''Jwala Daku'' is a 1981
Bollywood
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Hindi
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action film
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, directed by R.P. Swamy and produced by Swaran Singh. The film was released on 14 April 1981 under the banner of Swarn Films.
Plot
Ravi, a medical student, has come back to his village after the completion of his studies in
Bombay
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial centre, financial capital and the list of cities i ...
. He would like to start a practice there but Ravi discovers that his family is in total chaos. A dreaded
dacoit
Dacoity is a term used for "banditry" in the Indian subcontinent. The spelling is the anglicised version of the Hindi word डाकू (ḍākū); "dacoit" is a colloquial Indian English word with the meaning "a robber belonging to an armed ...
named ''Jwala Daku'' is hounding Ravi's brother Bankey in a personal vendetta. Now Ravi has to either face the dacoit or return to Bombay.
Cast
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Ranjeet
Ranjeet (born as Gopal Bedi; 12 September 1942) is an Indian actor and film director.
He has mostly played villain roles in over 200 Hindi films.
He has also played a positive character in the TV series '' Aisa Des Hai Mera''.
He has also ...
as Jwala's brother
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Salma Agha
Salma Agha (born 29 October 1954) is a British singer and actress who worked in Pakistani and Indian films in the 1980s and the early 1990s. She is best known for her acting and singing the song "Dil ke Armaan" in the film ''Nikaah'' (1982).
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as Singer
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Asha Sachdev
Nafeesa Sultan (born May 27, 1956), better known as Asha Sachdev, is an Indian former actress who worked in Hindi films during 1970s and 1980s. She acted in a few early films as a leading lady, including the spy film '' Agent Vinod'' (1977) and ...
as Bijli
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Lalita Pawar
Lalita Pawar (née Amba Laxmanrao Shagun; 18 April 1916 – 24 February 1998) was a prolific Indian actress, who later became famous as a character actress, appearing in over 700 films in Bollywood, Hindi, Marathi cinema, Marathi and Gujarati c ...
as Bijli's aunt
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Farida Jalal
Farida Jalal (born Farida Sami; 18 May 1950) is an Indian actress who primarily worked in Hindi films. In a film career spanning almost fifty years, Jalal appeared in over 200 films. Best known for her character-driven roles in independent cin ...
as Sita
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Mohan Choti
Mohan Choti (1935 – 1 February 1992) was an Indian actor who worked as a comedian in Hindi films. The name Mohan Choti came from a fictional character of the same name from the 1957 film '' Musafir'', in which he plays a tea shop delivery boy ...
as Villager
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Narendra Nath
Narendra Nath (1935–1998) was an Indian actor.
Early life and background
His full name is Narendra Nath Malhotra. He was the first cousin to actor Prithviraj Kapoor. Prithviraj's mother was the elder sister of Narendra's father. Two of ...
as Mangal
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Urmila Bhatt
Urmila Bhatt (1 November 1933 – 22 February 1997) was an actress of Hindi cinema. She started acting in Drama Theatre. She joined Sangeet Kala Academy in Rajkot as a folk dancer and singer. It was during that time that her famous Gujarati dram ...
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Shashi Puri
Shashi Puri is an Indian actor who appeared in Hindi Bengali and Punjabi films. He also did a few Punjabi films including ''Saali Adhi Gharwali'', ''Duja Viah'', ''Udeekan Saun Diyan'', ''Jako Rakhe Saiyan'' etc.
Filmography Hindi
*''Grahan'' ...
as Ravi
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Sudhir Dalvi
Sudhir Dalvi is an Indian actor. He first came to prominence for portraying Guru Vashishta in Ramanand Sagar's TV series ''Ramayan (1987 TV series), Ramayan'' and is well known for his role as Sai Baba of Shirdi, Sai Baba. He also acted as Sai ...
as Rahim
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Sudhir as Bankey
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Raju Shrestha
Raju Shrestha (born Fahim Ajani; 15 August 1966), known by his stage name Master Raju or Master Rajoo, is an Indian film and television actor, who started his film career as a child actor, in the 1970s.
Raju has acted in films like Gulzar's ' ...
as Raja
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Rehana Sultan
Rehana Sultan is an Indian actress best known for her debut role in the acclaimed 1970 film '' Dastak'' which won her the National Film Award for Best Actress.
A graduate of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, she is also kno ...
as Ramva bai
* Birbal as Pyarelal
* Mahendra Sandhu as Jwala
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Neelam Mehra
Neelam Mehra (born 1 May 1955) is an Indian television and film actress, best known for her role as Bani Luthra in Zee TV's '' Kundali Bhagya''.
Filmography
* Khoon Ki Keemat (1974) as Chanda
* '' Nagin'' (1976) as Sheela
* Mukti (1977) as H ...
as Qawali Singer
References
External links
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1981 films
Indian action films
1980s Hindi-language films
1980s Indian films
Films about outlaws
Indian films about revenge
1981 action films
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