# Insaniyat (1994 film)

Insaniyat (English: Humanity) is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Ramanjit Juneja. A remake of Bengali film Shoytaan (1992), the film features an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Sunny Deol, Chunky Panday, Jaya Prada, Raveena Tandon, Anupam Kher, Prem Chopra, Shafi Inamdar and in posthumous appearances Nutan & Vinod Mehra.
The film was launched in 1988, but faced numerous delays due to production issues. Vinod Mehra and Nutan both died in 1990 & 1991 respectively, although they had finished filming their scenes earlier. The film was finally released on 11 March 1994. By the time it released, Bachchan had gone into semi-retirement post the release of Khuda Gawah (1992) and it was citied as Bachchan's last film. Upon release it received negative reviews from critics and the biggest opening of the year but crashed due to the negative reviews. Eventually it finished as an average grosser and the 12th highest grossing film of 1994.

## Plot

SSP Amar Nath Singh breaks into the fortress of criminal Goga, bashes him up, and arrests him. Incidentally, Goga was the one responsible for Amar's separation from his parents Hardayal and Shanti Devi. He takes him to the police headquarters where he commits suicide. But he comes to know that Goga has a son Brijbhan who is now a high-profile criminal with whom several police officers and Indian army officers are working to spread terrorism in India. Also, Brijbhan has kept Amar's childhood sweetheart Shalu in his captivity as his mistress. To stop them, Amar decides to unite two warring gangsters Karim and Harihan who are constantly at loggerheads with each other due to their different religious backgrounds. Both of them regard Amar as their elder brother. They are also involved in their respective romances with Salma and Radha.
A reporter gets hold of some evidence which proves the collusion of some army officers with Brijbhan. In response, Brijbhan sends his goons to kill him. The murder is witnessed by Nandu. Incidentally, Nandu is the other son of Shanti Devi, Amar's long-lost mother. Unaware of this, Amar meets him at his house and manages to convince him to testify. He also avails the required police protection for Nandu. However, despite all this, Nandu is killed by Brijbhan's men on the way to court. Shanti Devi admonishes Amar for his failure to protect him. Angered by this and the constant taunts of the criminals, Amar shoots them dead in full public view. He surrenders and is put on trial. In court, he confesses his crime and is sentenced to death by hanging. This event manages to bring Karim and Hari together. They forget all their differences and resolve to continue the battle between patriots and terrorists. They get hold of corrupt police officer Lotaram who is on Brijbhan's payroll, and extract a lot of information regarding Brijbhan's plans to spread terrorism. Concurrently, Shanti Devi finds out that Amar is actually her long-lost son, and goes to meet him in prison. Also, at the same time, Shalu manages to escape Brijbhan's captivity. She meets Amar in jail, and the two long-lost lovers have an emotional reunion. However Brijbhan, in disguise, manages to capture Shalu again.
At the time when Amar was being taken to the gallows to be hanged, Shalu, having lost all hope of being with Amar, consumes poison. Having somehow anticipated this, Amar makes a dramatic escape from the gallows and goes into hiding. On the way, he runs into his little sister Munni, who, owing to the recent events, had lost her mental balance and had become insane. Karim and Hari invade Brijbhan's fortress and begin decimating it. Salma uses herself as bait to trap a high-ranking army officer, who is killed by Karim. The poison's effect begins to show as Shalu collapses while dancing for Brijbhan. Shanti Devi begins to madly beat a drum to satisfy Brijbhan.
At the same time, Amar arrives with Munni, and a full-fledged fight ensues. Many of the terrorists are killed. Seeing this, an enraged Brijbhan fires at Shanti Devi, but Amar comes in between and is shot. Brijbhan kidnaps Munni and escapes. Amar gives chase, in the course of which he gets shot a few more times. He manages to catch up though, and rescues Munni. He brings Brijbhan back to his fortress and leaves him to be killed by Karim and Hari. Brijbhan meets his end at the hands of the duo.
Amar collapses due to his wounds. Shanti Devi begs him not to die, as she had already lost a son once. He assures her that Karim and Hari will take care of her. Amar then moves towards a dying Shalu, and both the lovers breathe their last in each other's arms, as the end credits roll.

## Cast

* Amitabh Bachchan as SSP Amar Nath Singh
* Sunny Deol as Karim Lala
* Chunky Panday as Hariharan
* Aftab Shivdasani as Young Amar Nath Singh
* Jaya Prada as Shalu a.k.a. Champabai
* Raveena Tandon as Salma
* Vinod Mehra as Nandu
* Nutan as Shanti Devi
* Anupam Kher as Brijbhan
* Sonam as Radha
* Prem Chopra as Police Inspector Lotaram
* Alok Nath as Hardayal (Amar's Father)
* Shafi Inamdar as Police Commissioner Shafi
* Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Deshpande
* Pallavi Joshi as Munni (Nandu's/Amar's Sister)
* Goga Kapoor as Goga
* Rakesh Bedi as Dead Body

## Soundtrack

The film score was composed by Louis Banks. Rajesh Roshan composed the songs for the album and a huge assembly of singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Sadhana Sargam, Mohammed Aziz, Shabbir Kumar, Anwar, Anuradha Paudwal, Sapna Mukherjee, Sudesh Bhosle, Vipin Sachdev, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Mangal Singh and Padmini Roy. "Saathi Tera Pyar" was one of the top and most popular song that year.