Jaani Dost

Jaani Dost
Directed by K. Raghavendra Rao
Produced by C. Aswini Dutt, M.Arjuna Raju
Written by Kader Khan (dialogues)
Starring Dharmendra
Parveen Babi
Jeetendra
Sridevi
Music by Bappi Lahari
Cinematography K.S. Prakash
Edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Production
company
Vyjayanthi & Roja Movies Combines
Release dates
 17th May 1983
Running time
 2:32:33
Country India
Language Hindi

Jaani Dost is a 1983 Bollywood film produced by Vyjayanthi Movies and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Parveen Babi, and Sridevi. It is a remake of the Telugu movie Adavi Simhalu by Krishna and Krishnam Raju. The two movies were made simultaneously by the same production company and director, and some scenes and actors are identical in the two versions.

Plot

Raj Nagar estates owner Raja Dharma Raj Singh is a millionaire. He and his wife Radha have a son, and Radha is also pregnant with a daughter. One day, Devan Kuber Singh, alias Cobra (Kader Khan), a smuggler and gangster, devises a plan to kill Dharma Raj and frame it as an accident. He then tries to kill Dharma Raj's son, Veeru (Jeetendra), afterwards but Veeru escapes. In his hiding place, Veeru meets a boy, Raju (Dharmendra), and they become good friends. Raju decides that he will spend time with Veeru, sacrificing his studies in the process.

After 20 years, Raju becomes a lorry driver and Veeru enters a life of crime. One day, Raju protects a girl, Meena (Parveen Babi),from a few gangsters sent by Cobra's son, Nagendran (Shakti Kapoor) because she didn't agree to marry him. Veeru works for Hari (Amjad Khan), the younger brother of Cobra, who frequently wears disguises. Raju and Meena love each other, but Cobra does not approve. Veeru loves a young, dynamic girl,Karate Rani Shalu (Sridevi), whose mother is cheated by Hari (whom she is currently searching for).

One day, Raju learns that Veeru is participating in a cycle of crime, which often hurts him, and conflict arises between the two. However, Raju soon learns that Veeru is an undercover CBI agent assigned to arrest the gang members. He arrests all the criminals, but Hari escapes. Cobra devises a plan to make Meena marry an unknown person by keeping her mother in his custody, and he sends Raju to jail by trapping him in a murder case. Cobra then kills Meena in an accident.

Cobra, Hari and Nagu escape to a forest where they are conducting their undercover activities. Raju escapes from jail and goes to the forest; Veeru also wants to protect Raju. He also goes on the trip, along with Shalu, because she realizes Hari is her father. Cobra's gang tries to murder Veeru and Shalu, but they escape and meet Meena, who escaped from the accident as well, and Veeru then realizes that Meena is his own sister.

Afterwards, Raju & Veeru keep on attacking Cobra’s activities in the name of the "Jungle Ka Share" by changing their disguises. Cobra plays a trick and creates a clash between Raju & Veeru by creating an image in the minds of both that the other "Jungle Ka Share" is a bad person. One day in a carrel, Raju & Veeru meet each other accidentally and they come to know the truth. They unite to oversee the end of Cobra’s gang. Finally, Raju marries Meena and Veeru marries Shalu.

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