Chattar Lal

Chattar Lal was the Prime Minister of Pankot. Well-spoken and outwardly demure, the Oxford educated Lal was secretly a fanatical member of the murderous Thuggee, devoted to worshiping Kali Ma with human sacrifice. Through regularly administered doses of psychotropic drugs, he subjugated Pankot's young ruler, the Maharajah Zalim Singh, thus allowing the Thuggee to operate with impunity inside Pankot&mdash;until 1935, when Indiana Jones, on a mission to destroy the sect, appeared outside the Pankot Palace gates. When Mola Ram escapes the temple, Indy tires to free Willie from being a human sacrifice, but Lal ambushes Indy and the two of them fight. Indy gets the best of Lal by belting him in the face and Lal gets caught in the gears of the wheel controlling the sacrfical cage and he crawls off and lays on the floor. After Indy rescues Willie, Lal gets up and the two of them brawl again. They jump onto the cage and it lowers down into the lava, Indy gets away safely but Lal dangles helplessly from the cage. Then Chattar Lal was killed when it reaches the lava.

Behind the scenes
The character was portrayed in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom by veteran actor Roshan Seth.

In the Lego version of the game, Indy and Short Round must rescue Willie Scott and defeat Lal. However, Lal's body bursts into Lego pieces because Indy triggered the heated floors Lal was on.

Appearances

 * Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
 * Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom novel
 * Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom comic
 * LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures