''Shatru/Birodh'' is a 1986 Hindi/Bengali-language film starring

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in the lead in a role playing the role of an inspector in a remote village. The film was an Indo-Bangladeshi venture and the music was written by

R.D. Burman Rahul Dev Burman (27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) was an Indian music director who is considered one of the most influential composers of India. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films. Burman did major work ...

. The film was a frame-by-frame remake of ''Shatru'' (1984), which starred

Ranjit Mallick Ranjit Mallick (রঞ্জিত মল্লিক) (born 28 September 1944) is an Indian actor who works mainly in Bengali cinema. He is particularly known for appearing in films such as ''Interview'', '' Mouchak'', ''Shatru'', ''Shakha Pr ...

.http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Shatru

Plot

There is a village named Haridaspur, where Ashok Sharma has been posted as an Inspector in charge. When he arrives in the remote village, he comes to the rescue of a blind man and a widow, and has a fist fight with Nishikant Shah and his men. The immediate next day, Shah finds out that the person with whom his men fought with was Ashok himself. Then to make friendship with Ashok, he goes to pay homage, but Ashok refuses. After a string of incidences, Ashok learns of the misdeeds carried out by Nishikant Shah and MLA Gopal Choudary. Ashok then realises he has to help the people of the village from being exploited by these rich men. Meanwhile, he starts to live in the village as a paying guest at the house of a girl Asha and also gets fond of an orphan child from the village named Chotu. Ashok then learns that Chotu's father was a loyal farmer who was duped and was killed by Nishikant's men. He even promises Chotu of bringing the culprits to book. Somehow then Shah and his friend Choudhry manage to put Ashok in trouble by fixing a blame on him of killing a man in his custody. Due to this, he then faces a situation where he could lose his job and his good reputation too.

Cast

as Inspector Ashok Sharma * Shabana Sidique as Asha *

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 Nishikant Shah *

Arun Govil Arun Govil ( ; born 12 January 1958) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films and television. He is best known for portraying the role of Lord Rama in Ramanand Sagar's epic Television Series '' Ramayan'' and King Vikramāditya in ''Vikram ...

as Sub-Inspector Salim * Master Tapu as Chotu *

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as Superintendent of Police *

Om Shivpuri Om Shivpuri (14 July 1938 – 15 October 1990) was an Indian theatre actor-director and character actor in Hindi films. A National School of Drama, New Delhi alumnus, Shivpuri became the first chief of the National School of Drama Repertory Co ...

as Gopal Choudhry, MLA *

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as Raj Choudhry *

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as Kanu * Anup Kumar as Anup Chatterjee *

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as the professor's granddaughter *

Hasan Imam Syed Hasan Imam (born 27 July 1935) is an actor, film director, television director and cultural personality in Bangladesh. He earned Ekushey Padak (1999), Independence Day Award (2016) and Bangladesh National Film Award for Lifetime Achievement ( ...

as Professor *

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as Corrupt Police officer *

Nuton Farhana Amin Ratna (better known by her stage name Nuton) is a Bangladeshi film actress. She was a dancer from Kishoreganj, Bangladesh. She debuted with the film ''Nuton Prabhat''. Career Nuton debuted with the film ''Nuton Probhat'' (1969). Lat ...

as Dancer

Music

Lyrics:

Anand Bakshi Anand Bakshi (21 July 1930 – 30 March 2002) was an Indian poet and lyricist. He was nominated for the Filmfare award for Best lyricist a total of 40 times, resulting in 4 wins. Early life Anand Bakshi (Bakshi Anand Prakash Vaid) was born ...

*"Tere Aanchal Mein" -

Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar () (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 06 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her cont ...

*"Babuji Dil Loge" -

Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle (; Mangeshkar; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur and occasional actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian Cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the ...

*"Main Teraa Bismil Hoon" -

Andrew Kishore Andrew Kishore Kumar Baroi (widely known as Andrew Kishore, 4 November 1955 – 6 July 2020) was a Bangladeshi playback singer. He is considered as the "Playback King" of Bangladesh music industry who sang more than 15 thousands songs. He sang ...

*"Iski Topi Uske Sar" -

Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar (born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly (); 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of Indian music. He ...

*"Sooraj Chandaa Saagar Parbat" -

& Chorus

References

External links

* 1986 films Hindi remakes of Bengali films 1980s Hindi-language films Films scored by R. D. Burman Films directed by Pramod Chakravorty {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub