Dus (1997 film)

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Dus
Image:Dus poster.jpg
A promotional poster.
Directed by Mukul S. Anand
Produced by Mukul S. Anand
Nitin Manmohan
Written by Mukul S. Anand
Starring Sanjay Dutt
Salman Khan
Raveena Tandon
Shilpa Shetty
Music by Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Release date(s) Unreleased
Country Image:Flag of India.svg India
Language Hindi / Urdu
IMDb profile
For the 2005 Bollywood film see Dus.

Dus (Hindi: दस, Urdu: دس, translation: Ten) is a 1997 unfinished Bollywood action film directed by Mukul S. Anand, who died during filming, leaving the film incomplete. The film starred Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon and Shilpa Shetty. Vinod Khanna and Rahul Dev had supporting roles in the film.

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[edit] Premise

The storyline was intended to have been about terrorism and how an anti-terrorist intelligence officer Captain Raja Sethi (Sanjay Dutt) is sent on a mission to find an Afghan terrorist named Nasheman (Raveena Tandon in her first negative role). After he is captured and tortured by the terrorist and her right hand man Mast Gul (Rahul Dev), his partner Captain Jeet Sharma (Salman Khan) is sent to rescue him. However by now Raja Sethi is brainwashed by Mast Gul in believing his country and his friends has abandoned him and he too turns to terrorism. He also develops a love hate relationship with Nasheman.[1] Shilpa Shetty played Salman's love interest and a journalist covering the story of the mission.

[edit] Production and abandonment

The shooting of the film was done in Utah[2]. The scenes in Utah were to have depicted scenes of Kashmir which was the setting of the film. The action scenes leading up to the climax were the first scenes being shot in May and June of 1997. The scenes that were filmed included Captain Raja Sethi (Sanjay Dutt) and Captain Jeet Sharma (Salman Khan) rescuing the prime minister of Pakistan from an asssasination attempt by Mast Gul (Rahul Dev).[3].

40% of the shooting had been completed by August 1997 and when Mukul S. Anand died on September 7 1997, the film was abandoned never to be completed or released. However some promo videos and clips of the film can be seen on Mukul S. Anand's official website as well as other information about the film's production, the screenplay and the music.

[edit] Soundtrack

The music of this film was composed by Shankar Ehsaan Loy who made their debut as music directors with this film. Although the film was never released, the album was released while the film was still in production. There were seven songs composed for the film which were:

  • "Dus"
  • "Hindustani"
  • "Sur Mile Hain
  • "Mahiya"
  • "Chandni Roop Ki"
  • "Piya"
  • "Dus" (version 2)

In 2007, Raja Hasan sang a song "Mahiya" from the film in a performance in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007. The performance was very well appreciated and it suddenly brought limelight to the movie that remained unfinished. [4]

[edit] Cast

[edit] New film

In 2005 Nitin Manmohan the co producer of Dus released a new action thriller film titled Dus in which Sanjay Dutt and Shilpa Shetty from the original cast returned. This film also had the same premise of terrorism but otherwise was an altogether different film.

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.mukulsananddreamsgalore.com/DUSSTORY1A.html
  2. ^ http://www.mukulsananddreamsgalore.com/FILMOGRAPHYANDUTAHLOCATIONSHOOT.html
  3. ^ http://www.mukulsananddreamsgalore.com/FILMOGRAPHYANDUTAHLOCATIONSHOOT.html
  4. ^ http://www.rajahasan.com/?p=21
  5. ^ http://www.mukulsananddreamsgalore.com/DUSSTORY1.html
  6. ^ http://www.mukulsananddreamsgalore.com/DUSSTORY1A.html
  7. ^ http://www.mukulsananddreamsgalore.com/DUSSTORY1.html
  8. ^ http://www.mukulsananddreamsgalore.com/DUSSTORY1.html

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