''Be-Shaque'' () is a 1980 Indian

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-language thriller

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directed by Kashinath, starring

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and

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. It is a remake of his own Kannada directorial ''

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Plot

Shyam Sunder lives a wealthy lifestyle in a small village in India along with his widowed stepmother, Nirmala. He has taken to alcohol and womanizing, and goes away very often without informing anyone. He frequently asks Nirmala for money. One day a villager Lakhiya informs Nirmala that he has seen Shyam's dead body. She arrives with other villagers but finds the dead carcass of a bear. Lakhiya informs the police. Nirmala is in a secret relationship with Mishra. Subsequently, a young man named Prakash arrives there & meets with Nirmala. He tells her that he is Shyam's friend and an author by profession. He is given a village tour by Nirmala's servant Gangu who later informs of villagers' whereabouts. She permits him to live in her spacious house but subsequently asks him to move to the guest house as told by Mishra. Prakash meets and falls in love with Roopa who lives a middle-class lifestyle with her widowed mother Radha, servant Gopal. Prakash overpowers goons sent by Mishra. Shyam had made villager Gauri pregnant who committed suicide as he did not marry her. Prakash informs Nirmala that he is doing business with Shyam & they were to get Rs 10 lakhs. Prakash denies her receiving Shyam's share & business' details. Shyam before his absence had a quarrel with Nirmala for money and threatened to expose her relationship with Mishra. Soon Roopa also falls in love with Prakash. Prakash comes across a framed photograph of Roopa with a young man & a child in her arms in Gopal's house. Then Prakash is told about an abandoned house that has a ghastly secret. Roopa introduces him to her mom, who approves of him. He tells that he is the son of Lucknow-based Tehsildar Somshekhar. Prakash finds a body but is hit on the head. He finds the body gone on waking. Rest needs to be seen.

Cast

as Prakash *

as Roopa *

as Mohan *

as Gopal *

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as Mishra *

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as Nirmala *

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as Police Officer * Paintal as Gangu *

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as Lakhiya *Asha Chandra as Gauri *Vinod R. Mulani as Shyam Sunder

Soundtrack

Lyrics: Anjaan, Nandi Khanna, Ravinder Rawal #"Preetam Tum Mere Rahoge Sada" -

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#"Aa Jayena Aayena" -

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Awards

Uttar Pradesh's Film Journalists' Association Best Suspense Film of the Year

References

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* 1980 films 1980s Hindi-language films 1980s Indian films Hindi remakes of Kannada films Indian thriller films 1980 thriller films Hindi-language thriller films Films directed by Kashinath {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub