentenced to a life term in prison. Shankar escapes prison the same night and goes after Inspector Kale. Shankar
154-560: A surprising amount of cult popularity over the last year and a half or so, with several adulatory reviews and even fan-sites cropping up. But when we first saw Gunda, back in 2005, a full seven years after its unheralded release in 1998, it was the first any of us had heard of the film or its prolific director, Kanti Shah." Mayank Shekhar of the Mumbai Mirror says that "Gladwell hasn't seen Gunda (probably, neither have you). He must. He'd be glad. In my living memory, I have yet to notice
176-438: Is a 1998 Indian Hindi -language action film written by Bashir Babbar and directed by Kanti Shah . Starring Mithun Chakraborty , Mukesh Rishi and Shakti Kapoor , the film was produced by Anil Singh and the music was composed by Anand Raj Anand .The narrative revolves around a coolie who vows to exact revenge upon a crime lord and his cronies after they kill his loved ones. The film was released on 4 September 1998. Over time,
198-580: Is confronted by Bulla and his henchmen Ibu Hatela (Harish Patel), Pote (Mohan Joshi), and Inspector Kale. Shankar swears revenge on them and then goes his way. When he learns of his daughter's death, Shankar's father grieves and threatens Inspector Kale, whom he blames for being a henchman for Bulla the gangster. After a brief struggle, the inspector chokes the old man to death. Shankar meets Bulla and his henchmen and promises them that he will kill all of them in 10 days. On his way back, Shankar finds an abandoned baby girl child and adopts her. Shankar then goes on
220-1002: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Shankar [REDACTED] Look up Shankar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sankar or Shankar is a Sanskrit word meaning "beneficent" or "giver of bliss" and may refer to: People [ edit ] Shankar (name) Ravi Shankar , Indian sitarist and composer Shankar (actor) , Indian actor Shankar (Tamil militant) , Tamil rebel Shankar (cartoonist) , Indian cartoonist Shankar (writer) , Indian writer Shankar–Ganesh , an Indian music director duo who worked in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada movies Shankar Dayal Sharma , President of India from 1992 to 1997 K. Shankar or Shankar, Indian film director, screenwriter and editor S. Shankar or Shankar, Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter Shankar, fictional protagonist of
242-573: Is saved by Gulshan, and she falls in love with Gulshan. But, this turns out to be a scheme by Bulla, as Gulshan marries Geeta and then hands her over to Chuttiya for his pleasure. Bulla gives Chuttiya 'Vitamin Sex' (a likely reference to Viagra), obtained from London, for him to overcome his impotency. However, Geeta dies while being raped by Chuttiya, and he disposes of the body in a jungle. Shankar's monkey, Tinchu sees this and leads Shankar to Bulla's bungalow. Shankar chases Chuttiya to Bulla's doorstep, where he
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#1732773103912264-406: Is then ambushed by several Kung-fu trained goons with knives, submachine guns, and grenades. Shankar thrashes them and kills Kale. After this, Shankar goes after Chikna, who is employed by Bulla to lure village girls to the city and then force them into prostitution. Before killing Chikna, Shankar learns that the baby girl he adopted was, in fact, Bulla's illegitimate child. While Shankar hunts for
286-545: The 1998 Indian film Gunda portrayed by Mithun Chakraborty Places [ edit ] Shankar, Jalandhar , a village located in Jallandhar, Punjab, India Shankar, Iran , a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran See also [ edit ] Shankar's International Dolls Museum , New Delhi Shankar's Weekly , a magazine founded by K. Shankar Pillai Shankar Party unofficial name given to
308-559: The Adhyatmik Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya Shankar Guru (disambiguation) Sankar (disambiguation) Shankara (disambiguation) Shanker , a surname Sankara (disambiguation) Shenkar (disambiguation) Shankari (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Shankar . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
330-731: The Advaita tradition of Hindu philosophy Shankara (raga) , a raga in Indian classical music Shankara (1991 film) , a 1991 Indian Hindi-language film starring Sunny Deol Shankara (2016 film) , an Indian Telugu-language film Shankara, Purulia , a census town in West Bengal, India See also [ edit ] Sankara (disambiguation) Sankar (disambiguation) Shankar (disambiguation) Rag Shankara, Rag Mala in Jogia , 1990 album by Ram Narayan Topics referred to by
352-506: The accomplices of Bulla and initiates the war, later Bulla settles the score by killing Lambu Aatta's brother. Lambu Aatta bounces back by raping and subsequently killing Bulla's sister.Bulla arrives at the rape scene finds his sister dead. Bulla is ultimately able to kill Lambu Aatta and win the war. Now the undisputed leader of the underworld, Bulla is hired by a corrupt politician Bachchubhai Bhigona (Deepak Shirke) to murder his rival. Bulla sends his right-hand man Kala Shetty (Rami Reddy) to do
374-515: The excessive violence, sex and obscenity in the film. The film had earlier been rejected by the Central Board of Film Certification due to use of filthy language and obscenity, it was later passed with an A certificate after the film makers made changes to the film. It was alleged that the version running in theaters prior to the withdrawal was the unedited print. The cases filed from Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore have since been withdrawn and
396-438: The film has gained a cult following , selling over 2,000 VCD copies at a single outlet. It also received a limited re-release in 2018. The same year, actor Deepak Shirke who played politician Bachubhai, revealed that the film was pitched to him without a script. The film opens with a scene where two corrupt politicians hire two different crime lords viz. Lambu Aatta and Bulla for killing each other. Lambu Aatta kills one of
418-428: The job. Shetty successfully murders in front of several gawking policemen, but as soon as he can outrun the police he is caught and turned over to the authorities by Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty). Here we are introduced to the protagonist who works as a coolie in a shipyard, and sometimes at the airport. He lives in relative comfort with his policeman father, his sister, Geeta, and a pet monkey called Tinku. Shankar also has
440-442: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shankar&oldid=1259902942 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gunda (1998 film) Gunda ( transl. Goon )
462-438: The remaining goons Bulla kills his girlfriend Ganga. After killing Pote, Shankar goes to kill Chuttiya. Bulla and Shankar have a showdown in the shipyard-airport complex in the climactic scene. Bulla is backed up by several dozen auto-rickshaws that run helter-skelter and attack Shankar. Shankar takes out a rocket-propelled grenade launcher from the boot of his car and takes down the auto-rickshaws. The action quickly switches to
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#1732773103912484-467: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Shankara . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shankara&oldid=1153508975 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
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