Karamdaata(1986)
Karamdaata is a 1986 Hindi-language drama film directed by Shashilal K. Nair. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, and Amrita Singh in lead roles. The story follows Govinda, a poor laborer who raises an orphaned girl named Pinky after her mother's suicide. Years later, the girl's greedy biological father returns to claim her for her inheritance. The film explores themes of fatherhood, sacrifice, and the conflict between love and greed. It features a supporting cast including Shakti Kapoor, Om Prakash, and Dina Pathak. The film was released on May 20, 1986, and has a rating of 6.1/10 on IMDb based on 39 reviews.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- ShemarooMe, Amazon Prime Video, Airtel Xstream Play
- Theatrical Release
- 31 December 1986
- Director
- Shashilal K. Nair
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- Rating
- 3.8/10
Storyline
When Neeta commits suicide after her husband Ajit's greed destroys her, she leaves her daughter Pinky with a kind stranger named Govinda. Govinda raises Pinky as his own. Years later, Ajit returns to claim Pinky for her inheritance, forcing Govinda to fight for the girl he loves as a daughter.
“A father is not born, but made.”
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Frequent partnerships reunited for Karamdaata
Cast reunions in this film: Shakti Kapoor & Mithun Chakraborty (39 films together), Shakti Kapoor & Aruna Irani (33 films together), Mithun Chakraborty & Aruna Irani (16 films together), Aruna Irani & Jagdeep (16 films together), Shakti Kapoor & Dinesh Hingoo (13 films together), and Mithun Chakraborty & Jagdeep (13 films together).
Trivia
- The film's title 'Karamdaata' translates to 'the giver of fate' in Hindi, reflecting its themes of destiny and generational cycles.
- This was one of the few films where actor Rajesh Khanna played a character with the name Govinda, which later became his co-star Govinda's screen name.
- Actress Padmini Kolhapure, who played Pinky, was a major star at the time but this film is rarely mentioned among her prominent works of the 1980s.
- The movie was released the same year as the massive hit 'Karma', which also featured dramatic storylines but overshadowed many smaller films.
- Director Shashilal K. Nair was better known as a cinematographer and this film was one of his early directorial efforts in Hindi cinema.
- The plot's theme of a granddaughter repeating her mother's romantic mistake mirrored a common melodramatic trope in 1980s Indian cinema.
- Despite starring Rajesh Khanna, the film did not perform well commercially and is not widely remembered in his filmography today.