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Inspector Shiv Nath is a honest and diligent police officer in Bombay, and lives with his wife, Radha, and a young son, Arjun. While making several arrests in connection with counterfeit money and drugs, he comes to know that his close friend, Karamchand is also involved in this racket. Before he could take any action, he himself is arrested by the police for possession of fake money and drugs, and sentenced to a jail term, but he escapes and his whereabouts are unknown. Radha loses her mind and is institutionalized, while Arjun takes to petty crime and on reaching adult-hood is the Don of the area known and feared as "Dus Numbri". He meets with and falls in love with a petty thief and card-sharp, Rosemary Fernandes. When Radha accidentally meets with Rosemary, she thinks it is Sundari, Karamchand's wife, and then Radha starts to regain her sanity. But not for long, as Arjun, Radha, and Rosemary will soon be enmeshed in a plot that may well rid them of their senses, that is if it does...

This is the second consecutive hit of Manoj Kumar-Hema malini after theri Sanyasi in 1975. The popularity of their pairing prompted Manoj to cast Hema malini in his magnum opus Kranti which was also a roaring hit.

Later Manoj Kumar and Hema Malini appeared together in Santosh & Deshwasi. Hema Malini W also in the cast of Clerk. But she could not do the movie as the delivery of her second child was due. She had to leave some movies. Then Rekha did the role.

Dus Numbri was one of the last movie Mukesh sang for Manoj Kumar

Dus Numbri was directed by Manoj Kumar unofficially. After this movie Manoj Kumar stopped acting in outside productions.

User reviews


  • comment
    • Author: Weetont
    Where has this movie been all these years? It is so incredibly bad, it's good! The acting is awful and hammy, the script is horrible. The songs even are atrocious too! But once you put it on, you'll stay with it to the end, because it's that good. The plot is overlaid with bad guys, lots of twists and turns (done with the utmost of corn), and the requisite boy-mom, street boy, boy-girl, revenge and reunion scripts that are so Bollywood. There is nothing redeeming about this movie, but you'll find yourself dressing like him at Halloween, or plopping in the DVD for a party anyway. When you mention "Rocky Horror" or "Clockwork Orange", throw in "Dus Numbri" too. I highly recommend it!
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    • Author: Marr
    Dus Numbri was a big hit of its time, and I think it was one of the most horrible movies of its time. People may have liked it as a "so bad it's good" movie which makes no sense and lets you just laugh at its stupidity, but I didn't manage to get even that. The movie was badly written, with pathetic dialogues and unbelievably silly proceedings, and it was badly directed. The action scenes were poorly handled, the music is just below average, and the movie, despite starring a bunch of good and popular actors of the times, is awfully acted, with almost everyone hamming it up to an annoying effect. Not their fault of course, it's the script that is terrible. Manoj Kumar tries to be cool but he ends up looking very weird with his strange glasses and funny undertone. Hema Malini is the saving grace since she is immensely pretty but she too is not given more than that. I guess fans of this genre would enjoy this movie, more because at points it is unintentionally hilarious, but I say just avoid and forget.
  • Cast overview, first billed only:
    Manoj Kumar Manoj Kumar - Arjun
    Hema Malini Hema Malini - Sundari / Rosemary Fernandes
    Prem Nath Prem Nath - Inspector Jaichan
    Pran Pran - Hawaldar Karan Singh Badshah
    Bindu Bindu - CBI Officer Roopa Sharma
    Kamini Kaushal Kamini Kaushal - Radha
    Om Shivpuri Om Shivpuri - Karamchand
    David Abraham David Abraham - Pascal (as David)
    Sajjan Sajjan
    Abhi Bhattacharya Abhi Bhattacharya - Insp. Shiv Nath
    Shyam Kumar Shyam Kumar
    Ram Mohan Ram Mohan - Police Inspector
    Shivraj Shivraj - Psychiatrist
    Kumud Tripathi Kumud Tripathi
    Rajan Haksar Rajan Haksar - Jhangi
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