Tahqiqaat

Tahqiqaat is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language thriller film, produced by K. C. Bokadia under the BMB Productions banner and directed by A. Jagannathan. It stars Jeetendra in a double role, with Aditya Pancholi, Sangeeta Bijlani, Ronit Roy, Farheen. The music was composed by Anu Malik. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film Post Mortem (1982). It was the only Hindi film directed by A. Jagannathan.

Plot
The film begins in a town where everyone adores Father Prem Fernandes, a Catholic priest. Peter is a justice-seeking ruffian who defies violations against the poor, and Father always tries to mitigate his situation. Once, Peter disputes with Bhanu Pratap, a millionaire and head of the town. Peter's sister Mary loves Ramesh, the son of Bhanu Pratap. Since Peter is anti-rich, Mary takes Father's help. Meanwhile, Ramesh leaves abroad when Mary becomes pregnant and confesses to Father. Then, he promises to find a solution. Overhearing it, Roopa's beau of Peter misinterprets their relationship and informs Peter. So, he revolts against Father and gets arrested but succeeds in absconding. The next day, the public is stunned to see Mary's dead body hanging from a tree. Assuming it is a suicide, they bury the corpse without a postmortem. However, Father suspects something fishy, so, he approaches his twin S.P. Arun Kumar a sheer cop to perform the postmortem and he exhumes Mary's coffin. As a flabbergast, he finds Father Prem Fernandes' dead body in it. Thereupon, Peter is suspected, and S.P. Arun Kumar begins his investigation. In that process, S.P. and Peter encounter and move pawns. Peter learns the actuality through Mary's friend Mumtaz and repents during that time. Parallelly, S.P. horrifies everybody in the guise of Father's ghost to uncover the real victim. In their trials, S.P. and Peter spot seized Ramesh, who reveals Mary's death as cold-blooded murder. Suddenly, a man in a veil shoots, which misfires, and Ramesh dies. Shockingly, he turns to Bhanu Pratap, who killed Mary, as he detests knitting her with his son. Afterward, for fear of postmortem, the miscreant seeks to dispose of the body which Father witnesses. Therefore, he slaughtered him too. Finally, the movie ends with S.P. & Peter ceasing Bhanu Pratap.

Cast

 * Jeetendra as Father Prem Fernandes / Police Superintendent Arun Kumar (Double Role)
 * Aditya Pancholi as Peter
 * Sangeeta Bijlani as Roopa
 * Ronit Roy as Ramesh
 * Farheen as Mary
 * Mehmood as Micheal
 * Danny Denzongpa as Bhanupratap
 * Satyen Kappu as Anthony
 * Sameer Khakhar as Salim
 * Laxmikant Berde as Hawaldar Sakharam Dandekar
 * Mahesh Anand as Vikram
 * Bob Christo as Goon
 * Sulabha Arya as Mrs. Anthony
 * Guddi Maruti as Gulabo
 * Asha Sharma as Roopa's Mother

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Anu Malik.