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Dayavan

Dayavan

★ 6.2/10•1988•2h 54m•A•Action•Crime•Drama

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.

Feroz Khan · Director

Mani Ratnam · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 54m
LanguageHI
Release DateOct 19, 1988

Actors

Madhuri Dixit

Madhuri Dixit

Neela Velhu

Vinod Khanna

Vinod Khanna

Shakti Velhu / Dayavan

Feroz Khan

Feroz Khan

Shankar Waghmare

Amrish Puri

Amrish Puri

Inspector Ratan Singh

Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher

Mr. Kohli

Aditya Pancholi

Aditya Pancholi

Dayavan's son-in-Law

Aanjjan Srivastav

Aanjjan Srivastav

Superintendent of Police

Amala Akkineni

Amala Akkineni

Sarita

Anuradha Patel

Aruna Irani

Aruna Irani

Tinnu Anand

Tinnu Anand

Alok Nath

Alok Nath

Mangal Dhillon

Ramya Krishnan

Ramya Krishnan

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