''Dostana'' () is a 1980

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, written by

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, produced by Yash Johar, and directed by

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. The film stars

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in lead roles and

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, Amrish Puri,

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, Pran in supporting roles. The film was a huge hit at the box-office and became the fourth highest-grosser of 1980, behind '' Qurbani'', ''

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'' and '' Ram Balram''. ''Dostana'' was one of the last successful films directed by

. The film was remade in Tamil as ''

Sattam ''Sattam'' () is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by K. Vijayan and produced by Anandavalli Balaji, starring Kamal Haasan, Sarath Babu and Madhavi. It is a remake of the Hindi film '' Dostana'' (1980). The film was dubbed in ...

'' with

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Plot

Vijay (

) and Ravi (

) are best friends who do not question each other about their careers. Vijay is a police officer and Ravi is a lawyer. While Vijay catches criminals (with the help of an informant named Tony (

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)), Ravi bails those criminals out and is employed by Daaga (

). One day both Vijay and Ravi meet Sheetal (

) at different places and times, and both fall in love with her. While Vijay’s love is more vocal and is reciprocated by Sheetal. Ravi has one-sided crush on Sheetal who only sees him as a friend. Ravi admits his love for Sheetal to Vijay who is devastated but decides to sacrifice his love for Ravi's sake. He writes a letter to her saying that they have to give up their relationship for Ravi which accidentally reaches Ravi first, but he doesn't read it. Daaga finds out about Vijay and Sheetal's relationship through a photograph and decides to stir up Vijay and Ravi's friendship by revealing Vijay and Sheetal's relationship to Ravi. Vijay and Ravi become rivals for the first time and Ravi takes Daaga's side in return for making Vijay's life hell. One day, Tony tells Vijay his story: he was in charge of the checkpoints that check trucks. He was threatened by an unknown criminal (apparently Daaga) to let a certain truck through without checking, but he refuses and tips the police off to the truck. In retaliation, Daaga sends a truck to run over him and his family, killing his wife and disabling his son Johnny in the legs. Later, Daaga frames Vijay for killing a criminal he was interrogating for info on Daaga. Ravi defends him on the condition that Sheetal sleeps with him for one night. On the night, he finds and reads the letter that Vijay wrote to Sheetal and repents and rekindles his friendship with Vijay. Just then, Daaga captures them. Vijay comes to the rescue, but is also captured. Daaga's moll Sylvia (

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), who is really a spy, and Tony's wife's sister, that gives Tony his info, saves them. Daaga fatally shots Tony, who dies in Vijay's arms with the final wish that Vijay takes care of Johnny, and escapes with Balwant Singh in a plane, but is forced to land by Ravi and Vijay, who are using a jeep and helicopter. Balwant Singh was shot by Daaga because he couldn't run due to ankle sprain while jumping off the charter plane. Daaga attempts to escape , but is caught by Vijay. He tried to shoot Vijay with a pocket gun and got shot dead in return by Vijay instead.

Cast

as CID Inspector Vijay Verma *

as Advocate Ravi Kapoor *

as Sheetal Sahni *

as Daaga * Amrish Puri as Balwant Singh *

as Sylvia * Pran as Tony *

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as High School Principal * Sajjan as Ramniklal Tiwari *

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as Police Commissioner *

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as Prosecuting Lawyer *

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as Judge * Paintal as Eve-Teaser *

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as Driver (Daaga's Man) *

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as Photographer (Daaga's Man) * Mohan Sherry as Daaga's Man *

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as Daaga's Man *

Mac Mohan Mohan Makijany (24 April 1938 – 10 May 2010), popularly known as Mac Mohan, was an Indian actor, who worked in Hindi cinema. He was known for his villainous roles in films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He appeared in over 200 films, i ...

as Daaga's Man * Sudhir as Inspector Shinde *

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as Baldev Singh *

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as Gold Smuggler *

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as Dr. Karamchandani *

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as Nun *

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as Teresa *Master Rajesh Valecha as Johny * Raj Kumar Kapoor as Mr. Sahni In a scene from the film,

beats Sajjan in the prison, who is later killed by another prisoner. This scene was lifted by

from his previous directorial '' C.I.D.'' (1956), where the same circumstances were faced by

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. Coincidentally,

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, the son of the film's producer Yash Johar, also went on to produce a film of the same name starring

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(Amitabh Bachchan's son), John Abraham and

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Soundtrack

The music for ''Dostana'' was composed by the duo

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and the lyrics were written by

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Awards

;

28th Filmfare Awards The 28th Filmfare Awards were held in 1981. '' Insaaf Ka Tarazu'' and '' Thodisi Bewafaii'' led the ceremony with 9 nominations each, followed by ''Aakrosh'' and ''Aasha'' with 7 nominations each. ''Aakrosh'' won 6 awards, including Best Dir ...

: Nominated *

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–

* Best Lyricist –

for "Salamat Rahe Dostana Humara" * Best Male Playback Singer –

Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer and musician. He is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Rafi was notable for his versatility and ...

for "Mere Dost Kissa Yeh Kya Ho Gaya"

References

External links

* {{Dharma Productions 1980 films 1980s Hindi-language films 1980s action drama films 1980s buddy films Films directed by Raj Khosla Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Hindi films remade in other languages Indian action drama films Indian buddy films Films with screenplays by Salim–Javed 1980s Urdu-language films Urdu films remade in other languages 1980 drama films Urdu-language Indian films