Dostana (1980 film)

For the 2008 film, see Dostana (2008 film).
Dostana

Poster
Directed by Raj Khosla
Produced by Yash Johar
Written by Salim-Javed
Starring Amitabh Bachchan
Shatrughan Sinha
Zeenat Aman
Prem Chopra
Pran
Amrish Puri
Helen
Music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Cinematography Nariman A. Irani
Edited by Waman Bhonsle
Distributed by Dharma Productions
Yash Raj Films
Release dates
17 October 1980
Running time
153 mins
Country India
Language Hindi

Dostana ("Friendship") is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language action-drama film, produced by Yash Johar and directed by Raj Khosla. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra, Amrish Puri, Helen, Pran and Paintal. The film was the 4th Highest grosser of 1980 behind Qurbani, Asha and Ram Balram. Dostana was one of the last successful movies directed by Raj Khosla. The film was remade in Tamil as Sattam with Kamal Haasan.

Plot

Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi (Shatrughan Sinha) are best friends who do not question each other about their careers. Vijay is a police officer and Ravi is a lawyer. While Vijay catches criminals, Ravi bails those criminals out and is employed by Daaga (Prem Chopra). One day both Vijay and Ravi meet Sheetal (Zeenat Aman) at different places and times, and both fall in love with her. While Vijay's love is more vocal and is reciprocated by Sheetal, Ravi has one-sided crush on Sheetal.

Ravi admits his love for Sheetal to Vijay who is devastated but decides to sacrifice his love for Ravi's sake. However, there is a misunderstanding when Daaga decides to stir up Vijay and Ravi's friendship by showing Ravi a photo of Vijay and Sheetal. Vijay and Ravi become rivals for the first time. The rest of the movie looks at the conflict between Vijay and Daaga. After the misunderstanding, Ravi is on Daaga's side but later learns the truth and atones for the his deeds.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music for Dostana was composed by the duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal and the lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi.

# Song Singer Duration
1 Bohat Khoobsurat Jawan Kishore Kumar 04:42
2 Kitna Aasan Hai Lata Mangeshkar 04:04
3 Mere Dost Qissa Yeh Kiya Mohammad Rafi 04:56
4 Salamat Rahe Dostana - I Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar 04:26
5 Dil Lagi Ne Di Hawa Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle 05:58
6 Salamat Rahe Dostana - II Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar 04:28

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