Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan
Directed by	Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Written by	Cyrus Mistry, Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Starring	Dilip Dhawan Anjali Paigankar Shriram Lagoo, Om Puri Sulabha Deshpande Rohini Hattangadi
Music by	Bhaskar Chandavarkar
Cinematography	Virendra Saini
Release date(s)	5 May 1978
Running time	110 mins
Language	Hindi

Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan is a 1978 Hindi Language film, directed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza and starring Dilip Dhawan, Anjali Paigankar, Sriram Lagoo and Om Puri.

[edit] Plot

Arvind Desai (Dilip Dhawan) is the only son of a rich businessman (Shriram Lagoo) who deals in luxury handicrafts and products. His feelings for his father are mixed. While he hates his dominating nature, he admires his power and lack of scruples. He has long discussions on art and politics with a Marxist friend (Om Puri), is seeing his father's secretary, Alice (Anjali Paigankar) and sometimes he visits a prostitute, Fatima. Much against his wishes, his marriage is arranged to a girl from a high-class family that has just returned from Paris much to Alice's mother dismay who realizes that Alice was time-pass for Arvind and nothing more.

[edit] Awards

1979 Filmfare Award Best Film - Critics Saeed Akhtar Mirza

[edit] External links

• Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan at the Internet Movie Database

Awards
Preceded by Shatranj Ke Khilari	Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie 1979	Succeeded by Jeena Yahan

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