Maha-Sangram (also known in the UK as The Big Battle) is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language action drama film, directed by Mukul Anand. The film features an ensemble cast of Vinod Khanna, Govinda, Aditya Pancholi, Madhuri Dixit, Shaheen, Sonu Walia and Amjad Khan. The film is best known for bringing Aditya Pancholi into the limelight as it was his show-stealing performance and his first commercial success in Bollywood. His performance as the angry villain Thakur was critically acclaimed and widely accepted, thus becoming the main reason of the movie's success.
Plot
Uttar Pradesh-based Vishal gets a telegram from Santa Cruz Police Station that his younger collegian brother, Arjun, is dead. Distraught he travels to Bombay, collects his brothers ashes, and finds out that Arjun met a violent death. With the aid of a street-smart con-woman and her mentor, Babu Kasai Hyderabadi, he then sets out to find who killed his brother - not knowing that soon he will be drawn into the dark world of Godha and Vishwaraj.
Cast
Vinod Khanna as Vishal
Madhuri Dixit as Jhumri
Aditya Pancholi as Suraj
Govinda as Arjun
Sumeet Saigal as Prakash
Sonu Walia as Neelam
Shaheen as Pooja
Amjad Khan as Bada Godha
Gulshan Grover as Police Officer
Shakti Kapoor as Babu Kasai
Kiran Kumar as Vishwa
Pradeep Rawat as Pakya
Shammi as Mary
Track list
The soundtrack was composed by Anand Milind. The item number "Dhak Dhak Dil Dhadke" features vocals by Alisha Chinai with a few lines rendered by Aditya Pancholi, who has acted in the movie. Lyrics were penned by Sameer