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<h2 id="plot">Plot</h2> <p>Dinanath is a school-teacher in a small town in India, and lives with his wife, Kamla; daughter, Shanti; and son Kundan. He has published a book called "Daata", in which he has made reference to all major religions of the world, and is honored for this contribution by none other than the President of India through the Education Minister, Raja Suraj Singh. He arranges the marriage of Shanti to the son of Gopaldas; when Gopaldas demands dowry, he is unable to afford this, and states that he has given sufficient gold and jewellery to Shanti. The gold turns out to be fake; as a result, the marriage is cancelled, Shanti kills herself, Dinanath dies of a heart attack. His name is tarnished, no one comes forward to help Kundan or his mother. Kundan decides to avenge his father's death by killing Gopaldas' son; as a result, he becomes a bandit, joins a band of other bandits and is on the look-out to kill Gopaldas. The question remains; is this what Dinanath had foreseen for his son - a life of a bandit, and death at the hands of the police? </p> <h2 id="cast">Cast</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Shammi_Kapoor/f38G9Yn8">Shammi Kapoor</a> as DIG Sher Ali Khan</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mithun_Chakraborty/3bVDa7Lf">Mithun Chakraborty</a> as Kundan Singh</li> <li><a href="/facts/Padmini_Kolhapure/XL5znW7h">Padmini Kolhapure</a> as Sona</li> <li><a href="/facts/Suresh_Oberoi/rDG0p64W">Suresh Oberoi</a> as Ramzan Khan</li> <li><a href="/facts/Prem_Chopra/N6JdIxwM">Prem Chopra</a> as Lala Naagraj</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ranjeet/01obU9c4">Ranjeet</a> as Natwar Sarang</li> <li><a href="/facts/Amrish_Puri/U5jCmrIl">Amrish Puri</a> as Gopi / Gopaldas Sarang "G.D."</li> <li><a href="/facts/Saeed_Jaffrey/0dC98JoR">Saeed Jaffrey</a> as Master Dinanath Singh</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jayshree_Arora/cWRnEjzw">Jayshree Arora</a> as Kamla Singh</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pallavi_Joshi/BlRDheM6">Pallavi Joshi</a> as Shanti Singh</li> <li><a href="/facts/Supriya_Pathak/l8y2xCrn">Supriya Pathak</a> as Suraiya Khan</li> <li><a href="/facts/Deepak_Parashar/nCemPVCP">Deepak Parashar</a> as Inspector Rauf Khan</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bharat_Bhushan/lhh7GpAp">Bharat Bhushan</a> as Pandit Dwarka Prasad</li> <li><a href="/facts/Satyendra_Kapoor/QI1yaf3n">Satyendra Kapoor</a> as Barkat Khan</li> <li><a href="/facts/Shoma_Anand/EmqCsV6N">Shoma Anand</a> as Alka</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arjun_(Firoz_Khan)/z39d4FK8">Arjun</a> as Kundan's Friend</li> <li><a href="/facts/Anil_Dhawan/bS2u4bed">Anil Dhawan</a> as Kundan's Friend</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mac_Mohan/qGDl7STQ">Mac Mohan</a> as Kundan's Friend</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mukri/jJQm3Ke1">Mukri</a> as Pandit Ram Prasad</li> <li>Birbal as Veeru</li> <li>Jamuna as Seema Singh</li> <li><a href="/facts/Leela_Mishra/VfwNpWQQ">Leela Mishra</a> as Jamuna</li> <li><a href="/facts/Raj_Mehra/JbJPSNtk">Raj Mehra</a> as Jamuna's Husband</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ashalata_Wabgaonkar/gubglnUP">Ashalata Wabgaonkar</a> as Ratna Bai</li> <li><a href="/facts/Om_Shivpuri/t3taYyCs">Om Shivpuri</a> as Education Minister Raja Suraj Singh</li> <li>Brahm Bhardwaj as School Principal</li> <li><a href="/facts/Arun_Bakshi/qoUx53yc">Arun Bakshi</a> as Inspector Sharma</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tom_Alter/lX0redSY">Tom Alter</a> as G.D.'s Partner</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kamal_Kapoor/HmBjbrS2">Kamal Kapoor</a> as Panna Seth</li> <li>Keshav Rana as Dhaniram</li> <li><a href="/facts/Viju_Khote/vcn3jM4h">Viju Khote</a> as Thief</li> <li><a href="/facts/Roopesh_Kumar/e79H9TXP">Roopesh Kumar</a> as G.D.'s Employee</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bhushan_Tiwari/azmxJWQe">Bhushan Tiwari</a> as G.D.'s Employee</li> <li>Girja Shankar as Bheema</li></ul> <h2 id="music">Music</h2> <p>Film song lyrics were written by <a href="/facts/Anjaan_(lyricist)/XI48W6Mt">Anjaan</a>, <a href="/facts/Indeevar/QX9s651e">Indeevar</a> and <a href="/facts/Asad_Bhopali/2NN5g8g4">Asad Bhopali</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <ol><li>"Daata Tere Kai Naam, Koi Pukare Kisi Naam Se, Aaye Tu Sabke Kaam" - <a href="/facts/Mahendra_Kapoor/0sUpYbsh">Mahendra Kapoor</a>, <a href="/facts/Sadhana_Sargam/rNJjQqg9">Sadhana Sargam</a>, <a href="/facts/Manhar_Udhas/68vPcurm">Manhar Udhas</a></li> <li>"Rona Dhona Chhod Chhod De, Hum Se Naata Jodh Jodhde" - <a href="/facts/Kishore_Kumar/TQlJWj1q">Kishore Kumar</a>, <a href="/facts/Alka_Yagnik/qtr2xJv2">Alka Yagnik</a></li> <li>"Naach Mere Lala" - <a href="/facts/Sapna_Mukherjee/whKokCPy">Sapna Mukherjee</a>, Nalin Dave</li> <li>"Holi Khelein Nand Laal, Laal Khele Holi Kanha Ne Mari Aise Pichkari" - Sapna Mukherjee, Nalin Dave</li> <li>"Teri Meri Yaari Yeh Dosti Hamari, Bhagwan Ko Pasand Hai Allah Ko Hai Pyari" - <a href="/facts/Suresh_Wadkar/rPqB89F4">Suresh Wadkar</a>, <a href="/facts/Mohammed_Aziz/bojRYjgG">Mohammed Aziz</a></li> <li>"Meri Jaan Pyar Karo, Pyar Hi Pyar Karo Pyare" - <a href="/facts/Asha_Bhosle/8WzrTQPd">Asha Bhosle</a></li> <li>"Daata Tere Kai Naam, Koi Pukare Kisi Naam Se Aaye Tu Sabke Kaam" (version 2) - Mahendra Kapoor, Sadhana Sargam, Manhar Udhas</li> <li>"Baabul Ka Yeh Ghar Behana" - Kishore Kumar, Alka Yagnik</li> <li>"Baabul Kaa Ye Ghar Behana" (Sad) - Kishore Kumar, Alka Yagnik</li> <li>"Daata Tere Kai Naam, Koi Pukare Kisi Naam Se, Aaye Tu Sabke Kaam" (version 2) - Sadhana Sargam, Manhar Udhas</li></ol> <h2 id="box-office">Box office</h2> <p>The film was a super hit and the <a href="/facts/List_of_Bollywood_films_of_1989/f7Cb1vYg">fifth highest-grossing movie of 1989</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405852/"><i>Daata</i></a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.allmovie.com/movie/daata-v120408">Daata</a> at <a href="/facts/AllMovie/LFmxXRB3">AllMovie</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Daata (1989 film)". Bollywood hungama website. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2023. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080222103734/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/5262/index.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080222103734/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/5262/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Mithun Chakraborty is on the Top Actors List (1985 - 1988) (scroll down on the LIST to see it)". BoxOfficeIndia website. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2023. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080117065629/http://boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actors" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080117065629/http://boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actors</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Daata (1989 film)". Bollywood hungama website. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2023. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080222103734/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/5262/index.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080222103734/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/5262/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1989". IMDb. <a href="https://m.imdb.com/list/ls005352661/" target="_blank">https://m.imdb.com/list/ls005352661/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>