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{{Short description|1998 Hindi film by Rajkumar Santoshi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = China Gate
| image = China Gate.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Rajkumar Santoshi]]
| producer = [[Rajkumar Santoshi]]
| screenplay = Rajkumar Santoshi, [[Anjum Rajabali]], [[K. K. Raina]]
| story =Rajkumar Santoshi
| starring = [[Om Puri]] [[Amrish Puri]] [[Naseeruddin Shah]] [[Danny Denzongpa]] [[Mukesh Tiwari]] [[Mamta Kulkarni]] [[Samir Soni]] [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] [[Paresh Rawal]] [[Tinu Anand]]
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Anu Malik]], '''Score:''' [[Vanraj Bhatia]]
| cinematography = Piyush Shah
| editing = V. N. Mayekar
| studio = Santoshi Productions
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1998|11|27}}
| runtime = 175 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INRConvert|20|c}}<ref name="budget">{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/chasing-an-epic/206631|title=Chasing An Epic|date=7 December 1998}}</ref>
| gross =
}}
'''''China Gate''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1998|1998]] Indian [[Western (genre)|Western ]] [[action film]] directed by [[Rajkumar Santoshi]]. It was released on 27 November 1998.

The song "Chamma Chamma" picturised on [[Urmila Matondkar]] became chart buster and was used in [[Baz Luhrmann]]'s film ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''.

==Plot==
The story begins with Col. Krishnakant Puri and his ten men who were sacked from the [[Indian Army]] for failing in the China Gate mission. They belong to the "Ghatak" platoon of infantry regiment. Krishnakant lives an alienated life after the [[Court-martial]]. Frustrated, one day he is about to commit suicide when a young lady named Sandhya knocks on his door.
Having witnessed the brutal slaying of her Forest Officer father, Sunder Rajan, at the hands of dreaded dacoit Jageera, Sandhya goes to the Col. and asks for his assistance in bringing an end to Jageera's rule in the Devdurg region. Col. Krishnakant agrees to assist her and summons ten of his fellow officers and subordinates to assist him in this mission. They assemble at Devdurg with the necessary ammunition and arms to combat Jageera, not realizing that Jageera has influence over the local police detachment, who will prevent Krishnakant and his men to possess any guns and weapons. This does not deter the men, and they continue to stay on in Devdurg. They gain the confidence of the villagers too.

The villagers do not know that Krishnakant and his men had been dishonorably discharged from the army for cowardice. At the time of the first encounter with the gang of Jageera, the team of Krishnakant realised that they are out of shape and have lost instincts and fighting capabilities due to age. With the permission of Col. Krishnakant, Major Gurung starts to train them again.

One day, Jageera captures them with the help of corrupt police officer Barot, but they escape finally and in turn capture Jageera. Col Krishan Puri and few officers intend to kill him, but leader Col. Puri hands him over to the police inspector Barot. As a result, Jageera is again set free and kills Maj. Sarfaraj.

Now the full team of Col. Krishnakant along with the villagers chase Jageera to take final revenge.

== Cast ==
* [[Om Puri]]... Colonel Krishnakant Puri ([[Regiment of Artillery]])
* [[Amrish Puri]]... Colonel Keval Krishan Puri ([[The Grenadiers|Grenadiers]])
* [[Naseeruddin Shah]]... Major Sarfaraz Khan
* [[Danny Denzongpa]]... Major Ranjit Singh Gurung (Sharpshooter)
* [[Samir Soni]]... Udit "Uditanshu" Tandon
* [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]]... Major Kulbhushan Gupta (Planner)
* [[K.D.Chandran]]... Major Mark David Alvarez
* [[Tinu Anand]]... Captain Bijon Dasgupta (Batchmate of Major Gurung from [[NDA]]) (Explosive Expert)
* [[Viju Khote]]... Nb Subedar Ghanshyam ([[Regiment of Artillery]]) (Gunner)
* [[Jagdeep]]... Havaldar Ramaiyah
* [[Mukesh Tiwari]]... Jageera
* [[Paresh Rawal]]... Inspector Baarot
* [[Ila Arun]]... Gopinath's wife
* [[Shivaji Satam]]... Gopinath (Village Sarpanch)
* [[Anjan Srivastav]]... Havaldar DK Pandey
* [[Razak Khan]]... Sadhuram (Lali's Uncle)
* [[Anupam Kher]]... Brigadier Anoop Kumar / Governor (Special Appearance)
* [[Girish Karnad]]... Forest Officer Sundar Rajan (Sandhya's Dad,Special appearance)
* [[Rahul Singh (actor)|Rahul Singh]]
* [[Mamta Kulkarni]]... Sandhya
* [[Urmila Matondkar]] in [[item number]] "Chamma Chamma"
*[[Benaf Dadachandji]]... Lali
*K. D. Chandran

==Production==
The film was conceived as a tribute to [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s ''[[Seven Samurai]]''. The film was made on the budget of {{INR}}20 crores, the highest budget [[Bollywood]] movie at that point of time.<ref name="budget"/>

==Soundtrack==
The music for this movie was composed by [[Anu Malik]] and the item song "[[Chamma Chamma]]" became extremely popular, which was later used in Hollywood film ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'' and was recreated for the film, ''[[Fraud Saiyyan]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/elli-avram-steps-into-urmila-matondkars-shoes-for-chamma-chamma/articleshow/66699490.cms|title=Elli AvRam steps into Urmila Matondkar's shoes for 'Chamma Chamma'|work= Mumbai Mirror|date=20 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/elli-avrram-steps-into-urmila-matondkars-shoes-for-chamma-chamma-remake-for-fraud-saiyaan/19991198 |title=Elli AvrRam steps into Urmila Matondkar's shoes for Chamma Chamma remake for Fraud Saiyaan |work=Mid-day.com |access-date=11 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/elli-avram-recreate-chamma-chamma-arshad-warsi-film/ |title=Elli AvRam to recreate 'Chamma Chamma' for this Arshad Warsi film |work=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=11 January 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/elli-avrram-recreates-urmila-matondkars-iconic-song-chamma-chamma-see-photos-bollywood-news/318431]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/china-gates-chamma-chamma-to-be-recreated-for-prakash-jhas-fraud-saiyyan/articleshow/65955701.cms |title=China Gate's 'Chamma Chamma' to be recreated for Prakash Jha's Fraud Saiyyan |work=Mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com |date=26 September 2018 |access-date=11 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodlife.com/interviews/urmila-matondkar-sings-chamma-chamma-for-us-and-steals-our-hearts-watch-exclusive-video/ |title=[Exclusive Video] Urmila Matondkar sings Chamma Chamma for us and steals our hearts |work=Bollywoodlife.com |date=8 April 2018 |access-date=11 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inuth.com/trends/pop-culture/joota-hai-japani-to-chaiyya-chaiyya-7-hollywood-movies-that-featured-bollywood-songs/ |title=Joota Hai Japani to Chaiyya Chaiyya: 7 Hollywood movies that featured Bollywood songs |work=Inuth.com |date=4 October 2017 |access-date=11 January 2019}}</ref>
{{Tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| all_lyrics = [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]
| title1 = Hum Ko To Rahna Hai
| extra1 = [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Vinod Rathod]]
| lyrics1 =
| length1 = 7:11

| title2 = [[Chamma Chamma]]
| extra2 = Anu Malik, [[Sapna Awasthi]]
| length2 = 5:53
| lyrics2 =

| title3 = Chamma Chamma, Pt. 2
| extra3 = Vinod Rathod, [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
| lyrics3 =
| length3 = 5:54

| title4= Is Mitti Ka Karz Tha Mujhpe
| extra4 = Sonu Nigam
| length4 = 3:14
| lyrics4 =

| title5 = Theme of China Gate (Instrumental)
| extra5 =
| length5 = 1:02
| lyrics5 =
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title| id=0210609|title=China Gate}}
{{Rajkumar Santoshi}}

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[[Category:1998 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Rajkumar Santoshi]]
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anu Malik]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:1990s Western (genre) action films]]
[[Category:Indian Western (genre) action films]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of police departments in India]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of Japanese films]]
[[Category:Indian films about revenge]]

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