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Alla Rakha

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{{short description|Indian tabla player}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Alla Rakha Khan Qureshi
| image = Alla Rakha 1988.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Alla Rakha in 1988
| image_size =
| birth_name = Alla Rakha Qureshi
| alias =
| birth_place = Ghagwal, District Samba [[Jammu]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], British India
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|04|29|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|02|03|1919|04|29|df=y}}
| origin =
| instrument = [[Tabla]], [[Pakhawaj]]
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music]]
| occupation =
| years_active =
| label =
| associated_acts = [[Ravi Shankar]], [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]], [[Aditya Kalyanpur]]
| honorific_prefix = '''[[Ustad]]'''
| honorific_suffix = '''[[Padma Shri]]'''
| website = {{url|http://www.allarakhafoundation.org/}}
}}
[[Ustad]]''' Allarakha Qureshi''' (29 April 1919 – 3 February 2000), popularly known as '''Alla Rakha''', was an Indian [[tabla]] player who specialized in [[Hindustani classical music]]. He was a frequent accompanist of sitar player Pandit [[Ravi Shankar]] and was largely responsible for introducing [[Tabla]] to the western audience.

==Personal life and education==
Ustad Allarakha Khan Qureshi (29 April 1919 – 3 February 2000) was born in Ghagwal Village (in today’s district [[Samba district|Samba]]) [[Jammu]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. His mother tongue was [[Dogri]] and his family were [[Muslim Dogra]]s, although most of the Dogra clan around them were Hindus.<ref name="ar"/> Growing up on a farm, Ustad Allarakha was always in awe of music, praising the traveling musicians he would occasionally have the opportunity to witness. His father, at that time, looked down upon singing or learning to play a musical instrument as a profession for his boy, due to family's origins as [[Dogras]] of Jammu.<ref name="ar"/><ref name=NYT/>

At the age of 12, Ustad Alla Rakha ran away from home to stay with his uncle in the nearby [[Gurdaspur]] city to pursue his passion for music.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2dE8RM-ysQ&list=FL9PcXrT5iTyDSreYOQ5962Q&index=1 Alla Rakha's performance on tabla on YouTube] Retrirved 18 October 2020</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2014-04-30|title=Lesser known facts about Ustad Allah Rakha|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/photo-features/lesser-known-facts-about-ustad-allah-rakha/photostory/34414234.cms|access-date=2021-02-02|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Finding little chances for grooming and appreciation, the determined young lad ran away from home, began his training in tabla with Mian Kader Baksh of the [[Punjab gharana]] of tabla players. Mian Kadir Bakhsh, who had no sons, formally adopted Alla Rakha and called him the next head of the [[Punjab gharana]] of tabla players.<ref name="NYT" /><ref name="ar" /><ref name="GoogleDoodle" />

He also took vocal training in classical music and ''[[Indian musical scale|Raag Vidya]]'' under Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan of the [[Patiala gharana]]. His regimen of practice and dedication were legendary: hours upon hours of hard, disciplined practice, that would later pay off. In 1943, he started working for Bombay film industry, also known as [[Bollywood]] these days, and composed music for nearly two dozen films of Hindi and Punjabi languages.<ref name="NYT" />

He was married to his cousin Bavi Begum and their marriage produced three sons, [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]], [[Fazal Qureshi]] and [[Taufiq Qureshi]]; two daughters, Khurshid Aulia née Qureshi and Razia; and nine grandchildren. They all survived him except Razia; it was the news of her death the day before that is thought to have caused his fatal heart attack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3494700060.html|title=Qureshi, Ustad Alla Rakha - Dictionary definition of Qureshi, Ustad Alla Rakha - Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref><ref name="ar">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/feb/05/guardianobituaries1|title=Alla Rakha obituary (with Ravi Shankar, he took Indian music to the world)|author=Reginald Massey|date=4 February 2000|newspaper=The Guardian (newspaper)|access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref>

Allah Rakha had a third daughter named [[Roohi Bano]] who was born in [[Pakistan]] and achieved a "legendary" status in television and film acting.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/Roohi-Bano-lives-a-life-of-recluse-wreck-Lahore/articleshow/21327410.cms|title=Roohi Bano lives a life of recluse wreck Lahore - Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/pakistan/story/ustad-alla-rakhas-daughter-is-broken-and-alone-in-pakistan-171585-2013-07-25|title=Ustad Alla Rakha's daughter Roohi Bano is broken and alone in Pakistan|first1=P. T. I.|last1=LahoreJuly 25|first2=2013UPDATED|last2=July 25|first3=2013 19:39|last3=Ist|website=India Today|access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref>

==Career==
Ustad Allarakha Qureshi began his career as an accompanist in [[Lahore]] and then as an [[All India Radio]], [[Delhi]] staffer in 1936 but later moved to [[Bombay]] in 1940, playing the station's first ever tabla solo and elevating the instrument's position in the process. Soon after, he composed music for a few [[Hindi]] films in the 1940s and the early 1950s under the name A. R. Qureshi.<ref name=NYT/>

[[File:Ravi Shankar flier back.jpg|thumb|190px|right|Flyer for an October 1967 concert by Shankar and Rakha (left), held four months after their performance at the [[Monterey Pop Festival]]]]
However, he still played as an accompanist, for soloists like [[Bade Ghulam Ali Khan]], [[Allauddin Khan]], [[Vilayat Khan]], [[Vasant Rai]], [[Ali Akbar Khan]], and [[Ravi Shankar]].<ref name=NYT/> The venerable master achieved world renown as Shankar's chief accompanist during his apex in the 1960s, delighting audiences in the West with his percussive wizardry, not only as an uncanny accompanist with flawless timing and sensitivity but also as a soloist where he was a master of improvisation, a prolific composer and an electric showman.

The partnership was particularly successful, and his legendary and spellbinding performances with Shankar at the [[Monterey Pop Festival]] in 1967 and the [[Woodstock Festival]] in 1969 served to introduce classical Indian music to general Western audiences.

==Global influence==
Alla Rakha popularised the art of tabla, playing across the globe, elevating the status and respect of this instrument. "Abbaji" (as he was affectionately known by his disciples) also bridged the gap between [[Carnatic music]] and [[Hindustani music]] by playing with both renowned Carnatic musicians and other Hindustani stalwarts. Ravi Shankar and Alla Rakha duo represented India at several international music festivals.<ref name="ar"/>

Leading American percussionists in [[rock n' roll]], such as the [[Grateful Dead]]'s [[Mickey Hart]], admired him and studied his technique, benefiting greatly even from single meetings. Hart, a published authority on percussion in [[world music]], said: "Allah Rakha is the Einstein, the Picasso; he is the highest form of rhythmic development on this planet." Rakha also collaborated with jazz drummer [[Buddy Rich]] on their 1968 album ''[[Rich à la Rakha]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/63qv|title=BBC - Music - Review of Buddy Rich & Allah Rakha - Rich a la Rakha|first=Liz|last=Mundler}}</ref>

Alla Rakha's partnership with Ravi Shankar began in the early 1950s.<ref name="ar"/> He was part of the ensemble accompanying [[Ravi Shankar]] during [[George Harrison]]'s [[Concert for Bangladesh]] shows, held in [[New York City]] in August 1971. The success of the live album and concert film from this event presented Indian classical music to a wide audience in the West. He also collaborated and shared the stage with many leading figures in Indian music like sitar player [[Vilayat Khan]] and sarod player [[Ali Akbar Khan]].<ref name=NYT/>

==Awards and recognition==
Alla Rakha was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 1977<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards list (1954 - 2013) (scroll down to find 1977 for Alla Rakha's award)|publisher=Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|access-date=18 October 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf| archive-date=15 October 2015|url-status=dead|date=2 September 2014}}</ref> and the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards – Hindustani Music – Instrumental |publisher=Sangeet Natak Academy website|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours_music_hindustani_instrumenta.html |access-date=18 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519200834/http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition%26honours_music_hindustani_instrumenta.html |date=16 August 2007|archive-date=19 May 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> He was also featured on 29 April 2014, on the occasion of his 95th birthday, in a [[Google Doodle|Google doodle]].<ref name=GoogleDoodle>{{cite web |title=Google doodle marks Ustad Alla Rakha's 95th birthday | website=NDTV Gadgets 360 websit| date=29 April 2014 |url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/ustad-alla-rakhas-95th-birth-anniversary-commemorated-by-google-doodle-515504 |access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref>

==Death and legacy==
Ustad Allarakha Qureshi died on 3 February 2000 at his ''Simla House'' residence on [[Nepean Sea Road]] following a heart attack, which he suffered on learning of the death of his daughter, Razia, the previous evening during cataract surgery.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|title=Ustad Alla Rakha, 80, Master Of Hindustani Classical Music |author=Jon Pareles|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 February 2000| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/06/nyregion/ustad-alla-rakha-80-master-of-hindustani-classical-music.html|access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="ar"/>

In his obituary, [[The New York Times]] called him "the most important tabla drummer of his generation". The newspaper further stated that Alla Rakha was given the title Ustad or master musician and teacher of the art of tabla playing. Alla Rakha... "used his skill to invigorate every musician who shared the stage with him."<ref name=NYT/>

The Then-[[Prime Minister of India]] [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] also issued a formal statement regretting the loss in his death.<ref name="NYT" />

==See also==
*[[Anokhelal Mishra]]
*[[Kishan Maharaj]]
*[[Samta Prasad]]
*[[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]]
*[[Yogesh Samsi]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
#Inlay notes to ''A Life Story of a Genius'' compilation CD set (Saregama India Ltd, 2006)

==External links==
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Dus Kahaniyaan

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{{Infobox film
| name = Dus Kahaniyaan
| image = Duskahaniyaan.jpg
| caption = Official poster
| distributor = White Feather Films
| released = {{Film date|2007|12|07|df=y}}
| runtime = 114 mins
| director = [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]] [[Apoorva Lakhia]] [[Meghna Gulzar]] [[Rohit Roy]] [[Hansal Mehta]] Jasmeet Dhodhi

| producer = [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]]
| starring = [[Sanjay Dutt]] [[Suniel Shetty]] [[Nana Patekar]] [[Naseeruddin Shah]] [[Manoj Bajpayee]] [[Arbaaz Khan]] [[Jimmy Sheirgill]] [[Amrita Singh]] [[Minissha Lamba]] [[Sudhanshu Pandey]] [[Anupam Kher]] [[Aftab Shivdasani]] [[Diya Mirza]] [[Mandira Bedi]] [[Mahesh Manjrekar]] [[Neha Dhupia]] [[Shabana Azmi]] [[Masumeh Makhija]] [[Rohit Roy]] [[Anita Hassanandani]] [[Anuradha Patel]] [[Dino Morea]] [[Tarina Patel]] [[Neha Oberoi]] [[Parmeet Sethi]] [[Anup Soni]]
| language = Hindi
| country = India
| budget = {{INRConvert|200|m}}
| gross = {{INRConvert|350|m}}
}}
'''''Dus Kahaniyaan''''' ({{translation|Ten stories}}) is a 2007 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[anthology film]] comprising ten [[short film]]s telling ten different stories which are directed by a host of six directors: [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]], [[Apoorva Lakhia]], [[Meghna Gulzar]], [[Rohit Roy]], [[Hansal Mehta]] and Jasmeet Dhodhi.

The film features an [[ensemble cast]] comprising [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Suniel Shetty]], [[Nana Patekar]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Manoj Bajpayee]], [[Arbaaz Khan]], [[Jimmy Sheirgill]], [[Amrita Singh]], [[Minissha Lamba]], [[Sudhanshu Pandey]], [[Anupam Kher]], [[Aftab Shivdasani]], [[Diya Mirza]], [[Mandira Bedi]], [[Mahesh Manjrekar]], [[Neha Dhupia]], [[Shabana Azmi]], [[Masumeh Makhija]], [[Rohit Roy]], [[Anita Hassanandani]], [[Anuradha Patel]], [[Dino Morea]], [[Tarina Patel]], [[Neha Oberoi]], [[Parmeet Sethi]] and [[Anup Soni]].

The film was released theatrically on 7 December 2007.

==Plot==
The plot is divided into ten short stories.

===Matrimony===
'''Crew'''
*Cast:
[[Arbaaz Khan]], [[Mandira Bedi]], & [[Sudhanshu Pandey]]
*Directed by [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]] (story inspired by [[Roald Dahl]]'s short story "[[Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat]]")

'''Synopsis'''

The bored wife of an MNC vice president Rahul Sarin (Arbaaz), Pooja (Mandira), has an extramarital affair with Aditya Singh (Sudhanshu), an army officer she met on a chatroom. She meets him every Thursday on the pretext of visiting her aunt. At home she is a doting and dutiful wife. She describes her affair as not only for sex but also for genuine love and consideration. As it turns out, her lover has to report to his post and gives her a beautiful diamond necklace. She loves it but is hesitant to take it. When the officer insists, she devises a plan. She goes to a jeweller and hands over the necklace with an arrangement that she be given a coupon, which under the pretext of a lucky draw and she'd be given her necklace. The next morning, her husband goes to collect the "prize". He calls her from his office and asks her to come over to see what she has got. She goes with great enthusiasm, but to her utter dismay finds a small diamond ring. She comes out of his cabin and tries to call the jeweler. Her cell phone does not get reception, so she turns to her husband's secretary and asks her to dial the number, only to spot the necklace on the secretary. The secretary mentions that it is from her "boyfriend" revealing that her husband is also having an affair with his secretary however since she cannot confront him without revealing her own affair she is "hoisted with her own petard".

===High on the Highway===
'''Crew'''
*Cast: [[Jimmy Sheirgill]] & [[Masumeh Makhija]]
*Directed by [[Hansal Mehta]]
'''Synopsis'''

Two college graduates who are in love with each other have a habit of getting high and taking a walk along the highway. On the night after their graduation when they are walking down the road a bunch of goons try to kidnap Kaamna (Masumeh) and succeed in spite of Kabir (Jimmy Sheirgill) putting up a fight. Kaamna gets helped by the cops but Kabir feeling responsible, slashes his wrists and dies. Kaamna cries by his bed.

===Pooranmasi (Full Moon Night)===
'''Crew'''
*Cast: [[Amrita Singh]], [[Parmeet Sethi]] & [[Minissha Lamba]]
*Directed by [[Meghna Gulzar]] (based on a short story by [[Kartar Singh Duggal]])
'''Synopsis'''

Mala's daughter Mini has just been engaged and her father is out on business once again leaving the ladies alone. Mala has led a loveless life and on this particular day her daughter adorns her mother with a colourful [[dupatta]] (veil) and comments on how pretty she looks. Mala realises that it is the night of full moon, and her lover promised her long ago that he would be waiting outside the door every full moon night. For once she decides to open it and let her desire take over her. After spending the night with him in the fields she returns home in the morning; many villagers notice the colourful dupatta on her head and mistake her for her daughter. When the villagers come to break the marriage describing the incident, Mini learns that it was her mother who went to meet the man. She cannot recite what has happened, as it would defame her mother, but she in unable to bear the taunts of the villagers and thus she commits suicide by jumping into the well.

===Strangers in the Night===
'''Crew'''
*Cast: [[Mahesh Manjrekar]] & [[Neha Dhupia]]
*Directed by [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]]
'''Synopsis'''

Mahesh and Neha are husband and wife. They have the habit of discussing past distractions in their relationship. They do it on their every anniversary. Mahesh forces Neha to tell about her experience. She starts discussing how she once passionately kissed the guy`s hand. She also describes how she was taken in a railway station`s waiting room in a dark night. She tells that she would have done anything but did not do. Her husband becomes envious. Neha unravels the twist in the story. She ultimately reveals that she actually kisses his hand and hugs him to save a child. The child was being attacked by religious riots. And as the rioters cast and Neha's caste was same, that person did not attack her and by that time that child escaped. The love scenes were actually a part of their action.

===Zahir===
'''Crew'''
*Cast: [[Dia Mirza]] & [[Manoj Bajpayee]]
*Directed by [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]]
'''Synopsis'''

Saahil (Manoj Bajpayee) comes to stay in an apartment of one of his friends somewhere in [[Versova, Mumbai|Versova]]. He comes there after he gets a rejection from his girlfriend. There he finds Sia (Diya Mirza) sharing an apartment in the same floor as him. They eventually become good friends. Saahil wants to go deep in the relationship but cannot do so because of Sia rejecting him. Saahil however still falls in love with Sia. One night when Saahil was with his friends and visiting many bars in the town to console himself he sees Sia. She is a dancer in a dance bar. After coming home, he goes to her apartment and confronts her and despite her attempts to explain the truth to him an intoxicated Saahil rapes her despite her pleas to stop him. The next day he wakes up and Sia has already left, however he finds a note from her. In this letter she had written that she has AIDS and that was the reason of her rejection of Saahil's love which was based on consideration for his health and wellbeing not his belief that she had intentionally rejected him . This story is told by Saahil where he reveals that Sia has died two years before him and a remorseful Saahil is just waiting for that to happen to him.

===Lovedale===
'''Crew'''
*Cast: [[Anupam Kher]], [[Aftab Shivdasani]], [[Neha Oberoi]] & [[Anuradha Patel]]
* Directed by [[Jasmeet Dhodi]]
'''Synopsis'''

Anya (Neha) meets a lady on the train on her way home, where she was getting engaged. The lady gives her an earring and vanishes at [[Lovedale railway station]]. Anya, wanting to return the earring alights and follows the road to a house where Aman (Aftab) is painting. They become acquainted. Aman attends Anya's engagement and feels hurt. Anya is also unhappy and her father questions her doubt. Anya tells him about Aman and her father tells her his flashback about how he met a lady on the train to whom he had given one earring before the train left the station. Anya and her father compare the earrings and decide that her meeting Aman was no coincidence and she breaks the engagement to join Aman. However, the story unfolds with a vicious climax. Aman notices the earrings that Neha was wearing and, on questioning, he is informed that it was the earring that was given to her by the lady in the train. Aman shows her a picture of the lady: his mother who died 10 years ago.

===Sex on the Beach===
'''Crew'''
*Cast: [[Dino Morea]], [[Tarina Patel]] & [[Kay Kay Menon]]
*Directed by [[Apoorva Lakhia]]
'''Synopsis'''
Inspired By A Popular Japanese Anime Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba

Dino finds a book on the beach and picks it up. The title of the book is 'Death'. He writes his name and date of birth as instructed and starts to read the book. A seductress steps out of a jet ski and sits down next to him. Wearing a golden swimsuit she invites him for dinner at 7 pm. Dino is on time and goes over well prepared with wine and condoms. When he is about to open her dress she tells that she will be back within two minutes with more provocative clothing and surprises which he would love taking off. But Dino falls into a nap and wakes up with a sound. He sees her dead in the bathroom. When he leans down to examine her closely she opens her eyes and he understands that she was actually a soul whose wishes had been left unfulfilled and chases him to the beach.
She starts running after Dino which seems that she is a ghost. The process goes the whole night and in the morning Dino is found dead in the beach. All are surrounded him, the girl comes and saves Dino and asks him to come along with her. Dino goes with her leaving his earthly body behind.

===Rice Plate===
{{See also|The Lunch Date}}
'''Crew'''
*Cast: [[Shabana Azmi]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]] & [[Anup Soni]]
*Directed by [[Rohit Roy]]
'''Synopsis'''

Shabana plays a staunch Hindu woman, on her way to visit her grandchildren by train. In a hurry she forgets her wallet in her house and heads to the station. Deliberately she sits only in a taxi with Hindu deity's photos (She dislikes Muslims). But then, she realizes that the driver ([[Anup Soni]]) is a Muslim. She misses her train and her next train is in two hours. She goes to a canteen and orders the cheapest meal, a plate of rice with the change she has and leaves her table to wash her hand. When she comes back she sees a Muslim looking man Dawoodi Bohra ([[Naseeruddin Shah]]) eating it. Angry that he stole her plate, Shabana forgets that he is a Muslim and starts eating out of the very same plate. Later she realizes it, and leaves the place, ashamed at herself. At the railway station she notices that she had left her luggage and handbag in the canteen and goes back. There she finds her belongings near a table and a rice plate on it. Then she realizes that the Muslim man never stole her rice plate, he was, in fact, eating out of his own one, and yet he did not yell at her when she snatched it from him and spoke rudely to him. Later in the station, she offers place to a Muslim family, which shows that she had changed her attitude.

===Gubbare (Balloons)===
'''Crew'''
*Cast: [[Nana Patekar]], [[Rohit Roy]] & [[Anita Hassanandani]]
*Directed by [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]]
'''Synopsis'''

Simran and her husband are newlyweds on a bus who start a small quarrel. Simran moves away from to sit adjacent to Nana who is carrying 11 smiley balloons with him. On questioning he tells her how he has to present his wife with the balloons every time he has angered her and how she bakes a cake if she angers him. He explains that life is too short to spend fighting. When getting down at the stop he forgets to take with him the sorry card that he had written for his wife. Simran follows him to give it to him and she notices him speaking to his wife's grave; it is revealed that his wife is dead. She realizes that he loved his wife, and still does, yet she will now never be with him. She returns to the bus and sits beside her husband, and they do not quarrel. The essence of the story is that life is too short to be wasted away on silly fights.

===Rise & Fall===
'''Crew'''
*Cast: [[Sanjay Dutt]] & [[Sunil Shetty]]
*Directed by [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]]
'''Synopsis'''
*Inspired by Ching Po-Wong's ''[[Jiang Hu (2004 film)|Blood Brothers]]''
The story begins with Nawab Affi (Sunil Shetty) telling Baba Hyderabadi (Sanjay Dutt) that someone is going to kill him. Baba says that if there could be anybody who could kill him, it would be Affi. The story cuts to a flashback. It shows two young kids. One of them gets paid to kill a person. They both kill the person. The kids are Baba and Affi. As kids they rise and as adults they fall because of two children shooting them as in the flashback they are now the dons.

== Music ==
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The film's soundtrack was released on 1 November 2007. Joginder Tuteja from ''bollywoodhungama.com'' gave the music 4 out of 5 stars.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dus Kahaniyaan|work=Music Review:Dus Kahaniyaan|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com//movies/musicreview/12880/index.html|access-date=1 November 2007}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyricist !! Music Director
|-
|"Aaja Soniye"
| Shweta Vijay, [[Sudhanshu Pandey]]
| [[Virag Mishra]]
| Gourov Dasgupta
|-
| "Bhula Diya"
| [[Anand Raj Anand]]
| Ibrahim Ashq
| Anand Raj Anand
|-
|"Bin Tum"
| [[KK (singer)|KK]]
| Panchhi Jalonvi
| Anand Raj Anand
|-
|"Dus"
| Aanchal, [[KK (singer)|KK]]
| Virag Mishra
| Gourov Dasgupta
|-
|"Jaaniye"
| Aanchal, [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| Virag Mishra
| Gourov Dasgupta
|-
| "Kaala Peela"
| [[Shafqat Ali Khan]]
| Virag Mishra
| Shafqat Ali Khan
|-
|"Mushkil Kushaa"
| [[Kshitij Wagh|Kshitij]]
| Panchhi Jalonvi
| [[Bappi Lahiri]], Bappa B. Lahiri
|-
|"Nach Le Soniye"
| [[Mika Singh]]
| Virag Mishra
| Gourov Dasgupta
|-
|"O Maahiya"
| Shweta Vijay, KK
| Panchhi Jalonvi
| Gourov Dasgupta
|-
| "Vichodeya Ne"
| Shafqat Ali Khan
| Ambar Hoshiyarpuri
| Shafqat Ali Khan
|}

==Critical response==
The movie ended up with mostly negative reviews with some average reviews. Elvis Dsilva of rediff gave the movie 2.5 stars saying "it failed to create an extent of watchable compendium of stories due to its large cast and stories".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/dec/07dus.htm|title=Some decent Kahaaniyan|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> Sonia Chopra of Sify gave the movie 1.5 stars calling the movie balderdash.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/dus-kahaniyaan---review-bollywood-pclw0Ufdgddcc.html|title=Dus Kahaniyaan|website=Sify}}</ref> Times of India rated the movie 3.5 out of 5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/dus-kahaniyan/movie-review/2605436.cms|title=Dus Kahaniyan Movie Review {3.5/5}: Critic Review of Dus Kahaniyan by Times of India|via=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.DusKahaniyaan.com}}
* {{IMDb title|0823451|Dus Kahaniyaan}}
* Review at American Online (by Kritika Saxena)
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