Shakti and Shankar are two childhood buddies who grow up on the wrong side of the tracks, in a shanty town. Shakti becomes a sort of 'godfather' for the locals under the name of Dayavan. He falls in love and gets married to a young prostitute. However, their happiness is short-lived, as the gangster lifestyle begins to take its toll.
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Dayavan was released in 1988 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 2 reviews, giving Dayavan (1988) an average rating of 62%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 40%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Dayavan a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 62%, Dayavan is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1988, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1988 with similar scores include films like Moonwalker, Killer Klowns from Outer Space and Hellbound: Hellraiser II.
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