Shakti Velhu and Shankar Waghmare grow up as close friends in a poor shanty town in Bombay. As the years pass, Shakti becomes a protector for the people around him, and they know him as Dayavan. His standing in the neighbourhood grows, and he turns into a figure that locals turn to for help.
Shakti falls in love with Neela, a young woman who works as a prostitute, and the two marry. But the world Shakti has built around him is a criminal one, and its demands start to weigh on him and on the people he loves, putting their happiness at risk.
About Dayavan
Dayavan is a 1988 Hindi film. The music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal. Madhuri Dixit, Vinod Khanna, Feroz Khan, Amrish Puri and Anupam Kher appear in it, alongside 8 more credited names.
