Dosti Dushmani
Dosti Dushmani (transl. Friendship - Enmity) is a 1986 Hindi-language action drama film, produced and directed by Tatineni Rama Rao under the Srinath Productions banner. It stars Jeetendra, Rajinikanth, Rishi Kapoor, Poonam Dhillon, Kimi Katkar, Bhanupriya in the pivotal roles and music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. The film was a remake of the Telugu movie Mugguru Mitrulu (1985) which was also remade in Kannada as Brahma Vishnu Maheshwara.
| Dosti Dushmani | |
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| Directed by | Tatineni Rama Rao |
| Produced by | T. Rama Rao |
| Written by | Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza (dialogues) Anand Bakshi (lyrics) |
| Screenplay by | M. D. Sunder |
| Story by | Balamurugan |
| Based on | Mugguru Mitrulu (1985) |
| Starring | Jeetendra Rajinikanth Rishi Kapoor Kimi Katkar Poonam Dhillon Bhanupriya |
| Music by | Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | S. Navkanth |
| Edited by | J. Krishna Swamy T.V. Balu |
Production company | Srinath Productions |
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Running time | 152 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹41 lakh |
Plot
Dr. Sandeep Kumar (Jeetendra), Inspector Ranjith (Rajinikanth) and Advocate Prakash (Rishi Kapoor) have been the best of friends since childhood. The three of them were raised by Sandeep's parents (Pran & Shavukar Janaki), who adopted Prakash as an orphan and took in Ranjith, who was abandoned by his smuggler father Daga (Amrish Puri) for being too honest, fleeing with his mother and sister instead. Ranjith is an honest police officer, Sandeep is a well-known doctor in the city, and Prakash is a leading criminal lawyer. The three of them often come into clashes with Daga, who has become a big gangster and doesn't know that Ranjith is his son. Ranjith and Prakash always quarrel with Sandeep, who has a problem of being very short-tempered, unable to withhold himself if he witnesses injustice being done to someone. One day one of Daga's gang (Guru Bachan) kidnapped and raped Ranjith's pregnant wife Lata (Poonam Dhillon). The incident was witnessed by Sandeep, and he rescued Lata by beating up the rapist. For her protection, Sandeep made Lata promise not to reveal the rape to anyone. Daga took advantage of the situation and killed the rapist, hoping to frame Sandeep as the killer. Ranjith arrested Sandeep and Prakash took up the case in his defence. Sandeep did not reveal what actually happened for Lata's protection, so Prakash stated that Sandeep had committed the crime in order to protect his wife. The wife, a fake brought into the case for Sandeep's defence, was a girl named Rekha (Bhanu Priya), whom Sandeep had protected from the harassment of some gangsters a while ago. All the while, Sandeep fell in love with Rekha and married her. Meanwhile, Prakash also fell in love with a thief girl named Shanthi (Kimi Katkar). Her brother was killed by Daga, who was also putting out a search for her. At the end, Ranjith came to know the truth, he accepted Lata even though she got raped, and he realized Daga is his father. Also, he discovered that Rekha was abandoned to the street by Daga as a child and that she's his sister. At the end, Sandeep, Ranjith, and Prakash joined forces and defeated Daga.
Cast
- Jeetendra as Dr.Sandeep Kumar
- Rajinikanth as Inspector Ranjith
- Rishi Kapoor as Advocate Prakash
- Poonam Dhillon as Lata
- Kimi Katkar as Shanthi
- Bhanupriya as Rekha
- Amrish Puri as Daga
- Pran as Sandeep's Father
- Shavukar Janaki as Sandeep's Mother
- Kader Khan as Nishaan
- Shakti Kapoor as Kamal
- Shafi Inamdar as Police Commissioner
- Asrani as Lawyer
- Guru Bachan as Rowdy
Soundtrack
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Jhatke Pe Jhatke" | Mohammed Aziz, Kavita Krishnamurthy |
| 2 | "Saath Baras Ka Dulha" | Shailender Singh, Mohammed Aziz, Kavita Krishnamurthy |
| 3 | "Ithlaye Kamar Band Kamre Mein" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki |
| 4 | "Munne Ki Amma" | Mohammed Aziz, Kavita Krishnamurthy |
| 5 | "Yaaro Hum Ko Dekh" | Suresh Wadkar, Mohammed Aziz, Shailender Singh |