Daud (film)

Daud
Directed by	Ram Gopal Varma
Produced by	Jhamu Sughand
Written by	Kanan Ayar Sanjay Chhel Ram Gopal Varma
Starring	Sanjay Dutt Urmila Matondkar Paresh Rawal Manoj Bajpayee
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Cinematography	Rasool Ellore
Edited by	Bhanodaya, Ram Gopal Varma
Distributed by	Murlimanohar Creations
Release date	22 August 1997 (1997-08-22)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹7.6 crore (equivalent to ₹27 crore or US$4.2 million in 2016)
Box office	₹17.5 crore (equivalent to ₹62 crore or US$9.7 million in 2016)

Daud (English: Run) is a 1997 Indian Hindi crime comedy film directed by Ram Gopal Varma, starring Sanjay Dutt and Urmila Matondkar, with music composed by A. R. Rahman. The film was based on Ram Gopal Varma's 1991 cult classic, Kshana Kshanam, which starred Venkatesh and Sridevi.^[1]

Plot

The affable Nandu (Sanjay Dutt), a small-time crook who is hired to deliver a mysterious package to a notorious criminal named Pinky (Paresh Rawal). Feeling that he's being cheated on his delivery fee, Nandu holds out for more money, and soon finds himself on the run from both the angry gangsters and the police, who have launched a massive manhunt. Nandu and Bhavani (Urmila Matondkar), the lovely cabaret dancer who's tagging along for the ride, assume the package contains gold; both are unpleasantly surprised when it turns out to be something deadlier: a nuclear bomb.

Cast

• Sanjay Dutt as Nandu
• Urmila Matondkar as Bhavani
• Paresh Rawal as Pinky
• Neeraj Vora as Chacko
• Ashish Vidyarthi as Nair
• Manoj Bajpayee as Pushkar
• Vineeth as Inspector Sri
• Narsing Yadav as Inspector Rana
• Rajeev Mehta as Khurana
• Rana Jung Bahadur as Commissioner of police
• Sumukhi Pendse as Suvarna

Reception

After the success of his previous movie Rangeela, Daud was much anticipated, though the movie opened to mixed reviews, it went on to become a flop.

Soundtrack

The score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman, who also scored Rangeela. The lyrics were written by Mehboob, except for the song "Daud" which was penned by Sukhwinder Singh. The soundtrack proved successful upon release and is considered the highlight of the film. The songs were also noticed for its picturisation. One of the songs, "Zehreela Pyar" came heavily under the censor scanner for its rather bold picturization.

The soundtrack was re-released in Tamil as a non-film album titled Ottam and was dubbed in Telugu as 50–50.

Hindi - Original version

50–50 (Telugu dubbed version)

Lyrics: Sitaram Shastri

Ottam (Tamil dubbed version)

Though the Tamil dubbed version of the film remain unreleased, the soundtrack album released.

Lyrics: Palani Bharathi

References

External links

• Daud on IMDb