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{{Infobox film
| name = Raftaar
| image = Raftaar.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = DVD Cover
| director = {{ubl|[[Dinesh-Ramanesh]]|[[Ramesh Puri]]}}
| producer = S. I. Shivdasani
| writer = Rajvansh
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Vinod Mehra]]|[[Moushumi Chatterjee]]|[[Danny Denzongpa]]|[[Ranjeet]]|[[Madan Puri]]}}
| music = [[Sonik Omi]]
| cinematography = Chaman Kadalbaju
| editing = Govind Dalwadi
| studio = Chitrashala
| distributor =
| released = 1975
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Raftaar''''' (Speed) is a [[Bollywood films of 1975|1975]] [[Bollywood]] action [[drama film]] directed by Dinesh-Ramanesh and produced by S. I. Shivdasani.<ref name="Ojha1988">{{cite book|last=Ojha|first=Rajendra |title=Screen World Publication's 75 Glorious Years of Indian Cinema: Complete Filmography of All Films (silent & Hindi) Produced Between 1913-1988|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q7UEAQAAIAAJ|access-date=21 November 2015|year=1988|publisher=Screen World Publication|page=285}}</ref><ref name=Gomolo>{{cite web|title=Cast and Crew Raftaar (1975)|url=http://www.gomolo.com/raftar-movie-cast-crew/4705|website=gomolo.com|publisher=Gomolo|access-date=21 November 2015}}</ref> Its music was composed by the music directing duo [[Sonik Omi]]. The story writer was Rajvansh, while screenplay and dialogues were by K. B. Pathak. The lyricists were [[Verma Malik]], Omkar Verma and Abhilash.<ref name=MySwar>{{cite web|title=Raftaar (1975)|url=http://myswar.com/album/raftaar-1975|website=myswar.com|publisher=MySwar|access-date=21 November 2015}}</ref> [[Vinod Mehra]] was cast in the main role as Vikram. Mehra had started his career in Roop K. Shorey's ''[[Ek Thi Reeta]]'' (1971) and became an established star following ''[[Anuraag (1973 film)|Anuraag]]'' (1973); ''Raftaar'' was noted as one of his prominent films in the 1970s.<ref name="Raj2009">{{cite book|last=Raj|first=Ashok |title=Hero Vol.2|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2wo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT103|access-date=21 November 2015|date=1 November 2009|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-03-6|pages=103–|chapter=Vinod Mehra: The Ever-smiling, Chocolate-faced Hero}}</ref> The cast included [[Moushumi Chatterjee]], [[Danny Denzongpa]], [[Madan Puri]], [[Ranjeet]], Arpana Chowdhary and Jankidas.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Raftaar|url=http://www.citwf.com/film286263.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|access-date=21 November 2015}}</ref>

''Raftaar'' was a romantic action thriller film with drama. It involves a young city man sent to a village to work. He falls in love with a village girl who dies, but mysteriously reappears in his life under another identity.

The film was given a three star rating, with its music by Sonik Omi cited as being "good".<ref name="Collections">{{cite book|title=Collections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ|access-date=21 November 2015|year=1991|publisher=Update Video Publication}}</ref>

==Plot==
Rani ([[Moushumi Chatterjee]]) is a village girl living with her ever-grumbling step-mother (Lalita Kumari) and father ([[Jankidas]]). At the start of the film, she is shown playing [[kabaddi]] with other girls. They trouble the village simpleton Banelal (Birbal) and are reprimanded by his father ([[Sunder (actor)|Sunder]]). While trying to get water from the village well, Rani slips and falls inside. Vikram (Vinod Mehra), who works for Pramod Kumar (Danny Denzongpa) as a manager is sent to the village to get some job done. He stops to fill water in his car, which has heated up and helps Rani by pulling her out of the well. Vikram falls in love with her and promises to marry her when he saves her from committing suicide to avoid an arranged marriage.

Kumar arrives at the village and demands that his housekeeper to get Rani for him. He sends Vikram to the city on some pretext and rapes Rani. Rani is seen jumping into the river by the housekeeper. However, she is saved by a kind-hearted Christian gentleman Jackson ([[Madan Puri]]), who has lost his daughter, Rita, several years ago.

Vikram gets implicated in some wrongdoing and is sent to prison for a year. On his return, he finds Kumar attempting to rape another girl and gets hurt in the fight. He is found unconscious by some gypsies who care for him. He then helps a young woman, Radha (Arpana Chaudhary) and her child, in search of her husband, and shifts to the city. Kumar spots Rani who is now pretending to be Rita and discovers her identity when he hears her sing at a function.

Rita/Rani is after revenge and pretends to be friendly with Kumar. Following some fight scenes and melodramatic moments, Kumar repents when he finds he has a son, and goes to jail. Vikram and Rani get together.

==Cast==
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
*[[Vinod Mehra]] as Vikram
*[[Moushumi Chatterjee]] as Rani / Rita
*[[Danny Denzongpa]] as Pramod Kumar
*[[Ranjeet]] as Chandu Banjara
*[[Madan Puri]] as Jackson (Rita's Father)
*[[Sunder (actor)|Sunder]] as Bankelal's Father
*[[Mohan Choti]] as Sakharam
*[[Birbal]] as Bankelal
*[[Jankidas]] as Rani's Father
*[[Lalita Kumari]] as Rani's Step-mother
*[[Arpana Choudhary]] as Radha (Pramod's Wife)
{{div col end}}

==Soundtrack==
The music composers were [[Sonik Omi]].<ref name="Booth">{{cite book|last= Booth|first=Gregory D.|title=Behind the Curtain : Making Music in Mumbai's Film Studios: Making Music in Mumbai's Film Studios|url=https://archive.org/details/behindcurtainmak00boot|url-access= registration|access-date=21 November 2015|date=15 September 2008|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-971665-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/behindcurtainmak00boot/page/109 109]–}}</ref> The songs were written by three lyricists, [[Verma Malik]], [[Omkar Verma]] and [[Abhilash]], with playback singing provided by [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Mohammed Rafi]] and [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]. The film had one of the rare duets by [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]] and [[Asha Bhosle]] "Sansaar Hai Ek Nadiya", picturised on [[Madan Puri]] and [[Moushumi Chatterjee]]. "Aaj Na Bachke Jaayega Tu" sung by [[Asha Bhosle]], was filmed on dancer Katy Irani. "Main Teri Heer Hoon" by [[Mohammed Rafi]] and [[Asha Bhosle]] is also considered as one of the gems with superb music by [[Sonik Omi]].

===Song list===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Sansar Hai Ek Nadiya, Dukh Sukh Do Kinare Hai"
| [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]
|-
| "Main Teri Heer Hoon, Teri Taqdeer Hoon"
| [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Naari Jeevan Bhi Kya Jeevan Hai"
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| "Yeh Kaisi Lagi Agan, Jale Badan"
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| "Loota Hai Tune Mujhe, Chhodungi Na Main Tujhe"
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0431350|title=Raftaar}}

[[Category:1975 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Sonik-Omi]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1970s action drama films]]
[[Category:1975 drama films]]

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