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Dhuan
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Wikipedia article
'Dhuan' is a 1981 Hindi-language thriller film, produced by Gautham Guha under the Sri Sai Chitra banner and directed by Dulal Guha. It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Ranjeeta, Raakhee, Amjad Khan while Jeetendra has given a gesture appearance and music composed by R. D. Burman. It is a remake of the English-language film 'Chase a Crooked Shadow' (1958) and remade in
Telugu as 'Mayadari Maridi' (1985).
The same plot was later used in the 1989 movie 'Khoj' starring Rishi Kapoor and Kimi Katkar.
Plot
The film begins at a Devigarh estate owned by Rani Gayatri Saxena. To usurp her wealth, Sunil Verma a daredevil gangster is appointed by his Boss to purport as her brother-in-law Ashok Saxena who died recently in Manila. Since Gayatri only knows Ashok on sight Sunil succeeds in forging the pieces of evidence. Gayatri tries to prove him false but fails. Eventually, she calls Sheela finance of Ashok and she too accepts Sunil as Ashok because the black hats endangered her father. In this process, Sheela falls for Sunil by his virtue. Gayatri gets devastated. Sunil creates her as mentally deranged. Ultimately, Gayatri declares herself as the homicide of Ashok. Stunningly, Sunil turns into a CBI officer and his boss is IG of the secret service Dinesh Dikshit. Indeed, Ashok is an Interpol officer who holds secret documents regarding the countrys security for which he has been murdered. All these plays are made by Sunil to safeguard them. At last, documents are retrieved and Gayatri is apprehended. Finally, the movie ends with Sunil proceeding further along with Sheela.
Cast
*Raakhee as Rani Gayatri Saxena
*Mithun Chakraborty as Sunil Verma
*Ranjeeta as Sheela
*Amjad Khan as I.G. Dinesh Dikshit
*Aruna Irani as Pushpa
*Padma Khanna as Sundari
*Lakshmi as Laxmi
*Jeetendra as Ashok Saxena (Guest Appearance)
*Abhi Bhattacharya as Sheela's Father
*Goga Kapoor as Police Commissioner
*Sudhir Pandey as Inspector Pandey at Devigarh Police Station
*Asit Sen as Hari Singh Hawaldaar at Devigarh Police Station
Soundtrack
Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri
References
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