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|producer      = G. Hanumantha Rao<br>[[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]] {{small|(Presents)}}
|producer      = G. Hanumantha Rao<br>[[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]] {{small|(Presents)}}
|director      = [[K. Raghavendra Rao]]
|director      = [[K. Raghavendra Rao]]
|starring      = [[Jeetendra]]<br>[[Meenakshi Sheshadri]]<br>[[Shatrughan Sinha]]<br>[[Jaya Prada]]
|starring      = [[Jeetendra]]<br />[[Shatrughan Sinha]]<br />[[Jaya Prada]]<br />[[Meenakshi Sheshadri]]  
|music          = [[Bappi Lahari]]
|music          = [[Bappi Lahiri]]
|cinematography = K.S.Prakash
|cinematography = K. S. Prakash
|editing        = [[Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao]]
|editing        = [[Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao]]
|based_on      = ''[[Kirayi Rowdylu]]'' (1981)
|based_on      = ''[[Kirayi Rowdylu]]'' (1981)
|studio        = [[Padmalaya Studios]]
|studio        = [[Padmalaya Studios]]
|released      = {{Film date|df=y|1985|1|18}}<ref name="BH">{{cite news|title=Hoshiyar Cast List|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/hoshiyar/cast/|access-date=29 July 2021 |work=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref>
|released      = {{Film date|1985|01|18|df=yes}}
|runtime        = 148 minutes
|runtime        = 148 minutes
|country        = India
|country        = [[India]]
|language      = Hindi
|language      = [[Hindi]]
}}
}}


'''''Hoshiyar''''' ({{translation}} ''Careful'') is a [[Bollywood films of 1985|1985]] [[Hindi]]-language [[action film]], produced by G. Hanumantha Rao under the [[Padmalaya Studios]] banner, presented by [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]] and directed by [[K. Raghavendra Rao]].<ref name="Bollyswar">{{cite book|last=Arunachalam|first=Param |title=BollySwar: 1981 - 1990|date=14 April 2020|publisher=Mavrix Infotech Private Limited|isbn=978-81-938482-2-7|page=573|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4rcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA573}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema|year=1994|publisher=British Film Institute|isbn=978-0-85170-455-5|page=504|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jOtkAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> It stars [[Jeetendra]], [[Shatrughan Sinha]], [[Meenakshi Sheshadri]], [[Jaya Prada]] and music composed by [[Bappi Lahiri]].<ref name="Bollyswar"/> The film is a remake of the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] movie ''[[Kirayi Rowdylu]]'' (1981).<ref name="Bollyswar"/> The film did not do well at the box office.<ref name="IT">{{cite news|last=Mitra|first=Sumit|title=Hindi films: As action movies flop in a row, Bollywood tries its luck with romantic flicks|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19850731-hindi-films-as-action-movies-flop-in-a-row-bollywood-tries-its-luck-with-romantic-flicks-770266-2013-12-26|access-date=29 July 2021|work=India Today|date=26 December 1985}}</ref>
'''''Hoshiyar''''' ({{translation}} ''Careful'') is a 1985 [[Hindi]]-language [[action film]], produced by G. Hanumantha Rao under the [[Padmalaya Studios]] banner, presented by [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]] and directed by [[K. Raghavendra Rao]].<ref name="Bollyswar">{{cite book|last=Arunachalam|first=Param |title=BollySwar: 1981 - 1990|date=14 April 2020|publisher=Mavrix Infotech Private Limited|isbn=978-81-938482-2-7|page=573|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4rcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA573}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema|year=1994|publisher=British Film Institute|isbn=978-0-85170-455-5|page=504|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jOtkAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> It stars [[Jeetendra]], [[Shatrughan Sinha]], [[Jaya Prada]], [[Meenakshi Sheshadri]] and music composed by [[Bappi Lahiri]].<ref name="Bollyswar"/> The film is a remake of the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] movie ''[[Kirayi Rowdylu]]'' (1981).<ref name="Bollyswar"/> The film did not do well at the box office.<ref name="IT">{{cite news|last=Mitra|first=Sumit|title=Hindi films: As action movies flop in a row, Bollywood tries its luck with romantic flicks|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19850731-hindi-films-as-action-movies-flop-in-a-row-bollywood-tries-its-luck-with-romantic-flicks-770266-2013-12-26|access-date=29 July 2021|work=India Today|date=26 December 1985}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
Sitadevi lives a comfortable life with her husband and two sons, Rakesh and Rajesh. One day the heroes father and his friends Dhartiraj and Malpani win a jackpot. Dhartiraj and Malpani plan and kill him for his property and stage it as an accident and then they take over his property and push out his family from their house. While traveling on a train, it meets with an accident, Sitadevi and Rakesh are separated from Rajesh and he is adopted by an old man who has a blind granddaughter whom Rajesh takes care as his own sister (Poornima), after 20 years Rakesh grows up to be a singer, while Rajesh lives a life of crime he works for Dhartiraj, Dhartiraj's only daughter Jyothi falls in love with Rakesh, but Dhartiraj has already finalized Jyothi's marriage with Malpani's son. After Dhartiraj and Rajesh come to a clash, Dhartiraj and his gangsters rape Rajesh's sister. Rajesh wants to take revenge against him so he kidnaps Jyothi keeping her in the forest, but he takes care of her as his own sister after some time; she also likes him when he saves her from Malpani's son. Rakesh wants to save Jyothi from Rajesh through Rajesh's lover Radha, he comes to know they are in the forest, he keeps Radha in his custody and goes to the forest to protect Jyothi. In the meantime, Dhartiraj realizes his mistake because he is cheated by Malpani who keeps him in his custody. Sitadevi comes to know that Rajesh is also her son by Radha, she goes to the forest, meets her sons and tells them the truth, both join and see the end of Malpani and his son. Finally, Rajesh marries Radha and Rakesh marries Jyothi.
The film begins with three close friends Jagannath, Dhartiraj, and Malpani. Once Jagannath wins a jackpot, the remaining two are green-eyed, kill him, and display it as fortune. Moreover, it impoverished Jagannath’s family. So, his wife Sitadevi quits the town along with two sons, Rakesh and Rajesh. The train they are traveling gets into an accident in which Rajesh is separated and raised by an old man. After some time, he dies, entrusting his blind granddaughter Shanti’s responsibility to him. Years roll by, and Rakesh becomes a pop singer and an unbeknownst crush on Dhartiraj's daughter Jyoti. Rajesh is a ruffian who benefits Dhartiraj and dotes on his sister Shanti. Dhartiraj opposes the love affair of Rakesh and Jyoti as he is committed to knitting her with Malpani's son Shakti. By now, friction ensues between Dhartiraj and Rajesh when heinous molests and slays Shanti. Hence, Rajesh abducts Jyoti in vengeance. Rakesh finds their whereabouts through Rajesh’s love interest Radha. Immediately, he moves by leaving Radha in the custody of his mother. Hereupon, Sitadevi learns Rajesh as her own, so they proceed and bar the battle of siblings. Besides, Dhartiraj betrays Malpani when he reforms. At last, Rakesh and Rajesh cease the baddies. The film ends on a happy note with the marriages of Rakesh and Jyoti and Rajesh and Radha.


==Cast==
==Cast==
The cast is as follows:<ref name="BH"/>
The cast is as follows:<ref name="BH">{{cite news|title=Hoshiyar Cast List|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/hoshiyar/cast/|access-date=29 July 2021 |work=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref>
*[[Jeetendra]] as Rakesh
*[[Jeetendra]] as Rakesh
*[[Shatrughan Sinha]] as Rajesh
*[[Shatrughan Sinha]] as Rajesh
*[[Jaya Prada]] as Radha
*[[Meenakshi Sheshadri]] as Jyoti
*[[Meenakshi Sheshadri]] as Jyoti
*[[Jaya Prada]] as Radha
*[[Tanuja]] as Seeta
*[[Tanuja]] as Seeta
*[[Pran (actor)|Pran]] as Dhartiraj
*[[Pran (actor)|Pran]] as Dhartiraj
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==Production==
==Production==
The film is one of several collaborations between Jeetendra and Jaya Prada.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gautam|first=Nehal|title=Did You Know Jeetendra once called Sridevi and Jaya Prada his 'bread and butter'?|url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/did-you-know-jeetendra-once-called-sridevi-and-jaya-prada-his-bread-and-butter.html|access-date=29 July 2021|work=[[Republic World]]|date=8 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Abraham|first=Letty Mariam|title=Jeetendra and his leading ladies |url=https://www.news18.com/photogallery/movies/jeetendra-and-his-leading-ladies-790290-6.html|access-date=29 July 2021|work=[[News18]]|date=27 February 2015}}</ref>
The film is one of several collaborations between Jeetendra and Jaya Prada.<ref>{{cite news|last=Abraham|first=Letty Mariam|title=Jeetendra and his leading ladies |url=https://www.news18.com/photogallery/movies/jeetendra-and-his-leading-ladies-790290-6.html|access-date=29 July 2021|work=[[News18]]|date=27 February 2015}}</ref>


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
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===Track listing===
===Track listing===
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:95%;"
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:95%;"
!Song!!Singer
! Song !! Singer
|-
|-
|"Deewana, Dil Sangeet Ka Deewana"
| "Atka Atka"
|'''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Bappi Lahiri]]
| [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
|-
|"Bhaiya Ke Haath Mein Bahena Ki Laaj Hai" (Happy)
| "Choli Tere"
|'''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle  
|-
|-
|"Bhaiya Ke Haath Mein Bahena Ki Laaj Hai" (Sad)
| "Teri Jaisi Koi"
|'''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle  
|-
|-
|"Teri Jaisi Koi Shrimati Chahiye"
| "Bhaiya Ke Haath Mein" (Happy)
|'''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Kishore Kumar]]
| [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], Asha Bhosle
|-
|-
|"Atka Atka, Dil Mera Atka, Zulfon Mein Teri Atka"
| "Bhaiya Ke Haath Mein" (Sad)
|'''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Kishore Kumar]]
| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Asha Bhosle
|-
|-
|"Choli Tere Tan Par, Tan Par Kasi Kasi"
| "Dil Sangeet Ka"
|'''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Kishore Kumar]]
| Asha Bhosle, [[Bappi Lahiri]]
|-
|-
|"Ho Ja Hoshiyar"
| "Ho Ja Hoshiyar"
|'''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
| Asha Bhosle
|-
|-
|}
|}


==Reception==
==Reception==
The film was listed by ''[[India Today]]'' as one of the year's expensive Hindi action films which did not leave a mark commercially.<ref name="IT"/> [[Rediff.com]] lists the film as an example to films employing the exggerated "dishoom dishoom" sound effect in action scenes.<ref>{{cite news|title=10 reasons to Dishoom Bollywood!|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/10-reasons-to-dishoom-bollywood/20160728.htm|access-date=29 July 2021|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=28 July 2016}}</ref>
The film was listed by ''[[India Today]]'' as one of the year's expensive Hindi action films which did not leave a mark commercially.<ref name="IT"/> [[Rediff.com]] lists the film as an example to films employing the exaggerated "dishoom dishoom" sound effect in action scenes.<ref>{{cite news|title=10 reasons to Dishoom Bollywood!|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/10-reasons-to-dishoom-bollywood/20160728.htm|access-date=29 July 2021|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=28 July 2016}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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{{K. Raghavendra Rao}}


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Latest revision as of 04:37, 29 March 2026

Hoshiyar
Poster
Directed byK. Raghavendra Rao
Produced byG. Hanumantha Rao
Krishna (Presents)
Written byKader Khan(dialogues)
Indeevar (lyrics)
Screenplay byParuchuri Brothers
Story bySatyanand
Based onKirayi Rowdylu (1981)
StarringJeetendra
Shatrughan Sinha
Jaya Prada
Meenakshi Sheshadri
Music byBappi Lahiri
CinematographyK. S. Prakash
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Production
company
Release date
  • 18 January 1985 (1985-01-18)
Running time
148 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Hoshiyar (transl. Careful) is a 1985 Hindi-language action film, produced by G. Hanumantha Rao under the Padmalaya Studios banner, presented by Krishna and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao.[1][2] It stars Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Jaya Prada, Meenakshi Sheshadri and music composed by Bappi Lahiri.[1] The film is a remake of the Telugu movie Kirayi Rowdylu (1981).[1] The film did not do well at the box office.[3]

Plot[edit | edit source]

The film begins with three close friends Jagannath, Dhartiraj, and Malpani. Once Jagannath wins a jackpot, the remaining two are green-eyed, kill him, and display it as fortune. Moreover, it impoverished Jagannath’s family. So, his wife Sitadevi quits the town along with two sons, Rakesh and Rajesh. The train they are traveling gets into an accident in which Rajesh is separated and raised by an old man. After some time, he dies, entrusting his blind granddaughter Shanti’s responsibility to him. Years roll by, and Rakesh becomes a pop singer and an unbeknownst crush on Dhartiraj's daughter Jyoti. Rajesh is a ruffian who benefits Dhartiraj and dotes on his sister Shanti. Dhartiraj opposes the love affair of Rakesh and Jyoti as he is committed to knitting her with Malpani's son Shakti. By now, friction ensues between Dhartiraj and Rajesh when heinous molests and slays Shanti. Hence, Rajesh abducts Jyoti in vengeance. Rakesh finds their whereabouts through Rajesh’s love interest Radha. Immediately, he moves by leaving Radha in the custody of his mother. Hereupon, Sitadevi learns Rajesh as her own, so they proceed and bar the battle of siblings. Besides, Dhartiraj betrays Malpani when he reforms. At last, Rakesh and Rajesh cease the baddies. The film ends on a happy note with the marriages of Rakesh and Jyoti and Rajesh and Radha.

Cast[edit | edit source]

The cast is as follows:[4]

Production[edit | edit source]

The film is one of several collaborations between Jeetendra and Jaya Prada.[5]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The music of the film was composed by Bappi Lahiri.[1]

Track listing[edit | edit source]

Song Singer
"Atka Atka" Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
"Choli Tere" Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
"Teri Jaisi Koi" Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
"Bhaiya Ke Haath Mein" (Happy) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Asha Bhosle
"Bhaiya Ke Haath Mein" (Sad) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Asha Bhosle
"Dil Sangeet Ka" Asha Bhosle, Bappi Lahiri
"Ho Ja Hoshiyar" Asha Bhosle

Reception[edit | edit source]

The film was listed by India Today as one of the year's expensive Hindi action films which did not leave a mark commercially.[3] Rediff.com lists the film as an example to films employing the exaggerated "dishoom dishoom" sound effect in action scenes.[6]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Arunachalam, Param (14 April 2020). BollySwar: 1981 - 1990. Mavrix Infotech Private Limited. p. 573. ISBN 978-81-938482-2-7.
  2. ↑ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1994). Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema. British Film Institute. p. 504. ISBN 978-0-85170-455-5.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mitra, Sumit (26 December 1985). "Hindi films: As action movies flop in a row, Bollywood tries its luck with romantic flicks". India Today. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Hoshiyar Cast List". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  5. ↑ Abraham, Letty Mariam (27 February 2015). "Jeetendra and his leading ladies". News18. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "10 reasons to Dishoom Bollywood!". Rediff.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

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