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{{Infobox film
| name = Toofan Aur Bijlee
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| director = [[Homi Wadia]]
| producer = Homi Wadia
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| starring = [[Zaheera]]<br>Arvind Kumar<br>Imtiaz<br>[[Bhagwan (actor)|Bhagwan]]
| music = [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]]
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| studio = Basant Studios
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| released = 1975
| runtime = 155 min
| country = India
| language = [[Hindi]]
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'''''Toofan Aur Bijlee''''' (The Storm and Lightning) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1975|1975]] [[Hindi]] action film produced and directed by [[Homi Wadia]].<ref name="Willemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=RA21-PA1987|accessdate=17 September 2014|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|pages=21–}}</ref> The music direction was by [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]] with lyrics written by Kafil Azar.<ref name="Hindigeetmala">{{cite web|url=http://hindigeetmala.net/movie/toofan_aur_bijlee.htm|title=Toofan Aur Bijlee|publisher=Hindi Geetmala|accessdate=17 September 2014}}</ref> The film starred Arvind Kumar, [[Zaheera]], [[Bhagwan (actor)|Bhagwan]], [[Imtiaz Khan]], Randhawa, [[Mohan Choti]] and [[Tun Tun]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film354768.htm|title=Toofan Aur Bijlee |publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=17 September 2014}}</ref>

The story is about twin sisters Madhuri and Sheela, both played by Zaheera, whose parents and younger brother have been killed by villains. The story follows Madhuri’s revenge against them, aided by a young man called Azad.

==Plot==
Detective Rana is after the bad guys Jugal, Zulfi and Laloo. However, they murder him along with his wife and son. Out of his two daughters, Madhuri escapes and is saved by a circus man Zorawar. She has promised her mother to avenge her family's death before running away from the villains. The other daughter Sheela, Madhuri’s look-alike, is kidnapped by the crooks and grows up to be a night club dancer, having lost her memory. Madhuri, with the help of her friends and her dog Tiger, finds the night club. She takes Sheela’s place. Azad, a young man whom Madhuri meets and falls in love with helps her fight the gangsters. Sheela also recovers her memory and falls in love with Azad. Finally, there is a chase scene with fights on top of trains and a shootout in which Sheela is killed. Azad turns out to be a police detective and Madhuri and he get together.

==Cast==
* [[Zaheera]]
* Arvind Kumar
* Imtiaz
* [[Bhagwan (actor)|Bhagwan]]
* Randhawa
* [[Mohan Choti]]
* [[Tun Tun]]
* Habib
* Babu Raje

==Music==
The film’s music was composed by Chitragupta with lyrics by Kafil Azar. The singing artists were [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Mahendra Kapoor]], [[Asha Bhosle]] & [[Ranu Mukherjee]].

===Songlist===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Song !! Singer
|-
| 1
| "Yeh Dil Tera Hi Tha"
| Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhosle, Ranu Mukherjee
|-
| 2
| "Galyaat Saankli Sonyachi Hi Pori Konachi"
| Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhosle
|-
| 3
| "Meri Jaan Baaton Hi Baaton Mein Bol Zara"
| Mohammed Rafi
|-
| 4
| "Zulfi Main Tere Pyar Mein Diwani Ho Gayi"
| Asha Bhosle
|-
| 5
| "Main Hoon Toofan, Main Hoon Bijli"
| Asha Bhosle
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=2782954|title=Toofan Aur Bijlee (1975) }}

{{Homi Wadia}}

[[Category:1975 films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Homi Wadia]]
[[Category:Films scored by Chitragupta]]
[[Category:1970s action adventure films]]
[[Category:Indian action adventure films]]

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