Duniya (1984 film)
Duniya (English: The World) is a Hit 1984 Hindi action film directed by Ramesh Talwar, starring Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu, Rishi Kapoor and Amrita Singh in lead roles. The music was given by R.D. Burman.
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| Directed by | Ramesh Talwar |
| Produced by | Yash Johar |
| Written by | Javed Akhtar (dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Javed Akhtar |
| Starring | Ashok Kumar Dilip Kumar Rishi Kapoor Amrita Singh Prem Chopra Amrish Puri Pran |
| Music by | R. D. Burman |
| Cinematography | Jehangir Choudhary Jal Mistry |
Release date | September 18, 1984 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
The famous telephone sequence from the movie - where the hero repeatedly calls a landline number but disconnects the call giving a feel of wrong connection but does not disconnect it finally when the villains are into discussion - was based on a similar telephone sequence from the 1977 Kannada movie Olavu Geluvu.[1]
Plot
Mohan Kumar (Dilip Kumar) is a very honest and conscientious man and is working as general manager of a Shipping company owned by his very good friend, Dinesh (Pradeep Kumar). Dinesh is a widower and his daughter, Roma (Amrita Singh) is very attached to Mohan Kumar, his wife Sumitra (Saira Banu) and son Ravi (Rishi Kapoor). Jugal Kishore (Pran (actor)), Bhandari (Prem Chopra) and Balwant (Amrish Puri) are a notorious gang of smugglers and all are working under Mohan Kumar in the same shipping company. By a sheer co-incidence Mohan Kumar comes to know of their activities and apprehending police station, these three plan the murder of Dinesh and very deviously frame Mohan Kumar for the murder of Dinesh. Mohan Kumar is helpless and cannot prove his innocence in the court and is sentenced to Life Imprisonment. His wife is also killed in an accident because of these three villains. After serving Life Imprisonment Mohan Kumar meets Puri (Ashok Kumar) who had connections with the under-world organization and whose life he had saved in the same jail where he was undergoing Life Imprisonment. Mohan Kumar swears to take revenge and finish them and their activities. Mohan Kumar is also unable to find his son and in the process of locating finds Roma who is living with her maternal Uncle Jagdish, a very mean and an alcoholic man. Fate makes Mohan Kumar's lost son work with Jugal Kishore and his gang. By strange circumstances Ravi meets Roma and even saves the life of Mohan Kumar. Mohan Kumar remembers his son and starts treating Ravi like his own son. Roma and Ravi by this time are madly in love. A stage comes in Ravi's life when he is assigned by Jugal Kishore and Balwant to kill Mohan Kumar after the death of Bhandari which was planned by Mohan Kumar.
Cast
- Ashok Kumar as R. D. Puri
- Dilip Kumar as Mohan Kumar
- Rishi Kapoor as Ravi
- Amrita Singh as Roma Verma
- Prem Chopra as Prakash Chandra Bhandari
- Amrish Puri as Balwant Singh Kalra
- Pran as Jugal Kishore Ahuja 'J. K.'
- Saira Banu as Mrs. Sumitra Kumar
- Pradeep Kumar as Dinesh Verma
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Teja
- Om Puri as Vasudev
- Dhumal as Pascal
- Satyen Kappu as Jagdish
- Mac Mohan as Kabir
- Javed Khan Amrohi as Tony
- Arvind Deshpande as Albert Pinto
- Sulabha Deshpande as Mary
- Anjan Srivastav as Stranger
- Manik Irani as Manik
Soundtrack
| # | Song | Singer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Main Aur Meri Awaargi" | Kishore Kumar |
| 2 | "Teri Meri Zindagi Pyar Bhari Zindagi" | Lata Mangeshkar |
| 3 | "Jhoomti Raat Jawan" | Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar |
| 4 | "Gehre Halke Halke Gehre" | Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar |
| 5 | "Tu Chand Nagar Ki Shehzaadi" | Kishore Kumar |
| 6 | "Duniya Bahut Hi Kamaal Hai" | Kishore Kumar |