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Doodh Ka Karz(1990)
Hindi161 mins
Doodh Ka Karz (1990) is a 161-minute Hindi film directed by Ashok Gaekwad. Starring Gulshan Grover, Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Amrish Puri. With an audience rating of 4.7/10, Doodh Ka Karz stands as one of the notable Hindi releases of 1990.
Director:Ashok Gaekwad
Mood:
emotionaldarkinspiring
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Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Prime Video
- Theatrical Release
- 1 January 1990
- Director
- Ashok Gaekwad
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 41m
- GudVibe Rating
- 4.7/10
Storyline
A young man named Suraj lives with his widowed mother. He saves a woman named Reshma from a snake bite, and the two fall in love.
“A son's love repays a mother's lifelong sacrifice.”
Film Details
4.7Rating
161Minutes
HindiLanguage
ACertificate
Release Date1 January 1990
Release Typetheatrical
Original TitleDoodh Ka Karz
Parental Guide
Violence
Moderate
Language
Moderate
Sex / Nudity
Moderate
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Moderate
Vibe & Tags
Mood
emotionaldarkinspiring
Themes
revengefamilylovejustice
Toneserious
Pacingslow-burn
Complexitylight
Audiencemass
Best Withfamily
Violence3
Emotion4
Humor2
Rewatchability2
Reviews & Ratings
Your Rating
4.7/10Rating
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Cast & Crew
Trivia
- The film's title 'Doodh Ka Karz' translates to 'Debt of Milk', a phrase often used in Hindi to express a child's lifelong debt to their mother.
- This was one of the few films where actor Mithun Chakraborty played a character deeply rooted in rural family drama rather than his typical urban action roles.
- Director Ashok Gaekwad was primarily known as a cinematographer and had shot many major films before directing this movie.
- The film's fantasy elements, unusual for a rural drama, included scenes with a magical snake and supernatural justice.
- Actress Kimi Katkar, who played Reshma, was a popular glamour star at the time, making her role as a village girl a notable shift.
- The movie was not a major commercial success, reflecting a trend where such melodramas struggled against bigger-budget films in 1990.
- Some promotional material highlighted the mother-son relationship more than the romantic plot, focusing on the emotional core of the story.
Notable Collaborations
Frequent partnerships reunited in Doodh Ka Karz
Actor-Ajit B. Singh21 films →
Ajit B. Singh-Actor20 films →
Ajit B. Singh-Parvati19 films →
Actor-Parvati19 films →
Actor-Reshma17 films →
Ajit B. Singh-Chhotey Thakur Raghuvir Singh16 films →
Chhotey Thakur Raghuvir Singh-Parvati16 films →
Actor-Chhotey Thakur Raghuvir Singh11 films →
Ajit B. Singh-Bhairav Singh10 films →
Chhotey Thakur Raghuvir Singh-Actor10 films →
Ajit B. Singh-Tantrik9 films →
Actor-Tantrik8 films →
Chhotey Thakur Raghuvir Singh-Tantrik8 films →
Actor-Dharma Lohar8 films →
Actor-Parvati7 films →
Ajit B. Singh-Reshma7 films →
Ajit B. Singh-Dharma Lohar7 films →
Chhotey Thakur Raghuvir Singh-Bhairav Singh7 films →
Bhairav Singh-Parvati7 films →
Parvati-Tantrik7 films →