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Ravi Khanna ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is a middle-class travel agent leading a simple life with his elderly mother ([[Sulochana Latkar]]), wheelchair-bound sister, Renu ([[Farida Jalal]]), and young brother, Billu (Alankar Joshi), while his girlfriend, Neela Rajvansh ([[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]]), is the only daughter of a wealthy businessman ([[D. K. Sapru]]). One fine day, Ravi's travel agency is visited by two detectives, CID Inspector Khurana ([[Iftekhar]]) and Inspector Kulkarni ([[Jagdish Raj]]), for interrogation regarding the disappearance of a man, Surendra Sinha ([[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]), who was last seen visiting Ravi's travel agency and was later apparently kidnapped. A flashback shows that Surendra Sinha had come in late on a rainy night, just before closing, to pick up the tickets that had been reserved for him, when Ravi had noticed a large emerald ring on Surendra Sinha's finger as the latter had impatiently tapped the counter while Ravi looked for the ticket. After leaving the premises, there was not a single taxi to be seen by Ravi as it had been raining heavily and that is when Surendra Sinha had offered Ravi a lift in his car till the crossroads near Ravi's house. In the present, Ravi is horrified to learn from Khurana that Surendra Sinha's dead body has been just recovered from a gutter, and it is evident that he was murdered the same night he was kidnapped, which is why no one had come forward to claim the initial ransom demand. | Ravi Khanna ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) is a middle-class travel agent leading a simple life with his elderly mother ([[Sulochana Latkar]]), wheelchair-bound sister, Renu ([[Farida Jalal]]), and young brother, Billu (Alankar Joshi), while his girlfriend, Neela Rajvansh ([[Shaan (1980 film)|Parveen Babi]]), is the only daughter of a wealthy businessman ([[D. K. Sapru]]). One fine day, Ravi's travel agency is visited by two detectives, CID Inspector Khurana ([[Iftekhar]]) and Inspector Kulkarni ([[Jagdish Raj]]), for interrogation regarding the disappearance of a man, Surendra Sinha ([[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]), who was last seen visiting Ravi's travel agency and was later apparently kidnapped. A flashback shows that Surendra Sinha had come in late on a rainy night, just before closing, to pick up the tickets that had been reserved for him, when Ravi had noticed a large emerald ring on Surendra Sinha's finger as the latter had impatiently tapped the counter while Ravi looked for the ticket. After leaving the premises, there was not a single taxi to be seen by Ravi as it had been raining heavily and that is when Surendra Sinha had offered Ravi a lift in his car till the crossroads near Ravi's house. In the present, Ravi is horrified to learn from Khurana that Surendra Sinha's dead body has been just recovered from a gutter, and it is evident that he was murdered the same night he was kidnapped, which is why no one had come forward to claim the initial ransom demand. | ||
Despite Khurana's reassurance that it is quite a routine matter, Ravi is nervous and taken aback for Khurana and Kulkarni taking a keen interest in him since he is the last known person to have seen Surendra Sinha. | Despite Khurana's reassurance that it is quite a routine matter, Ravi is nervous and taken aback for Khurana and Kulkarni 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 intense headaches and Ravi ends up at the place of Dr. Shah (Sajjan), where he explains that he has had minor headaches earlier which he had ignored, but the pain has now intensified these past few days. After being sent by Dr. Shah for a brain X-Ray, the shocking diagnosis is far more serious than tension as Ravi has a brain tumour that needs to be removed and if not, will cause his death in six months, while there is no guarantee that he will not be blind over even paraplegic as the outcome. Ravi is aghast as he is the sole provider to his family and cannot contemplate a life where he becomes a burden on them, so he leaves without making a decision when the choices are death and a life worse than death. Ravi returns home, deep in thought, and his family's affection and their implicit trust in his ability to take care of them only serve to increase his conflict. | ||
The next morning, at work, Ravi receives the interesting news of Surendra Sinha's grieving younger brother, Narendra Sinha ([[Satyen Kappu]]), having announced a handsome reward of five [[lakh]] [[Indian rupee|rupees]] for any information about his brother's killer. In an effort to better his family's financial conditions after him, Ravi telephones Khurana at the police station without revealing his identity and poses as an informer about Surendra Sinha's murder, in a scheme to frame "himself" as the murderer and collect the reward money for his family, believing that he has nothing to lose and is going to die in six months nevertheless. | The next morning, at work, Ravi receives the interesting news of Surendra Sinha's grieving younger brother, Narendra Sinha ([[Satyen Kappu]]), having announced a handsome reward of five [[lakh]] [[Indian rupee|rupees]] for any information about his brother's killer. In an effort to better his family's financial conditions after him, Ravi telephones Khurana at the police station without revealing his identity and poses as an informer about Surendra Sinha's murder, in a scheme to frame "himself" as the murderer and collect the reward money for his family, believing that he has nothing to lose and is going to die in six months nevertheless. Surendra Sinha's brother, Narendra Sinha, is ready to pay out the reward after learning about the anonymous informer from Khurana. Acting upon the received information, Khurana and Kulkarni recover the evidence that Ravi has created against himself and it is sent to the laboratory for fingerprint testing. Soon, Ravi is arrested by Kulkarni for the murder of Surendra Sinha and is sentenced to death for the crime by the [[Supreme Court of India]], 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 approach Narendra Sinha to beg for clemency, Ravi's another intense headache in prison results in him being rushed to the government hospital by Khurana and Kulkarni, where, serendipitously, Ravi undergoes a successful brain surgery with no side-effects. Well-aware of having condemned himself to be hung for a murder he did not commit, a repentant Ravi realises that the only way for him to escape the consequences of his ill-advised actions is to now find the real murderer of Surendra Sinha. In an attempt 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. As part of his mission, 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. On learning of Ravi's plight, Michael pledges to help Ravi nab the real culprit as he is the sole witness to Surendra Sinha's murder. On the fateful rainy night, Michael had threatened the driver of a car at gunpoint and had grabbed the same costly ring from him, unmindful of the fact that it belonged to the already dead Surendra Sinha on the backseat. | |||
Despite Michael's endeavour to identify the murderer, his friend and accomplice, Prakash ([[Mac Mohan]]), a black market dealer, advises Michael to sell out Ravi to Narendra Sinha as Surendra Sinha's murderer in exchange of the reward money. Michael now takes Prakash's advice and meets with Narendra Sinha at his mansion to strike the deal, where he is, however, shocked to identify Narendra Sinha as the driver of the car, whom he had threated at gunpoint and robbed Surendra Sinha's ring from. Realising that the killer of Surendra Sinha is none other than his own brother, Narendra Sinha, Michael claims to be knowing the truth of his crime when Narendra Sinha admits that Surendra Sinha's wife, Mona (Ashoo), had an extramarital affair with him which Surendra Sinha discovered and banished him from his mansion. An offended Narendra Sinha immediately retaliated by smashing glass bottles on Surendra Sinha's head, killing him due to head injuries. After taking Surendra Sinha's dead body far away from his mansion in his car and throwing it off inside the gutter, Narendra Sinha faked Surendra Sinha's kidnapping and announced the reward money in an attempt to cover up his crime. | |||
Upon learning this, Michael sets up the meeting point of an abandoned, ramshackle wooden cottage by the riverside in the hills of [[Maharashtra]] to settle the issue. Before the meeting, Michael visits Ravi's house to find out the reason behind his unusual actions, where he comes to terms with humanity instead on noticing Ravi's sister, Renu, lament Ravi's tragic separation from them and promises to bring back the smiles of the family. At the meeting point, Ravi and Neela meet up with Michael to learn the identity of the murderer, but are later horrified to witness Narendra Sinha shooting Michael fatally in the stomach thrice. Nevertheless, the grievously injured and slowly dying Michael holds Narendra Sinha at gunpoint downright and confesses about his crime to Ravi, who immediately leaves Neela to hold the fort and drives desperately to bring a doctor back in time. While on his way back with a doctor, Ravi also leads Kulkarni and the police to the scene and meets with Narendra Sinha in a clash while Michael is attended by Neela, the doctor and the police. Michael gives Kulkarni his testimony regarding Ravi's innocence and Narendra Sinha's crime and breathes his last in Ravi's arms. As a result, Narendra Sinha is arrested and charged for both Surendra Sinha and Michael's murders and Ravi walks out a free man. The film ends with the funeral of Michael when his promise of bringing back the smiles on Ravi's family is recalled. | |||
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| 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 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 and written by Salim-Javed. Released in India on 6 December 1974, the film stars an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Pran, Farida Jalal, Sulochana Latkar, Satyen Kappu, Iftekhar, Jagdish Raj and Rehman. The music was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.
The film is loosely inspired by two English films 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, 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 film was also an inspiration for the 2008 film Jimmy.
Plot
Ravi Khanna (Amitabh Bachchan) is a middle-class travel agent leading a simple life with his elderly mother (Sulochana Latkar), wheelchair-bound sister, Renu (Farida Jalal), and young brother, Billu (Alankar Joshi), while his girlfriend, Neela Rajvansh (Parveen Babi), is the only daughter of a wealthy businessman (D. K. Sapru). One fine day, Ravi's travel agency is visited by two detectives, CID Inspector Khurana (Iftekhar) and Inspector Kulkarni (Jagdish Raj), for interrogation regarding the disappearance of a man, Surendra Sinha (Rehman), who was last seen visiting Ravi's travel agency and was later apparently kidnapped. A flashback shows that Surendra Sinha had come in late on a rainy night, just before closing, to pick up the tickets that had been reserved for him, when Ravi had noticed a large emerald ring on Surendra Sinha's finger as the latter had impatiently tapped the counter while Ravi looked for the ticket. After leaving the premises, there was not a single taxi to be seen by Ravi as it had been raining heavily and that is when Surendra Sinha had offered Ravi a lift in his car till the crossroads near Ravi's house. In the present, Ravi is horrified to learn from Khurana that Surendra Sinha's dead body has been just recovered from a gutter, and it is evident that he was murdered the same night he was kidnapped, which is why no one had come forward to claim the initial ransom demand.
Despite Khurana's reassurance that it is quite a routine matter, Ravi is nervous and taken aback for Khurana and Kulkarni 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 intense headaches and Ravi ends up at the place of Dr. Shah (Sajjan), where he explains that he has had minor headaches earlier which he had ignored, but the pain has now intensified these past few days. After being sent by Dr. Shah for a brain X-Ray, the shocking diagnosis is far more serious than tension as Ravi has a brain tumour that needs to be removed and if not, will cause his death in six months, while there is no guarantee that he will not be blind over even paraplegic as the outcome. Ravi is aghast as he is the sole provider to his family and cannot contemplate a life where he becomes a burden on them, so he leaves without making a decision when the choices are death and a life worse than death. Ravi returns home, deep in thought, and his family's affection and their implicit trust in his ability to take care of them only serve to increase his conflict.
The next morning, at work, Ravi receives the interesting news of Surendra Sinha's grieving younger brother, Narendra Sinha (Satyen Kappu), having announced a handsome reward of five lakh rupees for any information about his brother's killer. In an effort to better his family's financial conditions after him, Ravi telephones Khurana at the police station without revealing his identity and poses as an informer about Surendra Sinha's murder, in a scheme to frame "himself" as the murderer and collect the reward money for his family, believing that he has nothing to lose and is going to die in six months nevertheless. Surendra Sinha's brother, Narendra Sinha, is ready to pay out the reward after learning about the anonymous informer from Khurana. Acting upon the received information, Khurana and Kulkarni recover the evidence that Ravi has created against himself and it is sent to the laboratory for fingerprint testing. Soon, Ravi is arrested by Kulkarni for the murder of Surendra Sinha and is sentenced to death for the crime by the Supreme Court of India, 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 approach Narendra Sinha to beg for clemency, Ravi's another intense headache in prison results in him being rushed to the government hospital by Khurana and Kulkarni, where, serendipitously, Ravi undergoes a successful brain surgery with no side-effects. Well-aware of having condemned himself to be hung for a murder he did not commit, a repentant Ravi realises that the only way for him to escape the consequences of his ill-advised actions is to now find the real murderer of Surendra Sinha. In an attempt 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. As part of his mission, 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. On learning of Ravi's plight, Michael pledges to help Ravi nab the real culprit as he is the sole witness to Surendra Sinha's murder. On the fateful rainy night, Michael had threatened the driver of a car at gunpoint and had grabbed the same costly ring from him, unmindful of the fact that it belonged to the already dead Surendra Sinha on the backseat.
Despite Michael's endeavour to identify the murderer, his friend and accomplice, Prakash (Mac Mohan), a black market dealer, advises Michael to sell out Ravi to Narendra Sinha as Surendra Sinha's murderer in exchange of the reward money. Michael now takes Prakash's advice and meets with Narendra Sinha at his mansion to strike the deal, where he is, however, shocked to identify Narendra Sinha as the driver of the car, whom he had threated at gunpoint and robbed Surendra Sinha's ring from. Realising that the killer of Surendra Sinha is none other than his own brother, Narendra Sinha, Michael claims to be knowing the truth of his crime when Narendra Sinha admits that Surendra Sinha's wife, Mona (Ashoo), had an extramarital affair with him which Surendra Sinha discovered and banished him from his mansion. An offended Narendra Sinha immediately retaliated by smashing glass bottles on Surendra Sinha's head, killing him due to head injuries. After taking Surendra Sinha's dead body far away from his mansion in his car and throwing it off inside the gutter, Narendra Sinha faked Surendra Sinha's kidnapping and announced the reward money in an attempt to cover up his crime.
Upon learning this, Michael sets up the meeting point of an abandoned, ramshackle wooden cottage by the riverside in the hills of Maharashtra to settle the issue. Before the meeting, Michael visits Ravi's house to find out the reason behind his unusual actions, where he comes to terms with humanity instead on noticing Ravi's sister, Renu, lament Ravi's tragic separation from them and promises to bring back the smiles of the family. At the meeting point, Ravi and Neela meet up with Michael to learn the identity of the murderer, but are later horrified to witness Narendra Sinha shooting Michael fatally in the stomach thrice. Nevertheless, the grievously injured and slowly dying Michael holds Narendra Sinha at gunpoint downright and confesses about his crime to Ravi, who immediately leaves Neela to hold the fort and drives desperately to bring a doctor back in time. While on his way back with a doctor, Ravi also leads Kulkarni and the police to the scene and meets with Narendra Sinha in a clash while Michael is attended by Neela, the doctor and the police. Michael gives Kulkarni his testimony regarding Ravi's innocence and Narendra Sinha's crime and breathes his last in Ravi's arms. As a result, Narendra Sinha is arrested and charged for both Surendra Sinha and Michael's murders and Ravi walks out a free man. The film ends with the funeral of Michael when his promise of bringing back the smiles on Ravi's family is recalled.
Cast
- Amitabh Bachchan as Ravi Khanna
- Parveen Babi as Neela Rajvansh
- Pran as Michael D'Souza
- Farida Jalal as Renu Khanna (Ravi's younger sister)
- Sulochana Latkar as Mrs. Khanna (Ravi's mother)
- Satyen Kappu as Narendra Sinha
- Iftekhar as CID Inspector Khurana
- Jagdish Raj as Inspector Kulkarni
- Rehman as Surendra Sinha
- Mac Mohan as Prakash (Michael's friend)
- Madan Puri as Mahipat Rai (Ravi's one-time accquaintance)
- Sajjan as Dr. Shah (Ravi's doctor)
- 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 lawyer friend)
- Sudhir as Sharma (Ravi's colleague)
- K. N. Singh as Prosecuting Attorney
- Murad as Supreme Court Judge
- Ashoo as Mona Sinha (Surendra Sinha's widow)
- Lalita Kumari as Sulakshana Rai (Mahipat Rai's wife)
Soundtrack
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Roothe Rab Ko Manana Aasan Hai" | Mohammed Rafi Asha Bhosle |
| 2 | "Dekh Sakta Hoon Main Kuch Bhi Hote Hue" (Male Version) | Kishore Kumar |
| 3 | "Aadmi Jo Kehta Hai Aadmi Jo Sunta Hai" | Kishore Kumar |
| 4 | "Dekh Sakta Hoon Main Kuch Bhi Hote Hue" (Female Version) | Lata Mangeshkar |
| 5 | "Daaru Ki Botal Mein Kahe Paani Bharta Hai" | Kishore Kumar |
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]