''Sankalp'' is a 1975
Bollywood
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drama film
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directed by
Ramesh Saigal
Ramesh Saigal was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor in Hindi language films.
Professional life
His major work includes ''Railway Platform'' (1955), ''Shola Aur Shabnam'' (1961) and ''Ishq Par Zor Nahin'' (1970).
He w ...
. The song "Tu Hi Sagar Tu Hi Kinara", rendered by
Sulakshana Pandit
Sulakshana Pandit is an Indian playback singer and former film actress working in Bollywood. She belongs to the Mewati Gharana.
Career
Sulakshana's career as an actress spanned the 1970s and early '80s. As a leading lady she has worked with most ...
earned her its only
Filmfare award
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. It was composed by
Khayyam
Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīshābūrī (18 May 1048 – 4 December 1131) ( Persian: غیاث الدین ابوالفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشابورﻯ), commonly known as Omar Khayyam (), was ...
.
Plot
Rakesh lives with his widowed businessman dad Harkishanlal; elder brother Shyam, his wife, Kamla and their son. He attends college, does extremely well in his exams, and stands first with only one other candidate, who comes from a poor family. Rakesh also has a sweetheart in fellow-collegian, Geeta Sehgal, and both hope to get married soon. Rakesh introduces Geeta to Kamla, and gets instant approval. But there is something troubling Rakesh, he is appalled at the inequalities and injustices in this world, the power the rich have over the poor; why God remains a silent spectator in the light of atrocities, committed on his very own creations. Rakesh sets out to seek answers within his family, and is shunned. His dad and brother want him to lend a hand in their business, but Rakesh does not want any part in it as part of it is being run by black money, surrounded by hypocrites. He stops seeing Geeta, and when Kamla finds this out, she follows him one day and finds him with a group of half-naked, drug-induced hippies. When confronted, Rakesh's only explanation is that he will not marry Geeta as he does not want to get tied down and wants his freedom – what exactly is the freedom that Rakesh seeks – watch as he runs away from home to seek life's meanings along with newfound hippie friends.
Cast
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Sulakshana Pandit
Sulakshana Pandit is an Indian playback singer and former film actress working in Bollywood. She belongs to the Mewati Gharana.
Career
Sulakshana's career as an actress spanned the 1970s and early '80s. As a leading lady she has worked with most ...
as Poojaran
* Sukhdev as Rakesh
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Farida Jalal
Farida Jalal (born Farida Sami; 18 May 1950) is an Indian actress who primarily worked in Hindi films. In a film career spanning almost fifty years, Jalal appeared in over 200 films. Best known for her character-driven roles in independent cin ...
as Geeta Sehgal
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Arjun Bakshi as Shyam
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Bipin Gupta
Bipin Gupta (21 August 1905 – 9 September 1981) was an Indian actor and artist during the 1930s and 1960s. He acted in Bengali and Hindi cinema, most notably in '' Baiju Bawra'' (1952), ''Jagriti'' (1954), ''Gharana'' (1961) and '' Khilona'' ...
as Harkishanlal
* Anjali Kadam as Kamla
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Leela Mishra
Leela Mishra (1 January 1908 – 17 January 1988) was an Indian actress. She worked as a character actor in over 200 Hindi films for five decades, and is best remembered for playing stock characters such as aunts (''Chachi'' or ''Mausi''). She ...
as Rani of Bacharawa
Soundtrack
Music composed by Khayyam and lyrics
by
Kaifi Azmi
Kaifi Azmi (born Athar Husain Rizvi; 14 January 1919 – 10 May 2002) was an Indian Urdu poet. He is remembered as the one who brought Urdu literature to Indian motion pictures. Together with Pirzada Qasim, Jaun Elia and others he participa ...
.
Awards and nominations
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Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
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Although the award cerem ...
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Sulakshana Pandit
Sulakshana Pandit is an Indian playback singer and former film actress working in Bollywood. She belongs to the Mewati Gharana.
Career
Sulakshana's career as an actress spanned the 1970s and early '80s. As a leading lady she has worked with most ...
for the song "Tu Hi Sagar Tu Hi Kinara"
References
External links
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1974 films
1970s Hindi-language films
1970s Indian films
Films directed by Ramesh Saigal
Indian drama films
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