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Hero is a 1983 Indian Hindi film by Subhash Ghai. Jackie Shroff played the lead role, also called "Jackie", and achieved stardom overnight. Actress Meenakshi Sheshadri, who had been crowned Miss India in 1981 and played the lead female role in the film, gained popularity after this movie.

[edit] Plot

The film starts off with Pasha (Amrish Puri) being taken to prison. To get out of the situation, he writes to his best man, Jackie (Jackie Shroff). Jackie goes to Shrikanth Mathur (Shammi Kapoor) and warns him. He then kidnaps Shrikanth's daughter Radha (Meenakshi Shesadri). He tells her that he is a police officer; they fall in love, and she finds out that he is a goon. Nevertheless, she does not leave him, but urges him to surrender. He goes and surrenders to the police, and he is imprisoned for two years. Back home, Radha tells her brother Damoder (Sanjeev Kumar) the whole truth. To keep Radha from getting married to somebody else, he calls his friend Jimmy (Shakti Kapoor) to put on a show that Radha and Johnny love each other. Johnny misunderstands and actually falls in love with Radha. When Jackie comes back, he starts working in a garage and trying to reform himself. Despite everything, Shrikanth kicks him out of his life. After many days and events that follow, Damador finds out that Jimmy is a drug smuggler. After getting released from prison, Pasha desires revenge against both Shrikanth and Jackie, so he kidnaps Radha, Shrikanth and Damoder. Jackie comes at the last moment and frees all of them. Shrikanth lets Radha marry Jackie.

[edit] External links

• Hero at the Internet Movie Database