Diljalaa is a 1987 Indian

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-language

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, starring

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, Farah in lead roles. It was written by

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and directed by director Bapu. The music was composed by

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Plot

Widowed, multi-millionaire Sharda (

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) lives with his only son, Munna (

). She is also the proprietor of a factory called "Sharda Chemicals". Munna is in love with Mamta ( Farah), the only daughter of Gupta (

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), the general manager of "Sharda Chemicals". Sharda arranges Munna's marriage with Mamta, who is currently pursuing studies at Lovedale College in Manori. On the day of the engagement, Mamta insults her father, Munna and Sharda in the presence of a huge gathering. Thus the marriage plans get cancelled. Then several children get killed after receiving a poisonous vaccine manufactured and marketed by "Sharda Chemicals", prompting the police to arrest Sharda, who is convicted of the crime in court. Sharda becomes senseless in court and died in hospital. Eventually, Munna is killed by Gupta, along with his friends; Mittal (

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), Mehra ( Narendranath), Radhe (

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), Shyam (

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), the only son of wealthy Mrs. Modi (

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), but before the marriage, Mamta gets pregnant by a male in disguise of Azaad, prompting Mrs. Modi to cancel the wedding plans, while on the other hand, Gupta began to face many challenges in business due to a man, who calls himself as Inspector Panchmarg Koda. Relatively unknown to Gupta and his friends that Inspector Panchmarg Koda and the male, who disguises Azaad, is none other than Munna himself, who survives and is out to destroy them one after the other.

Cast

as Munna / Inspector Panchmarg Koda / Azaad Modi * Farah as Mamta *

as Sharda *

as Mr. Gupta * Narendranath as Mr. Mehra *

as Mr. Mittal *

as Radhe *

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as Madan Pancholi *

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as Baba *

as Mrs. Modi *

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as Azaad Modi

Soundtrack

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wrote only two versions of "Mere Munna, Mere Chanda", the rest of the songs were written by

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