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A highly realistic UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} movie about two brothers of which the elder one, Kishen happens to be a gangster working for a kingpin named Anna Seth. The younger brother, Karan returns from America and is exposed to the horrible world of crime and corruption.
Featuring only four songs (then a surprisingly low number) and a highly pessimistic vision, the film was highly acclaimed and won several awards and is regarded as a turning point in how being a gangster is portrayed in Bollywood, likely influencing films like Satya, Vaastav and Company.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AntiVillain: Kishen is Type IV. He is willing to kill, sell drugs and do horrible things only to make sure his brother has a good life.
* AnyoneCanDie: In the end, among the important characters, only [[spoiler: Kishen survives.]]
* AxCrazy: Anna is ''nuts''. He is restrained somewhat but his propensity to be violent is bubbling beneath the surface. Completely loses it when he sees even fire from a matchstick. Just look at his expression while [[spoiler: crippling Iqbal]] or when he is [[spoiler: gunning down Karan and Paro.]]
* BigBad: Anna Seth.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Anna brutally guns down Karan and Paro. But Kishen manages to burn Anna alive, the very death he feared and bring down his empire.]]
* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Subverted for Kishen who has a yacht, a house in upstate Malabar Hills but leaves in fear and torment.
* [[spoiler: DecoyProtagonist: Karan is a NaiveNewcomer who is our introduction into the CrapsackWorld. He tries to bring down Anna's evil empire but is killed rather brutally along with his wife, Paro. His brother, Kishen finishes off the job for him in a [[KarmicDeath highly satisfying]] [[KillItWithFire way]] after finally showing the courage to stand upto Anna Seth.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Iqbal sacrifices himself so Karan doesn't have to murder him.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Anna is polite, calm and relaxed while ordering several horrible things to be done.
* KarmicDeath / [[spoiler: KillItWithFire]]: [[spoiler: Anna Seth who '''really''' had it coming.]]
* TheLostLenore: For Anna, it's his wife who killed herself and their young son. [[spoiler: Turns out that Anna was the one who burnt them alive.]]
* NiceGuy: Karan until the CrapsackWorld gets to him. He still remains good though.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Averted with Anna who has a Hindu (Rama), Muslim (Iqbal) and a Christian (Francis) in his employment. Doesn't mean he is not an evil bastard though.
* SacrificialLamb: Prakash who is bumped off after twenty mins or so to show how evil Anna and his men are.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Karan and Paro.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: Anna who has minor breakdowns on seeing fire. [[spoiler: Utterly loses it when Kishen burns him alive in the end.]]
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A highly realistic UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} movie about two brothers of which the elder one, Kishen happens to be a gangster working for a kingpin named Anna Seth. The younger brother, Karan returns from America and is exposed to the horrible world of crime and corruption.
Featuring only four songs (then a surprisingly low number) and a highly pessimistic vision, the film was highly acclaimed and won several awards and is regarded as a turning point in how being a gangster is portrayed in Bollywood, likely influencing films like Satya, Vaastav and Company.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AntiVillain: Kishen is Type IV. He is willing to kill, sell drugs and do horrible things only to make sure his brother has a good life.
* AnyoneCanDie: In the end, among the important characters, only [[spoiler: Kishen survives.]]
* AxCrazy: Anna is ''nuts''. He is restrained somewhat but his propensity to be violent is bubbling beneath the surface. Completely loses it when he sees even fire from a matchstick. Just look at his expression while [[spoiler: crippling Iqbal]] or when he is [[spoiler: gunning down Karan and Paro.]]
* BigBad: Anna Seth.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Anna brutally guns down Karan and Paro. But Kishen manages to burn Anna alive, the very death he feared and bring down his empire.]]
* DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: Subverted for Kishen who has a yacht, a house in upstate Malabar Hills but leaves in fear and torment.
* [[spoiler: DecoyProtagonist: Karan is a NaiveNewcomer who is our introduction into the CrapsackWorld. He tries to bring down Anna's evil empire but is killed rather brutally along with his wife, Paro. His brother, Kishen finishes off the job for him in a [[KarmicDeath highly satisfying]] [[KillItWithFire way]] after finally showing the courage to stand upto Anna Seth.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Iqbal sacrifices himself so Karan doesn't have to murder him.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Anna is polite, calm and relaxed while ordering several horrible things to be done.
* KarmicDeath / [[spoiler: KillItWithFire]]: [[spoiler: Anna Seth who '''really''' had it coming.]]
* TheLostLenore: For Anna, it's his wife who killed herself and their young son. [[spoiler: Turns out that Anna was the one who burnt them alive.]]
* NiceGuy: Karan until the CrapsackWorld gets to him. He still remains good though.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Averted with Anna who has a Hindu (Rama), Muslim (Iqbal) and a Christian (Francis) in his employment. Doesn't mean he is not an evil bastard though.
* SacrificialLamb: Prakash who is bumped off after twenty mins or so to show how evil Anna and his men are.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: Karan and Paro.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: Anna who has minor breakdowns on seeing fire. [[spoiler: Utterly loses it when Kishen burns him alive in the end.]]
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