Ghayal (1990 film)

Ghayal घायल
Promotional Poster
Directed by	Rajkumar Santoshi
Produced by	Dharmendra
Written by	Rajkumar Santoshi Dilip Shukla Nasir Adib (Pakistan)
Starring	Sunny Deol Meenakshi Seshadri Raj Babbar Moushmi Chatterjee Amrish Puri
Music by	Bappi Lahiri
Cinematography	Rajan Kothari
Edited by	V. N. Nayekar
Distributed by	Vijayta Films
Release date	22nd June 1990
Running time	163 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹1.75 crore (US$260,000)
Box office	₹19 crore (US$2.8 million) (domestic gross)

Ghayal is a 1990 Indian action drama film starring Sunny Deol and Meenakshi Seshadri. The film was produced by Dharmendra and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi in his directorial debut. The film won seven Filmfare Awards, including the Best Movie award. Ghayal clashed with Aamir Khan's Dil. Ghayal did very well at the box office; it was rated "Super Hit." It was also the second highest grossing Bollywood film of 1990. Ghayal was remade in Tamil as Bharathan in 1992 with Vijaykanth and Bhanupriya in lead roles, in Telugu as Gamyam in 1998 with Srikanth and in Kannada as Vishwa with Shivarajkumar and Suchitra Krishnamurthy. Sunny Deol received the National Film Award-special Jury Award.

On 5 February 2016, a direct sequel titled Ghayal Once Again was released.

Amateur boxer Ajay Mehra (Sunny Deol) is living with his brother Ashok Mehra (Raj Babbar) and sister-in-law Indu Verma (Moushumi Chatterjee) in Mumbai. Ashok is a businessman who is facing some trouble at his business, but hides this from his wife and Ajay. Later Ajay is sent to Bangalore for training.