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Dayavan
Sign in to saveDayavan () is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Feroz Khan. It is a remake of the 1987 Tamil film Nayakan, though the original Tamil version was dubbed in Hindi. The film stars Feroz Khan (Dayavan’s friend), Vinod Khanna (Dayavan) and Madhuri Dixit (Prostitute) with Aditya Pancholi (Dayavan's son-in-Law) in important roles. The film became controversial for its romantic kissing scenes between Madhuri Dixit and Vinod Khanna, till date it’s been a topic of discussion. In 2025, Madhuri admitted in an interview that she felt very embarrassed after the smooch and love makin
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6.2Shakti and Shankar are two childhood buddies who grow up on the wrong side of the tracks, in a shanty town. Shakti becomes a sort of 'godfather' for the locals under the name of Dayavan. He falls in love and gets married to a young prostitute. However, their happiness is short-lived, as the gangster lifestyle begins to take its toll.
Cast
- Madhuri Dixit as Neela Velhu
- Vinod Khanna as Shakti Velhu / Dayavan
- Feroz Khan as Shankar Waghmare
- Amrish Puri as Inspector Ratan Singh
- Anupam Kher as Mr. Kohli
- Aditya Pancholi as Dayavan's son-in-Law
Themes
- friendship
- prostitute
- police brutality
- slum
- loss of loved one
- gangster
- brothel
- love
- friends
- remake
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
662 votes
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 173 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- Not Rated
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- publication date
- 1988-01-01
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Dayavan () is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Feroz Khan. It is a remake of the 1987 Tamil film Nayakan, though the original Tamil version was dubbed in Hindi. The film stars Feroz Khan (Dayavan’s friend), Vinod Khanna (Dayavan) and Madhuri Dixit (Prostitute) with Aditya Pancholi (Dayavan's son-in-Law) in important roles. The film became controversial for its romantic kissing scenes between Madhuri Dixit and Vinod Khanna, till date it’s been a topic of discussion. In 2025, Madhuri admitted in an interview that she felt very embarrassed after the smooch and love making scenes between Khanna and her, as these scenes affected her stardom.
The film was famous for its passionate kissing scene between Khanna and Madhuri Dixit. Khan was originally working on Yalgaar (1992) but after watching Nayakan on Tinu Anand's suggestion he decided to remake it and originally wanted to play the main character but later decided to step down because of the lovemaking scene with Madhuri Dixit. So he contacted his old friend Vinod Khanna who had just returned from a 5 year long hiatus. This was Khan's 3rd and final collaboration with Khanna after Shankar Shambhu (1976) and Qurbani (1980). The film is remembered for romantic kissing scenes between Vinod Khanna and Madhuri Dixit and Khanna's powerful performance, which is considered to be one of his best.