''Doosri Dulhan'' () is a 1983

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film directed by

Lekh Tandon Lekh Tandon (13 February 1929 – 15 October 2017) was an Indian filmmaker and actor. He had directed numerous Bollywood movies and Indian TV Serials. He gained national fame due to success of his directorial ventures Professor (1962 film), Pri ...

. It stars

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in lead roles. The music of the film was composed by

Bappi Lahiri Bappi Aparesh Lahiri (born Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri; 27 November 1952 – 15 February 2022), also known as Bappi Da, was an Indian singer, composer and record producer. He popularised the use of synthesised disco music in Indian music industry and ...

Plot

The film tells the story of a childless couple Anil & Renu (

respectively) and a prostitute Chanda (

), who is hired as a surrogate mother. The couple were childless after Renu's miscarriage and so hired a woman to be their child's surrogate mother.

Adaptations

The movie was released in

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under the name ''Uttarayan'' in 2006.Gomolo.in http://www.gomolo.com/uttarayan-movie/15408 The 2001 Hindi film ''

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'' follows a similar plotline and has been compared with the film.

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by

and the lyrics were penned by

Amit Khanna Amit Khanna is an Indian film producer, director, writer, and journalist. He was the founder chairman of Reliance Entertainment, former president of the Producers Guild of India, and the founder trustee of the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Im ...

References

External links

* 1983 films 1980s Hindi-language films 1980s Indian films Films directed by Lekh Tandon Films scored by Bappi Lahiri Hindi remakes of Tamil films Indian pregnancy films {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub