Heera (film)
Heera is a 1973 film produced and directed by Sultan Ahmed. The film stars Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh and Shatrughan Sinha in lead roles. The film was a "Hit" at the box office and ranked 9th among the top grossers of 1973.
| Heera (1973 film) | |
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| Directed by | Sultan Ahmed |
| Produced by | Sultan Ahmed |
| Written by | Sultan Ahmed (screenplay) K.B. Pathak (story) Wajahat Mirza (dialogue) |
| Starring | Sunil Dutt Asha Parekh Shatrughan Sinha Farida Jalal Anwar Hussain |
| Music by | Kalyanji Anandji |
| Cinematography | R.D. Mathur |
| Edited by | M.S. Shinde |
Release date | 1973 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
Heera lives in a small rural town in India with his father, a Magistrate, and housewife mother. He meets with the town's moneylender Dhaniram's daughter, Asha, both of them fall in love, and hope to get married soon. Before that could happen, Changu's daughter is killed, and the police are notified. They find evidence at the scene of the crime, and link it to Heera. As a result, Heera is arrested, held in prison, tried in Court, found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged. Heera protests, pleading his innocence, but all in vain, as no one believes him, including his very own dad. In prison, Heera escapes and runs off into the ravines and it is from here emerges a new Heera - a bandit - who is cold-hearted, ruthless, and will not hesitate to kill anyone - his only goal in life is to clear his name, by finding the real killers - that is if they and the police, who have launched a manhunt for him, give him enough time to do so.
Cast
- Sunil Dutt as Heera
- Asha Parekh as Asha
- Shatrughan Sinha as Balwant
- Farida Jalal
- Helen
- Nasir Hussain
- Sulochana Latkar
- Tabassum
- Anwar Hussain
- Kanhayalaal
Music
Kalyanji Anandji has composed the music and Anjaan and Indivar has penned the lyrics.
- "Chaley Chaley Re Pawan" -
- "Aaj Nachoon Aise" -
- "Ek Chhokariya" -
- "Main Tuhse Milne Aayi" - Lata Mangeshkar