''Imaandaar'' ( hi, ईमानदार) is a 1987

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directed by Sushil Malik and produced by Surendra Pal Choudhary and Mrs. Sarla Sandhu. The film stars

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, Farah in lead roles, along with

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, Pran,

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in supporting roles.

Plot

Raju (Sanjay Dutt) is an orphan. He has been brought up in an orphanage - Bal Mandir. Amina (Shammi) who owns a guest house, is very fond of children, but has no children of her own - so she adopts Raju and Vijay (Rohan Kapoor) Raju loves Vijay as his own brother. Vijay loves his studies and wants to fulfill his dead father's dream of becoming a chemical engineer - but lacks the necessary funds. Here, Raju makes the noble gesture of providing him money to see him through college and finally sending him to London, for his training. In London, Vijay meets Rai Sahab (Pran). Before Rai Sahab can get to know him and his background - he is forced to leave London as his only daughter Renu (Farah) is ill. Renu is a stubborn, adamant girl, as she is pampered a lot by her father. And the impulsive girl forces her father to get her engaged to the dashing young lad Kailash (Sumeet Saigal). Now, this Kailash is the son of Ramesh Sinha (Ranjeet), who is now posing himself as Singhania.

Cast

as Rajesh "Raju" * Farah as Renu Rai *

as Vijay Verma "Viju" *

as Ramesh Sinha / Singhania *

as Tiwarilal * Pran as Sudarshan Rai *

as Nath * Shammi as Ameena *

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as Dr. Saxena *

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as Dr. Raj Bahadur Verma *

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as Chef Nathulal *

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as Shekhar *

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as Jimmy *

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as Havaldar *

Sumeet Saigal Sumeet Saigal (born 18 February 1966) is a former Indian Bollywood actor and producer who was active in the Bollywood film industry from 1987 to 1995, appearing in over 30 films. Career Saigal made his debut in the 1987 film ''Insaniyat Ke Dush ...

as Kailash Sinha *

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as Sudhir

Songs

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