Do Dishayen(1982)
Do Dishayen (1982) is a Hindi film directed by Dulal Guha. Starring Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra and Shreeram Lagoo. With a rating of 5.5/10 reflecting mixed audience reception from 1982.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Amazon Prime Video, YouTube
- Theatrical Release
- 31 December 1982
- Director
- Dulal Guha
- Language
- Hindi
- Rating
- 5.5/10
Storyline
A wealthy man's wife leaves him after their child is born. Their son misses his mother, so his father makes up stories about where she is. One day, the boy meets a woman who looks just like her and brings her home, but she disappears before his father can see her, leaving everyone to wonder who she really is.
“A child finds a woman who looks just like his missing mother.”
Film Details
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Cast & Crew
Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for Do Dishayen
Cast reunions in this film: Hema Malini & Dharmendra (16 films together), Prem Chopra & Nirupa Roy (11 films together), Hema Malini & Prem Chopra (10 films together), Prem Chopra & Dharmendra (10 films together), Prem Chopra & Satyendra Kapoor (9 films together), and Dharmendra & Satyendra Kapoor (9 films together).
Trivia
- The film's title 'Do Dishayen' translates to 'Two Directions', reflecting the story's dual narrative paths.
- This was one of the few films where Dharmendra and Hema Malini, a real-life couple, played husband and wife on screen.
- Director Dulal Guha was known for social dramas, but this film leaned more into family melodrama and mistaken identity.
- The movie was not a major commercial success upon release, overshadowed by bigger hits of 1982 like 'Shakti' and 'Namak Halaal'.
- A key plot device involves a lookalike, a common trope in Hindi cinema of the era, often used to explore themes of separation and reunion.
- The soundtrack by Laxmikant-Pyarelal included the popular song 'Tumse Badhkar Duniya Mein', sung by Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar.
- Parts of the film were shot in picturesque outdoor locations, a contrast to its primarily domestic and urban studio settings.