Kartavya (1979 film)

Kartavya is a 1979 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Mohan Sehgal. The music in the film is composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The film stars Dharmendra, Rekha, Vinod Mehra, Nirupa Roy, Aruna Irani, Ranjeet, Utpal Dutt and Suresh Oberoi. The film is a remake of the 1973 Kannada film Gandhada Gudi.

Cast

 * Dharmendra as Vijay
 * Rekha as Neeta
 * Vinod Mehra as Ajay / Dushyant Rai
 * Nirupa Roy as Vijay & Ajay's Mother
 * Aruna Irani as Lachhi
 * Ranjeet as Jacob
 * Utpal Dutt as Diwan Dhanpat Rai
 * Suresh Oberoi as Forest Officer

Crew

 * Direction – Mohan Sehgal
 * Production – Mohan Sehgal
 * Music Direction – Laxmikant–Pyarelal
 * Lyrics – Varma Malik, Kafil Azar
 * Playback – Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Usha Mangeshkar

Mohammed Rafi is the only male singer in the movie who sang with the three Mangeshkar sisters concurrently. (Lata, Asha and Usha) The Macho man Dharmendra usually preferred Mohd. Rafi sing for him in older movies of 1960. Later of course. Kishore Kumar sang a lot more hits for Dharamendra in movies like Jugnu, Sholay and Dream girl etc.

The film was Super Hit during its release.