Year: 2000
Runtime: 157 mins
Language: Hindi
Director: Mansoor Khan
Full of life, two rival street gangs vie for control: the Scorpions, led by Prakash, and the Eagles, headed by Max. When Prakash’s brother Rahul visits, he falls for Shirley, unaware she is Max’s sister. Rahul’s secret romance soon ignites the feud, forcing the gangs toward a violent showdown that threatens the fragile peace of the neighborhood.
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Two rival street gangs—the Eagles, local residents, and the Bichhoos (Scorpions), immigrants—dominate the town of Vasco, Goa. The Eagles are led by Shah Rukh Khan as Max ‘Maxie’ Dias, while the Bichhoos are led by Sharad S. Kapoor as Prakash Sharma. Max and his twin sister Shirley Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are orphans who ride with a local motorcycle crew alongside the other Eagles.
Rahul Chandrachur Singh, Prakash’s brother and a well-educated masterchef working in Mumbai, returns to Vasco after two years with plans to take his family back to Mumbai. While wandering the town, he spots Shirley and falls in love, deciding to settle in Vasco and open a pastry shop. Rahul unknowingly becomes part of the Eagles–Bichhoo rivalry, and Max and his crew destroy the shop, leaving Rahul in severe debt to the landlord.
Prakash, desperate for money, schemes to take over the village ground—the land long tied to Alberto Vasco, the village’s landlord. Rahul learns from the Rose villa address and through the story of Mary Anne Louise that the land title has a hidden history; Mary Anne Louise, Nadira, is connected to the property, and she is revealed to be Max and Shirley’s mother; the twins are Alberto Vasco’s illegitimate children. Rahul plans to inform Shirley but Prakash intercepts and plots to force a marriage between Rahul and Shirley while killing Max to claim the land worth ₹20 lakhs. When Prakash tries to kill Max, a bloody fight erupts and Max shoots Prakash in self-defense. Max is arrested, and his trial strains the bond between Shirley and Rahul. Before the verdict, Rahul uncovers the truth and defends Max in court, presenting documents proving that the land and its legacy belong to Max and Shirley, as Alberto Vasco’s children, with Alberto having distanced himself from them. The judge rules Max’s action as self-defense. Max is released and asks Rahul for forgiveness and for Shirley’s hand, thereby uniting the Eagles and Bichhoos.
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