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1979 Indian film
Suhaag
Poster
Directed byManmohan Desai
Written byKader Khan
Prayag Raj
K.K. Shukla
Produced byRajinder Kumar Sharma
Ramesh Sharma
Shakti Subhash Sharma
Prakash Trehan
StarringShashi Kapoor
Amitabh Bachchan
Rekha
Parveen Babi
Nirupa Roy
Amjad Khan
Kader Khan
Ranjeet
Jeevan
CinematographyV. Durga Prasad
Edited byMukhtar Ahmed
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Distributed bySharma Cine Associates
Release date
  • 30 October 1979 (1979-10-30)
Running time169 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹20 million
Box office₹50 million

Suhaag is a 1979 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Manmohan Desai, and written by Kader Khan, Prayag Raj and K.K. Shukla. It stars Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha and Parveen Babi in lead roles with Amjad Khan, Nirupa Roy, Kader Khan, Ranjeet and Jeevan in supporting roles. The music was composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal.

A huge box office success, the film became the highest-grossing film of 1979.

Plot

Durga (Nirupa Roy) and Vikram Kapoor (Amjad Khan) have been married for years. Vikram has taken to crime in a big way and as a result has antagonized a rival gangster, Jaggi (Kader Khan),Durga gives birth to twins and Jaggi steals one of them, and sells him to a bootlegger, Pascal. Durga is upset when she finds her son missing, but is devastated when Vikram abandons her. With a lot of difficulties, Durga brings up her son, Kishan (Shashi Kapoor), and has given up on finding her other son. Kishan has grown up and is now a dedicated police officer. On the other hand, Pascal has exploited Amit (Amitabh Bachchan), educated, and made him a petty criminal and alcoholic. This gets him in a confrontation with Kishan but the two settle their differences and become fast friends. Vikram is not aware of his two sons and wife being alive. Without revealing his identity, he hires Amit to kill Kishan during a Navratri dance at Maa Sherawali's temple. Amit informs Kishan and together with other police personnel, keep vigil. Things do not go as planned; they are attacked and Kishan loses his eyesight, leaving the onus on Amit to try to locate the person behind this crime. Full of singing, dancing, and stunts, the film has a strong moral undertone of good triumphing over evil despite any odds.

Cast

Production

Many scenes were filmed at Film City, Mumbai and London. Desai filmed a middle and climax chase scene in Mumbai and London and edited them in such a way that these scenes appear to take place in Mumbai. "Teri Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" song was filmed in Richmond Park, London with a UK-based Punjabi dance group from Southall. "Ae Yaar Sun" song was filmed in Film City and at Birla Mandir, Shahad near Ulhasnagar in Thane district of Maharashtra.

Soundtrack

# Song Singer
1 "Aaj Imtihan Hai" Lata Mangeshkar
2 "Athra Baras Ki Tu Hone Ko Aayi Re" Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
3 "O Maata Sherawali" Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
4 "Teri Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" Mohammed Rafi, Shailendra Singh, Asha Bhosle
5 "Ae Yaar Sun, Yaari Teri" Mohammed Rafi, Shailendra Singh, Asha Bhosle
6 "Main To Beghar Hoon, Apne Ghar Le Chalo" Asha Bhosle, Shashi Kapoor
7 "Ek Daal Pe Do Phool Khile" Anwar

The Mohammed Rafi and Laxmikant–Pyarelal combo created the popular playback songs which were great hits. Rafi's voice was used for Amitabh Bachchan and Shailendra Singh's voice for Shashi Kapoor. The songs of the film are popular even today.

Along with "Yeh Dosti Hum Nahin Todenge" by Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey from Sholay (1975), "Ae Yaar Sun Yaari Teri" is considered a popular Hindi friendship song. "Tere Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi" has become a Hindi wedding song and is played at Indian weddings.

Remake

The film was remade in Telugu as Satyam Sivam (1981) with N. T. Rama Rao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao.

References

  1. "BoxOffice India.com". 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  2. Box Office India. "Top Earners 1979". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
  3. "Birla Mandir, Shahad". Maharashtra Planet.
  4. "సీనియర్ ఎన్టీఆర్ రీమేక్ చేసిన అమితాబ్ బచ్చన్ సూపర్ హిట్ సినిమాలు ఇవే". 8 May 2020.

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Films directed by Manmohan Desai
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