Maha-Sangram
Promotional Poster
Directed by	Mukul Anand
Produced by	Nitin Manmohan
Starring	Vinod Khanna Govinda Aditya Pancholi Madhuri Dixit Shaheen Sonu Walia Amjad Khan
Music by	Anand–Milind
Distributed by	Neha Arts Pvt.Ltd
Release date	12 January 1990 (1990-01-12)
Running time	149 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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.^[1]

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