Daud (film)

Daud
Poster
Directed by	Ram Gopal Varma
Written by	Kanan Ayar Sanjay Chhel Ram Gopal Varma
Based on	Kshana Kshanam (1991)
Produced by	Ram Gopal Varma Jhamu Sughand
Starring	Sanjay Dutt Urmila Matondkar Paresh Rawal Manoj Bajpayee
Cinematography	Rasool Ellore
Edited by	Bhanodaya
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Distributed by	Murlimanohar Creations
Release date	22 August 1997
Running time	174 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹77.5 million
Box office	₹147.9 million

Daud (Hindi pronunciation: [d̪ɔːɽ]; transl. Run) is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language road adventure comedy film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma, starring Sanjay Dutt and Urmila Matondkar, with music composed by A. R. Rahman. The film was based on Ram Gopal Varma's 1991 cult classic, Kshana Kshanam, which starred Venkatesh, Sridevi and Paresh Rawal.

Plot

The affable Nandu is a small-time crook who is hired to deliver a mysterious package to a notorious criminal named Pinky. Feeling that he's being cheated out of his delivery fee, Nandu holds out for more money, and soon finds himself on the run from both the angry gangsters and the police, who have launched a massive manhunt.

Nandu and Bhavani, the lovely cabaret dancer who's tagging along for the ride, assume the package contains gold; both are unpleasantly surprised when it turns out to be something deadlier: a nuclear bomb.

Cast

• Sanjay Dutt as Nandu/Uma Parvati
• Urmila Matondkar as Bhavani/Daya Shankar
• Paresh Rawal as Pinky
• Neeraj Vora as Chacko
• Ashish Vidyarthi as Nair
• Manoj Bajpayee as Pushkar
• Vineeth as Inspector Sri
• Narsing Yadav as Inspector Rana
• Rajeev Mehta as Khurana
• Rana Jung Bahadur as Commissioner of police
• Sumukhi Pendse as Suvarna

Reception

Anupama Chopra of India Today wrote, "Despite the flaws, Daud makes for fun-watching."

Soundtrack

The score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman, who also scored Rangeela. The lyrics were written by Mehboob, except for the song "Daud" which was penned by Sukhwinder Singh. One of the songs, "Zehreela Pyar" came heavily under the censor scanner for its rather bold picturization.

The soundtrack was re-released in Tamil as a non-film album titled Ottam and was dubbed in Telugu as 50–50.

Hindi - Original version

Lyrics: Mehboob (Mehboob Aalam Kotwal)

50–50 (Telugu dubbed version)

Lyrics: Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry

Ottam (Tamil dubbed version)

Though the Tamil dubbed version of the film remains unreleased, the soundtrack album released.

Lyrics: Palani Bharathi