Do Bhai (1969 film)
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Directed by | Brij Sadanah |
Screenplay by | Ramesh Pant |
Story by | Salim Khan (Prince Salim) |
Produced by | Brij Sadanah |
Starring | Ashok Kumar Mala Sinha Jeetendra |
Cinematography | S.M. Anwar |
Music by | Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
Production company | Dynamo International |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Do Bhai (transl. Two Brothers) is a 1969 Indian Hindi-language action drama film, produced and directed by Brij Sadanah,[1] and written by Salim Khan (credited as Prince Salim).[2] It stars Ashok Kumar, Mala Sinha, Jeetendra [3] and music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal.[4] The film was remade in Tamil in 1971 as Justice Viswanathan and in Telugu in 1971 as Nenu Manishine.
Though the story of this movie is credited only to Salim Khan, the core plot went on to be partially rehashed by the Salim–Javed duo for their debut South Indian movie as original story writers - the 1976 Kannada movie Premada Kanike which was also later remade in Tamil in 1980 as Polladhavan and in Hindi in 1981 as Raaz.
Plot
The Bombay-based Varma family consists of two brothers, Ajay and Vijay. Their family have been lawmakers for generations, their grandfather was the District Magistrate, and their father was the Inspector General of Police. Now Ajay is a Judge while Vijay is the Superintendent of Police. Both live a fairly harmonious and honest lifestyle until Ajay hires a Secretary, Sandhya, who falls in love with Vijay. The brothers do not know that Sandhya has a hidden agenda that will pit both brothers against each other, and reveal one brother's hidden past.[5]
Cast
- Ashok Kumar as Justice Ajay Verma
- Jeetendra as SP Vijay Verma
- Mala Sinha as Sandhya
- Chand Usmani as Ranjana
- Sheikh Mukhtar as Jwala Singh
- Manmohan as Ramesh
- Jagdeep as Gullu
- Malika as Jhuniya
- Asit Sen
- C.S. Dubey
- Jayshree T.
Soundtrack
# | Title | Singer(s) |
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1 | "Is Duniya Mein O Duniyawalo – I" | Mohammed Rafi |
2 | "Is Duniya Mein O Duniyawalo – II" | Mohammed Rafi |
3 | "Main Sunaati Hoon" | Asha Bhosle |
4 | "Aa Hum Ahd-E-Wafa" | Mohammed Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur |
5 | "O Geet Nahin Ban Sakte" | Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle |
6 | "Jeena Hai Tera" | Mohammed Rafi |
References
- ^ "Do Bhai (1969)". Osianama. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
- ^ Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (2015). Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters. Penguin Group. p. 23. ISBN 9789352140084.
Salim had decided to cut down on his acting assignments in order to concentrate on writing and though money was hard to come by, he had not lost his flamboyance. In Do Bhai, he was credited as Prince Salim. During this period, he joined Abrar Alvi as a writing assistant.
- ^ "Do Bhai (1969)". Bollywood hungama.
- ^ "Do Bhai (1969)". gomolo.com.
- ^ "Do Bhai (1969)". Nth Wall. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015.
- ^ "Hindi Film Songs – Do Bhai (1969)". MySwar.