Do Bhai
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBrij Sadanah
Screenplay byRamesh Pant
Story bySalim Khan (Prince Salim)
Produced byBrij Sadanah
StarringAshok Kumar
Mala Sinha
Jeetendra
CinematographyS.M. Anwar
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Production
company
Dynamo International
Release date
  • 2 January 1970 (1970-01-02)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Do Bhai (transl. Two Brothers) is a 1969 Indian Hindi-language action drama film, produced and directed by Brij Sadanah,[1] and written by Salim Khan (credited as Prince Salim).[2] It stars Ashok Kumar, Mala Sinha, Jeetendra[3] and music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal.[4] The film was remade in Tamil in 1971 as Justice Viswanathan and in Telugu in 1971 as Nenu Manishine.

Though the story of this movie is credited only to Salim Khan, the core plot went on to be partially rehashed by the Salim–Javed duo for their debut South Indian movie as original story writers - the 1976 Kannada movie Premada Kanike which was also later remade in Tamil in 1980 as Polladhavan and in Hindi in 1981 as Raaz.

Plot

Justice Ajay Verma (Ashok Kumar) is known as an honorable man and is much respected in his town. A young woman Ranjana (Chand Usmani) becomes his client and they get married after a brief courtship. Ajay has to leave town due to some work and decides to leave the now pregnant Ranjana in the care of his close friend Mahesh (Man Mohan). Mahesh turns out to be a vile person who rapes Ranjana. Ajay returns to find both his wife and his friend missing. One night Ajay finds an infant at his doorstep along with a letter. The letter says that this is his child whom Ranjana has given birth to and has then committed suicide due to her rape at the hands of Mahesh. Ajay grows enraged and starts searching for Mahesh to enact revenge on him. Meanwhile, Ranjana's brother, Jwala Singh (Sheikh Mukhtar), is misguided by Mahesh into believing that Ajay is the reason behind Ranjana's suicide. He starts to seek vengeance on Ajay. After five years of searching, Ajay finally manages to spot Mahesh and kills him. However, the murder is witnessed by Sandhya (Mala Sinha). She coincidentally becomes the governess to Ajay's daughter. She becomes very frightened when she realizes who her new employer is but can do little about the situation as the safety of her younger sister is threatened by Ajay. She reveals this to the still vengeful Jwala Singh. While trying to escape, Sandhya meets with an accident and is taken home by Ajay. She questions Ajay's motive behind Mahesh's murder and Ajay reveals the truth to her. At this point, she understands his plight and decides to help him rather than give him up to the police. Ajay's younger brother Vijay Verma (Jeetendra) is a police officer who starts investigating Mahesh's murder. He meets Sandhya and they fall in love with each other. Jwala Singh accuses Ajay of being a criminal in front of Vijay. This disturbs Vijay as he loves and respects his elder brother but he maintains his stance as an honest police officer by investigating Ajay. Meanwhile, Jwala Singh shoots Ajay with his revolver. Vijay detects that this is the same revolver with which Mahesh was murdered. Jwala Singh is charged with both of the crimes. Sandhya relates the truth to Jwala Singh who decides to take the blame for both crimes. However, Ajay confesses to being the murderer thereby proving Jwala Singh's innocence. The movie ends with Ajay passing away in the courthouse.[5]

Cast

Soundtrack

#SongSinger
1 "Is Duniya Mein" - 1 Mohammed Rafi
2 "Is Duniya Mein" - 2 Mohammed Rafi
3 "Jeena Hai Tera Bankar" Mohammed Rafi
4 "Aa, Hum Ahd-E-Wafa Kar Le, Yeh Rasam Ada Kar Le" Mohammed Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur
5 "Geet Nahin Ban Sakte, Kuch Saaz Aise Hote Hai" Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
6 "Main Sunati Hoon" Asha Bhosle

References

  1. ↑ "Do Bhai (1969)". Osianama. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (2015). Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters. Penguin Group. p. 23. ISBN 9789352140084. Salim had decided to cut down on his acting assignments in order to concentrate on writing and though money was hard to come by, he had not lost his flamboyance. In Do Bhai, he was credited as Prince Salim. During this period, he joined Abrar Alvi as a writing assistant.
  3. ↑ "Do Bhai (1969)". Bollywood hungama. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Do Bhai (1969)". gomolo.com.
  5. ↑ "Do Bhai (1969)". Nth Wall. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015.
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