Awaaz

Awaaz (transl. Voice) is a 1984 Hindi movie directed by Shakti Samanta with Rajesh Khanna[1] in the lead role and supported by Jaya Prada, Rakesh Roshan, Suresh Oberoi, Supriya Pathak, Iftekar, Prem Chopra, Madan Puri and Amrish Puri.[2][3] The music is by R.D.Burman.[4] The songs are sung by Kishore Kumar for Rajesh, and by Asha Bhonsle for the females. This film marked the first return of the Shakti-Rajesh team after Anurodh in 1977

This article is about the film. For the environmental NGO, see Awaaz Foundation.

Awaaz
Promotional Poster
Directed byShakti Samanta
Produced byShakti Samanta
StarringRajesh Khanna
Jaya Prada
Rakesh Roshan
Amrish Puri
Suresh Oberoi
Madan Puri
Prem Chopra
Music byR D Burman
Anand Bakshi (Lyrics)
CinematographyAlokedas Gupta
Edited byBijoy Chowdhary
Release date
23 November 1984
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

Advocate Jayant (Rajesh Khanna), a criminal lawyer, believes that a lawyer's duty is to do service to his client alone and to bail him out of his trouble, even if his client is in reality a criminal. His close friend Amit is an honest police inspector who brings many of the goons that are part of gang of smugglers led by Mulchand Malhotra, but they are let off by the court when he uses his skills and knowledge about the loopholes in law. Jayant helps Mulchand in setting his workmen free from jail. Amit Gupta asks Jayant to be more responsible when he defends criminals, who are repeat offenders. Later Amit is killed and this motivates Amit's brother Vijay to join the police force. Meanwhile, Priya (Jayant's sister) falls in love with Vijay and both decide to marry. But one day while going on a picnic Anu (Jayant's wife) and Priya get into trouble as their car tire gets punctured on a road near a jungle. There, a drunkard who happens to be Mulchand's son rapes Anu and injures Priya. On being humiliated, Anu commits suicide. Jayant also gets a clue that the death of his friend Amit was not accidental, but was a deliberate attempt by some goons and that the rapist is a person known to Mulchand and his gang members. Jayant tries enlisting the help of his clients Mulchand and Meerchandani in finding the real culprits, but realises that they are not responsive. Jayant vows to find the assailants, but before he can attempt anything his daughter, Nandita, is kidnapped. The kidnappers want Jayant to represent Mulchand's son in a criminal case, and get him acquitted. Mulchand says his daughter is with them and would be left once his son is let off in a court of law. Jayant gets his client out on bail. Jayant does not know that his client is the one who had raped his wife and sister, and when Jayant does find out there is nothing he can do since his daughter is still under the control of her kidnappers. The rest of the story is how he single-handedly brings all of them to justice.

Reception

Awaaz was well appreciated by audience and critics alike. It received three stars in the Bollywood guide Collections. It also became a box office "Hit".[5] Awaaz fetched Rs. 3.60 crores in the year 1984 at the box office.[6]

Cast

Music
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References
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  5. Collections. Update Video Publication. 1991.
  6. "Awaaz - Starring Rajesh Khanna, Rakesh Roshan, Jayaprada, Leena Das, Madan Puri, Monty, Prem Chopra, Supriya Pathak, Suresh Oberoi, Amrish Puri. Awaaz's box office, news, reviews, video, pictures, and music soundtrack". ibosnetwork.com. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
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