Khwab

Khwab (Hindi: ख्व़ाब, ) is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Shakti Samanta, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Ranjeeta Kaur, Naseeruddin Shah and Yogeeta Bali.

The film was loosely based on the 1951 film A Place in the Sun which itself is based on the 1925 novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser.

Plot
Pratap Kumar Srivastav (Mithun Chakraborty) travels from Shyamnagar to Bombay, and is hired by his father's friend, Ram Prasad (Madan Puri). He rents a room in a Chawl in Borivali's 'Asha Manzil' where his friend, Gopal Mathur (Naseeruddin Shah) and his attractive sister, Maya (Yogeeta Bali) also live. Pratap's main aim is to succeed in life, become rich, and buy a flat in posh Malabar Hills. He succeeds considerably, woos his boss' daughter, Indrani (Ranjeeta) and is soon promoted to the position of Deputy General Manager. On the day of his engagement to Indrani, he goes missing, and subsequently she and her father are notified that he has been arrested and charged with the homicide of a pregnant Maya.

Cast

 * Mithun Chakraborty as Pratap Kumar Shrivastav
 * Ranjeeta Kaur as Indrani Prasad
 * Naseeruddin Shah as Gopal Mathur
 * Yogeeta Bali as Maya (Gopal's sister)
 * Chaman Puri as Dayal landlord
 * Tarun Ghosh as Bholaram
 * Yunus Parvez as Bhulakiram Tripathi
 * Dinesh Thakur as Comrade Lobo
 * Birbal as Lala Satyanarayan
 * Subroto Mahapatra as Bahadur
 * Ashok Kumar as Advocate Joshi
 * Madan Puri as Ram Prasad (Indrani's father)
 * Sujit Kumar as Biharilal Khanna
 * Jagdish Raj as Inspector Shinde
 * Hari Shivdasani as Judge
 * Utpal Dutt as Public Prosecutor Dalaal

Trivia

 * Ranjita is driving Triumph sports convertible in the introduction scene.


 * The 'Asha Manzil' chawl shown in Borivali, is actually the Trimurti Studio in Dahisar, Mumbai.


 * The factory in which Mithun gets job is the Nitin Company in Thane, a foundry.