Hindi movie where prisoner escapes by collecting matchsticks from prison guard [closed]

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I remember seeing this Bollywood Hindi movie on TV around 1990, so it might have released in the mid-80's.

The scene that I remember went something like this:

A prisoner is in an Indian jail cell, wearing a white striped jail uniform and a dark grey woolen blanket around his upper half. The prisoner walks towards the gate of his cell, where there is a guard. The prisoner asks the guard for a match-stick.

The guard gives him a match-stick. Then the guard asks him something to the effect of "I have been here for the past X years. Every single day you have asked me for a matchstick. What do you do with the matchstick after all?".

The prisoner's reply is epic - "Kaan khujaata hun." (Translation: I scratch the inside of my ear.)

But with his back turned, the prisoner breaks off the head of the matchstick, and places it into the fold of his blanket. We now see he has been collecting match-heads for many years and has a huge stash in his blanket.

Somehow (I think by asking the guard for the entire matchbox) the prisoner manages to set all these match-heads in his blanket on fire. Since the woolen blanket is wrapped around him, he is unaffected by the flames.

In the ensuing confusion, the guard enters the cell and soon the prisoner escapes from jail.

Does anyone know which movie I am remembering? Would love to watch this epic scene again.



Best Answer

This exact scene I remember from movie Toofan starring Amitabh Bacchan in double role.

I remember scene described OP where Saitan Singh escapes the jail/prison. Wikipedia only mentions that he escapes but I do remember the scene. While I was in school I thought what smart move to collect match sticks for years.

This Saitan Singh was played by Goga Kapoor and lead actor had no part in this particular scene and policemen are some unknown artists.

It was released in 1989, I do remember in mid 90's it was shown on TV multiple times during the course of 4-5 years.




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