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Parvarish (1977 film)
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'Parvarish' is a 1977 Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Manmohan Desai. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan and Vinod Khanna as two brothers playing oneupmanship, because one brother believes he is adopted and not the real son. Shabana Azmi and Neetu Singh play the love interests. Amjad Khan and Kader Khan are the villains. Laxmikant Pyarelal gave the music to this film and Majrooh Sultanpuri the lyrics.
Parvarish is one of the biggest Diwali blockbuster of all time and the fourth highest-grossing film of the year at the Box office; and Manmohan Desai's one of four hits that year, the others being 'Dharam Veer' and 'Chacha Bhatija' with Dharmendra and 'Amar Akbar Anthony', a blockbuster with Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna and Rishi Kapoor.[http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=183&catName=MTk3Nw
Box Office 1977] Box office, India.
The film also marked Shammi Kapoor's full entry into character roles (after his own production Manoranjan), which he would lead in for nearly the next two decades.Plot
Deputy Superintendent of Police Shamsher Singh (Shammi Kapoor) captures the notorious bandit Mangal Singh (Amjad Khan) just as Mangal's wife is about to give birth. She dies at childbirth, but not before extracting from the DSP his promise to take care of her son. Subsequently, DSP Singh raises the boy alongside his own. Though DSP Singh's own son (by birth) Kishen (Vinod Khanna) has a wicked streak, w Mangal's son, Amit (Amitabh Bachchan), is endowed with an honest nature.
Released after 14 years in jail, Mangal finds out that his son is with his old enemy. He mistakes Kishen to be his son and instigates him to fight against Shamsher's family. They join the underworld gang and spread havoc. Amit becomes an honest police officer and is assigned the task of nabbing the gang. After a misunderstanding, Kishen comes to believe he is actually Mangal's son and falls under the bandit's influence, though he continues to live in the inspector's home.
The remainder of the film deals with how Kishen and Amit find out the truth about their origins and how they react to the situation.
Cast
* Amitabh Bachchan - Inspector Amit Singh
* Vinod Khanna - Kishan Singh
* Shammi Kapoor - D.S.P. Shamsher Singh
* Neetu Singh - Neetu Singh
* Shabana Azmi - Shabbo Singh
* Kader Khan - Supremo
* Amjad Khan - Mangal Singh
* Tom Alter - Jackson, Supremo's 2nd in command
* Indrani Mukherjee - Asha Singh (Shamsher's Wife)
* Dev Kumar - Dev Singh,Brother of Mangal Singh
* Hina Kauser - Mangal Singh's Wife
* Chand Usmani - Radha (Neetu & Shabbo's mother)
* Ram Sethi - Neetu & Shabbo's father
* Sopariwala - guest of Shamshersingh
Crew* Art Direction: Babu Rao T. Poddar
* Costume Design: Shalini Shah, Ram Singh
* Assistant director: Denny Desai, Ketan Desai
* Choreographer: Kamal Kumar
MusicThe film had music by Laxmikant Pyarelal and lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri.[http://ww.smashits.com/music/hindi-film/songs/4065/parvarish.html Pravarish songs]
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