Dastak (1996 film)
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 DVD Cover | |
| Directed by | Mahesh Bhatt |
| Produced by | Mukesh Bhatt |
| Written by |
Vikram Bhatt, Sachin Bhowmick (script doctoring) |
| Starring |
Sushmita Sen Mukul Dev Sharad Kapoor Bhavna Datta Manoj Bajpayee Vishwajeet Pradhan Tiku Talsania |
| Music by | Rajesh Roshan |
| Edited by | Waman Bhonsle |
Production company |
Vishesh films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 135 min. |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | Rs 3 Crores |
Dastak (English: Knock) is a 1996 Hindi language Indian feature film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Sushmita Sen in her debut film supported by Mukul Dev with Sharad Kapoor as the psychopath.
Plot
Dastak is the story of a mentally unstable genius (Sharad Kapoor) and his obsession for the Miss Universe (Sushmita Sen). Sharad is so obsessed with Sushmita that he starts killing her near and dear ones in order to get to her. Eventually he kidnaps Sushmita and takes her to a distant isolated island in Seychelles. There, he makes her life miserable. Sushmita tries every trick to get out of this hell. But ultimately, everything falls apart. Sushmita tries to reform Sharad by telling him that he should face his problems rather than inflicting the same physical and mental pain (that he went through in his childhood) on other people. But Sharad refuses to listen and amend his ways. In the climax, he tries to kill Sushmita because she does not love him. At the end, Sushmita kills Sharad in self-defense. She writes and dedicates it to people like Sharad.
Cast
- Sushmita Sen ...... Miss Universe Sushmita Sen
- Mukul Dev ...... ACP Rohit
- Sharad Kapoor...... Sharad Sule
- Bhavna Datta
- Manoj Bajpayee
- Vishwajeet Pradhan...... Inspector
- Tiku Talsania
- Sunil Dhawan
Soundtrack
The album was composed by Rajesh Roshan and Lyrics by Javed Akhtar. All the songs were very popular and singers Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Abhijeet & Alka Yagnik rendered their voice in the album.
| 1 | "Tumhe Kayse Main bataoon" | Abhijeet |
| 2 | "Jaadu Bhari" | Udit Narayan |
| 3 | "Pal Beet Gaya" | Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik |
| 4 | "Sheeshay Se" | Kumar Sanu |
Reception
The film could not gain impressive first week collections, even though its common review was "engrossing in second half." The film flopped.
References
- http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/6132/index.html
- http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Dastak+(1996) -db
External links
- Dastak at the Internet Movie Database