Dream Girl (1977 film) explained

Dream Girl
Director:	Pramod Chakravorty
Producer:	Gulshan Rai
Music:	Songs: Laxmikant–Pyarelal Background Score: Robin Chatterjee Vasant Mudliar
Distributor:	Trimurti Films
Released:	(India)
Country:	India
Language:	Hindi

Dream Girl is a 1977 Hindi film, directed by Pramod Chakravorty. The movie stars Hema Malini, Ashok Kumar, Dharmendra and Prem Chopra. Hema Malini was promoted as the Dream Girl from her first film and that eventually led her to star in this film.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

The story revolves around a young woman (Hema Malini), who plays five different characters in the film – Sapna, Padma, Champabai, Dream girl, and Rajkumari, to steal money in order to maintain a home for orphans.

Cast

• Ashok Kumar as Ashok Mehra
• Dharmendra as Anupam "Anup" Mehra
• Hema Malini as Sapna/Padma/Champabai/Dream girl/Rajkumari
• Asrani as Chanda Mama
• Prem Chopra as Prem Verma
• Lalita Pawar as Daima
• Dina Pathak as Ratnabai
• Komilla Wirk as Radha
• Alka (actor) as Roopa
• Pinchoo Kapoor as Boss
• S. N. Banerjee as Munimjee
• D. K. Sapru as Sindhi Groom's Dad
• Praveen Paul as Birbal
• Padmini Kolhapure as Padmini (orphan)
• Pallavi Joshi as Pallavi
• Alankar as Alankar
• Raju Shrestha as Raju (orphan)
• Ramesh Deo as Dr. Kapoor
• Seema Deo as Mrs. Kapoor

Music

The music of this movie was composed by music director duo Laxmikant–Pyarelal and ever versatile Anand Bakshi penned the lyrics.

The song "Dream Girl" sung by Kishore Kumar became an evergreen hit.

Notes and References

1. Web site: A dream called Hema Malini . In.rediff.com. 1948-10-16 . 2009-09-24.
2. Web site: Hema Malini- Diva Unveiled. https://web.archive.org/web/20121021154105/http://www.sify.com/topics/unveils/14.html. dead. 21 October 2012. Sify. 10 July 2011.
3. News: Hema Malini, Dharmendra on the sets. 10 July 2011. The Times of India. 22 June 2011.