Dushman

Dushman is a 1972 Hindi film produced by Premji and directed by Dulal Guha. It is based on a novel by Veerendra Sharma. The film stars Rajesh Khanna in the title role and for which he received a Filmfare nomination as Best Actor, the only nomination for the film. Meena Kumari, Mumtaz, Bindu, Rehman, Asit Sen and Johnny Walker are part of the cast. The film became a "super-hit" at the box office. This film was remade in Tamil as Needhi in the same year starring Sivaji Ganesan and Jayalalithaa. The film was later remade into the Telugu film Khaidii Babay starring Shobhan Babu in the title role, and Vanisri as his love interest. It was also remade in Kannada as Hosa Theerpu with Ambareesh.