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{{Infobox film

| name = Daud

| image = Daud poster.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Poster

| director = Ram Gopal Varma

| producer = Ram Gopal Varma
Jhamu Sughand

| writer = Kanan Ayar
Sanjay Chhel
Ram Gopal Varma

| narrator =

| based_on = Kshana Kshanam (1991)

| starring = Sanjay Dutt
Urmila Matondkar
Paresh Rawal
Manoj Bajpayee

| music = A. R. Rahman

| cinematography = Rasool Ellore

| editing = Bhanodaya
Ram Gopal Varma(uncredited)

| distributor = Murlimanohar Creations

| released =

| runtime =

| country = India

| language = Hindi

| budget = {{INRConvert|77.5|million|

| gross =

'Daud' is a 1997 Indian comedy road adventure film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma, starring Sanjay Dutt and Urmila Matondkar, with music composed by A. R. Rahman. The film was based on Ram Gopal Varma's 1991 cult classic, 'Kshana Kshanam', which starred Venkatesh, Sridevi and Paresh Rawal.

Plot



The affable Nandu (Sanjay Dutt) is a small-time crook who is hired to deliver a mysterious package to a notorious criminal named Pinky (Paresh Rawal). Feeling that he's being cheated out of his delivery fee, Nandu holds out for more money, and soon finds himself on the run from both the angry gangsters and the police, who have launched a massive manhunt.

Nandu and Bhavani (Urmila Matondkar), the lovely cabaret dancer who's tagging along for the ride, assume the package contains gold; both are unpleasantly surprised when it turns out to be something deadlier: a nuclear bomb.

Cast



* Sanjay Dutt as Nandu/Uma Parvati

* Urmila Matondkar as Bhavani/Daya Shankar

* Paresh Rawal as Pinky

* Neeraj Vora as Chacko

* Ashish Vidyarthi as Nair

* Manoj Bajpayee as Pushkar

* Vineeth as Inspector Sri

* Narsing Yadav as Inspector Rana

* Rajeev Mehta as Khurana

* Rana Jung Bahadur as Commissioner of police

* Sumukhi Pendse as Suvarna

Reception



After the success of his previous movie 'Rangeela', Verma's 'Daud' was much anticipated. Though the movie opened to mixed reviews, it went on to do average business at the Indian box office. Anupama Chopra of 'India Today' wrote, "Despite the flaws, Daud makes for fun-watching."

Soundtrack



The score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman, who also scored 'Rangeela'. The lyrics were written by Mehboob, except for the song "Daud" which was penned by Sukhwinder Singh. One of the songs, "Zehreela Pyar" came heavily under the censor scanner for its rather bold picturization.

The soundtrack was re-released in Tamil as a non-film album titled 'Ottam' and was dubbed in Telugu as '5050'.

Hindi - Original version

Lyrics: Mehboob (Mehboob Aalam Kotwal)

5050 (Telugu dubbed version)



Lyrics: Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry

Ottam (Tamil dubbed version)



Though the Tamil dubbed version of the film remains unreleased, the soundtrack album released.

Lyrics: Palani Bharathi

References




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