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* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Ravi Khanna | * [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Ravi Khanna | ||
* Parveen Babi as Neela | * Parveen Babi as Neela | ||
* [[Pran]] as Michael D'Souza | * [[Pran]] as Michael D'Souza | ||
* [[Farida Jalal]] as Renu Khanna (Ravi's sister) | |||
* [[Farida Jalal]] as Renu Khanna (Ravi's sister) | |||
* [[Sulochana Latkar]] as Mrs. Khanna (Ravi's mother) | * [[Sulochana Latkar]] as Mrs. Khanna (Ravi's mother) | ||
* [[ | * [[Satyen Kappu]] as Narendra Sinha | ||
* [[Mac Mohan]] as Prakash ( | * [[Iftekhar]] as CID Inspector Khurana | ||
* [[Madan Puri]] as Mahipat Rai | * [[Jagdish Raj]] as Inspector Kulkarni | ||
* Alankar Joshi as Billu Khanna (Ravi's | * [[Mac Mohan]] as Prakash | ||
* D.K. Sapru as Mr. Rajvansh (Neela's father) | * [[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) | * Shiv Kumar as Advocate Rane (Ravi's friend) | ||
* [[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]] as Sharma (Ravi's colleague) | |||
* [[K. N. Singh]] as Prosecuting Attorney | |||
* [[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]] as Ravi's colleague | * [[Murad (actor)|Murad]] as Judge | ||
* | * Ashoo as Mona Sinha (Surendra Sinha's widow) | ||
* [[Murad (actor)|Murad]] as Judge | * Lalita Kumari as Sulakshana Rai (Mahipat Rai's wife) | ||
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==Soundtrack== | ==Soundtrack== | ||
Revision as of 12:20, 28 June 2023
| Majboor | |
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| Directed by | Ravi Tandon |
| Produced by | Premji |
| Written by | Salim–Javed |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan Parveen Babi Pran Farida Jalal Sulochana Latkar Satyen Kappu Iftekhar Jagdish Raj Mac Mohan Rehman |
| Music by | Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
| Distributed by |
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Release date | 6 December 1974 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Majboor (translation: Compelled) is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language 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 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 by director K. Raghavendra Rao as Raja (1976) starring Shobhan Babu and Jayasudha. It was also remade in Tamil as Naan Vazhavaippen (1979) with Sivaji Ganeshan and K. R. Vijaya , in Gujarati as Naseeb No Khel (1982) and in Malayalam as Ee Kaikalil (1986).[1] The movie was also an inspiration for the 2008 movie 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), 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 ₹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 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 as Sharma (Ravi's colleague)
- K. N. Singh as Prosecuting Attorney
- Murad as Judge
- Ashoo as Mona Sinha (Surendra Sinha's widow)
- Lalita Kumari as Sulakshana Rai (Mahipat Rai's wife)
Soundtrack
| # | 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.[2]
Awards and nominations
- Filmfare Supporting Actor Nomination--Pran
- Filmfare Supporting Actress Nomination--Farida Jalal[3]
References
- ↑ Ramachandran, Naman, Rajnikanth: The Definitive Biography. India: Penguin Books (2012).
- ↑ Box Office India Archived 22 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/366907.cms[permanent dead link]