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Samaantar

2023-06-29T14:05:55Z

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{{Infobox film
|name = Samaantar
|image =
|border =
|caption =
|director = [[Amol Palekar]]
|writer = Sandhya Gokhale
|starring = [[Amol Palekar]] [[Sharmila Tagore]] Radhika Apte [[Sameer Dharmadhikari]] Kishore Kadam
|music = [[Anand Modak]]
|cinematography = Asim Bose
|editing = Abhijit Deshpande
|studio = [[Reliance Entertainment|BIG Pictures]]
|distributor = BIG Pictures
|released = 4 September 2009 ([[Maharashtra]])
|runtime = 105 minutes
|country = [[India]]
|language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
|budget =
|gross =
}}
'''''Samaantar''''' (translation: ''Parallel'') is a [[List of Marathi films of 2009|2009]] Indian [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language parallel film written by Sandhya Gokhale and directed by [[Amol Palekar]]. Released in [[Maharashtra]] on 4 September 2009, the film stars [[Amol Palekar]] and [[Sharmila Tagore]] (in her debut in [[Marathi cinema]]) in lead roles and Radhika Apte, [[Sameer Dharmadhikari]] and Kishore Kadam in supporting roles. Palekar's previous film in the dual role of actor and director was ''[[Ankahee (1985 film)|Ankahee]]'' (1985).<ref>{{cite news |title=A challenging role |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article10109.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 August 2009|accessdate=3 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Amol won't play Salman's dad!|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-28/news-interviews/28188036_1_salman-khan-dual-role-scripts|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707013242/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-28/news-interviews/28188036_1_salman-khan-dual-role-scripts|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2012|date=28 August 2009|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=6 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Indian cinema not just about Bollywood: Amol Palekar|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/zee-exclusive/indian-cinema-not-just-about-bollywood-amol-palekar_560835.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208084949/http://zeenews.india.com/news/zee-exclusive/indian-cinema-not-just-about-bollywood-amol-palekar_560835.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 February 2013|publisher=ZEE News|date=5 September 2009|accessdate=6 February 2012}} </ref>

==Plot==
''Samaantar'' talks about a simple lost-and-found tale of a man and a woman, but in an artistic manner. Keshav Vaze ([[Amol Palekar]]) is an eminent businessman in [[Pune]], who started his life struggle from a small village and is now the owner of his large industrial empire. His business kept on growing larger and larger, making his day stacked with board meetings, conventions and tours. Keshav became a dear public figure surrounded by many people, but the days ended in the cluttered darkness of his own melancholy as years after years, Keshav has hidden his mysterious grief within himself. As a youngster, Keshav was a mute witness to the major tragedy of a massive earthquake at his village with the deaths of his parents and siblings, and took up the responsibility to support his brother's children, sacrificing his own life. On his 60th birthday, Keshav decides to find serenity for himself and expresses his desire to retire from business when he feels that as a guardian of his late brother's children, he has reached a stage to retire from his life too and shockingly takes the major decision of ending his life in the name of voluntary death.

The film unfolds the mystery behind his decision of calling for early declaration from life when Keshav visits [[Kolkata]] with his two psychiatrist accquaintances, Dr. Paritosh ([[Sameer Dharmadhikari]]) and Dr. Nikumbh (Kishore Kadam), on an invitation from a medical foundation, where he has donated a huge sum for the construction of a hospital. While there, a slice of Keshav's frozen past accidentally gets scratched by the glimpse of his long-lost college sweetheart, Shama ([[Sharmila Tagore]]), who was once the anchor of his existence. Her mesmerizing beauty, poise and silence personify his vacuum of last 40 years. Shama is living like a patient still under trauma as a sculptor, who hardly ever speaks to anyone and is a recluse immersed in [[violin]] and pottery. Moreover, it also turns out that she is the single mother of Paritosh and that Keshav is his biological father.

The film does not bring out the past relationship between the two in their first meeting after years, but unfolds the same in the very next meeting, when Keshav's adopted daughter, Reva (Radhika Apte), brings him back to Kolkata for a change after noticing his withdrawal symptoms from the family members. Keshav strives to learn more about Shama and realises the mockery of their fate as both had drifted apart walking their separate paths, sharing their loneliness. Both Keshav and Shama are eventually drawn to one another once again, and the suggestion is that while love can cause the gravest injury to the heart, it is perhaps the only emotion that comes with a curative power. Refreshingly, no one around Keshav or Shama, including Reva, Paritosh or Nikumbh, raise an eyebrow when their attachment for each other becomes obvious and there is a tacit understanding they demonstrate. Why did Keshav and Shama choose to live the way they did? What was the motivation behind their present? Do they find their lost love? ''Samaantar'' reveals lost traces of parallel folds!

== Cast ==
* [[Amol Palekar]] as Keshav Vaze
* [[Sharmila Tagore]] as Shama
* Radhika Apte as Reva Vaze (Keshav's adopted daughter)
* [[Sameer Dharmadhikari]] as Dr. Paritosh (Keshav's biological son)
* Kishore Kadam as as Dr. Nikumbh (Keshav's psychiatrist accquaintance)
* Aishwarya Narkar as Nira Vaze (Keshav's niece)
* [[Makarand Deshpande]] as Makarand (Nira's estranged husband)
* [[Haidar Ali (actor)|Haider Ali]] as Dilip Saxena (Keshav's college friend)
* [[Vandana Gupte]] as Jyotsna Saxena (Dilip's wife)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|1560171}}

{{Amol Palekar}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Amol Palekar]]

{{2000s-Marathi-film-stub}}

Samaantar

2023-06-29T14:00:28Z

2409:4040:E00:B226:0:0:2908:7406: /* Plot */

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{More citations needed|date=February 2011}}
{{Infobox film
|name = Samaantar
|image =
|border =
|caption =
|director = [[Amol Palekar]]
|writer = Sandhya Gokhale
|starring = [[Amol Palekar]] [[Sharmila Tagore]] Radhika Apte [[Sameer Dharmadhikari]] Kishore Kadam
|music = [[Anand Modak]]
|cinematography = Asim Bose
|editing = Abhijit Deshpande
|studio = [[Reliance Entertainment|BIG Pictures]]
|distributor = BIG Pictures
|released = 4 September 2009 ([[Maharashtra]])
|runtime = 105 minutes
|country = [[India]]
|language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
|budget =
|gross =
}}
'''''Samaantar''''' (translation: ''Parallel'') is a [[List of Marathi films of 2009|2009]] Indian [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language parallel film written by Sandhya Gokhale and directed by [[Amol Palekar]]. Released in [[Maharashtra]] on 4 September 2009, the film stars [[Amol Palekar]] and [[Sharmila Tagore]] (in her debut in [[Marathi cinema]]) in lead roles and Radhika Apte, [[Sameer Dharmadhikari]] and Kishore Kadam in supporting roles. Palekar's previous film in the dual role of actor and director was ''[[Ankahee (1985 film)|Ankahee]]'' (1985).<ref>{{cite news |title=A challenging role |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article10109.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 August 2009|accessdate=3 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Amol won't play Salman's dad!|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-28/news-interviews/28188036_1_salman-khan-dual-role-scripts|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707013242/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-28/news-interviews/28188036_1_salman-khan-dual-role-scripts|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2012|date=28 August 2009|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=6 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Indian cinema not just about Bollywood: Amol Palekar|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/zee-exclusive/indian-cinema-not-just-about-bollywood-amol-palekar_560835.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208084949/http://zeenews.india.com/news/zee-exclusive/indian-cinema-not-just-about-bollywood-amol-palekar_560835.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 February 2013|publisher=ZEE News|date=5 September 2009|accessdate=6 February 2012}} </ref>

==Plot==
''Samaantar'' talks about a simple lost-and-found tale of a man and a woman, but in an artistic manner. Keshav Vaze ([[Amol Palekar]]) is an eminent businessman in [[Pune]], who started his life struggle from a small village and is now the owner of his large industrial empire. His business kept on growing larger and larger, making his day stacked with board meetings, conventions and tours. Keshav became a dear public figure surrounded by many people, but the days ended in the cluttered darkness of his own melancholy as years after years, Keshav has hidden his mysterious grief within himself. As a youngster, Keshav was a mute witness to the major tragedy of a massive earthquake at his village with the deaths of his parents and siblings, and took up the responsibility to support his brother's children, sacrificing his own life. On his 60th birthday, Keshav decides to find serenity for himself and expresses his desire to retire from business when he feels that as a guardian of his late brother's children, he has reached a stage to retire from his life too and shockingly takes the major decision of ending his life in the name of voluntary death.

The film unfolds the mystery behind his decision of calling for early declaration from life when Keshav visits [[Kolkata]] with his two psychiatrist accquaintances, Dr. Paritosh ([[Sameer Dharmadhikari]]) and Dr. Nikumbh (Kishore Kadam), on an invitation from a medical foundation, where he has donated a huge sum for the construction of a hospital. While there, a slice of Keshav's frozen past accidentally gets scratched by the glimpse of his long-lost college sweetheart, Shama ([[Sharmila Tagore]]), who was once the anchor of his existence. Her mesmerizing beauty, poise and silence personify his vacuum of last 40 years. Shama is living like a patient still under trauma as a sculptor, who hardly ever speaks to anyone and is a recluse immersed in [[violin]] and pottery. Moreover, it also turns out that she is the single mother of Paritosh and that Keshav is his biological father.

The film does not bring out the past relationship between the two in their first meeting after years, but unfolds the same in the very next meeting, when Keshav's adopted daughter, Reva (Radhika Apte), brings him back to Kolkata for a change after noticing his withdrawal symptoms from the family members. Keshav strives to learn more about Shama and realises the mockery of their fate as both had drifted apart walking their separate paths, sharing their loneliness. Both Keshav and Shama are eventually drawn to one another once again, and the suggestion is that while love can cause the gravest injury to the heart, it is perhaps the only emotion that comes with a curative power. Refreshingly, no one around Keshav or Shama, including Reva, Paritosh or Nikumbh, raise an eyebrow when their attachment for each other becomes obvious and there is a tacit understanding they demonstrate. Why did Keshav and Shama choose to live the way they did? What was the motivation behind their present? Do they find their lost love? ''Samaantar'' reveals lost traces of parallel folds!

== Cast ==
* [[Amol Palekar]] as Keshav Vaze
* [[Sharmila Tagore]] as Shama Vaze
* Radhika Apte as Reva (Keshav's adopted daughter)
* [[Sameer Dharmadhikari]] as Dr. Paritosh (Keshav's biological son)
* Kishore Kadam as as Dr. Nikumbh (Paritosh's colleague)
* Aishwarya Narkar as Nira Vaze (Keshav's niece)
* [[Makarand Deshpande]] as Makarand (Nira's estranged husband and Keshav's harasser)
* [[Vandana Gupte]] as Jyotsna Saxena (Keshav's former college friend)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|1560171}}

{{Amol Palekar}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Amol Palekar]]

{{2000s-Marathi-film-stub}}

Samaantar

2023-06-29T13:00:10Z

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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{More citations needed|date=February 2011}}
{{Infobox film
|name = Samaantar
|image =
|border =
|caption =
|director = [[Amol Palekar]]
|writer = Sandhya Gokhale
|starring = [[Amol Palekar]] [[Sharmila Tagore]] Radhika Apte [[Sameer Dharmadhikari]] Kishore Kadam
|music = [[Anand Modak]]
|cinematography = Asim Bose
|editing = Abhijit Deshpande
|studio = [[Reliance Entertainment|BIG Pictures]]
|distributor = BIG Pictures
|released = 4 September 2009 ([[Maharashtra]])
|runtime = 105 minutes
|country = [[India]]
|language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
|budget =
|gross =
}}
'''''Samaantar''''' (translation: ''Parallel'') is a [[List of Marathi films of 2009|2009]] Indian [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language parallel film written by Sandhya Gokhale and directed by [[Amol Palekar]]. Released in [[Maharashtra]] on 4 September 2009, the film stars [[Amol Palekar]] and [[Sharmila Tagore]] (in her debut in [[Marathi cinema]]) in lead roles and Radhika Apte, [[Sameer Dharmadhikari]] and Kishore Kadam in supporting roles. Palekar's previous film in the dual role of actor and director was ''[[Ankahee (1985 film)|Ankahee]]'' (1985).<ref>{{cite news |title=A challenging role |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article10109.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 August 2009|accessdate=3 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Amol won't play Salman's dad!|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-28/news-interviews/28188036_1_salman-khan-dual-role-scripts|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707013242/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-08-28/news-interviews/28188036_1_salman-khan-dual-role-scripts|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2012|date=28 August 2009|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=6 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Indian cinema not just about Bollywood: Amol Palekar|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/zee-exclusive/indian-cinema-not-just-about-bollywood-amol-palekar_560835.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208084949/http://zeenews.india.com/news/zee-exclusive/indian-cinema-not-just-about-bollywood-amol-palekar_560835.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 February 2013|publisher=ZEE News|date=5 September 2009|accessdate=6 February 2012}} </ref>

==Plot==
''Samaantar'' talks about a simple lost-and-found tale of a man and a woman, but in an artistic manner. Keshav Vaze ([[Amol Palekar]]) is an eminent businessman in [[Pune]], who started his life struggle from a small village and is now the owner of his large industrial empire. His business kept on growing larger and larger, making his day stacked with board meetings, conventions and tours. Keshav became a dear public figure surrounded by many people - but the days ended in the cluttered darkness of his own melancholy as years after years, Keshav has hidden his mysterious grief within himself. As a youngster, Keshav was a mute witness to the major tragedy of a massive earthquake at his village with the deaths of his parents and siblings, and took up the responsibility to support his brother's children, sacrificing his own life. In the parallel plot, he is often harassed by his niece Nira's (Aishwarya Narkar) estranged husband Makarand ([[Makarand Deshpande]]), who tries to claim his share in the property. On his 60th birthday, Keshav expresses his desire to retire from business when he feels that as a guardian of his late brother's children, he has reached a stage to retire from his life too. Thus, Keshav decides to find serenity for himself and shockingly contemplates suicide in the name of voluntary death.

The film unfolds the mystery behind his decision of calling for early declaration from life when Keshav visits [[Kolkata]] along with his two psychiatrist accquaintances, Dr. Paritosh ([[Sameer Dharmadhikari]]) and Dr. Nikumbh (Kishore Kadam), on an invitation from a medical foundation, where he has donated a huge sum for the construction of a hospital. While there, a slice of Keshav's frozen past accidentally gets scratched by the sudden and unexpected glimpse of his long-lost college sweetheart, Shama ([[Sharmila Tagore]]), who was once the anchor of his existence. Her mesmerizing beauty, poise and silence personify his vacuum of last 30 years. Shama is living like a patient still under trauma as a sculptor, who hardly speaks to anyone and is a recluse immersed in pottery. Moreover, she also turns out to be the single mother of Paritosh - whose biological father is Keshav.

The film does not bring out the past relationship between the two in their first meeting after years, but unfolds the same in the very next meeting, when Keshav's adopted daughter Reva (Radhika Apte) brings him to Kolkata for a change after noticing his withdrawal symptoms from the family members. Both Keshav and Shama are drawn to one another once again - and the suggestion is that while love can cause the gravest injury to the heart - it is perhaps the only emotion that comes with a curative power. Refreshingly, no one around Shama or Keshav - including Paritosh, Reva or Nikumbh - raise an eyebrow when their attachment for each other becomes obvious and there is a tacit understanding they demonstrate. Why did Keshav and Shama choose to live the way they did? What was the motivation behind their present? Do they find their lost love? ''Samaantar'' reveals lost traces of parallel folds!

== Cast ==
* [[Amol Palekar]] as Keshav Vaze
* [[Sharmila Tagore]] as Shama Vaze
* Radhika Apte as Reva (Keshav's adopted daughter)
* [[Sameer Dharmadhikari]] as Dr. Paritosh (Keshav's biological son)
* Kishore Kadam as as Dr. Nikumbh (Paritosh's colleague)
* Aishwarya Narkar as Nira Vaze (Keshav's niece)
* [[Makarand Deshpande]] as Makarand (Nira's estranged husband and Keshav's harasser)
* [[Vandana Gupte]] as Jyotsna Saxena (Keshav's former college friend)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|1560171}}

{{Amol Palekar}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Amol Palekar]]

{{2000s-Marathi-film-stub}}

Majboor (1974 film)

2023-06-29T12:23:38Z

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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Majboor
| image =
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| director = [[Ravi Tandon]]
| producer = Premji
| writer = [[Salim–Javed]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Amitabh Bachchan]] Parveen Babi [[Pran]] [[Farida Jalal]] [[Sulochana Latkar]] [[Satyen Kappu]] [[Iftekhar]] [[Jagdish Raj]] [[Mac Mohan]] [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]
| music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
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| distributor = {{ubl|Suchitha Films Pvt. Ltd|[[Eros International]]}}
| released = 6 December 1974
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
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'''''Majboor''''' (translation: ''Compelled'') is a 1974 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language [[Thriller film|suspense thriller]] film directed by [[Ravi Tandon]], produced by Premji and written by Salim-Javed. Released in [[India]] on 6 December 1974, the film stars [[Amitabh Bachchan]], Parveen Babi and [[Pran]] in lead roles and [[Farida Jalal]], [[Sulochana Latkar]], [[Satyen Kappu]], [[Iftekhar]], [[Jagdish Raj]], [[Mac Mohan]] and [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] in supporting roles.

The movie is loosely inspired by two [[English]] movies of 1970 - ''Zig Zag'' and ''Cold Sweat''. The film was later remade in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] by director K. Raghavendra Rao as ''Raja'' (1976) starring Shobhan Babu and [[Jayasudha]]. It was also remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as [[Naan Vazhavaippen]] (1979) with Sivaji Ganeshan and [[K. R. Vijaya]] , in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] as ''Naseeb No Khel'' (1982) and in Malayalam as ''[[Ee Kaikalil]]'' (1986).<ref>Ramachandran, Naman, ''Rajnikanth: The Definitive Biography''. India: Penguin Books (2012).</ref> The movie was also an inspiration for the 2008 movie ''[[Jimmy (2008 film)|Jimmy]]''.

== Plot ==
Ravi Khanna ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is a middle-class travel agent living with his aging mother ([[Sulochana Latkar]]), his wheelchair-bound sister, Renu ([[Farida Jalal]]), and his young brother, Billu (Alankar Joshi), and is also in a relationship with Neela (Parveen Babi). One rainy night, one of his clients, Surendra Sinha ([[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]), visits his agency to pick up the tickets that have been reserved for him when Ravi notices a large emerald ring on his finger. After leaving the premises, Surendra Sinha offers Ravi a lift in his car till the crossroads near Ravi's house, as there is not a single taxi to be seen. Some time later, two detectives, CID Inspector Khurana ([[Iftekhar]]) and Inspector Kulkarni ([[Jagdish Raj]]), come to interrogate Ravi at his office as Surendra Sinha was mysteriously abducted that night and his dead body was later recovered from a manhole. Ravi is innocent, but nervous as Inspector Khurana and Kulkarni are taking a keen interest in him since he is the last known person to have seen Surendra Sinha and seeks legal advice from his lawyer friend, Advocate Rane (Shiv Kumar).

However, the stress seems to be triggering severe headaches, so Ravi ends up at Dr. Shah's (Sajjan) place. The diagnosis is far more serious than tension as Ravi has a brain tumour that must be removed, but Dr. Shah scares him with a range of possible outcomes from paralysis to blindness or being right as rain so he leaves without making a decision. Ravi is crestfallen as he is the sole provider to his family and cannot contemplate a life where he becomes a dependent. At the same time, Narendra Sinha ([[Satyen Kappu]]), the grieving younger brother of Surendra Sinha, declares a reward of [[Indian rupee|₹]]500,000 for any information of his brother's killer. Driven against the wall and worried about his family's future, Ravi calls Inspector Khurana as an anonymous informer about Surendra Sinha's murder in a scheme to frame himself as the killer and collect the reward money for his family.

After learning about the anonymous informer, Narendra is ready to pay out the reward, but Inspector Khurana tells him that the money has to be paid to a lawyer whom the informer suggests and a sealed envelope will also be deposited with the same lawyer. Once the money is paid, the informer will inform the police who the killer is, and will provide the evidence as well. Narendra is willing to go through with the proposal. Now that his proposal has been accepted, Ravi meticulously sets the stage, even leaving sealed instructions and a cover letter with Rane, who is rather bewildered at all the cloak-and-dagger stuff until Inspector Khurana calls to confirm that the money mentioned in the covering letter will be entrusted to him. Acting upon the received information, Inspector Khurana and Kulkarni recover the evidence and it is sent to the laboratory for testing. Soon, Ravi is arrested for the murder of Surendra Sinha and is sentenced to death for the crime, much to the consternation of his family, and that of Neela and her father.

While Neela and Ravi's mother try to make some sense of Ravi's confession, also go and ask Narendra not to demand the death penalty, Ravi is in prison awaiting his execution, and another critical seizure lands him up at the hospital, where he miraculously undergoes a successful brain surgery by Dr. Shah with no side-effects. Well aware that he has condemned himself to be hung for a murder he did not commit, Ravi asks Rane if he could appeal and tell the truth in the court as the sealed envelope he left anonymously in his care will confirm his story after all. However, Rane's response tells Ravi that he is his friend as well as his lawyer, so the court would not believe anything Rane says, and that the only way for Ravi to escape the consequences of his ill-advised actions is to find the real murderer of Surendra Sinha. Thus, Ravi escapes from the police custody in search of the real culprit and is aided by Neela in his pursuit.

As Ravi investigates the significant large emerald ring of Surendra Sinha that could lead back to the killer, he has some lucky breaks and benefits from his own logical procedural thinking, and one of them is the arrival of Michael D'Souza ([[Pran]]), a kind-hearted and happy-go-lucky professional thief, fencing his wares through Prakash ([[Mac Mohan]]). After learning of Ravi's plight, Michael pledges to help him nab the real culprit, recalling that on the fateful rainy night, he had grabbed the same costly ring from the driver of a car, unmindful of the fact that it belonged to the dead Surendra Sinha on the backseat. Michael's endeavour to identify the murderer later takes him to Surendra Sinha's house where he runs into his real murderer and sets up a meeting point to settle the issue. In the climax, Michael manages to solve the mystery but not without paying a heavy price, which leads to a wounded Michael holding the murderer at gunpoint while Ravi drives desperately to get a doctor back in time.

== Cast ==
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Ravi Khanna
* Parveen Babi as Neela
* [[Pran]] as Michael D'Souza
* [[Farida Jalal]] as Renu Khanna (Ravi's sister)
* [[Sulochana Latkar]] as Mrs. Khanna (Ravi's mother)
* [[Satyen Kappu]] as Narendra Sinha
* [[Iftekhar]] as CID Inspector Khurana
* [[Jagdish Raj]] as Inspector Kulkarni
* [[Mac Mohan]] as Prakash
* [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] as Surendra Sinha
* [[Madan Puri]] as Mahipat Rai
* Sajjan as Dr. Shah
* Alankar Joshi as Billu Khanna (Ravi's brother)
* [[D. K. Sapru]] as Mr. Rajvansh (Neela's father)
* Shiv Kumar as Advocate Rane (Ravi's friend)
* [[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]] as Sharma (Ravi's colleague)
* [[K. N. Singh]] as Prosecuting Attorney
* [[Murad (actor)|Murad]] as Judge
* Ashoo as Mona Sinha (Surendra Sinha's widow)
* Lalita Kumari as Sulakshana Rai (Mahipat Rai's wife)

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Aadmi Jo Kehta Hai"
| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| 2
| "Dekh Sakta Hoon" (Male Version)
| Kishore Kumar
|-
| 3
| "Roothe Rab Ko"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]] & [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 4
| "Phir na kehna Michael daru peeke danga karta hai"
| Kishore Kumar
|-
| 5
| "Dekh Sakta Hoon" (Female Version)
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|}

==Success==
The film was a Hit at the box office.<ref>[http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=180&catName=MTk3NA== Box Office India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922021128/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=180&catName=MTk3NA%3D%3D |date=22 September 2012 }}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
*[[Filmfare]] Supporting Actor Nomination--[[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
*[[Filmfare]] Supporting Actress Nomination--[[Farida Jalal]]<ref>http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/366907.cms{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0071800|Majboor}}

{{Salim-Javed}}

[[Category:1974 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Salim–Javed]]
[[Category:Urdu-language films]]
[[Category:Urdu films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]
[[Category:Indian films about cancer]]
[[Category:Fratricide in fiction]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ravi Tandon]]

Majboor (1974 film)

2023-06-28T06:52:18Z

2409:4040:E00:B226:0:0:2908:7406: /* Plot */

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Majboor
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Ravi Tandon]]
| producer = Premji
| writer = [[Salim–Javed]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Amitabh Bachchan]] Parveen Babi [[Pran]] [[Farida Jalal]] [[Sulochana Latkar]] [[Satyen Kappu]] [[Iftekhar]] [[Jagdish Raj]] [[Mac Mohan]] [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]
| music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor = {{ubl|Suchitha Films Pvt. Ltd|[[Eros International]]}}
| released = 6 December 1974
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Majboor''''' (translation: ''Compelled'') is a 1974 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language [[Thriller film|suspense thriller]] film directed by [[Ravi Tandon]], produced by Premji and written by Salim-Javed. Released in [[India]] on 6 December 1974, the film stars [[Amitabh Bachchan]], Parveen Babi and [[Pran]] in lead roles and [[Farida Jalal]], [[Sulochana Latkar]], [[Satyen Kappu]], [[Iftekhar]], [[Jagdish Raj]], [[Mac Mohan]] and [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] in supporting roles.

The movie is loosely inspired by two [[English]] movies of 1970 - ''Zig Zag'' and ''Cold Sweat''. The film was later remade in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] by director K. Raghavendra Rao as ''Raja'' (1976) starring Shobhan Babu and [[Jayasudha]]. It was also remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as [[Naan Vazhavaippen]] (1979) with Sivaji Ganeshan and [[K. R. Vijaya]] , in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] as ''Naseeb No Khel'' (1982) and in Malayalam as ''[[Ee Kaikalil]]'' (1986).<ref>Ramachandran, Naman, ''Rajnikanth: The Definitive Biography''. India: Penguin Books (2012).</ref> The movie was also an inspiration for the 2008 movie ''[[Jimmy (2008 film)|Jimmy]]''.

== Plot ==
Ravi Khanna ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is a middle-class travel agent living with his aging mother ([[Sulochana Latkar]]), his wheelchair-bound sister, Renu ([[Farida Jalal]]), and his young brother, Billu (Alankar Joshi), and is also in a relationship with the wealthy Neela (Parveen Babi). One rainy night, he deals with with his last client, Surendra Sinha ([[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]), and accepts a lift from him in his car as there are no taxis around. Six months later, two detectives, CID Inspector Khurana ([[Iftekhar]]) and Inspector Kulkarni ([[Jagdish Raj]]), come to interrogate Ravi at his office as Surendra Sinha was abducted that night before his dead body was recovered from a manhole. Ravi is innocent, but nervous as Inspector Khurana and Kulkarni are taking a keen interest in him since he is the last known person to have seen late Surendra Sinha and seeks legal advice from his lawyer friend, Advocate Rane (Shiv Kumar).

However, the stress seems to be triggering severe headaches, so Ravi ends up at Dr. Shah's (Sajjan) place. The diagnosis is far more serious than tension as Ravi has a brain tumour that must be removed, but Dr. Shah scares him with a range of possible outcomes from paralysis to blindness or being right as rain so he leaves without making a decision. Ravi is crestfallen as he is the sole provider to his family and cannot contemplate a life where he becomes a dependent. At the same time, Narendra Sinha ([[Satyen Kappu]]), younger brother of Surendra Sinha, declares a reward of [[Indian rupee|₹]]500,000 for any information of his brother's killer. Driven against the wall and worried about his family's future, Ravi calls Inspector Khurana and poses as an anonymous informer about Surendra Sinha's murder in a scheme to frame himself as the killer and collect the reward money for his family.

After learning about the anonymous phone call, Narendra is ready to pay out the reward, but Inspector Khurana tells him that the money has to be paid to a lawyer whom the informer suggests and a sealed envelope will also be deposited with the same lawyer. Narendra is willing to go through with the proposal. Now that his proposal has been accepted, Ravi meticulously sets the stage, even leaving sealed instructions and a cover letter with Rane, who is rather bewildered at all the cloak-and-dagger stuff until Inspector Khurana calls to confirm that the money mentioned in the covering letter will be entrusted to him. Acting upon the received information, Inspector Khurana and Kulkarni recover the evidence and it is sent to the laboratory for testing. Soon, Ravi is arrested for the murder of Surendra Sinha and is sentenced to death for the crime, much to the consternation of his family, and that of Neela and her father.

While Neela and Ravi's mother try to make some sense of Ravi's confession, also go and ask Narendra not to demand the death penalty, Ravi is in prison awaiting his execution, and another critical seizure lands him up at the hospital, where he miraculously undergoes a successful brain surgery by Dr. Shah with no side-effects. Well aware that he has condemned himself to be hung for a murder he did not commit, Ravi asks Rane if he could appeal and tell the truth in the court as the sealed envelope he left anonymously in his care will confirm his story after all. However, Rane's response tells Ravi that he is his friend as well as his lawyer, so the court would not believe anything Rane says, and that the only way for Ravi to escape the consequences of his ill-advised actions is to find the real murderer of Surendra Sinha. Thus, Ravi escapes from the police custody in search of the real culprit and is aided by Neela in his pursuit.

As Ravi investigates a significant ring that could lead back to the killer, he has some lucky breaks and benefits from his own logical procedural thinking, and one of them is the arrival of Michael D'Souza ([[Pran]]), a kind-hearted and happy-go-lucky professional thief, fencing his wares through Prakash ([[Mac Mohan]]). After learning of Ravi's plight, Michael pledges to help him nab the real culprit, recalling that on a rainy night, he had grabbed the same costly ring from the driver of a car, unmindful of the fact that it belonged to the dead Surendra Sinha on the backseat. Michael's endeavour to identify the murderer later takes him to Surendra Sinha's house where he runs into his real murderer and sets up a meeting point to settle the issue. In the climax, Michael manages to solve the mystery but not without paying a heavy price, which leads to a wounded Michael holding the murderer at gunpoint while Ravi drives desperately to get a doctor back in time.

== Cast ==
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Ravi Khanna
* Parveen Babi as Neela
* [[Pran]] as Michael D'Souza
* [[Farida Jalal]] as Renu Khanna (Ravi's sister)
* [[Sulochana Latkar]] as Mrs. Khanna (Ravi's mother)
* [[Satyen Kappu]] as Narendra Sinha
* [[Iftekhar]] as CID Inspector Khurana
* [[Jagdish Raj]] as Inspector Kulkarni
* [[Mac Mohan]] as Prakash
* [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] as Surendra Sinha
* [[Madan Puri]] as Mahipat Rai
* Sajjan as Dr. Shah
* Alankar Joshi as Billu Khanna (Ravi's brother)
* [[D. K. Sapru]] as Mr. Rajvansh (Neela's father)
* Shiv Kumar as Advocate Rane (Ravi's friend)
* [[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]] as Sharma (Ravi's colleague)
* [[K. N. Singh]] as Prosecuting Attorney
* [[Murad (actor)|Murad]] as Judge
* Ashoo as Mona Sinha (Surendra Sinha's widow)
* Lalita Kumari as Sulakshana Rai (Mahipat Rai's wife)

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Aadmi Jo Kehta Hai"
| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| 2
| "Dekh Sakta Hoon" (Male Version)
| Kishore Kumar
|-
| 3
| "Roothe Rab Ko"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]] & [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 4
| "Phir na kehna Michael daru peeke danga karta hai"
| Kishore Kumar
|-
| 5
| "Dekh Sakta Hoon" (Female Version)
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|}

==Success==
The film was a Hit at the box office.<ref>[http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=180&catName=MTk3NA== Box Office India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922021128/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=180&catName=MTk3NA%3D%3D |date=22 September 2012 }}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
*[[Filmfare]] Supporting Actor Nomination--[[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
*[[Filmfare]] Supporting Actress Nomination--[[Farida Jalal]]<ref>http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/366907.cms{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0071800|Majboor}}

{{Salim-Javed}}

[[Category:1974 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Salim–Javed]]
[[Category:Urdu-language films]]
[[Category:Urdu films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]
[[Category:Indian films about cancer]]
[[Category:Fratricide in fiction]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ravi Tandon]]

Majboor (1974 film)

2023-06-28T06:50:39Z

2409:4040:E00:B226:0:0:2908:7406: /* Cast */

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Majboor
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Ravi Tandon]]
| producer = Premji
| writer = [[Salim–Javed]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Amitabh Bachchan]] Parveen Babi [[Pran]] [[Farida Jalal]] [[Sulochana Latkar]] [[Satyen Kappu]] [[Iftekhar]] [[Jagdish Raj]] [[Mac Mohan]] [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]
| music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor = {{ubl|Suchitha Films Pvt. Ltd|[[Eros International]]}}
| released = 6 December 1974
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Majboor''''' (translation: ''Compelled'') is a 1974 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language [[Thriller film|suspense thriller]] film directed by [[Ravi Tandon]], produced by Premji and written by Salim-Javed. Released in [[India]] on 6 December 1974, the film stars [[Amitabh Bachchan]], Parveen Babi and [[Pran]] in lead roles and [[Farida Jalal]], [[Sulochana Latkar]], [[Satyen Kappu]], [[Iftekhar]], [[Jagdish Raj]], [[Mac Mohan]] and [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] in supporting roles.

The movie is loosely inspired by two [[English]] movies of 1970 - ''Zig Zag'' and ''Cold Sweat''. The film was later remade in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] by director K. Raghavendra Rao as ''Raja'' (1976) starring Shobhan Babu and [[Jayasudha]]. It was also remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as [[Naan Vazhavaippen]] (1979) with Sivaji Ganeshan and [[K. R. Vijaya]] , in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] as ''Naseeb No Khel'' (1982) and in Malayalam as ''[[Ee Kaikalil]]'' (1986).<ref>Ramachandran, Naman, ''Rajnikanth: The Definitive Biography''. India: Penguin Books (2012).</ref> The movie was also an inspiration for the 2008 movie ''[[Jimmy (2008 film)|Jimmy]]''.

== Plot ==
Ravi Khanna ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is a middle-class travel agent living with his aging mother ([[Sulochana Latkar]]), his wheelchair-bound sister, Renu ([[Farida Jalal]]), and his young brother, Billu (Alankar Joshi), and is also in a relationship with the wealthy Neela (Parveen Babi). One rainy night, he deals with with his last client, Surendra Sinha ([[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]), and accepts a lift from him in his car as there are no taxis around. Six months later, two detectives, CID Inspector Khurana ([[Iftekhar]]) and Inspector Kulkarni ([[Jagdish Raj]]), come to interrogate Ravi at his office as Surendra Sinha was abducted that night before his dead body was recovered from a manhole. Ravi is innocent, but nervous as Inspector Khurana and Kulkarni are taking a keen interest in him since he is the last known person to have seen late Surendra Sinha and seeks legal advice from his lawyer friend, Advocate Rane (Shiv Kumar).

However, the stress seems to be triggering severe headaches, so Ravi ends up at Dr. Shah's (Sajjan) place. The diagnosis is far more serious than tension as Ravi has a brain tumour that must be removed, but Dr. Shah scares him with a range of possible outcomes from paralysis to blindness or being right as rain so he leaves without making a decision. Ravi is crestfallen as he is the sole provider to his family and cannot contemplate a life where he becomes a dependent. At the same time, Narendra Sinha ([[Satyen Kappu]]), younger brother of Surendra Sinha, declares a reward of [[Indian rupee|₹]]500,000 for any information of his brother's killer. Driven against the wall and worried about his family's future, Ravi calls Inspector Khurana and poses as an anonymous informer about Surendra Sinha's murder in a scheme to frame himself as the killer and collect the reward money for his family.

After learning about the anonymous phone call, Narendra is ready to pay out the reward, but Inspector Khurana tells him that the money has to be paid to a lawyer whom the informer suggests and a sealed envelope will also be deposited with the same lawyer. Narendra is willing to go through with the proposal. Now that his proposal has been accepted, Ravi meticulously sets the stage, even leaving sealed instructions and a cover letter with Rane, who is rather bewildered at all the cloak-and-dagger stuff until Inspector Khurana calls to confirm that the money mentioned in the covering letter will be entrusted to him. Acting upon the received information, Inspector Khurana and Kulkarni recover the evidence and it is sent to the laboratory for testing. Soon, Ravi is arrested for the murder of Surendra Sinha and is sentenced to death for the crime, much to the consternation of his family, and that of Neela and her father.

While Neela and Ravi's mother try to make some sense of Ravi's confession, also go and ask Narendra not to demand the death penalty, Ravi is in prison awaiting his execution, and another critical seizure lands him up at the hospital, where he miraculously undergoes a successful brain surgery by Dr. Shah with no side-effects. Well aware that he has condemned himself to be hung for a murder he did not commit, Ravi asks Rane if he could appeal and tell the truth in the court as the sealed envelope he left anonymously in his care will confirm his story after all. However, Rane's response tells Ravi that he is his friend as well as his lawyer, so the court would not believe anything Rane says, and that the only way for Ravi to escape the consequences of his ill-advised actions is to find the real murderer of Surendra Sinha. Thus, Ravi escapes from the police custody in search of the real culprit and is aided by Neela in his pursuit.

As Ravi investigates a significant ring that could lead back to the killer, he has some lucky breaks and benefits from his own logical procedural thinking, and one of them is the arrival of Michael D'Souza ([[Pran]]), a kind-hearted and happy-go-lucky professional thief, fencing his wares through Prakash ([[Mac Mohan]]). After learning of Ravi's plight, Michael pledges to help him nab the real culprit, recalling that on a rainy night, he had grabbed the same costly ring from the driver of a car, unmindful of the fact that it belonged to the dead Surendra Sinha on the backseat. Michael's endeavour to identify the murderer later takes him to Surendra Sinha's house where he runs into his real murderer and sets up a meeting point to settle the issue. In the climax, Michael manages to solve the mystery but not without paying a huge price, which leads to a wounded Michael holding the murderer at gunpoint while Ravi drives desperately to get a doctor back in time.

== Cast ==
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Ravi Khanna
* Parveen Babi as Neela
* [[Pran]] as Michael D'Souza
* [[Farida Jalal]] as Renu Khanna (Ravi's sister)
* [[Sulochana Latkar]] as Mrs. Khanna (Ravi's mother)
* [[Satyen Kappu]] as Narendra Sinha
* [[Iftekhar]] as CID Inspector Khurana
* [[Jagdish Raj]] as Inspector Kulkarni
* [[Mac Mohan]] as Prakash
* [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] as Surendra Sinha
* [[Madan Puri]] as Mahipat Rai
* Sajjan as Dr. Shah
* Alankar Joshi as Billu Khanna (Ravi's brother)
* [[D. K. Sapru]] as Mr. Rajvansh (Neela's father)
* Shiv Kumar as Advocate Rane (Ravi's friend)
* [[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]] as Sharma (Ravi's colleague)
* [[K. N. Singh]] as Prosecuting Attorney
* [[Murad (actor)|Murad]] as Judge
* Ashoo as Mona Sinha (Surendra Sinha's widow)
* Lalita Kumari as Sulakshana Rai (Mahipat Rai's wife)

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Aadmi Jo Kehta Hai"
| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| 2
| "Dekh Sakta Hoon" (Male Version)
| Kishore Kumar
|-
| 3
| "Roothe Rab Ko"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]] & [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 4
| "Phir na kehna Michael daru peeke danga karta hai"
| Kishore Kumar
|-
| 5
| "Dekh Sakta Hoon" (Female Version)
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|}

==Success==
The film was a Hit at the box office.<ref>[http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=180&catName=MTk3NA== Box Office India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922021128/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=180&catName=MTk3NA%3D%3D |date=22 September 2012 }}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
*[[Filmfare]] Supporting Actor Nomination--[[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
*[[Filmfare]] Supporting Actress Nomination--[[Farida Jalal]]<ref>http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/366907.cms{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0071800|Majboor}}

{{Salim-Javed}}

[[Category:1974 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Salim–Javed]]
[[Category:Urdu-language films]]
[[Category:Urdu films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]
[[Category:Indian films about cancer]]
[[Category:Fratricide in fiction]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ravi Tandon]]

Majboor (1974 film)

2023-06-28T06:46:48Z

2409:4040:E00:B226:0:0:2908:7406: /* Plot */

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Majboor
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Ravi Tandon]]
| producer = Premji
| writer = [[Salim–Javed]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Amitabh Bachchan]] Parveen Babi [[Pran]] [[Farida Jalal]] [[Sulochana Latkar]] [[Satyen Kappu]] [[Iftekhar]] [[Jagdish Raj]] [[Mac Mohan]] [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]
| music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor = {{ubl|Suchitha Films Pvt. Ltd|[[Eros International]]}}
| released = 6 December 1974
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Majboor''''' (translation: ''Compelled'') is a 1974 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language [[Thriller film|suspense thriller]] film directed by [[Ravi Tandon]], produced by Premji and written by Salim-Javed. Released in [[India]] on 6 December 1974, the film stars [[Amitabh Bachchan]], Parveen Babi and [[Pran]] in lead roles and [[Farida Jalal]], [[Sulochana Latkar]], [[Satyen Kappu]], [[Iftekhar]], [[Jagdish Raj]], [[Mac Mohan]] and [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] in supporting roles.

The movie is loosely inspired by two [[English]] movies of 1970 - ''Zig Zag'' and ''Cold Sweat''. The film was later remade in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] by director K. Raghavendra Rao as ''Raja'' (1976) starring Shobhan Babu and [[Jayasudha]]. It was also remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as [[Naan Vazhavaippen]] (1979) with Sivaji Ganeshan and [[K. R. Vijaya]] , in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] as ''Naseeb No Khel'' (1982) and in Malayalam as ''[[Ee Kaikalil]]'' (1986).<ref>Ramachandran, Naman, ''Rajnikanth: The Definitive Biography''. India: Penguin Books (2012).</ref> The movie was also an inspiration for the 2008 movie ''[[Jimmy (2008 film)|Jimmy]]''.

== Plot ==
Ravi Khanna ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is a middle-class travel agent living with his aging mother ([[Sulochana Latkar]]), his wheelchair-bound sister, Renu ([[Farida Jalal]]), and his young brother, Billu (Alankar Joshi), and is also in a relationship with the wealthy Neela (Parveen Babi). One rainy night, he deals with with his last client, Surendra Sinha ([[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]), and accepts a lift from him in his car as there are no taxis around. Six months later, two detectives, CID Inspector Khurana ([[Iftekhar]]) and Inspector Kulkarni ([[Jagdish Raj]]), come to interrogate Ravi at his office as Surendra Sinha was abducted that night before his dead body was recovered from a manhole. Ravi is innocent, but nervous as Inspector Khurana and Kulkarni are taking a keen interest in him since he is the last known person to have seen late Surendra Sinha and seeks legal advice from his lawyer friend, Advocate Rane (Shiv Kumar).

However, the stress seems to be triggering severe headaches, so Ravi ends up at Dr. Shah's (Sajjan) place. The diagnosis is far more serious than tension as Ravi has a brain tumour that must be removed, but Dr. Shah scares him with a range of possible outcomes from paralysis to blindness or being right as rain so he leaves without making a decision. Ravi is crestfallen as he is the sole provider to his family and cannot contemplate a life where he becomes a dependent. At the same time, Narendra Sinha ([[Satyen Kappu]]), younger brother of Surendra Sinha, declares a reward of [[Indian rupee|₹]]500,000 for any information of his brother's killer. Driven against the wall and worried about his family's future, Ravi calls Inspector Khurana and poses as an anonymous informer about Surendra Sinha's murder in a scheme to frame himself as the killer and collect the reward money for his family.

After learning about the anonymous phone call, Narendra is ready to pay out the reward, but Inspector Khurana tells him that the money has to be paid to a lawyer whom the informer suggests and a sealed envelope will also be deposited with the same lawyer. Narendra is willing to go through with the proposal. Now that his proposal has been accepted, Ravi meticulously sets the stage, even leaving sealed instructions and a cover letter with Rane, who is rather bewildered at all the cloak-and-dagger stuff until Inspector Khurana calls to confirm that the money mentioned in the covering letter will be entrusted to him. Acting upon the received information, Inspector Khurana and Kulkarni recover the evidence and it is sent to the laboratory for testing. Soon, Ravi is arrested for the murder of Surendra Sinha and is sentenced to death for the crime, much to the consternation of his family, and that of Neela and her father.

While Neela and Ravi's mother try to make some sense of Ravi's confession, also go and ask Narendra not to demand the death penalty, Ravi is in prison awaiting his execution, and another critical seizure lands him up at the hospital, where he miraculously undergoes a successful brain surgery by Dr. Shah with no side-effects. Well aware that he has condemned himself to be hung for a murder he did not commit, Ravi asks Rane if he could appeal and tell the truth in the court as the sealed envelope he left anonymously in his care will confirm his story after all. However, Rane's response tells Ravi that he is his friend as well as his lawyer, so the court would not believe anything Rane says, and that the only way for Ravi to escape the consequences of his ill-advised actions is to find the real murderer of Surendra Sinha. Thus, Ravi escapes from the police custody in search of the real culprit and is aided by Neela in his pursuit.

As Ravi investigates a significant ring that could lead back to the killer, he has some lucky breaks and benefits from his own logical procedural thinking, and one of them is the arrival of Michael D'Souza ([[Pran]]), a kind-hearted and happy-go-lucky professional thief, fencing his wares through Prakash ([[Mac Mohan]]). After learning of Ravi's plight, Michael pledges to help him nab the real culprit, recalling that on a rainy night, he had grabbed the same costly ring from the driver of a car, unmindful of the fact that it belonged to the dead Surendra Sinha on the backseat. Michael's endeavour to identify the murderer later takes him to Surendra Sinha's house where he runs into his real murderer and sets up a meeting point to settle the issue. In the climax, Michael manages to solve the mystery but not without paying a huge price, which leads to a wounded Michael holding the murderer at gunpoint while Ravi drives desperately to get a doctor back in time.

== Cast ==
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Ravi Khanna
* Parveen Babi as Neela Rajvansh
* [[Pran]] as Michael D'Souza
* [[Satyen Kappu]] as Narendra Sinha
* [[Iftekhar]] as CID Inspector Khurana (murder investigator)
* [[Jagdish Raj]] as Inspector Kulkarni (murder investigator)
* [[Farida Jalal]] as Renu Khanna (Ravi's sister)
* [[Sulochana Latkar]] as Mrs. Khanna (Ravi's mother)
* [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] as Surendra Sinha (murder victim)
* [[Mac Mohan]] as Prakash (Michael's friend)
* [[Madan Puri]] as Mahipat Rai (Ravi's one-time accquaintance)
* Alankar Joshi as Billu Khanna (Ravi's younger brother)
* D.K. Sapru as Mr. Rajvansh (Neela's father)
* Shiv Kumar as Advocate Rane (Ravi's friend)
* Ashoo as Mona Sinha (Surendra's widow and Narendra's accomplice)
* Sajjan as Dr. Shah (Ravi's examiner and surgeon)
* [[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]] as Ravi's colleague
* Lalita Kumari as Sulakshana Rai (Mahipat's wife)
* [[Murad (actor)|Murad]] as Judge
* [[Pinchoo Kapoor]] as Doctor who is brought by Ravi for Michael's treatment in the climax (Guest Appearance)

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Aadmi Jo Kehta Hai"
| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| 2
| "Dekh Sakta Hoon" (Male Version)
| Kishore Kumar
|-
| 3
| "Roothe Rab Ko"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]] & [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 4
| "Phir na kehna Michael daru peeke danga karta hai"
| Kishore Kumar
|-
| 5
| "Dekh Sakta Hoon" (Female Version)
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|}

==Success==
The film was a Hit at the box office.<ref>[http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=180&catName=MTk3NA== Box Office India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922021128/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=180&catName=MTk3NA%3D%3D |date=22 September 2012 }}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
*[[Filmfare]] Supporting Actor Nomination--[[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
*[[Filmfare]] Supporting Actress Nomination--[[Farida Jalal]]<ref>http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/366907.cms{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0071800|Majboor}}

{{Salim-Javed}}

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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Salim–Javed]]
[[Category:Urdu-language films]]
[[Category:Urdu films remade in other languages]]
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Majboor (1974 film)

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{{Infobox film
| name = Majboor
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| director = [[Ravi Tandon]]
| producer = Premji
| writer = [[Salim–Javed]]
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| starring = [[Amitabh Bachchan]] Parveen Babi [[Pran]] [[Farida Jalal]] [[Sulochana Latkar]] [[Satyen Kappu]] [[Iftekhar]] [[Jagdish Raj]] [[Mac Mohan]] [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]
| music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
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| distributor = {{ubl|Suchitha Films Pvt. Ltd|[[Eros International]]}}
| released = 6 December 1974
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| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
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'''''Majboor''''' (translation: ''Compelled'') is a 1974 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language [[Thriller film|suspense thriller]] film directed by [[Ravi Tandon]], produced by Premji and written by Salim-Javed. Released in [[India]] on 6 December 1974, the film stars [[Amitabh Bachchan]], Parveen Babi and [[Pran]] in lead roles and [[Farida Jalal]], [[Sulochana Latkar]], [[Satyen Kappu]], [[Iftekhar]], [[Jagdish Raj]], [[Mac Mohan]] and [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] in supporting roles.

The movie is loosely inspired by two [[English]] movies of 1970 - ''Zig Zag'' and ''Cold Sweat''. The film was later remade in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] by director K. Raghavendra Rao as ''Raja'' (1976) starring Shobhan Babu and [[Jayasudha]]. It was also remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as [[Naan Vazhavaippen]] (1979) with Sivaji Ganeshan and [[K. R. Vijaya]] , in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] as ''Naseeb No Khel'' (1982) and in Malayalam as ''[[Ee Kaikalil]]'' (1986).<ref>Ramachandran, Naman, ''Rajnikanth: The Definitive Biography''. India: Penguin Books (2012).</ref> The movie was also an inspiration for the 2008 movie ''[[Jimmy (2008 film)|Jimmy]]''.

== Plot ==
Ravi Khanna ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is an upper middle-class travel agent living happily with his widowed mother ([[Sulochana Latkar]]), wheelchair-bound sister Renu ([[Farida Jalal]]) and young brother Billu (Alankar Joshi), and is also in a relationship with the wealthy Neela Rajvansh (Parveen Babi). One rainy night, he deals with a wealthy client named Surendra Sinha ([[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]) and accepts a lift in his car since there are no taxis around. Afterwards, Surendra is mysteriously abducted and shockingly found dead in a gutter, and police investigations for the murder lead two murder investigators - CID Inspector Khurana ([[Iftekhar]]) and Inspector Kulkarni ([[Jagdish Raj]]) - to the doors of Ravi's office to interrogate him about his meeting with Surendra. Their keen interest in Ravi makes him nervous as he is the last known person to have seen Surendra.

Around the same time, Ravi's life is turned upside-down when his regular attacks of headache, seemingly triggered by stress, is diagnosed as the terminal illness of brain tumour, which needs to be extracted immediately through a brain surgery. However, his examiner Dr. Shah (Sajjan) unintentionally scares Ravi with the range of possible outcomes of either paralysis or blindness or mental disorder. This shocking revelation puts Ravi in a dilemma and therefore, he hesitates to declare his decision to Dr. Shah, since he is deeply concerned about his family and Neela's future.

While aware of the fact that his brain tumour is set to consume him in six months, Ravi learns from the daily newspaper that Surendra's younger brother Narendra Sinha ([[Satyen Kappu]]) has announced a reward of [[Indian rupee|₹]]500,000 for the capture of Surendra's killer. This news provokes Ravi to come up with a scheming plan in hopes of bettering his family's financial conditions. As per the plan, he anonymously contacts Khurana in the police station and names "himself" in tip as Surendra's murderer. Also, Ravi instructs the police to deliver the reward money to the office of his solicitor named Advocate Rane (Shiv Kumar), who is his close friend and a lawyer. On the other hand, Ravi sends an anonymous letter to Rane's office, which reads that he should deduct his fees and hand over the amount of money to Ravi's own mother.

With the help of the evidences manipulated by Ravi and fingerprinting, Khurana and Kulkarni become sure of his deception, resume their pursuit and arrest him. During the trial, Ravi makes a fake confession of having abducted Surendra and killed him with an iron rod (which is also a part of the unreal evidences). On the basis of reasonable doubt, the court announces a verdict of death sentence to Ravi, much to his family and Neela's devastation. In a last attempt to change the family's fate, Ravi's mother visits Narendra and appeals for mercy before him, begging him to change Ravi's punishment into life imprisonment. Nevertheless, Narendra stands firm with his determination about Ravi's imminent fate at the tragic loss of his brother.

Despite this, things take a turn when Ravi's yet another attack of headache in prison lands him up at the hospital under police custody. While there, he fortunately undergoes a successful brain surgery with no side-effects for being rushed in on time by Khurana and Kulkarni, much to Dr. Shah's happiness. However, it is too late now since Ravi is already a convicted criminal of abduction, ransom and murder. Well aware of having condemned himself to be hung for a murder that he did not commit, Ravi reveals his suicidal conspiracy to Neela and Rane during a permitted meeting with them at the hospital, and they explain to him that the only way out to escape the consequences of his ill-advised actions is to find the real culprit of the crime.

Seeing no other way out, Ravi escapes from the hospital using some clever tricks and reunites with Neela, therefore leaving in search of Surendra's real murderer with her. During his mission, Ravi investigates a significant ring that could lead him back to the killer, and after interrogations from a one-time accquaintance named Mahipat Rai ([[Madan Puri]]) to a black market dealer named Prakash ([[Mac Mohan]]), Ravi comes across a kind-hearted and happy-go-lucky professional thief named Michael D'Souza ([[Pran]]).

After learning of Ravi's plight, Michael pledges to help him nab the real culprit since he had robbed the same ring from the driver of a car on a rainy night, unmindful of the fact that it belonged to the dead Surendra at the backseat. After all, Ravi is double-crossed by Michael as Prakash influences him to sell out Ravi to Narendra in exchange of the reward money. Thus, Michael ends up at the late Surendra's house where, in a twisted climax, he runs into Narendra and recalls him to be the driver of the car, whom he had robbed Surendra's costly ring from.

After a brief confrontation, Narendra admits that Surendra's wife Mona (Ashoo) was having an extramarital affair with him and that as Surendra walked in on them and saw them together, he killed the latter with the infliction of head injuries and threw his body off in the gutter, faking the latter's abduction in order to cover up his crime. Upon learning this, Michael sets up the meeting point of an abandoned, ramshackle wooden house on the [[Thal Ghat|Kasara Ghat]] with Narendra, where he will hand over Ravi to him in exchange of the reward money.

The following day, Michael visits Ravi's house in order to find out his reason for framing himself for the murder. While there, he has a change of heart on seeing Renu emotionally lamenting their unfortunate separation from Ravi and mercifully promises her that he will bring their smiles back. Meanwhile, Narendra secretly carries his revolver gun to the meeting point, fearing that Michael might expose his crime. Right as Ravi and Neela arrive at the scene, Narendra's conspiracy is exposed before them due to the three gunshots inflicted by him upon Michael.

Keeping the promise he had made to Renu, a gravely injured Michael turns the tables on Narendra and confesses about his crime to Ravi. On this development, Ravi is forced to leave from the scene to bring some help for Michael, who holds Narendra at gunpoint in a gravely injured state while being taken care of by Neela. Whilst returning with a physician, Ravi also leads Kulkarni and the police to the place on time where the dying Michael confesses about Ravi's innocence and Narendra's conspiracies. As a result, Narendra is arrested and sent to prison for his crimes, while all charges against Ravi are dropped. In the end, Michael expresses his wishes of happiness for Ravi's family before Ravi and dies succumbing to his serious injuries, having fulfilled his promise.

== Cast ==
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Ravi Khanna
* Parveen Babi as Neela Rajvansh
* [[Pran]] as Michael D'Souza
* [[Satyen Kappu]] as Narendra Sinha
* [[Iftekhar]] as CID Inspector Khurana (murder investigator)
* [[Jagdish Raj]] as Inspector Kulkarni (murder investigator)
* [[Farida Jalal]] as Renu Khanna (Ravi's sister)
* [[Sulochana Latkar]] as Mrs. Khanna (Ravi's mother)
* [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] as Surendra Sinha (murder victim)
* [[Mac Mohan]] as Prakash (Michael's friend)
* [[Madan Puri]] as Mahipat Rai (Ravi's one-time accquaintance)
* Alankar Joshi as Billu Khanna (Ravi's younger brother)
* D.K. Sapru as Mr. Rajvansh (Neela's father)
* Shiv Kumar as Advocate Rane (Ravi's friend)
* Ashoo as Mona Sinha (Surendra's widow and Narendra's accomplice)
* Sajjan as Dr. Shah (Ravi's examiner and surgeon)
* [[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]] as Ravi's colleague
* Lalita Kumari as Sulakshana Rai (Mahipat's wife)
* [[Murad (actor)|Murad]] as Judge
* [[Pinchoo Kapoor]] as Doctor who is brought by Ravi for Michael's treatment in the climax (Guest Appearance)

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Aadmi Jo Kehta Hai"
| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| 2
| "Dekh Sakta Hoon" (Male Version)
| Kishore Kumar
|-
| 3
| "Roothe Rab Ko"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]] & [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 4
| "Phir na kehna Michael daru peeke danga karta hai"
| Kishore Kumar
|-
| 5
| "Dekh Sakta Hoon" (Female Version)
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|}

==Success==
The film was a Hit at the box office.<ref>[http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=180&catName=MTk3NA== Box Office India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922021128/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=180&catName=MTk3NA%3D%3D |date=22 September 2012 }}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
*[[Filmfare]] Supporting Actor Nomination--[[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
*[[Filmfare]] Supporting Actress Nomination--[[Farida Jalal]]<ref>http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/366907.cms{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0071800|Majboor}}

{{Salim-Javed}}

[[Category:1974 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Salim–Javed]]
[[Category:Urdu-language films]]
[[Category:Urdu films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]
[[Category:Indian films about cancer]]
[[Category:Fratricide in fiction]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ravi Tandon]]