Tamacha is a 1988 Hindi-language Action Romance movie written by Madan Joshi and Anand Bakshi. The movie is directed by Ramesh Ahuja and produced by Prasan Kapoor and Jeetendra under the banner of Tirupati Pictures Enterprises. Raju and Vicky are childhood friends. Both attend the same school, spend time together, participate and excel in the same sports, and are also good in their studies. When the two month summer vacation begins, it results in tragedy for both of them, as Raju's dad loses his eyesight, and Vicky's mom passes away after giving birth to baby boy, and his dad is on the run from the police for murder. Years later, Raju is now known as Inspector Rajiv, and Vicky is a notorious gangster called Vikram Pratap Singh, both are on the opposite sides of the law, and both have sworn to kill each other. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com). Tamacha stars Rajinikanth, Amrita Singh, Bhanupriya, Jeetendra Kapoor, Kimi Katkar, Sumeet Saigal and Kamaljit Singh. The screenplay is written by K.B. Pathak. The music was composed by Bappi Lahiri. Cinematography was done by Anil Mitra and editing by Nand Kumar. The movie has a running time of 165 minutes. It was released on 26th March 1988. Tamacha was made on a budget of ₹52 lakh.