Awam (film)

Awam is a 1987 Hindi film with Rajesh Khanna.[1] in the lead role, supported by Shafi Inamdar, Ashok Kumar, Raj Babbar, Nana Patekar, Smita Patil and Poonam Dhillon. In this film, the playback singing for Rajesh Khanna was done by Mahendra Kapoor.

Awam
Poster
Directed byB. R. Chopra
Produced byB. R. Chopra
StarringRajesh Khanna
Raj Babbar
Ashok Kumar
Shafi Inamdar
Smita Patil
Nana Patekar
Poonam Dhillon

Iftekhar
Vijay Arora
Manisha Kohli

Huma Khan
Music byRavi
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

Captain Amar Kumar of the Indian army lives with his father, Ram, and mother, Saraswati. Ram has been associated with top freedom fighters during India's struggle for independence from the British. Almost all of these freedom fighters had taken advantage of their involvement and have taken up important positions in India's administration, and these include Jagrathan and Mohanlal, while others like Vaisakh Ansari and Ram have chosen not to. Amar goes to Delhi and meets Mohanlal, who offers him a position of personal secretary with Jagrathan. Then a chain of events lead to the death of Jagrathan's pilot son, Surender, resulting in Jagrathan threatening to expose the powers-that-be unless they come clean and admit their involvement. Then Jagrathan is killed in a vehicle accident. Before dying he asks Dr. Shabnam to hand-over a key to Amar. Before Shabnam could do so, she is attacked by two unknown men, and wounded. Together with Amar and Rafiq Sayed Jaffrey, they locate the key - but do not know where to locate the lock. Then Shabnam is attacked again, but Amar rescues her. Amar's world is turned upside down when he is accused of treason, court-martialed, and dishonorably discharged from the army. Disillusioned by this, he decides to join the very forces that are involved in treason. And when he does he finds out that he is not amongst strangers at all.

Reception

The film did not meet expectations of the director who expected it to be a blockbuster, meaning the highest grosser of the year. Instead it became a platinum jubilee hit.[2] However, it received only three stars in the Bollywood guide Collections.[3]

Cast

Music
  • "Yeh Raat Yeh Barsaat" – Asha Bhosle, Mahendra Kapoor
  • "Mast Jawani" – Asha Bhosle
  • "Teri Ankhon Mein" – Asha Bhosle, Mahendra Kapoor
  • "Kaise Murli Bajaye" – Asha Bhosle
  • "Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram" – Asha Bhosle, Mahendra Kapoor
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References
  1. "Awam - It stars Rajesh Khanna, Poonam Dhillon, Smita Patil, Raj Babbar, Ashok Kumar, Manisha, Saeed Jaffrey, Shafi Inamdar and Shreeram Lagoo. Awam's box office, news, reviews, video, pictures, and music soundtrack". ibosnetwork.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  2. http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/ravi-chopra-filmography-18432.html
  3. "b.r.+chopra&q=awaam#search_anchor


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