Daud (film)

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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 Telugu film Kshana Kshanam, which starred Venkatesh, Sridevi and Paresh Rawal. Daud was not commercially successful.^[2]

Daud
Poster
Directed by	Ram Gopal Varma
Written by	Kanan Ayar Sanjay Chhel Ram Gopal Varma
Based on	Kshana Kshanam by Ram Gopal Varma
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 (1997-08-22)
Running time	174 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹77.5 million[1]
Box office	₹147.9 million[1]

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 is 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
• Vineet Kumar 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."^[3]

Soundtrack

Daud
Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
Released	6 June 1997
Recorded	Panchathan Record Inn
Genre	Film soundtrack
Label	Tips
Producer	A.R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Iruvar (1997) Daud (1997) Ratchagan (1997)

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

All lyrics are written by Mehboob except where noted.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Daud"		Remo Fernandes	5:51
2.	"Zehreela Pyar"		Asha Bhosle & Deena Chandra Das	5:57
3.	"Shabba Shabba (movie version)"	Javed Akhtar	Swarnalatha (Original version), Ranu Mukherjee(Movie version), Sonu Nigam & Neeraj Vora	7:42
4.	"Shabba Shabba (album version)"	Javed Akhtar	Ranu Mukherjee, Sonu Nigam & Neeraj Vora	7:42
5.	"The Thump of Daud"		A. R. Rahman	3:22
6.	"Yeh Jaan"		Kavita Krishnamurthy & Vinod Rathod	6:52
7.	"O Bhavre"	Javed Akhtar	K. J. Yesudas & Asha Bhosle	6:08
8.	"Daud (Bhangra)"		Usha Uthup	5:51
9.	"Oh! Sai Yaiye"		Asha Bhosle & S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	8:50

50–50 (Telugu dubbed version)

50-50
Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
Released	9 July 1997
Recorded	Panchathan Record Inn
Genre	Film soundtrack
Label	Tips
Producer	A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Iruvar (1997) 50-50 (1997) Ratchagan (1997)

All songs were written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry

#	Song	Artist(s)	Length
1	"Parugu Parugu Ra"	Vandemataram Srinivas & Remo Fernandes	5:51
2	"Kasirepi"	K. S. Chithra, Deena Chandra Das	5:57
3	"Shabba Shabba"	Swarnalatha, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & Srinivas Murthy	7:42
4	"The Thump of Daud"	A. R. Rahman	3:22
5	"Ee Praayam Needhe Ra"	K. S. Chithra & P. Unnikrishnan	6:52
6	"O Meghamaa"	Sujatha Mohan, Unni Menon, Asha Bhosle	6:08
7	"Sy Saiyyante"	Swarnalatha, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & Asha Bhosle	8:50

Ottam (Tamil dubbed version)

Ottam
Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
Released	5 July 1997
Recorded	Panchathan Record Inn
Genre	Film soundtrack
Label	Tips
Producer	A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Iruvar (1997) Ottam (1997) Ratchagan (1997)

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

All songs were written by Palani Bharathi

#	Song	Artist(s)	Length
1	"Ottam Thaan"	Mano & Remo Fernandes	5:51
2	"Sooriyanaai"	K. S. Chithra & Deena Chandra Das	5:57
3	"The Thump of Daud"	A. R. Rahman	3:22
4	"Shabba Shabba"	Swarnalatha, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & Srinivasa Murthy	7:42
5	"En Kadhal Neruppe"	K. S. Chithra & P. Unni Krishnan	6:52
6	"Poonthendrale"	Sujatha Mohan, K. J. Yesudas & Asha Bhosle	6:08
7	"Oh! Vandhaale"	Swarnalatha & S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	8:50