Majboor (1974)

Movie
Original title	Majboor
Country of production	India
original language	Hindi , English
Publishing year	1974
length	145 minutes
Rod
Director	Ravi Tandon
script	Javed Akhtar Salim Khan
production	Premji
music	Laxmikant Pyarelal
occupation
Amitabh Bachchan : Ravi Khanna Parveen Babi : Neelu Pran : Michael D'Souza Farida Jalal : Renu Khanna / Ravi's sister Satyendra Kapoor : Narendra Sinha Sulochana Latkar : Ravi's mother Iftekhar : Police Inspector Khurana DK Sapru : Neelu's father Murad : Judge Jagdish Raj : Police Inspector Kulkarni Madan Puri : Mahipat Rai KN Singh : Public Prosecutor Anoop Kumar : Scared Air Passenger (Guest Appearance)

Majboor (translated: mandatory ) is a successful Bollywood film with superstar Amitabh Bachchan in its early roles.

action

Ravi Khanna lives happily ever after with his mother, brother and handicapped sister. Until one day he receives the terrible news: Ravi has a brain tumor and only 6 months to live. Now Ravi doesn't know how his family should get along without him. He happened to read in the newspaper that the wealthy Narendra was offering 500,000 rupees as a reward for catching his brother's murderer.

So Ravi forges a plan: He collects the reward via his lawyer and then calls himself a murderer. For Ravi this means the death penalty, but he accepts it because he does not have to live that long anyway and his family is provided for.

But then a miracle happens. After a collapse in jail, Ravi is operated on in the hospital and the tumor is successfully removed. Unfortunately for Ravi there is no question of renegotiating unless he finds the real killer. He breaks out of the hospital and, with the help of the thief Michael, goes in search of the real murderer.

After some turmoil, the identity of the real killer is revealed and Ravi is a free man.

music

Song title	Singer
Aadmi Joh Kehta Hai	Kishore Kumar
Dekh Sakta Hoon Mein	Kishore Kumar
Dekh Sakta Hoon Mein	Lata Mangeshkar
Roote Rab Ko Manana	Mohammad Rafi , Asha Bhosle
Daru Ki Botol Mein	Kishore Kumar

Awards

Filmfare Award 1976 nominations

• Filmfare Award / Best Supporting Actress to Farida Jalal
• Filmfare Award / Best Supporting Actor to Pran

criticism

Another gem in Amitabh Bachchan's crown as India's immortal actor. (from molodezhnaja.ch)

Web links

• Majboor in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Review at molodezhnaja.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=180&catName=MTk3NA== ( Memento from February 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ http://molodezhnaja.ch/india_m.htm#majboor