Jugnu

Jugnu
Film poster
Directed by	Pramod Chakravorthy
Produced by	Pramod Chakravorthy
Written by	Sachin Bhowmick Gulshan Nanda Ehsan Rizvi
Starring	Dharmendra Hema Malini Pran Prem Chopra Nazir Hussain Mehmood Lalita Pawar Master Satyajeet
Music by	Sachin Dev Burman
Cinematography	V.K. Murthy
Edited by	R.M. Tipnis
Production company	Natraj Studios
Distributed by	Pramod Films Gala Entertainment Corp.
Release date	30 August 1973
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Jugnu (English: firefly) is a 1973 Indian Hindi movie produced and directed by Pramod Chakravorty. The story is about an extremely intelligent crook with a "Golden" heart (Dharmendra) who has the remarkable ability to steal from the most protected setups. The movie also stars Hema Malini, Lalita Pawar, Mehmood, Prem Chopra, Nazir Hussain, Ajit and Pran.The music is by S. D. Burman and the lyrics by Anand Bakshi. . It went on to become a box-office "Superhit" becoming the second highest grossing film of 1973. It had great songs, most notably the Diwali song picturised beautifully on Dharmendra and sung by Kishore Kumar, "Deep Diwali ke Jhute". The song became a runaway hit going on to become an all-time a chart-buster of its time. Another notable feature of the film is the popular dialogue written by Sachin Bhowmick, "Baap ke naam kaa sahara kaamzor log lete hai", Meaning: "Only the weak seek to be known by their father's reputation" which was said on two occasions by Dharmendra and Pran. It went on to become one of the most loved and famous dialogues of all-time in Hindi cinema. Jugnu Remains a cult classic of Hindi cinema and represents one of Dharmendra's finest performances. This film was remade into Tamil in 1980 as Guru.

Songs from the Film

01.Deep Diwali ke Jhute By (Kishore Kumar) Picturised on Dharmendra

02.Pyar ke Is Khel mein By (Kishore Kumar) Picturised on Dharmendra

03.Jaane Kya pilaaye tune By (Lata Mangeshkar) Picturised on Hema Malini and Dharmendra