Dus Lakh (English: Ten Lakhs or One Million) is a 1966 Indian Hindi-language comedy film. It was produced and directed by

Devendra Goel Devendra Goel (3 March 1919 – 26 February 1979) was an Indian film director and producer of Bollywood films and best known for his work in the 1950s and early 1960s. He directed Aankhen on his debut. Devendra Goel also directed the Marathi ...

. Music was composed by

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. The star cast included

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, Pran,

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, Manorama,

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, and

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. Babita made her acting debut through this film. Om Prakash won the

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and

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won the

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for the song "Garibon ki Suno" in 1967 for this movie.

Plot

The story of the film revolves around how the fortunes of a family change after they inherit ten

lakh A lakh (; abbreviated L; sometimes written lac) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; scientific notation: 105). In the Indian 2,2,3 convention of digit grouping, it is written as 1,00,000. For ex ...

rupees after becoming the sole beneficiary after the death of Gokulchand"s (Om Prakash) brother ,He is a father of two children. His elder son Manohar (Ramesh Deo) has two kids (Munna and Roopa- baby Neetu Singh) and married to Devki(Seema Deo). His younger son Kishore (Sanjay Khan) is engaged to Rita (Babita) and they are happy. After inheriting ten lakhs Gokulchand goes on a holiday trip to Kashmir after becoming wealthy, he is entrapped by 2 foreigners; Jerry (Pran) and Mrs Little(Manorama), She pretends to be in love with him to take his money. Gokulchand drives away his sons from his bungalow by a quarrel between Mrs Little and his sons, as he wants to marry her. The family has to shift to the slums nearby. Savitri (Praveen Paul) Rita's mother gives a necklace to Devki who loses it while leaving the house but is found by Jerry and thereby robbed by Kitty. The eldest son gets injured while doing labour in a construction site. Kishore needs five thousand rupees for an operation of his brother. He begs his father, but Jerry tells Gokulchand that this is all a plan by his family to rob his inherited money. Gokulchand believes Jerry and throws Kishore out. During a pre-marriage party, his daughter in law Devki shows up with her little kids and begs with everyone at the party embarrassing Gokulchand. Jerry accuses her of doing it deliberately to insult Gokulchand and stop his wedding. She swears on her kids and witnesses the same jeweller that she had gone to sell her jewellery for want of money. Enraged,by knowing the truth about Jerry and Mrs Little, Gokulchand kicks them out of the house and goes into his room to get some money. Jerry arrives with Manorama and they make him unconscious and try to run away with a briefcase with all the cash, while setting Gokulchand in his room on fire to make it look like an accident. Kishore arrives, they fight and police comes in and arrest Jerry' and Mrs Little. Kishore saves his father. The operation of Manohar is successful , Finally Gokulchand donates all the money, which was root of the problem, to a Hospital. The film ends with the family talking about confirming Kishore and Rita's wedding. Kitty is a nurse now and thankful to Kishore for reforming her, while Jerry and Mrs Little are suffering in prison.

Cast

as Kishore *

as Rita *

as Kitty * Pran as Jerry *

as Gokulchand *

as Manohar *

as Devki *

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as Savitri (Rita's Aunty) * Brahmachari as William

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

and lyrics by

Prem Dhawan Prem Dhawan (1923–2001) was an Indian lyricist, music composer, choreographer and actor of Bollywood known for his patriotic songs, especially for the lyrics and compositions for the 1965 Manoj Kumar starrer, ''Shaheed''. He was a winner ...

and

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt0214653 1966 films 1960s Hindi-language films Films scored by Ravi Films directed by Devendra Goel