Jugnu (1973 film)

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

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]

  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.