Dalaal
| Dalaal दलाल | |
|---|---|
 Release poster | |
| Directed by | Partho Ghosh |
| Produced by | Prakash Mehra |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
| Cinematography | N. Satyen |
| Edited by | Shyam Gupte |
| Distributed by | Eros Entertainment |
Release date | 29 October 1993 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Dalaal is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language feature film directed by Partho Ghosh for producer Prakash Mehra starring Mit Chakraborty, Ayesha Jhulka and Raj Babbar as villain after a long gap. The film fetched good initial collection primarily due to the Super hit songs composed by Bappi Lahiri. It was the eighth highest grossing Bollywood film of 1993.[1]
Synopsis
Dalaal is the story of the illiterate Bhola Nath, who escorts young women to meet with their brothers. Bhola is enthusiastic and works diligently to earn the respect of everyone around him; but one day, during the course of his duties, he meets a beautiful woman named Roopali, who makes him understand the true nature of his job: that of a pimp. Whether Bhola will realize his mistake and redeem himself forms the climax.
Cast
- Mithun Chakraborty ... Bhola Nath
- Raj Babbar ... Jagganath Tripathi
- Ayesha Jhulka ... Roopali
- Ravi Behl ... Inder
- Indrani Banerjee ... Chutki / Radha
- Tinnu Anand ... Chaku Singh
- Tarun Ghosh ... Bengalese
- Deb Mukherjee ... Girdhari
- Jonny Skolnick ... Gurdeep Chataduri
- Mangal Dhillon ... Jagga Seth.
- Satyendra Kapoor ... Chatriprasad
- Rita Bhaduri ... Mrs. Djun-Djun Wala
- Suresh Chatwal ... Inspector Tambe
- Vikas Anand ... Bhola's Father
- C. S. Dubey ... Neta's man
- Shakti Kapoor ... Seth Djun-Djun Wala
Soundtrack
The Music of this movie was well appreciated with hit numbers like Gutur Gutur and was one of the final hit albums composed by Bappi Lahiri for a Mithun Chakraborty movie. It is also dubbed in Bengali.
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Gutur Gutur" | Kumar Sanu, Bappi Lahiri, Alka Yagnik, Ila Arun |
| 2 | "Chori Chori Maine Bhi To" | Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy |
| 3 | "Na Unees Se Kam" | Kumar Sanu |
| 4 | "Thahre Huye Paani Mein" | Kumar Sanu |
| 5 | "Mar Gaye Mar Gaye" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik |
| 6 | "Thahre Huye Paani Mein" | Sadhana Sargam |
| 7 | "Mere Ramji Mere Bhagwanji" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik |
-Bengali Version-
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Nithor Joler Buk" | Kumar Sanu |
| 2 | "Bakam Bakam" | Kumar Sanu, Bappi Lahiri, Alka Yagnik, Ila Arun |
| 3 | "Chupi Chupi Aami O To" | Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy |
| 4 | "Sundori Jole Gelo Jole Gelo" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik |
| 5 | "Na Uneser Kom" | Kumar Sanu |
| 6 | "Nithor Joler Buk" | Sadhana Sargam |
| 7 | "Probhu Ramhe Bhogobanhe" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik |
Reception
Dalaal received 100% initial collection as the songs, especially "Gutur Gutur", became a rage. Dalaal is among the Superhit films of 1993.