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{{Infobox film
|name = Hoshiyar
|image = Hoshiyar (1985 film).jpg
|caption = Poster
|writer = [[Kader Khan]]{{small|(dialogues)}} Indeevar {{small|(lyrics)}}
|story = Satyanand
|screenplay = [[Paruchuri Brothers]]
|producer = G. Hanumantha Rao [[Krishna (Telugu actor)|Krishna]] {{small|(Presents)}}
|director = [[K. Raghavendra Rao]]
|starring = [[Jeetendra]] [[Shatrughan Sinha]] [[Jaya Prada]] [[Meenakshi Sheshadri]]
|music = [[Bappi Lahiri]]
|cinematography = K. S. Prakash
|editing = [[Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao]]
|based_on = ''[[Kirayi Rowdylu]]'' (1981)
|studio = [[Padmalaya Studios]]
|released = {{Film date|1985|01|18|df=yes}}
|runtime = 148 minutes
|country = [[India]]
|language = [[Hindi]]
}}

'''''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==
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==
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
*[[Shatrughan Sinha]] as Rajesh
*[[Jaya Prada]] as Radha
*[[Meenakshi Sheshadri]] as Jyoti
*[[Tanuja]] as Seeta
*[[Pran (actor)|Pran]] as Dhartiraj
*[[Kader Khan]] as Malpani
*[[Shakti Kapoor]] as Malpani's Son
*[[Asrani]] as Jumbo
*[[Ranjeet]] as Shambhu Das

==Production==
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==
The music of the film was composed by [[Bappi Lahiri]].<ref name="Bollyswar"/>

===Track listing===
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:95%;"
! 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==
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==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0257763}}

{{K. Raghavendra Rao}}

[[Category:1985 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1985 Indian films]]
[[Category:Films about blind people in India]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao]]
[[Category:Films scored by Bappi Lahiri]]
[[Category:Films shot in Kenya]]
[[Category:Films shot in South Africa]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Telugu films]]
[[Category:Padmalaya Studios films]]

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