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Patthar Ke Insaan (English: Man of Stone) is a 1990 Indian Bollywood film directed and produced by Shomu Mukherjee. It stars Vinod Khanna, Jackie Shroff, Sridevi and Poonam Dhillon in pivotal roles. The film being released on 15 January 1990, Indian Army Day, was dedicated to the memory of Sashadhar Mukherjee, Shomu Mukherjee's father and founder of Filmalaya Studio.[1] The film was a remake of Vidiyum Varai Kaathiru.

Pathar Ke Insan
Poster
Directed by	Shomu Mukherjee
Written by	Tanveer Khan (dialogue)
Story by	K. Bhagyaraj
Produced by	Shomu Mukherjee
Starring	Vinod Khanna Sridevi Jackie Shroff Poonam Dhillon
Cinematography	Aloke Dasgupta
Edited by	Keshav Hirani
Music by	Bappi Lahiri
Release date	15 January 1990 (1990-01-15)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Cast

• Vinod Khanna as Arjun
• Jackie Shroff as Police Inspector Karan
• Sridevi as Lata Rai
• Poonam Dhillon as Seeta Rai
• Amita Nangia as Jyoti
• Saeed Jaffrey as Balwant Rai
• Om Shivpuri as Dr. Prashant
• Subbiraj as Rai Bahadur Dinanath

Plot

Industrialist Balwant Rai is a philanthropic, hard working family man, having two daughters, elder Sita Rai and younger Lata Rai, heiress to their grandfather's industrial empire being run by their father and custodian Dr. Prashant, who wants to grab their empire and schemes and plots with the workers.

Arjun is a diligent worker and Karan as police officer, is assigned the task of protecting the interests of the Rai family. Sita is an Indian classical music enthusiast, whereas Lata is an Indian classical dance maestro. Both want to prove the supremacy of their arts in the court of Goddess Saraswati and Nataraja, Hindu deities God Shiva, echelons to same, and hold a competition.[2] Lata wins the competition by a quirk of luck, both sisters being of equal rank in their performance. This disheartens Sita, who grabs her black Fiat, drives recklessly to kill herself, but ends up hitting Jyoti, who is about to get married and sister of Arjun; is followed by Lata in white Hindustan Ambassador, who also bypasses the dying Jyoti, but is unable to stop Sita from killing herself by leaping from a cliff. Lata blames herself for the death of Sita and loses her mental balance. Meanwhile, Arjun vows to revenge his sister Jyoti's death, joins the gang of villains in Dr. Prashant's gang, and by a series of planned events, enters the Rai household as husband of Lata. He plans to kill Lata with Dr. Prashant, to whom he has pledged the Rai family empire in the deal. But fate has other things in store for him when he discovers the love of Lata and his misunderstandings. Before he can recover from his false Stupor, he is trapped by police officer Karan who also loves Lata, and taken into custody, for conspiracy.

The film ends in Kali temple, where Lata is taken for human sacrifice by the goons of Dr. Prashant, where in a scuffle and action, victory over evil prevails, but Karan loses his life in an attempt to save Arjun, who is a reformed man and dear to Lata.

Soundtrack

Anjaan write the song "Chumma do", while Indeevar write the rest of songs.

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Chumma Do"	Bappi Lahiri, Sapna Mukherjee
2	"Tu Hi Meri Prem Kahani"	Mohammed Aziz, Alka Yagnik
3	"Chhod Chala"	Alisha Chinai
4	"Pathar Ke Insan"	Amit Kumar, Alka Yagnik
5	"Baandh Lo Ghungroo"	Amit Kumar, S. Janaki
6	"Suraj Nache Sagar Nache"	Kavita Krishnamurthy
7	"Kaali Mata"	Amit Kumar, Anuradha Paudwal

References

External links

• Pathar Ke Insan at IMDb

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