Daata

Daata
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Directed by	Sultan Ahmed
Produced by	Sultan Ahmed
Written by	Sultan Ahmed, M. Akhtar (dialogues)
Screenplay by	K. B. Pathak
Story by	M. Akhtar
Starring	Mithun Chakraborty Shammi Kapoor Padmini Kolhapure Suresh Oberoi Supriya Pathak Pran Amrish Puri Deepak Parashar Ranjeet Saeed Jaffrey Bharat Bhushan
Music by	Kalyanji Anandji
Cinematography	R. D. Mathur
Edited by	Mukhtar Ahmed
Production company	Sultaan Productions
Release date	1989 (India)
Running time	135 min.
Language	Hindi
Budget	Rs 4 Crores

Daata is a 1989 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Sultan Ahmed, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Shammi Kapoor, Padmini Kolhapure, Suresh Oberoi, Supriya Pathak, Pran, Amrish Puri, Ranjeet, Deepak Parashar, Shafi Inamdar, Saeed Jaffrey and Bharat Bhushan. This movie was AVERAGE in big cities but in small cities and in north India It was a big HIT. "DAATA" remains for Mithun Chakraborty's one of the best performances till date. The movie has one of the best bidaai song sung by Kishore Kumar "Baabul Ka Yeh Ghar"

Daata is an action film with Mithun Chakraborty and Padmini Kolhapure playing the lead roles, supported by Shammi Kapoor, Supriya Pathak, Pran, Prem Chopra, Deepak Parashar and Amrish Puri. Dinanath is a school-teacher in a small town in India, and lives with his wife, Kamla; daughter, Shanti; and son Kundan. He has published a book called "Daata" in which he has made reference to all major religions of the world, and is honored for this contribution by none other than the President of India through Education Minister, Raja Suraj Singh. He arranges the marriage of Shanti to the son of Gopaldas, when Gopaldas demands dowry he is unable to afford this, and states that he has given sufficient gold and jewellery to Shanti. The gold turns out to be fake, as a result the marriage is cancelled, Shanti kills herself, Dinanath dies of a heart attack. His name tarnished, no one comes forward to help Kundan or his mother. Kundan decides to avenge his father's death by killing Gopaldas' son, as a result he becomes a bandit, joins a band of other bandits and is on the look-out to kill Gopaldas. The question remains is this what Dinanath had foreseen for his son - a life of a bandit, and death at the hands of the police?