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Shaitaan (1974 film)

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Shaitaan
Directed byFiroz Chinoy
Written byK.A. Narayan
Screenplay byKaushal Bharati
Story byK.A. Narayan
Produced byA.A. Nadiadwala
StarringShatrughan Sinha
Anil Dhawan
Sharmila Tagore
D.K. Sapru
Bindu
Aruna Irani
Jagdeep
Padma Khanna
Nivedita
Music byR. D. Burman
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Shaitaan (transl. Devil/Satan) is a 1974 Hindi thriller film, directed by Firoze Chinoy starring Shatrughan Sinha and Sharmila Tagore in main roles. Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote the songs for this film while Rahul Dev Burman was the music director.

Plot

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Anand (Shatrughan Sinha) and Munish (Anil Dhawan) are two best friends. Anand is an honest police officer whereas Munish is the most famous lawyer of the city. Munish's sister Nisha is in love with Anand.

There are series of rapes and murders in the film. Anand discovers that all the victim girls were connected with Munish. One girl Shabnam, miraculously escapes from the hands of Munish. Anand arrests Munish on the charges of rape and murder but Shabnam identifies Anand as the killer and the rapist. The confusion arose because the actual killer is Anand's lookalike Ashok.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Song Singer
"Apna Samajhke Chali Aayi" Lata Mangeshkar
"Meri Aankh Phadakti Hai" Asha Bhosle
"Woh Jo Kal Gaye The" Asha Bhosle
"Dil To Maane Na, Meri Jaan, Meri Jaan, Tan To Maane Na" Asha Bhosle, R. D. Burman
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