Swami Dada

Swami Dada
Film score by R. D. Burman
Released	1982
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Saregama

Swami Dada
	Poster
Directed by	Dev Anand
Produced by	Dev Anand
Written by	Dev Anand
Starring	Dev Anand; Mithun Chakraborty; Naseeruddin Shah; Padmini Kohlapure; Jackie Shroff; Rati Agnihotri
Music by	Rahul Dev Burman
Cinematography	D.K.Prabhakar
Release date	3 December 1982 (India);
Language	Hindi

Swami Dada is a 1982 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Dev Anand, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, newcomer Christine O'Neil, Padmini Kohlapure and Dev Anand. The film was the first credited screen appearance of Jackie Shroff. Music was provided by R.D.Burman for this film.[1] A couple of songs became popular.[2]

Plot

Swami Dada is the story of Hari Mohan (Dev Anand), a saintly person who organizes Hindu prayers and discourses in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. He is called "Swami Dada" by everyone. He has many followers and devotees who throng in large numbers to hear his sermons. What they do not know that Hari Mohan is a professional thief, and is now conspiring with a young woman, and a group of orphaned children to steal the temple's jewellery.

Cast

Dev Anand as Hari Mohan / Swami Dada
Mithun Chakraborty as Suresh
Rati Agnihotri as Seema
Naseeruddin Shah as Aslam the butcher
Padmini Kohlapure as Chamkili
Jackie Shroff as uncredited (as a fighter in an action scene)
Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Ramu Dada / Bhagwan Seth
Shakti Kapoor as Jaggu
Mohan Sherry

Soundtrack

The music[3] composed by R. D. Burman and lyrics were written by Anjaan.

#	Title	Singer(s)	Duration
1	"Patakha Phooljhadi"	Asha Bhosle	04:53
2	"Jeenewale Jeena Hai To"	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Annette Pinto	05:09
3	"Pyar Lo Pyar Do"	Kishore Kumar, Anand Kumar	06:37
4	"Zindagi Yeh Kaisi Hai"	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle, Amit Kumar	08:01
5	"Galiyon Galiyon"	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar	04:17
6	"Ek Roop Kai Naam"	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle	05:20

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References

"R D Burman's tryst with opportunism in Bollywood". Business Standard India. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
"Swami Dada Film details". ebay. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
http://www.hindigeetmala.net/movie/swami_dada.htm

External links

Swami Dada on IMDb

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[BSI_Burman-1] "R D Burman's tryst with opportunism in Bollywood". Business Standard India. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[2] "Swami Dada Film details". ebay. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

[3] ttp://www.hindigeetmala.net/movie/swami_dada.htm