Devata (1978) Online
Tony's daughter Mary gets intimate with a college friend. When he refuses to marry Mary even on Tony's insistence, he is killed by mistake. Shortly after this, the police come looking for Tony, to charge him with murder, and Tony disappears. Mary gives birth to a daughter, Lily, and lives with Dr. Shambhunath and his wife. Years later, Tarun Kumar enters Mary's life and identifies himself as Tony. Mary is delighted and relieved. Unfortunately for Tony, Police Inspector Lawrence also recognizes him, and it is then Tony must decide to run away again or face arrest and imprisonment.
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Sanjeev Kumar | - | Tony / Tarun Kumar | |
Shabana Azmi | - | Mary | |
Rakesh Roshan | - | George | |
Sarika | - | Lily | |
Shreeram Lagoo | - | Father Fernandez (as Dr. Sreeram Lagoo) | |
Danny Denzongpa | - | Inspector Lawrence | |
Shivraj | |||
Azad | |||
Major Anand | |||
Vijay Kumar | |||
Viju Khote | - | (as Vijoo Khote) | |
Prakash | |||
Makarnai | - | (as Makrani) | |
Debieprasad | |||
Hyder |
Shabana played a double role. That of Sanjeev Kumar's wife and then his daughter. Her real life boy friend Benjamin Gilani was cast in the romantic lead opposite her role of Sanjeev's daughter. In the second half of the movie Shabana aged to play mother to a teenage Sarika. She thus had ample scope to show her versatility and that too in a commercial film.
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