Jugnu (transl. Firefly) is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language action film produced and directed by Pramod Chakravorty. The story is about an extremely intelligent crook with a "Golden" heart (Dharmendra), who has the remarkable ability to steal from the most protected setups. The movie also stars Hema Malini, Lalita Pawar, Mehmood, Prem Chopra, Nazir Hussain, Ajit and Pran. The music is by S. D. Burman and the lyrics by Anand Bakshi. The film features a popular dialogue written by Sachin Bhowmick, "Baap ke naam kaa sahara kamzor log lete hai", Meaning: "The weak seek to be known by their father's reputation", which was said on two occasions by Dharmendra and Pran. It went on to become one of the most loved and famous dialogues of all time in Hindi cinema. Jugnu Remains a cult classic of Hindi cinema and represents one of Dharmendra's finest performances. This film was remade into Tamil and Telugu in 1980 as Guru.[1]

Jugnu
Film poster
Directed byPramod Chakravorty
Written bySachin Bhowmick
Gulshan Nanda
Ehsan Rizvi
Produced byPramod Chakravorthy
StarringDharmendra
Hema Malini
Pran
Prem Chopra
Nazir Hussain
Mehmood
Lalita Pawar
Master Satyajeet
CinematographyV. K. Murthy
Edited byR. M. Tipnis
Music bySachin Dev Burman
Production
company
Pramod Films
Distributed byGala Entertainment Corp.
Release date
  • 30 August 1973 (1973-08-30)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Cast

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Actor Character
Dharmendra Ashok Roy "Jugnu"
Hema Malini Seema
Pran Shyam
Ajit Boss
Prem Chopra Ramesh
Mehmood Mahesh
Lalita Pawar Mrs. Ghanshyam Das
Jayshree T. Sheela
Manmohan Mike
Raj Mehra Inspector General
Nazir Hussain Shyam's Father
Kamal Kapoor Police Inspector
Brahm Bhardwaj Mr. Mazumdar
Dhumal Sheela's Father

Soundtrack

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Jugnu
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedMay 24, 1973 (1973-05-24)[2]
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length28:00
LanguageHindi
LabelSaregama
ProducerS. D. Burman
S. D. Burman chronology
Abhimaan
(1973)
Jugnu
(1973)
Chhupa Rustam
(1973)

All lyrics are written by Anand Bakshi; all music is composed by S. D. Burman

Songs
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Jane Kya Pilaya Tune"Lata Mangeshkar4:22
2."Gir Gaya Jhumka Girne Do"Kishore Kumar & Lata Mangeshkar4:20
3."Mere Payalia"Lata Mangeshkar5:25
4."Tera Peechha Na Chhodunga"Kishore Kumar4:53
5."Jugnu Chamke"Lata Mangeshkar4:48
6."Deep Diwali Ke Jhuthe"Kishore Kumar & Sushma Shrestha4:16
Total length:28:00

References

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  1. ^ "Sridevi: 5 times the actress bowled us with her performance". The Times of India. 12 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Jugnu". Apple Music. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
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