Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan

Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan
Directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Written by Cyrus Mistry, Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Starring Dilip Dhawan
Anjali Paigankar
Shriram Lagoo,
Om Puri
Sulabha Deshpande
Rohini Hattangadi
Music by Bhaskar Chandavarkar
Cinematography Virendra Saini
Release dates
5 May 1978
Running time
110 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan is a 1978 Hindi Language film, directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza and starring Dilip Dhawan, Anjali Paigankar, Sriram Lagoo, Rohini Hattangadi, Satish Shah and Om Puri.

Plot

Arvind Desai (Dilip Dhawan) is the only son of a rich businessman (Shriram Lagoo) who deals in luxury handicrafts and products. His feelings for his father are mixed. While he hates the latter's dominating nature, he admires his power and lack of scruples. He has long discussions on art and politics with a Marxist friend Rajan (Om Puri), is seeing his father's secretary Alice (Anjali Paigankar) and sometimes he visits a prostitute, Fatima. Much against his wishes, his marriage is arranged to a girl from a high-class family that has just returned from Paris much to the dismay of Alice's mother, who realizes that Alice was time-pass for Arvind and nothing more. Suresh Oberoi has done cameo in movie. The film ends with the craftsman making carpets.

Awards

1979 Filmfare Award Best Film - Critics Saeed Akhtar Mirza

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