Daata

Summary

Dinanath is a school-teacher in a small town in India, and lives with his wife, Kamla; daughter, Shanti; and son Kundan. He has published a book called "Daata" in which he has made reference to all major religions of the world, and is honored for this contribution by none other than the President of India through Education Minister, Raja Suraj Singh. He arranges the marriage of Shanti to the son of Gopaldas, when Gopaldas demands dowry he is unable to afford this, and states that he has given sufficient gold and jewelery to Shanti. The gold turns out to be fake, as a result the marriage is canceled, Shanti kills herself, Dinanath dies of a heart attack. His name tarnished, no one comes forward to help Kundan or his mother. Kundan decides to avenge his father's death by killing Gopaldas' son, as a result he becomes a bandit, joins a band of other bandits and is on the look-out to kill Gopaldas.

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CAST:

Mithun Chakraborty
Padmini Kolhapure
Prem Chopra
Pran
Amrish Puri
Shammi Kapoor
Tom Alter
Shoma Anand
Arjun
Ashalata
Arun Bakshi
Brahm Bhardwaj
Bharat Bhushan
Birbal
Anil Dhawan
Saeed Jaffrey
Jamuna
Pallavi Joshi
Kamal Kapoor
Satyen Kappu
Viju Khote
Roopesh Kumar
Raj Mehra
Leela Mishra
Mac Mohan
Mukri
Suresh Oberoi
Deepak Parashar
Supriya Pathak
Ranjeet
Girja Shankar
Om Shivpuri
Bhushan Tiwari

Writing credits
Sultan Ahmed
M. Akhtar
M. Akhtar
K.B. Pathak

Original music by
Anandji Veerji Shah
Kalyanji Veerji Shah

Cinematography by
Sudhin Majumdar
R.D. Mathur

Directed by
Sultan Ahmed

Produced by
Sultan Ahmed

Production
Sultan Productions

Released on
23 June 1989

Songs from Bollywood Movie Daata

Baabul kaa ye ghar gorii, bas kuchh din kaa thikaanaa hai
Rhona dhona chod, chod de, mayeh se nata jod, jod de....

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