Shaitaan (1974 film)
1974 film
Shaitaan (transl. Devil/Satan) is a 1974 Hindi thriller film, directed by Firoze Chinoy starring Shatrughan Sinha and Sharmila Tagore in main roles. Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote the songs for this film while Rahul Dev Burman was the music director.
Plot
Anand (Shatrughan Sinha) and Munish (Anil Dhawan) are two best friends. Anand is an honest police officer whereas Munish is the most famous lawyer of the city. Munish's sister Nisha is in love with Anand.
There are series of rapes and murders in the film. Anand discovers that all the victim girls were connected with Munish. One girl Shabnam, miraculously escapes from the hands of Munish. Anand arrests Munish on the charges of rape and murder but Shabnam identifies Anand as the killer and the rapist. The confusion arose because the actual killer is Anand's lookalike Ashok.
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