''Do Bhai '' () is a 1969 Indian

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-language

action drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-gen ...

, produced and directed by

Brij Sadanah Brijmohan Sadanah (6 October 1933 – 21 October 1990), often credited as Brij, was a veteran Indian film producer and director known for his work in Bollywood, Hindi cinema. He is very well known for some of the most memorable box office hit ...

, and written by

Salim Khan Salim Abdul Rashid Khan (born 24 November 1935) is an Indian actor, film producer and screenwriter. As a screenwriter, he wrote the screenplays, stories and scripts for numerous Bollywood films. Khan is one half of the prolific screenwriting d ...

(credited as Prince Salim). It stars

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Ganguly (13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), better known by his stage name Ashok Kumar and also by Dadamoni, was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema and who was a member of the cinematic Ganguly family. He ...

Mala Sinha Alda Sinha (born 11 November 1936), better known by her stage name Mala Sinha is a former Indian actress who has worked in Hindi, Bengali and Nepali films. Initially starting her career with regional cinema, she went on to become a top leading ...

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and music composed by

Laxmikant–Pyarelal Laxmikant–Pyarelal were an Indian composer duo, consisting of Laxmikant Shantaram Patil Kudalkar (1937–1998) and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (born 1940). He is known by the nickname “Pyromaniac” due to his flaming style of music. Laxmikan ...

. The film was remade in Tamil in 1971 as ''

Justice Viswanathan ''Justice Viswanathan'' is a 1971 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language film, directed by G. R. Nathan, starring Ravichandran (Tamil actor), Ravichandran and Major Sundarrajan. It is a remake of the 1969 Hindi film ''Do Bhai (1969 film), Do Bhai ...

'' and in Telugu in 1971 as ''Nenu Manishine''. Though the story of this movie is credited only to Salim Khan, the core plot went on to be partially rehashed by the

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duo for their debut South Indian movie as original story writers - the 1976 Kannada movie ''

Premada Kanike ''Premada Kanike'' () is a 1976 Indian Kannada-language thriller film directed by V. Somashekhar and produced by Jayadevi. The film starred Rajkumar, Aarathi and Jayamala. The songs composed by Upendra Kumar were received extremely well and ...

'' which was also later remade in Tamil in 1980 as '' Polladhavan'' and in Hindi in 1981 as '' Raaz''.

Plot

Justice Ajay Verma (Ashok Kumar) an honorable and deified by the town. Once, he is acquainted with a client Ranjana (Chand Usmani) and in a short while, an intimacy develops between them. Soon they couple up without the knowledge of anyone except his close friend Mahesh (Man Mohan). Suddenly, Ajay Babu has to depart on emergency accommodating Ranjana at Mahesh but the heinous molest the pregnant woman. After return, Ajay Babu could not find the whereabouts of both. One night, leaving the newborn baby at Ajay Babu's residence with a letter proclaiming the brutality of Mahesh, Ranjana commits suicide. Knowing it, Ajay Babu explodes and desperately wanders in search of Mahesh for 5 years. Besides, Jwala Singh (Sheikh Mukhtar) the brother of Ranjana meets Mahesh who purports Ajay Babu as the imposter. Ultimately, Ajay Babu triumphs in his hunt and slays Mahesh in a train which is witnessed by a woman Sandhya (Mala Sinha). Destiny takes her to Ajay Babu's residence as governance to his daughter. S.P. Vijay Verma (Jeetendra) a cop, the younger brother of Ajay Babu falls for her. Later, Sandhya is astounded to see Ajay Babu therein and she is seized. Moreover, she is endangered of life-threat to her infant sister. Jwala Singh observes it and tries to help her when she reveals the actuality to him. Panic-stricken, Sandhya meets with an accident when Ajay Babu rescues her. After recovery, she questions him about the reason behind his crime then he divulges the fact, whereby, Sandhya adores him. Meanwhile, Jwala Singh accuses Ajay Babu as a criminal before Vijay. Listening to it, he afflicts but solidly digs out the truth. Despite having a chance to rescue his brother Vijay stands for justice. In tandem, enraged Jwala Singh shoots Ajay Babu with his revolver when he discovers him as Ranjana's brother. Vijay detects that Mahesh's murder has also happened with the same revolver and Jwala Singh is charged with the two crimes. Since he is aware of the truth through Sandhya, Jwala Singh takes the blame. At last, Ajay Babu arrives, declares himself guilty, and acquits Jwala Singh. Finally, the movie ends with Ajay Babu leaving his last breath in the court hall.

Cast

as Justice Ajay Verma *

as SP Vijay Verma *

as Sandhya *

Chand Usmani Chand Usmani (3 January 1933 – 26 November 1989) was an Indian actress in Hindi films from the 1950s to the late 1980s. She won the 1971 Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is best remembered for playing self-sacrificing wives an ...

as Ranjana *

Sheikh Mukhtar Sheikh Mukhtar was the son of Chaudhry Ashfaq Ahmed (who was a railway police inspector and born in Karachi, British India; now Pakistan) Chaudhary Ashfaq Ahmed intentionally got transferred and migrated to Delhi. Sheikh Mukhtar was born on 24 ...

as Jwala Singh *

Manmohan Manmohan means 'Winner of the heart'. It is another name of Krishna, the Hindu deity, one of the "avatars" (or "incarnation") of Lord Vishnu. Manmohan may also refer to: *Man Mohan Adhikari (1920–1999), former Prime Minister of Nepal *Manmohan (a ...

as Ramesh *

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffrey (29 March 1939 – 8 July 2020), better known by his stage name Jagdeep, was an Indian actor and comedian who appeared in more than 400 films. He played Soorma Bhopali in ''Sholay'' (1975), Machchar in ''Purana Mandir ...

as Gullu * Malika as Jhuniya * Asit Sen * C.S. Dubey *

Jayshree T. Jayshree Talpade (born c. 1953) is an Indian actress and dancer who mostly plays in Bollywood films. Career Talpade began her career at age 5 in 1958 with ''Goonj Uthi Shehnai''. She gained popularity when she started performing item dances i ...

Soundtrack

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* {{IMDb title, 0157544 1960s Hindi-language films 1960s action drama films Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Hindi films remade in other languages 1960s Urdu-language films Urdu films remade in other languages Indian courtroom films Indian action drama films Films directed by Brij Sadanah