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Yadvinder Singh and his brother Tinku are career criminals in Bombay, India. They have always managed to elude the police, and continued with their way of life. Then one day, they receive a letter from a blackmailer, who claims that there is evidence that can send them to jail for a long time unless and until they go to a village named Kashipur and protect a boy named Rahul and other villagers from being killed by a gang of bandits led by Raja Sunder Singh. Fearful of being apprehended by the police, the duo decide to follow the blackmailer’s instructions.

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Dillagi is a 1978 sweet romantic comedy directed by Basu Chatterjee.It stars Dharmendra playing SwarnKamal - a newly appointed Sanskrit professor in a Girls college. Hema Malini is a strict Chemistry lecturer (Phoolrenu) and warden of the same college.Phoolrenu lives in Kashipur with her widowed mom, and younger brother, Ramesh. She teaches Chemistry in distant Roop Narayan Girls’ College, where because of her unfriendly and cold disposition she has been nicknamed ‘carbon dioxide’.

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Sholay is an Indian film directed by Ramesh Sippy. It is the biggest hit in the history of Bollywood, India’s Hindi film industry. Released on 15 August 1975, it stars Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri and Amjad Khan. The movie, shot in the rocky terrain of Ramanagara, Karnataka,is the story of two petty criminals hired to capture a ruthless dacoit by the name of Gabbar Singh.Sholay is the highest grossing film of all time in Indian cinema. The movie has earned Rs. 768,81,00,000, equivalent to US$ 160 million, after adjusting for inflation.

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Shalimar is a 1978 Hindi film. Its English version known as Raiders of Shalimar was released in USA. The movie starred Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Prem Nath, Aruna Irani, Shammi Kapoor, Sir Rex Harrison, and American actors John Saxon and Sylvia Miles in supporting roles. Jayamalini does a dance number in the film. This was the last time that Mohammed Rafi’s voice was picturized on Shammi Kapoor.The film flopped at the box office.

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Kshatriya (aka Warriors) is a 1993 Bollywood film directed by J.P. Dutta. The film features an ensemble star cast including Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Meenakshi Seshadri, Raveena Tandon and Divya Bharti.The film is about two warring royal families in Rajasthan, India called the Mirtagarh and the Surjangarh.

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Jeevan Mrityu is a 1970 Hindi movie produced by Tarachand Barjatya for Rajshri Productions. The film stars Dharmendra, Rakhee, Ajit, Rajindernath and Leela Chitnis. The films music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal.Ashok Tandon (Dharmendra) is a bank manager, and is in love with Deepa (Raakhee), and both are to be married soon. However, Ashok is arrested for theft from the bank.

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Ajit lives with his mother, and comes from a very wealthy family. He meets with beautiful Shobha and both fall in love with each other. Ajit’s mom is delighted and agrees to meet with Harikishan Rai, Shobha’s father, to finalize their marriage. The marriage takes place with great pomp and ceremony. A few years later, Ajit notices a change in Shobha’s behavior. She changes her lifestyle, adopts a more liberal outlook, takes to drinking alcohol, and has an hair-cut. Ajit and his mom are perplexed and appalled at this change, and want to find out, but Shobha refuses to tell them anything.

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