''Dhuan'' ( hi, Smoke) is a

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-language

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, produced by Gautham Guha under the Sri Sai Chitra banner and directed by

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. It stars

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, Amjad Khan and

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in a guest appearance and music composed by

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. It is a remake of the English-language film ''

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'' (1958) and remade in Telugu as ''Mayadari Maridi'' (1985). The same plot was later used in the 1989 movie ''

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'' starring

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and

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Plot

The film begins at a Devigarh estate owned by Rani Gayatri Saxena. To usurp her wealth, Sunil Verma a daredevil gangster is appointed by his Boss to purport as her brother-in-law Ashok Saxena who died recently in Manila. Since Gayatri only knows Ashok on sight Sunil succeeds in forging the pieces of evidence. Gayatri tries to prove him false but fails. Eventually, she calls Sheela finance’ of Ashok and she too accepts Sunil as Ashok because the black hats endangered her father. In this process, Sheela falls for Sunil by his virtue. Gayatri gets devastated. Sunil creates her as mentally deranged. Ultimately, Gayatri declares herself as the homicide of Ashok. Stunningly, Sunil turns into a CBI officer and his boss is IG of the secret service Dinesh Dikshit. Indeed, Ashok is an Interpol officer who holds secret documents regarding the country's security for which he has been murdered. All these plays are made by Sunil to safeguard them. At last, documents are retrieved and Gayatri is apprehended. Finally, the movie ends with Sunil proceeding further along with Sheela.

Cast

as Rani Gayatri Saxena *

as Sunil Verma *

as Sheela * Amjad Khan as I.G. Dinesh Dikshit *

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as Pushpa *

Padma Khanna Padma Khanna is an Indian actress, dancer and director. She appeared mainly in Hindi and Bhojpuri films in the 1970s and 1980s. She is most remembered for her role in the film '' Saudagar'' with Amitabh Bachchan and also as Queen Kaikeyi in Rama ...

as Sundari *

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as Laxmi *

as Ashok Saxena (Guest Appearance) *

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as Sheela's Father *

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as Police Commissioner *

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Soundtrack

Lyrics:

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References

External links

* 1981 films 1980s Hindi-language films Films scored by R. D. Burman Indian remakes of British films Indian mystery thriller films 1981 action thriller films {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub