Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan

Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan
Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan
Directed by	Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Written by	Cyrus Mistry; Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Starring	Dilip Dhawan; Anjali Paigankar; Shriram Lagoo; Om Puri; Sulabha Deshpande; Rohini Hattangadi
Cinematography	Virendra Saini
Music by	Bhaskar Chandavarkar
Release date	5 May 1978;
Running time	110 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan is a 1978 Hindi Language film, directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza and starring Dilip Dhawan, Anjali Paigankar, Sriram Lagoo, Rohini Hattangadi, Satish Shah and Om Puri. The Film explores the life of a guy born with a silver spoon, but no talent as his businessman father.

Plot

Arvind Desai (Dilip Dhawan) is the only son of a rich businessman (Shriram Lagoo), who deals in luxury handicrafts and products. His feelings for his father are mixed. While he hates the latter's dominating nature, he admires his power and lack of scruples. He has long discussions on art and politics with a Marxist friend Rajan (Om Puri), is seeing his father's secretary Alice (Anjali Paigankar) and sometimes he visits a prostitute, Fatima. Much against his wishes, his marriage is arranged to a girl from a high-class family that has just returned from Paris, much to the dismay of Alice's mother, who realizes that Alice was a pastime for Arvind and nothing more. Suresh Oberoi has done a cameo in this movie.

Arvind has no goal, throughout he's searching for something and is severely dissatisfied.

The film ends with the craftsman making carpets.

Awards

1979 Filmfare Award Best Film - Critics Saeed Akhtar Mirza

External links

Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan at IMDb

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