Kartavya (1995)

 ●  Hindi ● 2 hrs 45 mins

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Gayetri (Aruna Irani) is a heiress and is the step-sister of the scheming and evil Ugranarayan Singh (Amrish Puri). When Gayetri announces that she wishes to marry Suraj Singh (Raj Kiran), Ugranarayan arranges his death, so that the family cannot have a heir to the estate. Ugranarayan with the help of corrupt police inspector Tribhuvan (Gulshan Grover), frames Gayetri for the murder of Suraj Singh and soon has her sentened to death. Gayetri, while in prison, is pregnant. Sharda Verma (Moushumi Chatterjee), a lawyer comes to the legal rescue of Gayetri, and pleads successfully against the death sentence. Ugranarayan is enraged at this, and hires a butcher, Ghulam Rasul (Om Puri) to kill the child, which he says he did. When confronted with the news of her son's death, Gayetri loses control and with the help of a corrupt doctor, Ugranarayan has Gayetri committed to a mental hospital, where the doctor, Dr. Neelkanth (Alok Nath) inflicts shock treatment and other tortures on the brain of Gayetri, thus rendering her a virtual vegetable. Several years pass by, and then one day Gayetri escapes from her tormentors. Then begin the sudden deaths of Ugranarayan, his family, and his goons. The police suspect Gayetri, but all the killings are done by someone who is a lot stronger than Gayetri.

Cast: Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Kapoor

Crew: Raj Kanwar (Director), Dilip Sen (Music Director), Sameer Sen (Music Director)

Rating: A (India)

Genres: Action, Family

Release Dates: 21 Sep 1995 (India)

Hindi Name: कर्त्तव्य

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Did you know? Tabu was offered the lead role and agreed to take it on one condition - that producer Rahul Gupta pay Divya Bharti's parents the remaining money owed to her for the film. Rahul Gupta declined. Read More
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as Kajal Sahay
as Karan Singh
Supporting Actor
as Dr. Neelkanth
as Thakur Ugranarayan Singh
as Gayetridevi Singh
as Roop Sundari
as Bhanu Singh
as Karan's College Friend
as Inspector Tribhuvan
as P.K. Dhoot
as Balbir Singh
as Sharda Varma
as Ghulam Rasul
Supporting Actor
as Ramakant Sahay

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Screenplay Writer
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Tracklist
Music Label: Tips Music
07:14

Music Director: Sameer Sen, Dilip Sen
Lyricist: Rani Malik
Playback Singer: Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
06:24

Music Director: Sameer Sen, Dilip Sen
Lyricist: Rani Malik
Playback Singer: Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
06:11

Music Director: Dilip Sen, Sameer Sen
Lyricist: Rani Malik
Playback Singer: Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu
04:11

Music Director: Sameer Sen, Dilip Sen
Lyricist: Rani Malik
Playback Singer: Sadhana Sargam, Udit Narayan
07:54

Music Director: Sameer Sen, Dilip Sen
Lyricist: Rani Malik
Playback Singer: Sushma Shreshtha
Trivia:
Divya Bharti was signed for the lead role and even shot several scenes. However, she was replaced by Juhi Chawla after her sudden demise.

The film took nearly 4 years to make due to the change in cast as well as budgeting issues.

Tabu was offered the lead role and agreed to take it on one condition - that producer Rahul Gupta pay Divya Bharti's parents the remaining money owed to her for the film. Rahul Gupta declined.

Dimple Kapadia was to play Gayatri Devi's role but opted out after Divya Bharti's death.