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Pyari Behna

1985 film directed by Bapu

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Pyari Behna (transl.Dear sister) is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Bapu, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Padmini Kolhapure, Vinod Mehra, Deven Verma, Shakti Kapoor and Tanvi Azmi in her film debut. The film is a remake of the 1978 Tamil film Mullum Malarum.

01Plot

Kaali and his sister Seeta live in a shanty house. Kaali is an assistant to Engineer Vinay. Seeta's friend Mangala falls in love with Kali and they get married. When Kali meets with an accident and loses his left hand he blames Vinay for the accident. Vinay has fallen in love with Seeta, but Kaali is against their relationship. How the brother-sister love trumps this resentment forms the rest of the story.

02Cast

03Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Bappi Lahiri.

SongSinger
"Baahon Mein" Kishore Kumar
"Jal Gaye Jal Gaye" Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
"Shaadi Ka Matlab" Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
"O Meri Behna" - 1 S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"O Meri Behna" - 2 S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Rakhi Ke Din" Chandrani Mukherjee
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