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Maza Pati Karodpati

2023-09-29T09:52:57Z

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{{Infobox film
| name = Maza Pati Karodpati
| image =
| alt = 
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi|Sachin Pilgaonkar]]
| producer = Chelaram Bhatia Lalchand Bhatia
| screenplay =
| story =
| starring = [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]] [[Ashok Saraf]] [[Kishori Shahane]] [[Gammat Jammat|Suhas Bhalekar]] [[Macchindra Kambli]] [[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]] [[Gol Maal|Shubha Khote]] [[Nilu Phule]]
| music = [[Arun Paudwal]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = 20
January 1988 ([[Maharashtra]])
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Maza Pati Karodpati''''' (translation: ''My Husband Is A Millionaire'') is a [[List of Marathi films of 1988|1988]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language [[Comedy film|comedy film]] directed by [[Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi|Sachin Pilgaonkar]] and produced by Chelaram Bhatia and Lalchand Bhatia. Released in [[Maharashtra]] on 20 January 1988, the film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]], [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]], [[Ashok Saraf]], [[Kishori Shahane]], [[Gammat Jammat|Suhas Bhalekar]], [[Macchindra Kambli]], [[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]], [[Gol Maal|Shubha Khote]] and [[Nilu Phule]].

== Synopsis ==
Shaku ([[Supriya Pilgaonkar]]) is a sober but stubborn young girl orphaned by fate who lives in a slum with her maternal uncle, Damodar ([[Gammat Jammat|Suhas Bhalekar]]), a bachelor. Shaku's sole dream is to marry a millionaire as according to her, a girl receives only one chance to change her name and financial conditions and that is after her marriage. Damodar is a domestic worker for Mr. Laxmidhar Kuber ([[Nilu Phule]]), a renowned industrialist whose only son, Narendra ([[Sachin Pilgaonkar]]), also known as Naren, has just returned from abroad after completing his studies. At a party thrown by Mr. Kuber for his son's homecoming, Shaku accompanies Damodar for help in the chores when Naren shares his views on marriage with his friends. His only condition is that he will marry a young widow, which is overheard by Shaku.

With the help of Tatya Malvankar ([[Macchindra Kambli]]), a theatre costume lender and friend of Damodar, Shaku poses as "Saudamini", a young widow, and enters the Kuber residence. Using her theatrical antics, she soon wins over the hearts of Naren and his mother, Mrs. Kuber ([[Gol Maal|Shubha Khote]]), who ask her to stay in the house for a more duration. As days go by, Naren falls in love with Shaku but Mr. Kuber asks for Saudamini's late husband's photograph. Again with the help of Tatya Malvankar, Shaku shows the Kubers the photograph of an aspiring theatre actor dressed in a military uniform and tells his name as "Captain Bajirao Rangade", her so-called late husband, provoking Mr. Kuber to finally agree for Naren and Shaku's marriage.

The aspiring theatre actor in the photograph is Dinkar Luktuke ([[Ashok Saraf]]), a clerk working for Mr. Kuber's childhood friend, Mr. Gajanan Deshmukh ([[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]]), while secretly in love with his only daughter, Hema ([[Kishori Shahane]]). Mr. Kuber had previously asked Mr. Deshmukh for Hema's hand in marriage for Naren. One day, when Mr. Kuber visits Mr. Deshmukh at his office, he suddenly bumps into Luktuke and identifies him from the photograph of Saudamini's late husband, Captain Bajirao Rangade. A plan begins to take shape in Mr. Kuber's mind. What could the plan be? Does Mr. Kuber discover Shaku's deceit? Do Naren and Shaku get married? What happens to Luktuke and Hema's love? Watch out the full movie to know how the story unfolds as Mr. Kuber makes Luktuke perform a drama before Naren and Shaku.

== Cast ==
The cast is listed below (according to the opening credits) -

* [[Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi|Sachin Pilgaonkar]] as Narendra Lakshmidhar Kuber (a.k.a. Naren); Shaku's lover-turned-husband, Mr. and Mrs. Kuber's son, Damodar's nephew-in-law and former younger master, Hema's friend
* [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]] as Shaku Narendra Kuber / Saudamini (fake); Naren's lover-turned-wife, Mr. and Mrs. Kuber's daughter-in-law, Damodar's niece
* [[Ashok Saraf]] as Dinkar Luktuke / Captain Bajirao Rangade (fake); Hema's lover-turned-husband, Mr. Deshmukh's son-in-law and former employee
* [[Kishori Shahane]] as Hema Gajanan Deshmukh / Hema Dinkar Luktuke; Luktuke's lover-turned-wife, Mr. Deshmukh's daughter, Naren's friend
* [[Gammat Jammat|Suhas Bhalekar]] as Damodar; Shaku's maternal uncle, Naren's uncle-in-law, the Kubers' former domestic worker
* [[Macchindra Kambli]] as Tatya Malvankar; Damodar's friend, Shaku's accquaintance, Madhya's employer
* [[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]] as Mr. Gajanan Deshmukh; Hema's father, Luktuke's father-in-law and employer, Mr. Kuber's childhood friend
* [[Gol Maal|Shubha Khote]] as Mrs. Lakshmidhar Kuber; Mr. Kuber's wife, Naren's mother, Shaku's mother-in-law, Damodar's former mistress
* [[Nilu Phule]] as Mr. Lakshmidhar Kuber; Mrs. Kuber's husband, Naren's father, Shaku's father-in-law, Damodar's former older master, Mr. Deshmukh's childhood friend
=== Cameo Appearances ===
* Bipin Varti as Doctor who examines Shaku
* Janardhan Parab as Fake police inspector called in by Mr. Kuber
* Chetan Dalvi as Theatre director of Shaku
* Madhu Apte as Madhya; Tatya Malvankar's assistant

==Soundtrack==
The music is provided by Arun Paudwal and the song ''Tuzhi Mazhi Jodi Jamli Ga'' was sung by [[Kishore Kumar]].
=== Track Listing ===
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Performer (s)
| title1 = Tuzhi Mazhi Jodi Jamli Ga | length1 =
| title2 = Nand Kishora Chitt Chakora | length2 =
| title3 = Raat Ashi Hi Preet Rasili | length3 =
| title4 = Dhinak Dhin Tandana | length4 =
}}

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131021022813/http://www.in.com/maza-pati-karodpati/biography-393213.html Movie Details - in.com]

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1988 films]]
[[Category:1980s Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sachin (actor)]]

{{1980s-Marathi-film-stub}}

Maza Pati Karodpati

2023-09-29T09:52:22Z

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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Maza Pati Karodpati
| image =
| alt = 
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi|Sachin Pilgaonkar]]
| producer = Chelaram Bhatia Lalchand Bhatia
| screenplay =
| story =
| starring = [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]] [[Ashok Saraf]] [[Kishori Shahane]] [[Gammat Jammat|Suhas Bhalekar]] [[Macchindra Kambli]] [[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]] [[Gol Maal|Shubha Khote]] [[Nilu Phule]]
| music = [[Arun Paudwal]]
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = 20
January 1988 ([[Maharashtra]])
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Maza Pati Karodpati''''' (translation: ''My Husband Is A Millionaire'') is a [[List of Marathi films of 1988|1988]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language [[Comedy film|comedy film]] directed by [[Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi|Sachin Pilgaonkar]] and produced by Chelaram Bhatia and Lalchand Bhatia. Released in [[Maharashtra]] on 20 January 1988, the film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]], [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]], [[Ashok Saraf]], [[Kishori Shahane]], [[Gammat Jammat|Suhas Bhalekar]], [[Macchindra Kambli]], [[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]], [[Gol Maal|Shubha Khote]] and [[Nilu Phule]].

== Synopsis ==
Shaku ([[Supriya Pilgaonkar]]) is a sober but stubborn young girl orphaned by fate who lives in a slum with her maternal uncle, Damodar ([[Gammat Jammat|Suhas Bhalekar]]), a bachelor. Shaku's sole dream is to marry a millionaire as according to her, a girl receives only one chance to change her name and financial conditions and that is after her marriage. Damodar is a domestic worker for Mr. Laxmidhar Kuber ([[Nilu Phule]]), a renowned industrialist whose only son, Narendra ([[Sachin Pilgaonkar]]), also known as Naren, has just returned from abroad after completing his studies. At a party thrown by Mr. Kuber for his son's homecoming, Shaku accompanies Damodar for help in the chores when Naren shares his views on marriage with his friends. His only condition is that he will marry a young widow, which is overheard by Shaku.

With the help of Tatya Malvankar ([[Macchindra Kambli]]), a theatre costume lender and friend of Damodar, Shaku poses as "Saudamini", a young widow, and enters the Kuber residence. Using her theatrical antics, she soon wins over the hearts of Naren and his mother, Mrs. Kuber ([[Gol Maal|Shubha Khote]]), who ask her to stay in the house for a more duration. As days go by, Naren falls in love with Shaku but Mr. Kuber asks for Saudamini's late husband's photograph. Again with the help of Tatya Malvankar, Shaku shows the Kubers the photograph of an aspiring theatre actor dressed in a military uniform and tells his name as "Captain Bajirao Rangade", her so-called late husband, provoking Mr. Kuber to finally agree for Naren and Shaku's marriage.

The aspiring theatre actor in the photograph is Dinkar Luktuke ([[Ashok Saraf]]), a clerk working for Mr. Kuber's childhood friend, Mr. Gajanan Deshmukh ([[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]]), while secretly in love with his only daughter, Hema ([[Kishori Shahane]]). Mr. Kuber had previously asked Mr. Deshmukh for Hema's hand in marriage for Naren. One day, when Mr. Kuber visits Mr. Deshmukh at his office, he suddenly bumps into Luktuke and identifies him from the photograph of Saudamini's late husband, Captain Bajirao Rangade. A plan begins to take shape in Mr. Kuber's mind. What could the plan be? Does Mr. Kuber discover Shaku's deceit? Do Naren and Shaku get married? What happens to Luktuke and Hema's love? Watch out the full movie to know how the story unfolds as Mr. Kuber makes Luktuke stage a drama before Naren and Shaku.

== Cast ==
The cast is listed below (according to the opening credits) -

* [[Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi|Sachin Pilgaonkar]] as Narendra Lakshmidhar Kuber (a.k.a. Naren); Shaku's lover-turned-husband, Mr. and Mrs. Kuber's son, Damodar's nephew-in-law and former younger master, Hema's friend
* [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]] as Shaku Narendra Kuber / Saudamini (fake); Naren's lover-turned-wife, Mr. and Mrs. Kuber's daughter-in-law, Damodar's niece
* [[Ashok Saraf]] as Dinkar Luktuke / Captain Bajirao Rangade (fake); Hema's lover-turned-husband, Mr. Deshmukh's son-in-law and former employee
* [[Kishori Shahane]] as Hema Gajanan Deshmukh / Hema Dinkar Luktuke; Luktuke's lover-turned-wife, Mr. Deshmukh's daughter, Naren's friend
* [[Gammat Jammat|Suhas Bhalekar]] as Damodar; Shaku's maternal uncle, Naren's uncle-in-law, the Kubers' former domestic worker
* [[Macchindra Kambli]] as Tatya Malvankar; Damodar's friend, Shaku's accquaintance, Madhya's employer
* [[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]] as Mr. Gajanan Deshmukh; Hema's father, Luktuke's father-in-law and employer, Mr. Kuber's childhood friend
* [[Gol Maal|Shubha Khote]] as Mrs. Lakshmidhar Kuber; Mr. Kuber's wife, Naren's mother, Shaku's mother-in-law, Damodar's former mistress
* [[Nilu Phule]] as Mr. Lakshmidhar Kuber; Mrs. Kuber's husband, Naren's father, Shaku's father-in-law, Damodar's former older master, Mr. Deshmukh's childhood friend
=== Cameo Appearances ===
* Bipin Varti as Doctor who examines Shaku
* Janardhan Parab as Fake police inspector called in by Mr. Kuber
* Chetan Dalvi as Theatre director of Shaku
* Madhu Apte as Madhya; Tatya Malvankar's assistant

==Soundtrack==
The music is provided by Arun Paudwal and the song ''Tuzhi Mazhi Jodi Jamli Ga'' was sung by [[Kishore Kumar]].
=== Track Listing ===
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Performer (s)
| title1 = Tuzhi Mazhi Jodi Jamli Ga | length1 =
| title2 = Nand Kishora Chitt Chakora | length2 =
| title3 = Raat Ashi Hi Preet Rasili | length3 =
| title4 = Dhinak Dhin Tandana | length4 =
}}

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131021022813/http://www.in.com/maza-pati-karodpati/biography-393213.html Movie Details - in.com]

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1988 films]]
[[Category:1980s Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sachin (actor)]]

{{1980s-Marathi-film-stub}}

Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi

2023-09-29T09:40:18Z

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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]]
| producer = Kiran Shantaram
| writer = Vasant Sabnis
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Ashok Saraf]]
* [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]]
* [[Laxmikant Berde]]
* [[Siddharth Ray]]
* [[Ashwini Bhave]]
* [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]]
* [[Priya Arun|Priya Arun Berde]]
* [[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf|Nivedita Joshi Saraf]]
* Nayantara
* [[Viju Khote]]
* [[Sudhir Joshi]]
}}
| narrator =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = V. Shantaram Productions
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1988|09|23|df=y}}
| runtime = 156 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| budget =
| gross = [[Indian rupee|₹]]3 [[crore]]
}}
'''''Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi''''' (translation: ''This Is Being Street-Smart'') is a [[List of Marathi films of 1988|1988]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language [[comedy film]] written by Vasant Sabnis, directed by [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] and produced by Kiran Shantaram. Released in [[Maharashtra]] on 23 September 1988 and now considered to be a [[cult film]] in [[Marathi cinema]], the film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Ashok Saraf]], [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]], [[Laxmikant Berde]], [[Siddharth Ray]], [[Ashwini Bhave]], [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]], [[Priya Arun|Priya Arun Berde]], [[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf|Nivedita Joshi Saraf]], Nayantara, [[Viju Khote]] and [[Sudhir Joshi]].<ref>{{IMDb title|0267277}}</ref> The film revolves around four friends who are searching for rented accommodation when a landlady insists only on married couples, so two of the friends are forced to dress as women and pretend to be the wives of the other two. The film borrows the basic plot from the Hrishikesh Mukherjee's ''[[Biwi Aur Makan]]'' (1966) which was based on the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film ''Joy Maa Kali Boarding'',<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/photofeatures/laxmikant-berde-superhit-comedy-films-of-the-actor-you-should-not-</ref> and was remade in [[Kannada]] as ''Olu Saar Bari Olu'' (2003), in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Paying Guests]]'' (2009), in Punjabi as ''[[Mr & Mrs 420]]'' (2014) and in Bengali as ''[[Jio Pagla]]'' (2017).<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/KYhiSTqNNAPN9bzm8JlAhP/Ten-Marathi-films-remade-in-other-languages.html |title = Ten Marathi films remade in other languages|date = 11 September 2017}}</ref> The film was also an inspiration for the 1991 [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''[[Chitram Bhalare Vichitram]]'' which was remade in Kannada as ''[[Bombat Hendthi]]'' (1992) and in Tamil as ''[[Aanazhagan]]'' (1995).

==Plot==
Dhananjay Mane ([[Ashok Saraf]]) is a street-smart salesman in a cosmetics store in [[Pune]] and is secretly in love with his employer, Madhuri ([[Ashwini Bhave]]). He is the tenant of a stingy landlord, Mr. Vishwas Sarpotdar ([[Sudhir Joshi]]), and is soon joined by his younger brother, Shantanu ([[Siddharth Ray]]), who is a [[Medicine|medical]] student. Though prohibited by Mr. Sarpotdar, Dhananjay and Shantanu allow their [[Kolhapur]]-based childhood friends, Sudhir ([[Maza Pati Karodpati|Sachin Pilgaonkar]]) and Parshuram ([[Laxmikant Berde]]), also known as Parshya, to secretly live with them as they both have come to Pune in search of jobs. Sudhir has been miserably disowned by his abusive uncle (Suhas Bhalekar) for his negligence towards job and income and participation in the village dances out of interest. Meanwhile, Parshya worked as a domestic worker for Chhaburao ([[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]]), a drama contractor, who fired him from his job after finding out that Parshya is in love with his daughter, Kamli ([[Priya Arun|Priya Arun Berde]]). One midnight, Dhananjay, Sudhir and Parshya insult Mr. Sarpotdar in a drunken state and are taken away from his house by Shantanu who arrives at the scene a little late. Enraged by his harassment, Mr. Sarpotdar orders the four friends to vacate the place within four days.

After several unsuccessful attempts in finding rented accommodation, Dhananjay and Shantanu finally come across the palatial house of a rich, old, kind and cataractic widow, Leelabai Kalbhor (Nayantara), who lives with her shrewd domestic worker, Tanu (Gulab Korgaonkar), and is often harassed for her money by her estranged nephew, Bali ([[Viju Khote]]). She is willing to rent some rooms at her house provided that her tenants are married couples. In a bid to comply with Leelabai's condition, Dhananjay and Shantanu have no other option but to force Sudhir and Parshya to dress as women and thus begins the comedy of errors; Parshya shaves off his moustache and transforms himself into "Parvati", Dhananjay's wife, while Sudhir transforms himself into "Sudha", Shantanu's wife. Shortly after the arrival of the four friends at Leelabai's residence as "married couples", Leelabai's niece, Manisha ([[Supriya Pilgaonkar]]), and her childhood friend, Sushma ([[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf|Nivedita Joshi Saraf]]), who is also coincidentally Shantanu's girlfriend from [[Miraj]], come to stay with Leelabai for some months.

Sudhir, now a successful [[Singing|singer]] and music educator, falls in love with Manisha and courts her in his original form, stating that he is the twin brother of Sudha and that he is disappointed with her marriage with Shantanu and is thus not on talking terms with both Sudha and Shantanu. On the other hand, Shantanu, having passed to become a successful doctor, cooks up a fake story of the deadly stomach cancer of Sudha in front of Sushma as she is deeply upset at his betrayal with her and his marriage with Sudha. Elsewhere, Parshya reunites with Kamli when she comes to Pune with Chhaburao's drama troupe and also shares the news of Parshya having become a successful playwright back in Kolhapur. Meanwhile, Madhuri is heartbroken to see Dhananjay married with Parvati during her visit at Leelabai's residence, but Dhananjay confides the truth in Madhuri through a letter and the two eventually confess their love for each other.

While the four friends develop a bond of motherly love with Leelabai, Tanu confides in Bali the truth about Parvati and Sudha's true identities after she notices Parshya's wig and Sudhir wearing earrings while jumping out from the window in his original form. Eventually, the four friends decide to leave Leelabai's house after finding a new accommodation with the help of Madhuri and stage a drama before Leelabai for their way out. However, in the process, they all are unfortunately exposed by Bali and three of his henchmen in front of Leelabai, Manisha and Sushma and are handed over to the police called in by Tanu. However, at the police station, Leelabai surprisingly disowns Bali as her nephew and absolves the four friends of their deception instead because she genuinely feels that the four friends staged the drama out of their desperate need for a roof over their heads and that their intention was not to steal from her or take advantage of her cataract and that they treated her only like their own mother if anything. Hence, Leelabai decides to take them all in as her own sons with the marriages of Dhananjay, Sudhir, Parshya and Shantanu with Madhuri, Manisha, Kamli and Sushma, respectively. The film ends with the all four newlywed couples taking a family photograph along with Leelabai.

==Cast==
* [[Ashok Saraf]] as Dhananjay Mane; Madhuri's lover-turned-husband, Shantanu's older brother, Sudhir and Parshya's childhood friend, Manisha's accquaintance, Sushma's brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Sarpotdar, and later, Leelabai's tenant
* [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] as Sudhir / Sudha Shantanu Mane (fake); Manisha's lover-turned-husband, Dhananjay, Parshya and Shantanu's childhood friend, Sushma's accquaintance, Mr. and Mrs. Sarpotdar, and later, Leelabai's tenant
* [[Laxmikant Berde]] as Parshuram (a.k.a. Parshya) / Parvati Dhananjay Mane (fake); Kamli's lover-turned-husband, Dhananjay, Sudhir and Shantanu's childhood friend, Manisha and Sushma's accquaintance, Mr. and Mrs. Sarpotdar, and later, Leelabai's tenant
* [[Siddharth Ray]] as Shantanu Mane; Sushma's lover-turned-husband, Dhananjay's younger brother, Sudhir and Parshya's childhood friend, Manisha's accquaintance, Madhuri's brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Sarpotdar, and later, Leelabai's tenant
* [[Ashwini Bhave]] as Madhuri Dhananjay Mane; Dhananjay's lover-turned-wife, Shantanu's sister-in-law
* [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]] as Manisha; Sudhir's lover-turned-wife, Sushma's childhood friend, Dhananjay, Parshya and Shantanu's accquaintance, Leelabai's niece
* [[Priya Arun|Priya Arun Berde]] as Kamli; Parshya's lover-turned-wife, Chhaburao's daughter
* [[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf|Nivedita Joshi Saraf]] as Sushma Shantanu Mane; Shantanu's lover-turned-wife, Manisha's childhood friend, Dhananjay's sister-in-law, Sudhir and Parshya's accquaintance
* Nayantara as Leelabai Kalbhor; Dhananjay, Sudhir, Parshya and Shantanu's landlady, Manisha's maternal and Bali's estranged paternal aunt, Tanu's mistress
* [[Viju Khote]] as Bali Kalbhor; Leelabai's estranged nephew, Tanu's accomplice
* [[Sudhir Joshi]] as Mr. Vishwas Sarpotdar; Mrs. Sarpotdar's husband, Dhananjay, Sudhir, Parshya and Shantanu's former landlord
* Lata Thatte as Mrs. Vishwas Sarpotdar; Mr. Sarpotdar's wife, Sudhir, Parshya and Shantanu's former landlady
* Gulab Korgaonkar as Tanu; Leelabai's domestic worker, Bali's accomplice
* [[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]] as Chhaburao; Kamli's father, Parshya's father-in-law and former employer
* Suhas Bhalekar as Sudhir's uncle
* Bipin Varti as Police Inspector
* Madhu Apte as Sudhir's visitor

==Soundtrack==
The lyrics were penned by Shantaram Nandgaonkar and Sudhir Moghe. Well known Marathi song ''Hridayi Vasant Phultana'' was sung by [[Anuradha Paudwal]], [[Suresh Wadkar]], [[Sudesh Bhosale]], Uttara Kelkar, [[Shailendra Singh (singer)|Shailendra Singh]], Amit Kumar, Suhasini, Aparna Mayekar and [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]].
=== Track Listing ===
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Performer (s)
| title1 = Hi Duniya Mayajaal Manuja Jaag Jara
| title2 = Banwa Banwi, Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi
| title3 = Ga Kunitari Yenar Yenar Ga
| title4 = Hridayi Vasant Phultana Premas Rang Yaave
}}

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0267277|Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi}}
* [http://www.marathimirchi.com/marathi/categories.php?cat_id=24 Movie Stills]

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[[Category:1980s Marathi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:Marathi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Marathi remakes of Hindi films]]
[[Category:1988 comedy films]]
[[Category:1988 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sachin (actor)]]

Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi

2023-09-29T09:39:00Z

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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]]
| producer = Kiran Shantaram
| writer = Vasant Sabnis
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Ashok Saraf]]
* [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]]
* [[Laxmikant Berde]]
* [[Siddharth Ray]]
* [[Ashwini Bhave]]
* [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]]
* [[Priya Arun|Priya Arun Berde]]
* [[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf|Nivedita Joshi Saraf]]
* Nayantara
* [[Viju Khote]]
* [[Sudhir Joshi]]
}}
| narrator =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = V. Shantaram Productions
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1988|09|23|df=y}}
| runtime = 156 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| budget =
| gross = [[Indian rupee|₹]]3 [[crore]]
}}
'''''Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi''''' (translation: ''This Is Being Street-Smart'') is a [[List of Marathi films of 1988|1988]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language [[comedy film]] written by Vasant Sabnis, directed by [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] and produced by Kiran Shantaram. Released in [[Maharashtra]] on 23 September 1988 and now considered to be a [[cult film]] in [[Marathi cinema]], the film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Ashok Saraf]], [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]], [[Laxmikant Berde]], [[Siddharth Ray]], [[Ashwini Bhave]], [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]], [[Priya Arun|Priya Arun Berde]], [[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf|Nivedita Joshi Saraf]], Nayantara, [[Viju Khote]] and [[Sudhir Joshi]].<ref>{{IMDb title|0267277}}</ref> The film revolves around four friends who are searching for rented accommodation when a landlady insists only on married couples, so two of the friends are forced to dress as women and pretend to be the wives of the other two. The film borrows the basic plot from the Hrishikesh Mukherjee's ''[[Biwi Aur Makan]]'' (1966) which was based on the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film ''Joy Maa Kali Boarding'',<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/photofeatures/laxmikant-berde-superhit-comedy-films-of-the-actor-you-should-not-</ref> and was remade in [[Kannada]] as ''Olu Saar Bari Olu'' (2003), in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Paying Guests]]'' (2009), in Punjabi as ''[[Mr & Mrs 420]]'' (2014) and in Bengali as ''[[Jio Pagla]]'' (2017).<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/KYhiSTqNNAPN9bzm8JlAhP/Ten-Marathi-films-remade-in-other-languages.html |title = Ten Marathi films remade in other languages|date = 11 September 2017}}</ref> The film was also an inspiration for the 1991 [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''[[Chitram Bhalare Vichitram]]'' which was remade in Kannada as ''[[Bombat Hendthi]]'' (1992) and in Tamil as ''[[Aanazhagan]]'' (1995).

==Plot==
Dhananjay Mane ([[Ashok Saraf]]) is a street-smart salesman in a cosmetics store in [[Pune]] and is secretly in love with his employer, Madhuri ([[Ashwini Bhave]]). He is the tenant of a stingy landlord, Mr. Vishwas Sarpotdar ([[Sudhir Joshi]]), and is soon joined by his younger brother, Shantanu ([[Siddharth Ray]]), who is a [[Medicine|medical]] student. Though prohibited by Mr. Sarpotdar, Dhananjay and Shantanu allow their [[Kolhapur]]-based childhood friends, Sudhir ([[Maza Pati Karodpati|Sachin Pilgaonkar]]) and Parshuram ([[Laxmikant Berde]]), also known as Parshya, to secretly live with them as they both have come to Pune in search of jobs. Sudhir has been miserably disowned by his abusive uncle (Suhas Bhalekar) for his negligence towards job and income and participation in the village dances out of interest. Meanwhile, Parshya worked as a domestic worker for Chhaburao ([[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]]), a drama contractor, who fired him from his job after finding out that Parshya is in love with his daughter, Kamli ([[Priya Arun|Priya Arun Berde]]). One midnight, Dhananjay, Sudhir and Parshya insult Mr. Sarpotdar in a drunken state and are taken away from his house by Shantanu who arrives at the scene a little late. Enraged by his harassment, Mr. Sarpotdar orders the four friends to vacate the place within four days.

After several unsuccessful attempts in finding rented accommodation, Dhananjay and Shantanu finally come across the palatial house of a rich, old, kind and cataractic widow, Leelabai Kalbhor (Nayantara), who lives with her shrewd domestic worker, Tanu (Gulab Korgaonkar), and is often harassed for her money by her estranged nephew, Bali ([[Viju Khote]]). She is willing to rent some rooms at her house provided that her tenants are married couples. In a bid to comply with Leelabai's condition, Dhananjay and Shantanu have no other option but to force Sudhir and Parshya to dress as women and thus begins the comedy of errors; Parshya shaves off his moustache and transforms himself into "Parvati", Dhananjay's wife, while Sudhir transforms himself into "Sudha", Shantanu's wife. Shortly after the arrival of the four friends at Leelabai's residence as "married couples", Leelabai's niece, Manisha ([[Supriya Pilgaonkar]]), and her childhood friend, Sushma ([[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf|Nivedita Joshi Saraf]]), who is also coincidentally Shantanu's girlfriend from [[Miraj]], come to stay with Leelabai for some months.

Sudhir, now a successful [[Singing|singer]] and music educator, falls in love with Manisha and courts her in his original form, stating that he is the twin brother of Sudha and that he is disappointed with her marriage with Shantanu and is thus not on talking terms with both Sudha and Shantanu. On the other hand, Shantanu, having passed to become a successful doctor, cooks up a fake story of the deadly stomach cancer of Sudha in front of Sushma as she is deeply upset at his betrayal with her and his marriage with Sudha. Elsewhere, Parshya reunites with Kamli when she comes to Pune with Chhaburao's drama troupe and also shares the news of Parshya having become a successful playwright back in Kolhapur. Meanwhile, Madhuri is heartbroken to see Dhananjay married with Parvati during her visit at Leelabai's residence, but Dhananjay confides the truth in Madhuri through a letter and the two eventually confess their love for each other.

While the four friends develop a bond of motherly love with Leelabai, Tanu confides in Bali the truth about Parvati and Sudha's true identities after she notices Parshya's wig and Sudhir wearing earrings while jumping out from the window in his original form. Eventually, the four friends decide to leave Leelabai's house after finding a new accommodation with the help of Madhuri and stage a drama before Leelabai for their way out. However, in the process, they all are unfortunately exposed by Bali and three of his henchmen in front of Leelabai, Manisha and Sushma and are handed over to the police called in by Tanu. However, at the police station, Leelabai surprisingly disowns Bali as her nephew and absolves the four friends of their deception instead because she genuinely feels that the four friends staged the drama out of their desperate need for a roof over their heads and that their intention was not to steal from her or take advantage of her cataract and that they treated her only like their own mother if anything. Hence, Leelabai decides to take them all in as her own sons with the marriages of Dhananjay, Sudhir, Parshya and Shantanu with Madhuri, Manisha, Kamli and Sushma, respectively. The film ends with the all four newlywed couples taking a family photograph along with Leelabai.

==Cast==
* [[Ashok Saraf]] as Dhananjay Mane; Madhuri's lover-turned-husband, Shantanu's older brother, Sudhir and Parshya's childhood friend, Manisha's accquaintance, Sushma's brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Sarpotdar, and later, Leelabai's tenant
* [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] as Sudhir / Sudha Shantanu Mane (fake); Manisha's lover-turned-husband, Dhananjay, Parshya and Shantanu's childhood friend, Sushma's accquaintance, Mr. and Mrs. Sarpotdar, and later, Leelabai's tenant
* [[Laxmikant Berde]] as Parshuram (a.k.a. Parshya) / Parvati Dhananjay Mane (fake); Kamli's lover-turned-husband, Dhananjay, Sudhir and Shantanu's childhood friend, Manisha and Sushma's accquaintance, Mr. and Mrs. Sarpotdar, and later, Leelabai's tenant
* [[Siddharth Ray]] as Shantanu Mane; Sushma's lover-turned-husband, Dhananjay's younger brother, Sudhir and Parshya's childhood friend, Manisha's accquaintance, Madhuri's brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Sarpotdar, and later, Leelabai's tenant
* [[Ashwini Bhave]] as Madhuri Dhananjay Mane; Dhananjay's lover-turned-wife, Shantanu's sister-in-law
* [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]] as Manisha; Sudhir's lover-turned-wife, Sushma's childhood friend, Dhananjay, Parshya and Shantanu's accquaintance, Leelabai's niece
* [[Priya Arun|Priya Arun Berde]] as Kamli; Parshya's lover-turned-wife, Chhaburao's daughter
* [[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf|Nivedita Joshi Saraf]] as Sushma Shantanu Mane; Shantanu's lover-turned-wife, Manisha's childhood friend, Dhananjay's sister-in-law, Sudhir and Parshya's accquaintance
* Nayantara as Leelabai Kalbhor; Dhananjay, Sudhir, Parshya and Shantanu's landlady, Manisha's maternal and Bali's estranged paternal aunt, Tanu's mistress
* [[Viju Khote]] as Bali Kalbhor; Leelabai's estranged nephew, Tanu's accomplice
* [[Sudhir Joshi]] as Mr. Vishwas Sarpotdar; Mrs. Sarpotdar's husband, Dhananjay, Sudhir, Parshya and Shantanu's former landlord
* Lata Thatte as Mrs. Vishwas Sarpotdar; Mr. Sarpotdar's wife, Sudhir, Parshya and Shantanu's former landlady
* Gulab Korgaonkar as Tanu; Leelabai's domestic worker, Bali's accomplice
* [[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]] as Chhaburao; Kamli's father, Parshya's ex-employer
* Suhas Bhalekar as Sudhir's uncle
* Bipin Varti as Police Inspector
* Madhu Apte as Sudhir's visitor

==Soundtrack==
The lyrics were penned by Shantaram Nandgaonkar and Sudhir Moghe. Well known Marathi song ''Hridayi Vasant Phultana'' was sung by [[Anuradha Paudwal]], [[Suresh Wadkar]], [[Sudesh Bhosale]], Uttara Kelkar, [[Shailendra Singh (singer)|Shailendra Singh]], Amit Kumar, Suhasini, Aparna Mayekar and [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]].
=== Track Listing ===
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Performer (s)
| title1 = Hi Duniya Mayajaal Manuja Jaag Jara
| title2 = Banwa Banwi, Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi
| title3 = Ga Kunitari Yenar Yenar Ga
| title4 = Hridayi Vasant Phultana Premas Rang Yaave
}}

==References==
<references />

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0267277|Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi}}
* [http://www.marathimirchi.com/marathi/categories.php?cat_id=24 Movie Stills]

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Majboor (1974 film)

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{{Infobox film
| name = Majboor
| image =
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| director = [[Ravi Tandon]]
| producer = Premji
| writer = [[Salim–Javed]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Amitabh Bachchan]] [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]] [[Pran]] [[Farida Jalal]] [[Sulochana Latkar]] [[Satyen Kappu]] [[Iftekhar]] [[Jagdish Raj]] [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]
| music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| cinematography =
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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]] and written by Salim-Javed. Released in [[India]] on 6 December 1974, the film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]], [[Pran]], [[Farida Jalal]], [[Sulochana Latkar]], [[Satyen Kappu]], [[Iftekhar]], [[Jagdish Raj]] and [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]. The music was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

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 film ''[[Jimmy (2008 film)|Jimmy]]''.

== Plot ==
Ravi Khanna ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is a middle-class travel agent living with his elderly mother ([[Sulochana Latkar]]), wheelchair-bound sister, Renu ([[Farida Jalal]]), and young brother, Billu (Alankar Joshi), and is also due to get married with his girlfriend, Neela Rajvansh ([[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]]). One rainy night, one of his clients, the wealthy Surendra Sinha ([[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]), visits Ravi's travel agency to pick up the tickets that have been reserved for him when Ravi notices a large [[emerald]] ring on his finger as Surendra Sinha impatiently taps on the counter. 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 the travel agency as Surendra Sinha was apparently abducted that night and his dead body was later shockingly recovered from a manhole. Ravi is innocent, but nervous as Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni are taking a keen interest in him since he is the last known person to have seen Surendra Sinha. The stress seems to be triggering severe headache attacks and Ravi undergoes a brain X-Ray. The shocking diagnosis is far more serious than tension as Ravi has a brain tumour that needs to be removed, while there is also no guarantee that he will not be blind or even paraplegic as the side-effects of the brain surgery. Ravi is aghast as he is the sole provider to his family and cannot contemplate a life where he becomes a dependent, so he leaves without making a decision when the choices are death and a life worse than death.

While he is aware of the fact that his brain tumour is set to consume him in six months, Ravi receives the interesting news of Surendra Sinha's grieving younger brother, Narendra Sinha ([[Satyen Kappu]]), having declared a handsome reward of five [[lakh]] [[Indian rupee|rupees]] for any information about his brother's killer. In a bid to secure his family's future, Ravi anonymously telephones Inspector Khurana at the police station and poses as an informer about Surendra Sinha's murder in a scheme to frame "himself" as the killer and collect the reward money for his family since he has nothing to lose and is going to die in six months anyway. Narendra Sinha is ready to pay out the reward after learning about the anonymous informer from Inspector Khurana. Acting upon the received information, Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni recover the evidence that has been created against himself by Ravi, who is soon arrested by them for the murder of Surendra Sinha and is sentenced to death by the [[Supreme Court of India]] for the crime, much to the consternation of his family and that of Neela. While Neela and Ravi's mother try to make some sense of Ravi's confession, also go to Narendra Sinha to beg for clemency, Ravi is in prison awaiting his execution and his another headache attack lands him up at the government hospital by Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni, where Ravi miraculously undergoes a successful brain surgery with no side-effects but is now a convicted criminal of abduction, ransom and murder.

Well-aware of having condemned himself to be hung for a murder he did not commit, a regretful Ravi realises that now the only way for him to escape the consequences of his ill-advised actions is to find the real murderer of Surendra Sinha. In a bid to save himself from going to the gallows, Ravi succeeds in escaping from the hospital in search of the real killer and is aided by Neela in his pursuit. In the process, Ravi investigates the significant ring of Surendra Sinha that could lead back to the killer and experiences the arrival of Michael D'Souza ([[Pran]]), a kind-hearted and happy-go-lucky small-time thief, from his own logical procedural thinking. Learning of Ravi's plight, Michael pledges to help him nab the real culprit after 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 happens to run into the murderer and sets up a meeting point by the riverside in the hills to settle the issue. The climax alternates between a grievously injured Michael holding the murderer at gunpoint and Ravi driving desperately to get a doctor back in time. In the end, the real killer of Surendra Sinha is surprisingly revealed to be his own brother, Narendra Sinha, but not without Michael paying a heavy price in managing to solve the mystery.

== Cast ==
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Ravi Khanna; Neela's lover-turned-husband, Mrs. Khanna's first child, Renu and Billu's older brother, Mr. Rajvansh's son-in-law, Michael's friend
* [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]] as Neela Rajvansh; Ravi's lover-turned-wife, Mr. Rajvansh's daughter, Mrs. Khanna's daughter-in-law, Renu and Billu's sister-in-law
* [[Pran]] as Michael D'Souza; Ravi's friend
* [[Farida Jalal]] as Renu Khanna; Mrs. Khanna's second child, Ravi's younger and Billu's older sister, Neela's sister-in-law
* [[Sulochana Latkar]] as Mrs. Khanna; Ravi, Renu and Billu's mother, Neela's mother-in-law
* [[Satyen Kappu]] as Narendra Sinha; Surendra Sinha's younger brother and murderer, Mona's brother-in-law and lover
* [[Iftekhar]] as CID Inspector Khurana; Inspector Kulkarni's employer
* [[Jagdish Raj]] as Inspector Kulkarni; Inspector Khurana's assistant
* [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] as Surendra Sinha; Narendra Sinha's older brother and murder victim, Mona's ex-husband
* [[Mac Mohan]] as Prakash; Michael's accomplice in theft
* [[Madan Puri]] as Mahipat Rai; Ravi's one-time accquaintance, Sulakshana's husband
* Sajjan as Dr. Shah; Ravi's doctor
* Alankar Joshi as Billu Khanna; Mrs. Khanna's third child, Ravi and Renu's younger brother, Neela's brother-in-law
* [[D. K. Sapru]] as Mr. Rajvansh; Neela's father, Ravi's father-in-law
* Shiv Kumar as Advocate Rane; Ravi's lawyer friend
* [[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]] as Sharma; Ravi's colleague
* [[K. N. Singh]] as Prosecuting Attorney
* [[Murad (actor)|Murad]] as [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] Judge
* Ashoo as Mona Surendra Sinha; Surendra Sinha's widow, Narendra Sinha's sister-in-law and lover
* 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}}

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Majboor (1974 film)

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| director = [[Ravi Tandon]]
| producer = Premji
| writer = [[Salim–Javed]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Amitabh Bachchan]] [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]] [[Pran]] [[Farida Jalal]] [[Sulochana Latkar]] [[Satyen Kappu]] [[Iftekhar]] [[Jagdish Raj]] [[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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| 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]] and written by Salim-Javed. Released in [[India]] on 6 December 1974, the film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]], [[Pran]], [[Farida Jalal]], [[Sulochana Latkar]], [[Satyen Kappu]], [[Iftekhar]], [[Jagdish Raj]] and [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]. The music was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

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 film ''[[Jimmy (2008 film)|Jimmy]]''.

== Plot ==
Ravi Khanna ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is a middle-class travel agent living with his elderly mother ([[Sulochana Latkar]]), wheelchair-bound sister, Renu ([[Farida Jalal]]), and young brother, Billu (Alankar Joshi), and is also due to get married with his girlfriend, Neela Rajvansh ([[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]]). One rainy night, one of his clients, the wealthy Surendra Sinha ([[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]), visits Ravi's travel agency to pick up the tickets that have been reserved for him when Ravi notices a large [[emerald]] ring on his finger as Surendra Sinha impatiently taps on the counter. 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 the travel agency as Surendra Sinha was apparently abducted that night and his dead body was later shockingly recovered from a manhole. Ravi is innocent, but nervous as Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni are taking a keen interest in him since he is the last known person to have seen Surendra Sinha. The stress seems to be triggering severe headache attacks and Ravi undergoes a brain X-Ray. The shocking diagnosis is far more serious than tension as Ravi has a brain tumour that needs to be removed, while there is also no guarantee that he will not be blind or even paraplegic as the side-effects of the brain surgery. Ravi is aghast as he is the sole provider to his family and cannot contemplate a life where he becomes a dependent, so he leaves without making a decision when the choices are death and a life worse than death.

While he is aware of the fact that his brain tumour is set to consume him in six months, Ravi receives the interesting news of Surendra Sinha's grieving younger brother, Narendra Sinha ([[Satyen Kappu]]), having declared a handsome reward of five [[lakh]] [[Indian rupee|rupees]] for any information about his brother's killer. In a bid to secure his family's future, Ravi anonymously telephones Inspector Khurana at the police station and poses as an informer about Surendra Sinha's murder in a scheme to frame "himself" as the killer and collect the reward money for his family since he has nothing to lose and is going to die in six months anyway. Narendra Sinha is ready to pay out the reward after learning about the anonymous informer from Inspector Khurana. Acting upon the received information, Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni recover the evidence that has been created against himself by Ravi, who is soon arrested by them for the murder of Surendra Sinha and is sentenced to death by the [[Supreme Court of India]] for the crime, much to the consternation of his family and that of Neela. While Neela and Ravi's mother try to make some sense of Ravi's confession, also go to Narendra Sinha to beg for clemency, Ravi is in prison awaiting his execution and his another headache attack lands him up at the government hospital by Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni, where Ravi miraculously undergoes a successful brain surgery with no side-effects but is now a convicted criminal of abduction, ransom and murder.

Well-aware of having condemned himself to be hung for a murder he did not commit, a regretful Ravi realises that now the only way for him to escape the consequences of his ill-advised actions is to find the real murderer of Surendra Sinha. In a bid to save himself from going to the gallows, Ravi succeeds in escaping from the hospital in search of the real killer and is aided by Neela in his pursuit. In the process, Ravi investigates the significant ring of Surendra Sinha that could lead back to the killer and experiences the arrival of Michael D'Souza ([[Pran]]), a kind-hearted and happy-go-lucky small-time thief, from his own logical procedural thinking. Learning of Ravi's plight, Michael pledges to help him nab the real culprit after 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 happens to run into the murderer and sets up a meeting point by the riverside in the hills to settle the issue. The climax alternates between a grievously injured Michael holding the murderer at gunpoint and Ravi driving desperately to get a doctor back in time. In the end, the real killer of Surendra Sinha is surprisingly revealed to be his own brother, Narendra Sinha, but not without Michael paying a heavy price in managing to solve the mystery.

== Cast ==
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Ravi Khanna
* [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]] as Neela Rajvansh
* [[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 [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] 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)

2023-09-29T09:23:27Z

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{{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]] [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]] [[Pran]] [[Farida Jalal]] [[Sulochana Latkar]] [[Satyen Kappu]] [[Iftekhar]] [[Jagdish Raj]] [[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]] and written by Salim-Javed. Released in [[India]] on 6 December 1974, the film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]], [[Pran]], [[Farida Jalal]], [[Sulochana Latkar]], [[Satyen Kappu]], [[Iftekhar]], [[Jagdish Raj]] and [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]. The music was composed by [[Laxmikant-Pyarelal]].

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 film ''[[Jimmy (2008 film)|Jimmy]]''.

== Plot ==
Ravi Khanna ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is a middle-class travel agent living with his elderly mother ([[Sulochana Latkar]]), wheelchair-bound sister, Renu ([[Farida Jalal]]), and young brother, Billu (Alankar Joshi), and is also due to get married with his girlfriend, Neela Rajvansh ([[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]]). One rainy night, one of his clients, the wealthy Surendra Sinha ([[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]), visits Ravi's travel agency to pick up the tickets that have been reserved for him when Ravi notices a large [[emerald]] ring on his finger as Surendra Sinha impatiently taps on the counter. 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 the travel agency as Surendra Sinha was apparently abducted that night and his dead body was later shockingly recovered from a manhole. Ravi is innocent, but nervous as Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni are taking a keen interest in him since he is the last known person to have seen Surendra Sinha. The stress seems to be triggering severe headache attacks and Ravi undergoes a brain X-Ray. The shocking diagnosis is far more serious than tension as Ravi has a brain tumour that needs to be removed, while there is also no guarantee that he will not be blind or even paraplegic as the side-effects of the brain surgery. Ravi is aghast as he is the sole provider to his family and cannot contemplate a life where he becomes a dependent, so he leaves without making a decision when the choices are death and a life worse than death.

While he is aware of the fact that his brain tumour is set to consume him in six months, Ravi receives the interesting news of Surendra Sinha's grieving younger brother, Narendra Sinha ([[Satyen Kappu]]), having declared a handsome reward of five [[lakh]] [[Indian rupee|rupees]] for any information about his brother's killer. In a bid to secure his family's future, Ravi anonymously telephones Inspector Khurana at the police station and poses as an informer about Surendra Sinha's murder in a scheme to frame "himself" as the killer and collect the reward money for his family since he has nothing to lose and is going to die in six months anyway. Narendra Sinha is ready to pay out the reward after learning about the anonymous informer from Inspector Khurana. Acting upon the received information, Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni recover the evidence that has been created against himself by Ravi, who is soon arrested by them for the murder of Surendra Sinha and is sentenced to death by the [[Supreme Court of India]] for the crime, much to the consternation of his family and that of Neela. While Neela and Ravi's mother try to make some sense of Ravi's confession, also go to Narendra Sinha to beg for clemency, Ravi is in prison awaiting his execution and his another headache attack lands him up at the government hospital by Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni, where Ravi miraculously undergoes a successful brain surgery with no side-effects but is now a convicted criminal of abduction, ransom and murder.

Well-aware of having condemned himself to be hung for a murder he did not commit, a regretful Ravi realises that now the only way for him to escape the consequences of his ill-advised actions is to find the real murderer of Surendra Sinha. In a bid to save himself from going to the gallows, Ravi succeeds in escaping from the hospital in search of the real killer and is aided by Neela in his pursuit. In the process, Ravi investigates the significant ring of Surendra Sinha that could lead back to the killer and experiences the arrival of Michael D'Souza ([[Pran]]), a kind-hearted and happy-go-lucky small-time thief, from his own logical procedural thinking. Learning of Ravi's plight, Michael pledges to help him nab the real culprit after 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 happens to run into the murderer and sets up a meeting point by the riverside in the hills to settle the issue. The climax alternates between a grievously injured Michael holding the murderer at gunpoint and Ravi driving desperately to get a doctor back in time. In the end, the real killer of Surendra Sinha is surprisingly revealed to be his own brother, Narendra Sinha, but not without Michael paying a heavy price in managing to solve the mystery.

== Cast ==
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Ravi Khanna
* [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]] as Neela Rajvansh
* [[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 [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] 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)

2023-09-29T09:22:38Z

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{{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]] [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]] [[Pran]] [[Farida Jalal]] [[Sulochana Latkar]] [[Satyen Kappu]] [[Iftekhar]] [[Jagdish Raj]] [[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]] and written by Salim-Javed. Released in [[India]] on 6 December 1974, the film stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]], [[Pran]], [[Farida Jalal]], [[Sulochana Latkar]], [[Satyen Kappu]], [[Iftekhar]], [[Jagdish Raj]] and [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]].

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 film ''[[Jimmy (2008 film)|Jimmy]]''.

== Plot ==
Ravi Khanna ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is a middle-class travel agent living with his elderly mother ([[Sulochana Latkar]]), wheelchair-bound sister, Renu ([[Farida Jalal]]), and young brother, Billu (Alankar Joshi), and is also due to get married with his girlfriend, Neela Rajvansh ([[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]]). One rainy night, one of his clients, the wealthy Surendra Sinha ([[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]), visits Ravi's travel agency to pick up the tickets that have been reserved for him when Ravi notices a large [[emerald]] ring on his finger as Surendra Sinha impatiently taps on the counter. 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 the travel agency as Surendra Sinha was apparently abducted that night and his dead body was later shockingly recovered from a manhole. Ravi is innocent, but nervous as Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni are taking a keen interest in him since he is the last known person to have seen Surendra Sinha. The stress seems to be triggering severe headache attacks and Ravi undergoes a brain X-Ray. The shocking diagnosis is far more serious than tension as Ravi has a brain tumour that needs to be removed, while there is also no guarantee that he will not be blind or even paraplegic as the side-effects of the brain surgery. Ravi is aghast as he is the sole provider to his family and cannot contemplate a life where he becomes a dependent, so he leaves without making a decision when the choices are death and a life worse than death.

While he is aware of the fact that his brain tumour is set to consume him in six months, Ravi receives the interesting news of Surendra Sinha's grieving younger brother, Narendra Sinha ([[Satyen Kappu]]), having declared a handsome reward of five [[lakh]] [[Indian rupee|rupees]] for any information about his brother's killer. In a bid to secure his family's future, Ravi anonymously telephones Inspector Khurana at the police station and poses as an informer about Surendra Sinha's murder in a scheme to frame "himself" as the killer and collect the reward money for his family since he has nothing to lose and is going to die in six months anyway. Narendra Sinha is ready to pay out the reward after learning about the anonymous informer from Inspector Khurana. Acting upon the received information, Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni recover the evidence that has been created against himself by Ravi, who is soon arrested by them for the murder of Surendra Sinha and is sentenced to death by the [[Supreme Court of India]] for the crime, much to the consternation of his family and that of Neela. While Neela and Ravi's mother try to make some sense of Ravi's confession, also go to Narendra Sinha to beg for clemency, Ravi is in prison awaiting his execution and his another headache attack lands him up at the government hospital by Inspector Khurana and Inspector Kulkarni, where Ravi miraculously undergoes a successful brain surgery with no side-effects but is now a convicted criminal of abduction, ransom and murder.

Well-aware of having condemned himself to be hung for a murder he did not commit, a regretful Ravi realises that now the only way for him to escape the consequences of his ill-advised actions is to find the real murderer of Surendra Sinha. In a bid to save himself from going to the gallows, Ravi succeeds in escaping from the hospital in search of the real killer and is aided by Neela in his pursuit. In the process, Ravi investigates the significant ring of Surendra Sinha that could lead back to the killer and experiences the arrival of Michael D'Souza ([[Pran]]), a kind-hearted and happy-go-lucky small-time thief, from his own logical procedural thinking. Learning of Ravi's plight, Michael pledges to help him nab the real culprit after 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 happens to run into the murderer and sets up a meeting point by the riverside in the hills to settle the issue. The climax alternates between a grievously injured Michael holding the murderer at gunpoint and Ravi driving desperately to get a doctor back in time. In the end, the real killer of Surendra Sinha is surprisingly revealed to be his own brother, Narendra Sinha, but not without Michael paying a heavy price in managing to solve the mystery.

== Cast ==
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Ravi Khanna
* [[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]] as Neela Rajvansh
* [[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 [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] 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]]