Taqdeer

Widower Pratap Singh lives a wealthy lifestyle along with two married sons, Randhir and Ranvir. While Ranvir's wife continues to be childless, Randhir has a daughter, and his wife is expecting a second child. Pratap wants Randhir to invest the family's gold and jewelry, which are hidden underneath the Mandir, in a foreign country, but Randhir refuses, arguments ensue, Randhir moves out, and starts his own business, a coal mine. Shortly thereafter, there is an accident in the mines, over 300 miners are killed. The Police arrest Randhir, he is tried in Court, found guilty, and sentenced to 20 years in prison. After his term ends, he is discharged and will soon find out that his wife and father are dead, his second child is missing believed to be dead, a prostitute has taken over the identity of his daughter, and a hoodlum, Shiva, is waiting to kill him.

As the previous poster said, Taqdeer is partly a lost and found film, partly a social film and an action film peppered with the masala style, however I feel there's a certain freshness to the story and how the characters are played out. Certainly the hidden treasure angle makes this film even enticing.

Shatrughan Sinha, Mithun, Hema, Zeenat Aman and Ranjeet ( the villain of course) do very well, though the acting honours go to Ramesh Deo and Ashok Kumar (guest appearance).

Taqdeer is a well-made, fast-paced masala film with plenty to offer. Also the plot flows so well which sucks you into its masala vortex.