<P> The trio eventually reach an underground temple where the Thugs worship Kali with human sacrifice . They watch as the Thugs chain one of their victims in a cage and slowly lower him into a ceremonial fire pit, burning him alive . They discover that the Thugs, led by their high priest Mola Ram, are in possession of three of the five Sankara stones, and have enslaved the children to mine for the final two stones . As Indy tries to retrieve the stones, he, Willie, and Shorty are captured and separated . Indy is whipped and forced to drink a potion called the Blood of Kali, which places him in a trance - like state where he begins to mindlessly serve the Thugs . Willie, meanwhile, is kept as a human sacrifice, while Shorty (who was also whipped) is put to work in the mines alongside the enslaved children . Shorty breaks free and escapes back into the temple where he burns Indy with a torch, shocking him out of the trance . After defeating Chattar Lal, Indy stops Willie's cage and cranks it out of the pit just in time before it has a chance to enter the fire . They go back to the mines to free the children, but Indy is caught up in a fight with a hulking overseer . The Maharajah, who was also entranced, attempts to cripple Indy with a voodoo doll . Shorty spars with the Maharajah, ultimately burning him to snap him out of the trance . With his strength returned, Indy kills the overseer . The Maharajah then tells Shorty how to get out of the mines . While Mola Ram escapes, Indy and Shorty rescue Willie and retrieve the three Sankara stones, the village children escape . </P> <P> After a mine cart chase to escape the temple, the trio emerge above ground and are again cornered by Mola Ram and his henchmen on a rope bridge high above a crocodile - infested river . Using a sword, Indy cuts the rope bridge in half, leaving everyone to hang on for their lives . Indy utters an incantation which causes the stones to glow red hot . Two of the stones fall into the river, while the last falls into Mola Ram's hand, burning his hand . Indy catches the now - cool stone, while Mola Ram falls into the river below and gets devoured by hungry crocodiles . The Thuggees then attempt to shoot Indy with arrows, until a company of British Indian Army riflemen, summoned by the Maharajah, arrive and open fire on the Thuggee archers . Indy, Willie, and Shorty return to the village with the children and give the missing stone back to the villagers . </P> <Ul> <Li> Harrison Ford as Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr.: An archaeologist adventurer who is asked by a desperate Indian village to retrieve a mysterious stone and rescue the missing village children . Ford undertook a strict physical exercise regimen headed by Jake Steinfeld to gain a more muscular tone for the part . </Li> <Li> Kate Capshaw as Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott: An American nightclub singer working in Shanghai . Willie is unprepared for her adventure with Indy and Short Round, and appears to be a damsel in distress . She also forms a romantic relationship with Indy . Over 120 actresses auditioned for the role, including Sharon Stone . To prepare for the role, Capshaw watched The African Queen and A Guy Named Joe . Spielberg wanted Willie to be a complete contrast to Marion Ravenwood from Raiders of the Lost Ark, so Capshaw dyed her brown hair blonde for the part . Costume designer Anthony Powell wanted the character to have red hair . </Li> <Li> Amrish Puri as Mola Ram: A Thuggee priest who performs rituals of human sacrifices . The character is named after a 17th - century Indian painter . Lucas wanted Mola Ram to be terrifying, so the screenwriters added elements of Aztec and Hawaiian human sacrificers, and European devil worship to the character . To create his headdress, make - up artist Tom Smith based the skull on a cow (as this would be sacrilegious), and used a latex shrunken head . </Li> <Li> Jonathan Ke Quan as Short Round: Indy's eleven - year - old Chinese sidekick, who drives the 1936 Auburn Boat Tail Speedster which allows Indy to escape during the opening sequence . Quan was chosen as part of a casting call in Los Angeles . Around 6000 actors auditioned worldwide for the part: Quan was cast after his brother auditioned for the role . Spielberg liked his personality, so he and Ford improvised the scene where Short Round accuses Indy of cheating during a card game . He was credited by his birthname, Ke Huy Quan . </Li> <Li> Roshan Seth as Chattar Lal: The Prime Minister of the Maharaja of Pankot . Chattar, also a Thuggee worshiper, is enchanted by Indy, Willie and Short Round's arrival, but is offended by Indy's questioning of the palace's history and the archaeologist's own dubious past . </Li> <Li> Philip Stone as Captain Philip Blumburtt: A British Indian Army Captain called to Pankot Palace for "exercises". Alongside a unit of his riflemen, Blumburtt assists Indy towards the end in fighting off Thuggee reinforcements . </Li> <Li> Roy Chiao as Lao Che: A Shanghai crime boss who, with his sons, hires Indy to recover the cremated ashes of one of his ancestors, only to attempt to kill him and cheat him out of his fee, a large diamond . </Li> <Li> David Yip as Wu Han: A friend of Indy . He is killed by one of Lao Che's sons while posing as a waiter at Club Obi Wan . </Li> <Li> Raj Singh as Zalim Singh, the adolescent Maharajá of Pankot, who appears as an innocent puppet of the Thuggee faithful . In the end, he helps to defeat them . </Li> <Li> D.R. Nanayakkara as Shaman: The leader of a small village that recruits Indy to retrieve their stolen sacred Shiva lingam stone . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Harrison Ford as Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr.: An archaeologist adventurer who is asked by a desperate Indian village to retrieve a mysterious stone and rescue the missing village children . Ford undertook a strict physical exercise regimen headed by Jake Steinfeld to gain a more muscular tone for the part . </Li>

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