Kaala Patthar

Movie
Original title	Kaala Patthar
Country of production	India
original language	Hindi
Publishing year	1979
length	176 minutes
Rod
Director	Yash Chopra
script	Javed Akhtar ; Salim Khan
production	Yash Chopra ( Yash Raj Films )
music	Rajesh Roshan
camera	Kay Gee
occupation
	Amitabh Bachchan : Vijay Pal Singh; Shashi Kapoor : Ravi Malhotra; Shatrughan Sinha : Mangal Singh; Rakhee Gulzar : Dr. Sudha Sen; Neetu Singh : Channo / Mangal's friend; Parveen Babi : Anita / Ravi's girlfriend; Prem Chopra : Dhanraj Puri; Poonam Dhillon : Raghunath's daughter; Sharat Saxena : Dhanna; Suresh Oberoi : naval officer; Iftekhar : Mr. Singh / Vijay's father; Manmohan Krishna : Hotel owner; Sanjeev Kumar : Dr. Mathur; Jagdish Raj : Police Inspector;

Kaala Patthar ( Hindi : काला पत्थर; translated: Black Stone ) is a Hindi film by Yash Chopra from 1979. It is based on the mining disaster in Dhanbad on December 27, 1975.

action

Former naval officer Vijay was convicted by a court-martial and dishonorably dismissed - punishment for his cowardice as the captain of a sinking ship that killed 300 men.

Now Vijay works in a mine and uses every opportunity to prove his courage in order to suppress his past. The criminal Mangal, who is hiding from the police there, and the engineer Ravi also work in the mine. You become friends with Vijay.

Vijay falls in love with the doctor Dr. Sudha Sen, Mangal flirts with the bracelet seller Channo and saves her from rapists and Ravi meets his old flame Anita, who wants to write a story about the mine as a journalist.

But soon Ravi has to worry about the lives of Vijay and the other workers. The boss of the Dhanraj Puri mine wants to use a tunnel that is just before a huge water depot. If the water falls, disaster threatens, but in Dhanraj, money is more important than the lives of men. So Vijay, Ravi and Mangal, another friend, are protesting for justice.

The feared water ingress occurs. Mangal sacrifices his life underground so that Ravi and Vijay can save several friends. Vijay can finally overcome his trauma from the past.

music

Song title	Singer
Baahon My Teri Masti Ke	Lata Mangeshkar , Mohammed Rafi
Dhoom Do Dhoom	Lata Mangeshkar , Mohammed Rafi , Mahendra Kapoor , SK Mohan
Ek Raasta Hai Zindagi	Kishore Kumar , Lata Mangeshkar
Ishq Aur Mushak	Mahendra Kapoor , Pamela Chopra
Meri Door Se Aayi Bharat	Lata Mangeshkar
Mujhe Pyaar Ka Tohfa Deke	Mohammed Rafi , Usha Mangeshkar

The lyrics to the music of Rajesh Roshan were written by Sahir Ludhianvi .

Awards

Nomination for the Filmfare Award 1980

Filmfare Award / Best Film to Yash Chopra
Filmfare Award / Best Director to Yash Chopra
Filmfare Award / Best Actor to Amitabh Bachchan
Filmfare Award / Best Supporting Actor to Shatrughan Sinha
Filmfare Award / Best Supporting Actress to Neetu Singh
Filmfare Award / Best Story to Salim-Javed
Filmfare Award / Best Music to Rajesh Roshan
Filmfare Award / Best Playback Singer to Kishore Kumar for Ek Raasta Hai Zindagi

Web links

Kaala Patthar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Review at mariakaefer.de ( Memento from May 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

↑ The Bachchan Movies ( Memento of February 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

[1] The Bachchan Movies ( Memento of February 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive )