Dayavan

Dayavan

Dayavan

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Dayavan

1988

2h 54m

5.9(7 votes)

Action

Crime

Drama

Overview

Shakti and Shankar are two childhood buddies who grow up on the wrong side of the tracks, in a shanty town. Shakti becomes a sort of 'godfather' for the locals under the name of Dayavan. He falls in love and gets married to a young prostitute. However, their happiness is short-lived, as the gangster lifestyle begins to take its toll.

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14 members

Acting

Madhuri Dixit

Neela Velhu

Madhuri Dixit

Acting

Vinod Khanna

Shakti Velhu / Dayavan

Vinod Khanna

Acting

Feroz Khan

Shankar Waghmare

Feroz Khan

Acting

Amrish Puri

Inspector Ratan Singh

Amrish Puri

Acting

Anupam Kher

Mr. Kohli

Anupam Kher

Acting

Aditya Pancholi

Dayavan's son-in-Law

Aditya Pancholi

Acting

Aanjjan Srivastav

Superintendent of Police

Aanjjan Srivastav

Acting

Amala Akkineni

Sarita

Amala Akkineni

Acting

Anuradha Patel

Unknown Role

No Image

Acting

Aruna Irani

Unknown Role

Aruna Irani

Acting

Tinnu Anand

Unknown Role

Tinnu Anand

Acting

Alok Nath

Unknown Role

Alok Nath

Acting

Mangal Dhillon

Unknown Role

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Ramya Krishnan

Unknown Role

Ramya Krishnan

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