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Dushman is a film of genre Drama with Rajesh Khanna
Dushman (1972)
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Rating73%
Dushman is a 1972 Hindi film produced by Premji and directed by Dulal Guha. It is based on a novel by Veerendra Sharma. The film stars Rajesh Khanna in the title role and for which he received a Filmfare nomination as Best Actor, the only nomination for the film.
Meena Kumari, Mumtaz, Bindu, Rehman, Asit Sen and Johnny Walker are part of the cast.
The film became a "super-hit" at the box office.
This film was remade in Tamil as Needhi in the same year (1972) starring Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa.
The film was later remade into the Telugu film Khaidii Babay (1974) starring Shobhan Babu in the title role, and Vanisri as his love interest. It was also remade in Kannada as Hosa Theerpu (1983) with Ambareesh.
Synopsis
Surjit Singh (Rajesh Khanna) earns a living driving a truck. He is a rash driver and more than usually also driving while drunk. One night he stops at the prostitute Chamelibai's (Bindu), spends the night with her, and gets up late the next morning. He rushes out and drives at breakneck speed in thick fog to make up for lost time while again drinking. He inevitably ends up running over and killing a farmer named Ram Din. But despite the opportunity to hit and run, he decides to stay and face the consequences. He is arrested by the police, charged, and brought before the courts.Actors
Rajesh Khanna
(Surjit Singh)
Meena Kumari
(Malti)
Mumtaz
Abhi Bhattacharya
Asit Sen
(Head Constable Harishankar Chaurasia)
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