Shahenshah is a 1988 Bollywood superhero film directed by Tinnu Anand and starring Amitabh Bachchan in the title role. The film was produced and directed by Tinnu Anand. The story of the film was written by Amitabh Bachchan's wife Jaya Bachchan and the screenplay was written by veteran screenwriter Inder Raj Anand who died before the film was released. The film marked Bachchan's comeback after a three year hiatus during which he had entered politics. Due to the hype of Amitabh Bachchan's comeback Shahenshah went onto do well at the box office and is considered as a super hit movie. Risthey... Mein Tho Hum Tumhare Baap Lagte Hain, Naam Hai Shahenshah become one of the most popular dialogues of Bollywood films. The movie opens with a corrupt and sniveling bank manager Mathur and crime baron JK . Mathur is in a financial dilemma, and JK orchestrates a bank robbery to bail him out. Inspector Shrivastav gets wind of this plot and is about to crack the case when JK enlists an exotic dancer, Julie , to use the robbery as a backdrop and frame the honest inspector for corruption.
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