But there are some Bollywood filmmakers who have thought out of the box and have actually attempted to make some movies featuring the concept of vigilantism in its full glory.
So here are some best Indian movies on Vigilantism!!
1. Shahenshah (1988)
Shahenshah is a vigilante action film directed and produced by Tinnu Anand. Amitabh Bachchan is the starring actor in this movie along with Meenakshi Sheshadri. The story of the movie was written by Jaya Bachchan and the screenplay was written by veteran screenwriter Inder Raj Anand.
2. Shiva Ka Insaaf (1985)
Shiva Ka Insaaf is a movie directed by Raj N. Sippy and produced by Romu N. Sippy. This is the first Hindi movie to be filmed in 3D. Jackie Shroff, Poonam Dhillon, and Gulshan Grover are the starring actors in this movie. This movie portrays the life of Bhola, whose parents are killed mercilessly and he is now being prepared by his father’s friends in combat skills to extract revenge from the killers of his parents.
3. Ajooba (1991)
Ajooba is an Amitabh Bachchan starred movie directed and produced by Shashi Kapoor. This movie was the commercial disaster during its release, later it was recognized as a classic. This movie tells the story of a prince unaware of his truth and his hunger to bring justice to the public of his kingdom.
4. Bhavesh Joshi Superhero (2018)
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero is directed and written by Vikramaditya Motwane and is one of the best films of the year. This movie tells the story of two friends who start a new trend of putting online videos of them making the wrongs in the society right. When one of them dies, it is now up to the other one to carry on the legacy.
5. Kick (2014)
Kick movie is directed and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and this movie is the official remake of 2009 Telugu movie of the same name. Salman Khan is the starring actor and he plays a robin hood sort of character in the movie that becomes a headache for the police of several countries due to his non-abidance to the forces of law.
6. Toofan (1989)
Toofan is directed by Ketan Desai and is an Amitabh Bachchan starring movie. He is in a double role in this movie. Amitabh plays a vigilante who sets out to bring justice to the oppressed section of the society.
7. Sivaji (2007)
Rajnikanth and Siya Saran are in the lead role in this movie directed by S.Shankar and produced by AVM Production. This movie told the story of an NRI software engineer who comes to India to bring some change into society. But when he sees that the government officials are the biggest hurdle in his way, he takes the form of an ultimate killing machine who takes the laws into his hands to teach the corrupts a lesson.
8. Satyamev Jayate (2018)
Satyamev Jayate is an Indian vigilante action movie directed by Milap Milan Zaveri. John Abraham and Manoj Bajpayee are in the lead role in this movie. The film starts with gruesome killing of a policeman by the hooded guy, who burns him alive and leaves his ashes on the stairs of the police station in a pot. He challenges all corrupt policeman that he will kill all of them brutally if they don’t stop doing corruption and taking bribes.
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