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Suhaag (1979 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Suhaag' is a 1979 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Manmohan Desai, and written by Kader Khan, Prayag Raj and K.K. Shukla. The movie stars Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha and Parveen Babi in lead roles, with Amjad Khan, Nirupa Roy, Kader Khan, Ranjeet and Jeevan in supporting roles. The music was composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal.
A huge box office success, the film became the highest-grossing film of 1979. The film was remade in Telugu as 'Satyam Sivam' with N. T. Rama Rao & Akkineni Nageswara Rao.
Plot
Durga (Nirupa Roy) and Vikram Kapoor (Amjad Khan) have been married for years. Vikram has taken to crime in a big way and as a result has antagonized a rival gangster, Jaggi (Kader Khan),Durga gives birth to twins and Jaggi steals one of them, and sells him to a bootlegger, Pascal. Durga is upset when she finds her son missing, but is devastated when Vikram abandons her. With a lot of difficulties, Durga brings up her son, Kishan (Shashi Kapoor), and has given up on finding her other son. Kishan has grown up and is now a dedicated police officer. On the other hand, Pascal has exploited Amit (Amitabh Bachchan), educated, and made him a petty criminal and alcoholic. This gets him in a confrontation with Kishan but the two settle their differences and become fast friends. Vikram is not aware of his two sons and wife being alive. Without revealing his identity, he hires Amit to kill Kishan during a Navratri dance at Maa Sherawali's temple. Amit informs Kishan and together with other police personnel, keep vigil. Things do not go as planned; they are attacked and Kishan loses his eyesight, leaving the onus on Amit to try to locate the person behind this crime. Full of singing, dancing, and stunts, the film has a strong moral undertone of good triumphing over evil despite any odds.
Cast
* Shashi Kapoor as Kishan Kapoor
* Amitabh Bachchan as Amit Kapoor
* Rekha as Basanti
* Parveen Babi as Anu
* Nirupa Roy as Durga Kapoor
* Amjad Khan as Vikram Kapoor
* Ranjeet as Gopal
* Kader Khan as Jaggi
* Jeevan as Pascal
* Jagdish Raj as Inspector Khan
* Hercules as Raghu Dada
* Krishan Dhawan as Lala sheth
* Master Titto as young Kishan
* Master Ratan as young Amit
* Moolchand as Shop owner
* Vatsala Deshmukh as Jamnabai
* Komila Virk as glamorous girl in Gopal's bar
Soundtrack
The movie songs were great hits. Mohammed Rafi and LaxmikantPyarelal combo created popular songs. Mohammed Rafi's voice was used for Amitabh Bachchan and Shailendra Singh's voice for Shashi Kapoor. The songs of the movie are popular till today.
After "Yeh Dosti Hum Nahin Todenge" by Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey from film Sholay, "Ae Yaar Sun Yaari Teri" is classified as most popular song ."Tere Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" is played in most weddings.
"Tere Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" was directed in London's Hyde Park, with a UK Based Punjabi dance group from Southall.
References
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