''Geetaa Mera Naam'' () is a 1974 Indian

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. His wife Sadhana starred in a dual role and also directed the film. The film also features Sunil Dutt, Feroz Khan and

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. The music is by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The film performed well in the box office.

Plot

The film tells the story of four children who are separated at a fair and unknowingly reunite years later when Geeta ( Sadhana) meets Neeta (also Sadhana) in prison. Neeta has been wrongly accused of murder. Geeta is then caught up in a scheme to find the true killer, which leads her to her brother Johny's ( Sunil Dutt) gang. During the early 1970s, Sunil Dutt's career as an actor was at a stand-still. ''Geetaa Mera Naam'' brought him into the limelight again. The anti-hero was reborn after a long gap of films like ''

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''. Sunil Dutt's performance of ''Johny'' was liked by the masses as he clearly stole the limelight. It was one of the best performances of his career.

Cast

* Sunil Dutt as Suraj / Johny * Feroz Khan as Raja * Sadhana as Kavita / Neeta / Geeta (Dual Role) *

as Savitri

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The song "Mujhe Maar Daalo" with non-lexical vocable of this film was used in the song "People" which features in American rapper

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'' (2006).

References

External links

* 1974 films 1970s Hindi-language films Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal 1974 directorial debut films {{1970s-Hindi-film-stub