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Lal Baadshah (लाल बादशाह)
Lal Baadshah (लाल बादशाह) is a 1999 Hindi action drama directed by K.C. Bokadia, starring Amitabh Bachchan in a dual role with Manisha Koirala and Shilpa Shetty; released 5 March 1999, a box office flop and Nirupa Roy's final film, distinct from the same-year Shah Rukh Khan film Baadshah.
Maachis
Maachis (माचिस, "Matches") is Gulzar's 1996 Hindi political thriller on Punjab's Sikh insurgency, starring Tabu, Chandrachur Singh, and Om Puri, with debut composer Vishal Bhardwaj; it won National and Filmfare awards and earned about ₹6.19 crore.
Major Saab (मेजर साब)
Major Saab (मेजर साब), 1998 Hindi action film by Tinnu Anand for ABCL, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Sonali Bendre; released 26 June 1998 after an NDA portrayal dispute; semi-hit grossing ₹13.10 crore nett in India.
Mrityudaata (मृत्युदाता)
Mrityudaata is a 1997 Hindi action drama musical directed by Mehul Kumar, starring Amitabh Bachchan as a surgeon turned vigilante, made as his comeback film after five years away.
Sangharsh (संघर्ष) (1999 film)
Sangharsh (संघर्ष) is a 1999 Hindi psychological thriller directed by Tanuja Chandra, starring Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, and Ashutosh Rana as child-sacrifice fanatic Lajja Shankar Pandey; a CBI officer recruits an imprisoned genius to catch a serial child killer.
Sarfarosh (सरफ़रोश)
Sarfarosh (सरफ़रोश) is a 1999 Hindi action thriller, John Matthew Matthan's debut, starring Aamir Khan as ACP Ajay Singh Rathod and Naseeruddin Shah as ghazal singer Gulfam Hassan; it named Pakistan and the ISI as villains and won a 2000 National Film Award.
Satya (सत्य) (1998 film)
Satya (सत्या, "Truth") is Ram Gopal Varma's 1998 Hindi crime film about a Mumbai migrant drawn into the underworld, starring J.D. Chakravarthy, Manoj Bajpayee, and Urmila Matondkar; credited as the catalyst of Mumbai noir.
Shool (शूल)
Shool (शूल) is a 1999 Hindi action crime drama directed by Eeshwar Nivas, produced by Ram Gopal Varma and Nitin Manmohan, starring Manoj Bajpayee as an honest Bihar police inspector versus politician Bachhu Yadav; it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi but flopped at the box office.
Soldier (1998 Indian film)
Soldier (सोल्जर) is a 1998 Hindi action drama by Abbas–Mustan starring Bobby Deol and Preity Zinta, about a son avenging his betrayed, killed army-officer father; not the Kurt Russell film.
Vaastav: The Reality
Vaastav: The Reality (वास्तव) is a 1999 Hindi crime drama directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, starring Sanjay Dutt as a Mumbai youth pushed into the underworld.
Vijeta (विजेता)
Vijeta (विजेता) is a 1996 Hindi action film directed by K. Muralimohana Rao, starring Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon, Paresh Rawal, and Amrish Puri; a remake of Sathruvu, released 26 January 1996, earlier titled Mera Kartavya, and a box office flop.
Vinashak (विनाशक)
Vinashak (विनाशक), or Vinashak – Destroyer, is a 1998 Hindi action crime drama directed by Ravi Dewan, starring Suniel Shetty, Raveena Tandon, and Danny Denzongpa, about an undercover policeman in a corrupt jail; not the pesticide documentary or Bhojpuri film of the same name.
Virasat (विरासत) (1997 film)
Virasat (विरासत) is a 1997 Hindi action drama directed by Priyadarshan, a remake of Thevar Magan, starring Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Amrish Puri, and Pooja Batra, with music by Anu Malik.
Ziddi (ज़िद्दी) (1997 film)
Ziddi (ज़िद्दी) is a 1997 Hindi-language action drama film directed by Guddu Dhanoa and produced by N.R. Pachisia, starring Sunny Deol and Raveena Tandon, released in India in April 1997.
Zor (ज़ोर)
Zor (ज़ोर), also Zor: Never Underestimate the Force, is a 1998 Hindi action film directed by Sangeeth Sivan, starring Sunny Deol and Sushmita Sen; a box-office flop about a journalist clearing his framed father. Distinct from Syed Noor's 1998 Pakistani film of the same name.