Dostana (1980 film)

For the 2008 film, see Dostana (2008 film).

Dostana
Film poster
Directed byRaj Khosla
Written bySalim–Javed
Produced byYash Johar
Starring
CinematographyNariman A. Irani
Edited byWaman Bhonsle
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Distributed byDharma Productions
Release date
  • 17 October 1980 (1980-10-17)
Running time
153 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budgetest.₹8 million
Box officeest.₹90 million[1]

Dostana (transl. Friendship) is a 1980 Indian Hindi action drama film, written by Salim–Javed, produced by Yash Johar, and directed by Raj Khosla. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Zeenat Aman in lead roles and Prem Chopra, Amrish Puri, Helen, Pran in supporting roles. The film was a superhit at the box-office and became the fourth highest-grosser of 1980, behind Qurbani, Aasha and Ram Balram.[2] Dostana was also the last successful film directed by Raj Khosla. It was remade in Tamil as Sattam with Kamal Haasan.

  1. ^ ""Dostana (1980) Hindi Movie Review, Budget and Box Office Collection"". www.bollywoodproduct.com. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  2. ^ "The Biggest Diwali BLOCKBUSTERS Of All Time". boxofficeindia.com. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.