For other films, see Dost (disambiguation)

Dost (transl. Friend) is a 1974 Hindi film. Produced by Premji, it was directed by Dulal Guha. The film stars Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha, Asit Sen and Rehman. Amitabh Bachchan makes a guest appearance.[1] The film's music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal.

Dost
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Directed byDulal Guha
Written byShafiq Ansari
Sachin Bhowmick
Produced byPremji
J. N. Manchanda
StarringDharmendra
Hema Malini
Shatrughan Sinha
CinematographyM. Rajaram
Edited byBimal Roy Jr.
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Anand Bakshi (Lyrics)
Release date
  • 12 April 1974 (1974-04-12)
Running time
166 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

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Maanav is an orphan who was brought up by a Catholic Priest, Father Francis. After completing his M.A. he returns home to Taran Devi and finds out that his mentor is dead. He re-locates to Bombay by train, and a man named Gopichand Sharma attempts to steal his luggage, but Maanav chases him and retrieves it. The men become friends, despite their differences - Maanav wants to lead an honest life, and Gopichand, who is estranged from his wife, a nurse, Kalyani, and son, Munna, is an alcoholic and thief. Gopichand eventually changes his lifestyle, decides to be honest, patches up with his family, but ends up antagonizing his crime boss, Monto Sardar, who chops off his right hand. Maanav gets him a job with Hercules Milk Foods. Maanav meets with and falls in love with Kaajal Gupta, who is the daughter of the owner of Hercules Milk Foods, much to the chagrin of her father, who wants her to marry Shyamal. Then one day Maanav disappears from Gopichand and Kaajal's lives. He re-locates to Simla and it is here that he learns that things have spiraled out of control as Gopichand has been arrested for marketing contaminated milk powder resulting in the deaths of hundreds of children. Maanav decides to return to Bombay and attempts to make sense as to why Gopichand committed this crime.

Cast

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Awards

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22nd Filmfare Awards:

Nominated

Soundtrack

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# Title Singer(s)
1 "Kaise Jeete Hain Bhala" Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Shatrughan Sinha
2 "Aa Bata De" Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Shatrughan Sinha
3 "Gaadi Bula Rahi Hai" Kishore Kumar
4 "Duniya Jab Jalti Hai" Lata Mangeshkar

References

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  1. ^ "Dost (1974)". The Hindu. 31 October 2013.
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