Shatru (1986 film)

For the Indian actor, see Shatru (actor).

Shatru (transl. Enemy), also released as Birodh, is a 1986 Hindi-language film starring Rajesh Khanna in the lead where he plays an inspector in a remote village. The film was an Indo-Bangladeshi venture and the music was written by R.D. Burman. It was a remake of the 1984 Bengali film of the same name directed by Anjan Choudhury.^[2] Shatru in Hindi was an average success as it was released without any publicity.

Shatru / Birodh
Promotional poster
Directed by	Pramod Chakravorty
Produced by	Pramod Chakravorty, Habibur Rahman Khan
Starring	Rajesh Khanna Shabana Sadique Prem Chopra Ashok Kumar Raj Kiran Arun Govil Om Shivpuri Sudhir Mac Mohan
Cinematography	V. K. Murthy
Music by	R.D.Burman
Release date	15 August 1986 (1986-08-15)[1]
Countries	India Bangladesh
Languages	Hindi Bengali

Plot

Haridaspur is a village where Ashok Sharma was assigned as an Inspector. When he arrived at the remote village, he rescued a blind man and a widow. Ashok then got into a fist fight with Nishikant Shah and his men. The next day, Shah finds out the person with whom his men fought was Ashok himself. In order to make amends with Ashok, he decides to pay him a visit of reconciliation. Ashok refuses. After a series of events transpired, Ashok learns of the misdeeds carried out by Nishikant Shah and MLA Gopal Choudhary. Ashok then realized he had to help the people of the village from being exploited by rich men. Meanwhile, he started living in the village as a paying guest at the house of a girl named Asha. Ashok grew fond of an orphan child from the village named Chotu while in the village. Ashok then learned that Chotu's father had been a loyal farmer who was taken advantage of and killed by Nishikant's associates. Chotu promised he would avenge the evils he heard about while in the village. Shah and his friend Choudhry devised a plot against Ashok, which ultimately resulted in him being perceived as a bad person. Shah and Choudhry manipulated the situation to make it seem as though Ashok was responsible for the death of a man in his custody. This led to Ashok losing his job and his good reputation.

Cast

• Rajesh Khanna as Inspector Ashok Sharma
• Raj Kiran as Raj Choudhry
• Arun Govil as Sub-Inspector Salim
• Shabana Sidique as Asha
• Komal Mahuvakar as the professor's granddaughter
• Prem Chopra as Nishikant Shah
• Sudhir as Chotu
• Ashok Kumar as Superintendent of Police
• Om Shivpuri as Gopal Choudhry, MLA
• Mac Mohan as Kanu
• Anup Kumar as Anup Chatterjee
• Hasan Imam as Professor
• Nuton as Dancer

Music

Lyrics: Anand Bakshi

• "Iski Topi Uske Sar" - Kishore Kumar
• "Tere Aanchal Mein" - Lata Mangeshkar
• "Babuji Dil Loge" - Asha Bhosle
• "Main Teraa Bismil Hoon" - Andrew Kishore
• "Sooraj Chandaa Saagar Parbat" - Andrew Kishore & Chorus