''Patthar Ke Insaan'' (English: ''Man of Stone'') is a 1990

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film directed and produced by

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. It stars

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and

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in pivotal roles. The film being released on 15 January 1990,

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, was dedicated to the memory of

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, Shomu Mukherjee's father and founder of Filmalaya Studio. The film was a remake of '' Vidiyum Varai Kaathiru''.

Cast

as Arjun *

as Police Inspector Karan *

as Lata Rai *

as Seeta Rai *

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as Jyoti *

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as Balwant Rai *

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as Dr. Prashant *

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as Rai Bahadur Dinanath

Plot

Industrialist Balwant Rai is a philanthropic, hard working family man, having two daughters, elder Sita Rai and younger Lata Rai, heiress to their grandfather's industrial empire being run by their father and custodian Dr. Prashant, who wants to grab their empire and schemes and plots with the workers. Arjun is a diligent worker and Karan as police officer, is assigned the task of protecting the interests of the Rai family. Sita is an Indian classical music enthusiast, whereas Lata is an Indian classical dance maestro. Both want to prove the supremacy of their arts in the court of Goddess

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, echelons to same, and hold a competition.

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, drives recklessly to kill herself, but ends up hitting Jyoti, who is about to get married and sister of Arjun; is followed by Lata in white

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, who also bypasses the dying Jyoti, but is unable to stop Sita from killing herself by leaping from a

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. Lata blames herself for the death of Sita and loses her mental balance. Meanwhile, Arjun vows to revenge his sister Jyoti's death, joins the gang of villains in Dr. Prashant's gang, and by a series of planned events, enters the Rai household as husband of Lata. He plans to kill Lata with Dr. Prashant, to whom he has pledged the Rai family empire in the deal. But fate has other things in store for him when he discovers the love of Lata and his misunderstandings. Before he can recover from his false

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, he is trapped by police officer Karan who also loves Lata, and taken into custody, for conspiracy. The film ends in

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temple, where Lata is taken for

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by the goons of Dr. Prashant, where in a scuffle and action, victory over evil prevails, but Karan loses his life in an attempt to save Arjun, who is a reformed man and dear to Lata.

Soundtrack

Anjaan write the song "Chumma do", while Indeevar write the rest of songs.

References

External links

* 1990s Hindi-language films 1990 films Films scored by Bappi Lahiri Hindi remakes of Tamil films Films directed by Shomu Mukherjee {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub