''Jalte Badan'' is a 1973

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about the perils of drug addiction. The film is directed and produced by Ramanand Sagar.

Plot

Kiran (

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) is a young man who goes to Bombay to study. While his university is caught up in a student strike, Kiran descends into drug use, encouraged by an evil mobster and the peer pressure of his fellow students. Kiran's only hope is that a kindly cabaret dancer Malti (

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) will take pity on him and call for his

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girlfriend Ganga (

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) to rescue him with her true love.

Cast

as Kiran *

as Ganga *

as Malti * V K Sharma * Javed Khan Amrohi as a college student *

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Music

Music for the film was by Laxmikant–Pyarelal and lyrics were written by Maya Govind.

References

External links

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Filmi Girl's Review
1973 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films 1973 drama films Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Films about drugs Films set in Mumbai Films directed by Ramanand Sagar Films about heroin addiction Films about substance abuse Films shot in Mumbai Films set in universities and colleges Films about snakes Films set in cabarets Indian gangster films {{1970s-drama-film-stub