''Haathkadi'' () is a 1982 Indian

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-language film directed by Surendra Mohan, starring

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in pivotal role. This movie contains some super hit songs composed by

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, especially, the song "Disco Station Disco" is one of the most popular & super hit disco songs in Indian film industry.

Plot

Harimohan lives with his wife, Shanta, and his young son named, Sunil. He works for a lecherous male, who would like to have sex with Shanta. One night while Harimohan is sent on an errand, the boss molests Shanta, but due to bad weather, Harimohan returns early just in time to stop his boss from raping Shanta. A fight ensues between his boss and himself, and a result his boss is killed. Harimohan makes a run for it in his boss’ car, which meets with an accident, and he is believed to have been killed. This news devastates Shanta. Years go by, Shanta has got used to living a widow’s life. Sunil has grown up to be a police inspector. Sunil works undercover, and meets with Baldev Mittal, the only son of Gopaldas Mittal. Baldev is rich and arrogant, and as this results in a clash between these two young men. When a young woman, Sunita, is killed, Sunil finds evidence linking her death with Baldev, and he arrests him, and has him tried for murder. What Sunil does not know that Gopaldas Mittal has an alias – that of Saakhia – a notorious and influential gangster who will never let anyone stand in his way. Sunil also does not know that Saakhia is none other than his own biological father, who is still alive, and has taken to a life of crime.

Cast

as Harimohan / Rai Bahadur Gopaldas Mittal / Saakhiya *

as SP Sunil / Bholanath Banarasi *

Rakesh Roshan Rakesh Roshan (born 6 September 1949) is an Indian film producer, director, screenwriter, and actor who works in Hindi films. He is the son of Indian music director Roshan and Indian Bengali singer Ira Roshan. He had appeared in 84 films throu ...

as Baldev Mittal *

as Rosy *

as Sunita *

Prem Chopra Prem Chopra (born 23 September 1935) is an Indian actor in Hindi and Punjabi films. He has acted in 380 films over a span of over 60 years. He has a soft-spoken diction despite being a villain in most films. His 19 films, with him as antagonist ...

as Dr. Ramesh * Jeevan as Suraj *

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as Harimohan's Boss *

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as Pammi Mittal *

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as Ambernath *

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as Shanta * Mazhar Khan as Robert * Kanhaiyalal as Raghuveer

Songs

References

External links

* 1982 films 1980s Hindi-language films Films directed by Surendra Mohan {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub