Inaam Dus Hazaar (1987)

Kamal Malhotra lives a struggling life with his mom and is employed as a salesman with retailers for a product called "Godrej", a famous hair dye. His life take a new turn when he is ... See full summary »

Director:

Jyotin Goel

Stars:

Sanjay Dutt, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Amrish Puri

Cast

Credited cast:
Sanjay Dutt	...	Kamal Malhotra
Meenakshi Sheshadri	...	CBI Officer Kamal Malhotra / Sonia
Amrish Puri	...	Captain S.P Singh
Gulshan Grover	...	Luka
Sharat Saxena	...	CBI Officer Inder
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ramesh Deo	...	Garry / Naurutom Johri
Shafi Inamdar	...	Autodriver Karamat Khan
T.P. Jain	...	Veth Khanna
Satish Kaul	...	Vikram Malhotra
Kanan Kaushal	...	Savitri Devi
Viju Khote	...	Kamran
Raza Murad	...	Nawaab
Jagdish Raj	...	Auctioneer
Sudhir	...	Tony

Storyline

Kamal Malhotra lives a struggling life with his mom and is employed as a salesman with retailers for a product called "Godrej", a famous hair dye. His life take a new turn when he is abducted, beaten, blind-fold and taken to a strange place with orders to have him killed but somehow he manages to flee from the killers. And then he begins a man hunt for one of the killers, whose voice he can recognize. His searches gets him framed for the brutal murder of a man called Mr. Narottam, and is arrested by the police but manages to escape and decides to leave the city via train. While on the train Kamal meets a beautiful young woman, Sonia Mehra and after a few misunderstandings both fall in love. But what Kamal does not know is that Sonia have links with a notorious smuggler, captain S.P. Singh, who is responsible for getting Kamal framed and to make matters worse the captain has plan to kill Kamal with the help of Sonia.

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Genres:

Action

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Briefly Terrific

The movie is simply amazing. The concept, the characterisations, the script, the screenplay, the performances, the dialogues, the comedy, rd burman's fabulous music -- everything, every aspect of this movie is simply outstanding. This movie made by Jyotin Goel is criminally underrated -- probably because it was made in the 1980s when there was hardly any publicity as is the case these days. Still the movie was a success and deserved every bit of it. The plot -- inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's classic North by Northwest, albeit with many changes to suit Indian tastes -- involves a happy-go-lucky man Ashok Saxena (Sanjay Dutt) whose life turns topsy turvy when the gang of villains (led by Amrish Puri) assume him to be a CID agent. He's also accused of murder and the police is after him -- with a Rs 10,000 reward on his head. While on the run he bumps into an aspiring model, Sonia Srivastav (Meenakshi Sheshadri, and the two fall in love. But life isn't as rosy, and his girl, not as innocent as she seems. The suspense element comes as a surprise and the climax is nailbiting. Dutt is in excellent form and this movie was a perfect follow up to Naam. Meenakshi was charmingly effective. Watching her perform one can't help but wonder how could Bollywood waste such a talented actress. The crackling chemistry between the lead pair poses yet another question. Why didn't they do some more films together? But that very reason makes Inaam Dus Hazaar an affair to remember. A movie that can be watched when one wants to lift of his/her spirits. One last word: two of RD's compositions in this film "Chand Koi Hoga Tumsa Kahaan" and "Jaane Bhi Do Yaar" are real gems. Again criminally underrated. Overall a good masala entertainer and certainly one of Sanjay Dutt's best movies.