Kartavya 1979

Kartavya is a 1979 Indian Bollywood action film released on May 11, 1979. The film is directed by Mohan Seghal, produced by Mohan Seghal.
This film deals with an international problem - the preservation of forest and wild life. It attempts to educate the common man in respect of the vital part played by forests and wild life in maintaing human life; the Ecological cycle of Nature. It depicts the inhuman degradation of the poachers and their wanton acts which disturb the balance of nature and cut deep inroads of National wealth; acts which could lead to extinction of all human life on this earth. . This is the story of the silent service dedicated to fight these evils; of brave men who work and die in the deepest recesses of the rich jungles, whose exploits rarely receive adequate publicity, whose unique services to the Nation are seldom applauded. Strong, silent men whose watchword is secrecy. . The forest services, fighting the poachers who slaughter precious wild life for their evil ends, combating the dreaded smugglers who do not hesitate to rob the land of invaluable forest produe. Men wholive dangerously, and when opportunity arises, love passionately. . Vijay is one such man. He has buried his personal grief of losing a kidnapped brother in childhood, and has totallly dedicated himself to the call of Duty. Fearless to a fault, Vijay stands as the one great obstacle in the way of the poachers and smugglers, the gangsters led by Dewan Dhanpat Rai, a man who has successfully concealed his past identity behind a facade of respectability. Vijay suspects that the key to the problem lies with Dushyant, Dhanpat Rais gun toting son. . And into the forest - seething with inttigue and best with lawlessness steps the lovely Nita, free lance photographer for an international magazine. Nitas search does not begin and end with her pictures of wild life in the raw; it extends right out to the man whom she believes to be responsible for the imprisonment of her father on a false and trumped up charge. . Thus the stage is set for an explosive situation, the like of which no forest has never experienced. In the shadows of the giant trees and hidden by the thick undergrowth, terrible violence suddenly erupts Man and beast alike struggle for their very existence, for their lives and for their lives... [Source: Xerox Booklet] Check out this page for more updates on Kartavya.