Dongari Ka Raja


Dongri ka Raja is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language film based on love story of an underworld Raja of Dongri. The Story is set against the backdrop of the Dongri underworld and weaves a gripping tale with a twist. The film is directed by Hadi Ali Abrar and Produced by PS Chhatwal and Filmy Keeda Productions. The film was released on 11 November 2016.

Plot

Raja is the adopted son and sharpshooter of Dongri's most famous don Mansoor Ali. Mansoor wants Raja to success his place after his death, so he trained him faithfully and treated him as his blood son.
Raja never failed any mission given by Mansoor. When killing people, Raja always wears a police uniform with the name of Siddhanth, to pretend to be a police officer conducting operations, which makes Siddhanth blamed for many times. During one of his operations, Raja meets Shruti and falls for her. However, Raja feels hopeless for his love to Shruti because of his profession, so he lies to her by saying he's a house agent. Unaware of Raja's real identity and profession, Shruti gradually falls for him too.
Inspector Siddhant, who's in charge of Mansoor's case, disappoints his senior for his failure to close the case in the promised time. Damie, another of his seniors blames him too for not only he failed to collect evidence against Mansoor, but Mansoor's men started killing people, which never happened before he took over the case. Their senior then decides to transfer this case to Damie. Damie, in fact, is a corrupted officer who's bribed by and works for Mansoor, after he takes over the case, he solved the murder committed by Mansoor's men easily. He arrests an innocent man and threatens to kill him to make him claim responsibility for those murders, and state he has no relation with Mansoor, in front of a video camera. After the innocent man "pleads guilty" in the video, Damie kills him as is hence praised by his senior, news media, and Mansoor too.
Shruti invites Raja to a religious ceremony held in the area ruled by Daya, Raja and Mansoor's enemy. Raja's fellows try to discourage him from risking his life to attend the ceremony, but Raja insists to meeting Shruti. During the ceremony, Raja is seen and attacked by Daya but he manages to survive and is admitted to a hospital. In the hospital, Siddhanth shows up and tries to reveal Raja's real identity to Shruti, whose love Raja won by cheating. However, Raja denies Siddhanth's accusation and Shruti chooses to believe her lover.
After Raja returns home, he and Shruti confess their love to each other, but his love distracts him largely from his jobs, making him hide it from Mansoor. Mansoor always wants Raja to fulfill his dream, that is to be another don like him, as Raja's mother thinks father's dream is less important than son's love and happiness. She then encourages Raja to talk to Shruti's parents about their marriage. Raja agrees with her.
Shruti's father doesn't agree with Raja and Shruti's marriage because he feels Raja is lying about his profession. Raja then decides to elope with Shruti and marry without telling her parents, During their wedding, Inspector Siddhanth arrives with a group of armed officers to arrest Raja, telling him that the bride is in fact his younger sister, who pretended to be in love with him to get close to him and collect evidence of his crimes. Shruti's mission is completed and Raja is arrested while all his fellows are killed during their attempt to escape.
Raja's mother then approaches to Shruti and tells her that Raja's love has change him a lot. He was a don and a criminal who killed without hesitation, but now he's not in mood of being a don anymore. Even after he knows he was cheated by her, he still loves her a lot. Shruti is moved and suddenly realizes that her pretended love to Raja has already been true. She then rejects to testify against Raja in the court, making Raja released.
In his house, Mansoor is angry about his son being cheated and orders him to kill Shruti and Raja agrees. Shruti risks her life to rush to Rajs's house and takes him out to apologize and confess her true love to him. At this very moment, Siddhanth and his men show up to shoot Raja, making Raja feel being cheated again. Raja shoots Shruti and manages to escape.
Rajs is later told that Shruti survived the gunshot and is admitted to a hospital, he then decides to go to hospital to kill her again. in the hospital, Shruti confesses her love to Raja again, making Raja unable to shoot her and is later arrested again by Siddhanth.
Damie frees Raja with his greater power than Siddhanth's. Siddhanth then kills Damie in the public and calling the crowd who's already angry with Mansoor and Damie's crime to testify against Raja for Damie's murder. Siddhanth arrests Shruti with Cover-up charge, and Raja loses his mind after he realizes their love to each other is both true and solid.
Raja breaks his relation with Mansoor, who never supports his love but always wants him to be a don; he then forcefully saves Shruti from police and escapes with her. On their way of escaping from the city, they get married. But their happy days last for no longer than 2 days before they are caught again at one of the checkpoints that Siddhanth set to catch them. In the impasse, Raja takes Shruti as hostage with an empty gun to demande Siddhanth give him free passage.
Siddhanth shoots Raja and kills him. The film ends.

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