Dream Girl (1977 film)

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Dream Girl
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Film poster
Directed by Pramod Chakravorty
Produced by Gulshan Rai
Starring
Music bySongs:
Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Background Score:
Robin Chatterjee
Vasant Mudliar
Distributed by Trimurti Films
Release date
  • 14 January 1977 (1977-01-14)
(India)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Dream Girl is a 1977 Hindi film, directed by Pramod Chakravorty. The movie stars Hema Malini, Ashok Kumar, Dharmendra and Prem Chopra. Hema Malini was promoted as the Dream Girl from her first film and that eventually led her to star in this film. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

The story revolves around a young woman (Hema Malini), who plays five different characters in the film – Sapna, Padma, Champabai, Dream girl, and Rajkumari, to steal money in order to maintain a home for orphans.

Cast

Music

The music of this movie was composed by music director duo Laxmikant–Pyarelal and ever versatile Anand Bakshi penned the lyrics.

The song "Dream Girl" sung by Kishore Kumar became an evergreen hit.

Track listing (Hindi)
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Dream Girl" Kishore Kumar 6:00
2."Chhupa Chhupi Khelen Aao" Lata Mangeshkar 4:43
3."O Raja Babu"Lata Mangeshkar6:12
4."Chhupa Chhupi Khelen Aao (Sad)"Lata Mangeshkar4:44
6."Hua Kya Agar Tu Zara Bewafa"Kishore Kumar5:39
8."Duniya Ke Log" Asha Bhosle 8:58

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