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Dostana is a film of genre Drama directed by Raj Khosla with Amitabh Bachchan

Dostana (1980)

Dostana
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Length 2h33
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Genres Drama
Rating63% 3.196863.196863.196863.196863.19686

Dostana is a 1980 Bollywood action drama film, produced by Yash Johar and directed by Raj Khosla. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra, Amrish Puri, Helen, Pran and Paintal. The film was the Third highest grossing hit of 1980 after Qurbaani & another of Amitabh Bachchan's film released that year namely Shaan. Dostana was one of the last successful movies directed by Raj Khosla. The film was remade in Tamil as Sattam with Kamal Haasan.

Synopsis

Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi (Shatrughan Sinha) are best friends who do not question each other about their careers. Vijay is a police officer and Ravi is a lawyer. While Vijay catches criminals, Ravi bails those criminals out and is employed by Daaga (Prem Chopra). One day both Vijay and Ravi meet Sheetal (Zeenat Aman) at different places and times, and both fall in love with her. While Vijay's love is more vocal and is reciprocated by Sheetal, Ravi has one-sided crush on Sheetal.

Actors

Amitabh Bachchan

(Vijay Varma)Shatrughan Sinha

(Ravi Kapoor)Zeenat Aman

(Sheetal Sahni)Prem Chopra

(Mr. Daaga)Pran Krishan Sikand

(Tony)
And :
Amrish Puri
Helen Khan
K. N. Singh (Krishan Niranjan Singh)
Iftekhar
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