Dus (unfinished film)

Dus
Promotional poster.
Directed by	Mukul S. Anand
Produced by	Mukul S. Anand Nitin Manmohan
Written by	Mukul S. Anand
Starring	Sanjay Dutt Salman Khan Raveena Tandon Shilpa Shetty
Music by	Shankar Ehsaan Loy Sandeep Chowta
Release dates	1997 (Tentative)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Dus (Hindi: दस, translation: Ten) is an unfinished Bollywood action film directed by Mukul S. Anand which was in production in 1997. The director died halfway through filming, leaving the film incomplete. The film starred Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon and Shilpa Shetty in leading roles, with Vinod Khanna and Rahul Dev in supporting roles.^[1] Actress Raveena Tandon was playing her first negative role in this film. Model Rahul Dev was to make his film debut with this film.

Plot

The storyline was intended to have been about terrorism and how an anti-terrorist intelligence officer Captain Raja Sethi (Sanjay Dutt) who is part of a secret organisation known as Force 10 is sent on a mission to find an Afghan terrorist named Nasheman (Raveena Tandon). After he is captured and tortured by Nasheman and her right-hand man Mast Gul (Rahul Dev), his partner Captain Jeet Sharma (Salman Khan) is sent to rescue him. However, by now, Raja Sethi is brainwashed by Mast Gul in believing his country and his friends has abandoned him and he too turns to terrorism. Shilpa Shetty played Salman's love interest and Vinod Khanna played a General.

Cast

• Sanjay Dutt as Captain Raja Sethi
• Salman Khan as Captain Jeet Sharma
• Raveena Tandon as Nasheman
• Shilpa Shetty as Journalist
• Vinod Khanna as General
• Rahul Dev as Mast Gul

Production and abandonment

The shooting of the film began in Utah in May 1997 and continued until the end of August. The scenes in Utah were to have depicted scenes of Kashmir which was the major setting for the film. This was the debut film of Rahul Dev who played Mast Gul. Gul was based a real-life Pakistani militant leader, who used the alias name Mast Gul.^[1]

Around 40% of the film's shooting had been completed when Mukul S. Anand suddenly died on 7 September 1997^[2] The film was subsequently shelved and was never completed or released. The song promos of the film are still available to view. Several years after the film was shelved, Mukul Anand's brother Rahul announced he would revive the incomplete film but this never materialised.^[3]

Soundtrack

The music of this film was composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy who made their debut as music directors with this film. Although the film was never completed and released, the album was released in 1999. There were seven songs composed for the film. Piya and Version 2 of Dus was composed by Sandeep Chowta.

In 2007, Raja Hasan sang a song "Mahiya" from the film in a performance in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007. The performance was very well appreciated and it suddenly brought limelight to the movie that remained unfinished.^[4]

New film

In 2005, Nitin Manmohan released a new action thriller film titled Dus in which Sanjay Dutt and Shilpa Shetty from the original cast returned. This film also had the same premise of terrorism but otherwise was an altogether different film.

References

1. 1 2 "Rahul Dev played Mast Gul's role in Mukul Anand's unfinished Dus : India, News - India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2016-07-31. 
2. ↑ "Rediff On The Net, Movies: A tribute to director Mukul Anand". Rediff.com. 1997-09-08. Retrieved 2016-07-31. 
3. ↑ Share on Twitter (2007-12-07). "Dus saal baad". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2016-07-31. 
4. ↑ Raja Hasan - SaReGaMaPa » Preview: Raja Hasan picks up an unheared song

External links

• Dus at the Internet Movie Database