Koyla

Plot synopsis:
Shankar (Shahrukh Khan) is a handsome but mute man, raised by the powerful King Raja (Amrish Puri) to whom he is completely loyal however Raja treats him like a slave. He is also tormented and unnecessarily beaten by Raja's brother Brijwa a sadistic and violent psychopath. The elderly Raja, is a ruthless and cruel man with a large appetite for young women who kills anyone who dares to defy him, however lately he has proven to be unable to perform in the bedroom and continues to fall asleep as he is bored of his beautiful secretary Bindiya who lusts after Shankar. His doctor suggests a younger woman maybe able to satisfy him.
One day Raja sees Gauri (Madhuri Dixit), a happy young innocent village girl, and begins to dream about her and wishes to marry her, however, despite her greedy aunt and uncle wanting her to marry Raja, Gauri wants to see a picture of her future husband first.
Aware that Gauri would instantly reject the elderly Raja he sends her a photo of Shankar. Gauri instantly falls in love with him and the wedding proceeds. However, before the ceremony is completed, she discovers that it's not Shankar whom she is marrying and faints; Raja orders the priest to continue with the ceremony, even though the marriage would be invalid while Gauri is unconscious.
When Gauri regains consciousness, she discover Raja trying to "consummate" with her and learns they're married which shocks her. She refuses to seduce herself to him by attempting suicide, so he imprisons and tortures her. One night Gauri tries to commit suicide however Shankar and his friend save her and she finally meets Shankar. She slaps and accuses him of ruining her life however Shankar friend reveals Raja deceit and that Shankar was innocent in this whole affair, a shocked Gauri tries to apologies but Shankar leaves before she can.
One night, Bindya (Deepshika) is frustrated by Raja inability to perform and goes to Shankar, but instead finds Raja's brother Brijwa waiting for her. He attempts to rape her, but Shankar stops him. Not being able to proceed thrashing his master's brother, he takes a beating and gets framed for attempting to rape Bindya by Brijwa and is badly beaten by Brijwa and Raja. Bindya confesses that she went to Shankar and is then sent to a brothel controlled by Chandi Bai (Himani Shivpuri).
When Gauri brother Ashok (Mohnish Behl) comes to save her she lies to him and says that she is happy as Raja threatens to kill him if she refuses, however Shankar reveals the truth to him and Raja kills him. Moments before he dies, Ashok makes Shankar promise him to save his sister; Shankar and Gauri flee Raja's mansion.
After a long chase through the mountains and jungle, Shankar uses the survival; skills he learned as Raja servant to kill Raja's men, Raja and his men leave due to being disadvantaged.
During that time Gauri and Shankar begin to fall in love. But unexpectedly Raja who has returned with reinforcements sees Shankar and Gauri near a waterfall and manage to capture them by shooting Gauri in the arm .
Shankar is brutally beaten by Brijwa and the corrupt DIG and Raja slits his throat, then left to die in the mountains; Gauri is sold to a brothel. There, Bindya saves Gauri from what had been done to her, and in the process she eventually gets killed by Brijwa. Shankar is found and saved by a healer, who operates on his throat while he is still unconscious. The healer, who discovers that Shankar is not mute by birth, is able to repair some of the damaged nerves in Shankar's throat, enabling him to speak.
Shankar recalls that when he was a boy, two men, greedy for his father's wealth, murdered his parents in front of him; when young Shankar threatened to tell everyone what they did, someone came up from behind him and shoved hot coals into his throat, rendering him mute. Shankar returns, kills Brijwa and is reunited with Gauri after rescuing her from the same men that killed his parents, and bought Gauri. Shankar, in the process discovers that Raja was the person who made him mute and who ordered his parents to be killed.
He kills Raja's two henchmen and the DIG, then finally manages to corner Raja who finally apologizes to Shankar for his wrongdoings to him, but Shankar disregards this and kills him by setting him on fire. At last, Shankar and Gauri embrace each other, finally at peace.

Tags: revenge, murder, violence, romantic

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