Sunny(1984)
Sunny (1984) is a Hindi film directed by Raj Khosla. The film features Birbal, Manik Irani and Satyendra Kapoor. With a rating of 4.8/10 from 1984.
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- Theatrical Release
- 31 December 1984
- Director
- Raj Khosla
- Language
- Hindi
- Rating
- 4.8/10
Storyline
After her unfaithful husband dies, a childless widow discovers his lover is pregnant. She deceives the woman into handing over the newborn. The widow then raises the boy, named Sunny, as her own son.
“A widow's secret becomes a son's life.”
Film Details
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Cast & Crew
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Frequent partnerships reunited for Sunny
Cast reunions in this film: Sunny Deol & Dharmendra (9 films together), Dharmendra & Satyendra Kapoor (9 films together), Amrita Singh & Dharmendra (6 films together), Dharmendra & Vikas Anand (6 films together), Amrita Singh & Satyendra Kapoor (5 films together), and Waheeda Rehman & Satyendra Kapoor (4 films together).
Trivia
- The film was inspired by the 1981 American movie 'Only When I Laugh', which itself was based on a Neil Simon play.
- This was the final film directed by Raj Khosla, a veteran known for thrillers and dramas, before his death in 1991.
- Actor Rishi Kapoor, who played the adult Sunny, was in his early 30s but portrayed a character much younger, starting from his late teens.
- The movie's music, composed by R.D. Burman, featured the popular romantic song 'Sunny Sunny' sung by Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle.
- Despite its dramatic plot, the film was not a major commercial success upon its initial release.
- Actress Amrita Singh, who played the young lover Sheetal, was a relatively new star, having debuted just two years earlier.
- The story's central conflict revolves around a legal and moral issue of the time: the rights of a biological mother versus an adoptive one.