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{{short description|1983 film directed by Ambrish Sangal}}
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{{Infobox film
| name= Gehri Chot: Urf - Durdesh
| image=
| border=
| caption=
| director={{Plainlist|
* Ambrish Sangal
* Ehtesham
}}
| producer=Shamim Ahmed
| writer= Suraj Sanim
| starring= {{Plainlist|
* [[Shashi Kapoor]]
* [[Sharmila Tagore]]
* [[Raj Babbar]]
* [[Parveen Babi]]
* [[Nadeem Baig (actor)|Nadeem Baig]]
* [[Bobita]]
}}
| music={{Plainlist|
* [[Usha Khanna]]
* Golam Hosain Latu
}}
| narrator =
| screenplay = Ehtesham
| cinematography=[[K. K. Mahajan]]
| editing= Govind Dalwadi
| studio= {{Plainlist|
* Friends Films (Canada)
* Ehtesham Production (Bangladesh)
}}
| distributor=
| released= 1983
| runtime= 140 mins
| country=[[India]]<br />[[Canada]]<br />[[Bangladesh]]
| language={{unbulleted list|[[Hindi]]|Bengali}}
| budget=
| gross =
}}
'''Gehri Chot - Urf: Durdesh''' is an [[India]]n, [[Canada|Canadian]] and [[Bangladesh]]i co-production film released in [[Bollywood films of 1983|1983]]. It is directed by Ambrish Sangal and Ehtesham and stars Indian actors [[Shashi Kapoor]], [[Sharmila Tagore]], [[Raj Babbar]] and [[Parveen Babi]], with Pakistani actor [[Nadeem Baig (actor)|Nadeem Baig]] and Bangladeshi actress [[Bobita]] in supporting roles. This was both Nadeem and Bobita's only [[Bollywood|Hindi film]] appearance.<ref>{{cite news |title=Directors who can't make good films resort to item numbers, says Nadeem Baig |url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1180276 |work=Dawn |date=18 June 2018}}</ref><ref>http://cineplot.com/nadeem</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Profile: The legend speaks |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/738001/profile-the-legend-speaks |work=Dawn |date=29 July 2012}}</ref> Veteran actor [[David Abraham (actor)|David Abraham]] also appears in his last film role, filmed shortly before his death in 1981. It was shot on location in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]].

==Plot==
Arun Khanna ([[Shashi Kapoor]]) is an [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]] from [[Toronto]], [[Canada]] who marries a traditional Indian woman Shobha ([[Sharmila Tagore]]). They have a son named Raju ([[Raj Babbar]]) and a daughter named Pinky ([[Bobita]]). Shobha finds it difficult to fit into the Western lifestyle in Canada and eventually separates from Arun after suspecting him of an affair with his secretary. Shobha decides to take her son Raju back with her to India while Arun stays in Canada with his daughter Pinky. 20 years pass by and the family is reunited when Pinky is kidnapped by some gangsters led by psychopathic killer Tony ([[Nadeem Baig (actor)|Nadeem Baig]]). Tony develops an obsession with Pinky and falls in love with her. Pinky initially resists him but eventually she too falls in love with him. Raju is brought to Canada by his mother Shobha, unaware of Arun being his father. He is told by Shobha that Arun is an old family friend who needs help finding his daughter. Raju enlists the help of Renu ([[Parveen Babi]]) to help find the gang who kidnapped Pinky. Raju soon discovers Arun is actually his father and Pinky is his sister. Raju is contacted by the kidnappers and hands over the ransom money to Tony. Tony's boss ([[David Abraham (actor)|David Abraham]]) realising that Tony is getting too close to Pinky decides to have Pinky killed. Tony intervenes and kills his boss and runs away with Pinky. Tony and Pinky hide out at a cottage and his boss's henchman find them and surround them, armed with guns. Raju and his family also arrive and fight off the henchmen. Pinky sees her father and runs out, while a shootout is ensuing between Tony and the henchmen. Tony runs out to save Pinky from the gunfire and is shot several times by the henchmen. Raju and Renu kill the goons and Pinky admits she loves Tony before he dies. In the end, Pinky reunites with her father, mother and brother.

==Cast==
*[[Shashi Kapoor]] ... Arun Khanna
*[[Sharmila Tagore]] .... Shobha
*[[Raj Babbar]] .... Raju
*[[Parveen Babi]] .... Renu
*[[Nadeem Baig (actor)|Nadeem Baig]] .... Tony
*[[Bobita]] .... Pinky
*[[David Abraham (actor)|David Abraham]] .... Head of Kidnapping gang

==Music==
In the Hindi version, the music was composed by [[Usha Khanna]] and featured the following songs:-

*"Yaaron Mere Yaar Se Milo" - [[Asha Bhosle]], picturised on [[Parveen Babi]]
*"Aap To Aise Na The" - [[Lata Mangeshkar]] & [[Yesudas]], picturised on Parveen Babi & [[Raj Babbar]]
*"Dushmani Na Karo Sanam" - Lata Mangeshkar, picturised on [[Nadeem Baig (actor)|Nadeem Baig]] & [[Bobita]]
*"Ruk Jaa Saathi" (Male) - [[Anwar (singer)|Anwar]], picturised on Shashi Kapoor & Sharmila Tagore
*"Ruk Jaa Saathi" (Female) - Lata Mangeshkar, picturised on Shashi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore

In the Bengali version, the music was composed by Golam Hossain Litu.
*"Jeona Saathi" - [[Sabina Yasmin]], picturised on [[Shashi Kapoor]] and [[Sharmila Tagore]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0085456|title=Gehri Chot - Urf: Durdesh}}

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[[Category:Bangladeshi action drama films]]
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[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
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[[Category:Films set in Canada]]
[[Category:Films scored by Usha Khanna]]
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi multilingual films]]
[[Category:1980s multilingual films]]

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