Himmatwala (1983 film)
Himmatwala | |
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Kadar Khan (dialogues) | |
Screenplay by | K. Raghavendra Rao |
Story by | Satyanand |
Based on | Ooruki Monagadu (1981) |
Produced by | G. A. Sheshagiri Rao Krishna (Presents) |
Starring | Jeetendra Sridevi |
Cinematography | K. S. Prakash Rao |
Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
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Release date |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Box office | ₹5 crore (equivalent to ₹85 crore or US$11 million in 2023)[1] |
Himmatwala (transl. Brave Man) is a 1983 Indian
Plot
Master Dharam Murti witnesses Sher Singh Bandookwala murdering a man. Bandookwala manages to get exonerated by using his money and influence. He wants to get revenge on Murti, and falsely accuses him of sexually assaulting a female teacher named Menaka. Murti becomes very demoralized by this incident and leaves the village abandoning his wife and children lest they also face the stigma of being related to him.
His wife, Savitri, toils to make her son, Ravi, an engineer. Ravi grows up and returns to the village as the chief engineer for the village's new dam building project. Meanwhile, Bandookwala has been terrorizing the villagers. His daughter Rekha has been following in his footsteps and harasses people. Ravi's sister Padma gets involved with Munimji's son Shakti and becomes pregnant. Bandookwala wants to use this situation to torment Ravi.
Shakti marries Padma according to Bandookwala's plan and starts torturing her. Rekha eventually understands how cruel her father is and falls in love with Ravi seeing his honesty and goodness. She pretends to be pregnant so that Bandookwala faces the same situation as Ravi had with his sister. Ravi suddenly finds his father among the workers of the dam and brings him back to prove his innocence in front of the village panchayat. Bandookwala is held responsible for all of his evil doings and is set to be punished by the panchayat, but Dharam Murti asks everyone to forgive him, on the condition that he mends his ways. Bandookwala promises to become a better person and his daughter Rekha is married to Ravi.
Cast
- Jeetendra as Ravi
- Sridevi as Rekha Singh Bandookwala
- Waheeda Rehman as Savitri
- Shakti Kapoor as Shakti Gopaldas
- Kader Khan as Munim Narayandas Gopaldas
- Amjad Khan as Thakur Sher Singh Bandookwala
- Asrani as Bhushan
- Arun Govil as Govind
- Shoma Anand as Champa
- Swaroop Sampat as Padma Gopaldas
- Satyendra Kapooras Dharam Murthy
- Sulochana Latkar as Govind's Grandmother
Soundtrack
The music album was composed by Bappi Lahiri and the lyrics were penned by Indeevar.
Song | Singer |
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"Nainon Mein" | Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar |
"Ladki Nahin Hai" | Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle |
"Taki O Taki" | Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle |
"Wah Wah Wah" | Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle |
"Imtihan Imtihan" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
Remake
A remake of the film starring
References
- ^ "Top Earners 1980-1989 (Figures in Ind Rs)". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.
- ^ "Top Earners 1980-1989 (Figures in Ind Rs)". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.
- ^ "Sridevi's IMMORTAL onscreen avatars". Rediff. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- The Telegraph. Kolkata: ABP Group. Archived from the originalon 6 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ "'Himmatwala': Sajid Khan, Ajay Devgn's charm tepid at the box office". Zee News. 1 April 2013.
External links
- Himmatwala at IMDb