Tashan (2008) on Netflix
Jeetendra Kumar Makwana teaches English part-time. Pooja recruits him to teach her boss, gangster Lakhan Singh Ballebaaz. Jimmy falls for Pooja and joins her plan to take Ballebaaz's cash.
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- IMDb3.9/106,293 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes50%
Trailer
Plot summary
Jeetendra Kumar Makwana, known as Jimmy Cliff, works at a call center and gives English lessons on the side. Pooja Singh asks him for private tuition, but the lessons are really meant for her employer, Lakhan Singh Ballebaaz, whom people call Bhaiyyaji, a gangster who wants to speak English. Jimmy agrees, drawn to Pooja, and falls for her. Pooja works for Bhaiyyaji to pay off her debts and hopes to reach Haridwar to scatter her father's ashes. She and Jimmy decide to take the cash Bhaiyyaji keeps and leave. Bhaiyyaji is a volatile man the police know as a hoodlum and extortionist.
Cast
- Arjun Sablok
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Tashan (2008)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- A revenue-sharing dispute between Yash Raj Films and multiplex chains delayed Tashan's release in major Indian multiplexes, so the film earned only ₹180 million in its first week. After the distributor and exhibitors settled, it reached multiplexes on 3 May 2008, adding ₹70 million.
- Anil Kapoor joined the cast of Tashan in early 2007 to portray the villain, marking the first negative role of his career.
- Tashan underperformed at the box office but gained a cult following over time, particularly for its soundtrack and stylized presentation.
