is a 1969 Hindi film produced by B. R. Chopra and directed by

Yash Chopra Yash Raj Chopra (27 September 1932 21 October 2012) was an Indian film director and film producer who worked in Bollywood, Hindi cinema. The founding chairman of the film production and distribution company Yash Raj Films, Chopra was the reci ...

. The film stars

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, Saira Banu, Feroz Khan, Mumtaz, Johnny Walker, Madan Puri, Ajit, Anwar,

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, Achla Sachdev, Kamini Kaushal and Nazima. The film's music is by Ravi with lyrics by Sahir Ludhiyanvi. "Zindagi Ittefaq Hai" song is still popular. This is the only movie in which Yash Chopra and Dharmendra have worked together.

Plot

A wealthy and independent industrialist, Jai Kishan befriends a young man from a middle-class background by the name of Munish Mehra, assists him financially to go abroad and get necessary qualifications as an engineer, and then hires him on one of his construction projects. Meena Khanna is the daughter of a government official. Munish and Meena meet and fall in love with each other. Jai also gets attracted towards Meena. Shortly after this, Jai finds out that Munish is in love with Meena, and gets enraged. He subsequently fires Munish, and ensures that he will not get hired anywhere else. After several vain attempts to obtain employment, Munish gets hired by the government, and is assigned to investigate the collapse of a railway bridge. Munish finds out that Jai was directly responsible for this mishap as he used sub-standard materials. Munish now has the tools to take revenge from Jai and destroy him, and accordingly informs his employer. But when the time comes for Munish to make a full report, he declines, and the government has no alternative but to prosecute him in a court of law for taking bribes and destroying his report. And the main witness appearing against him is none other than Jai.

Cast

as Munish Mehra * Saira Banu as Meena Khanna * Feroz Khan as Jai Kishan / J.K. * Mumtaz as Rita * Johnny Walker as Gulam Rasool * Randhawa as Shanker * Ajit as Kundanlal / Sher Singh * Uma Dutt as Sher Singh * Anwar Hussain as Gupta *

as Saxena * Gajanan Jagirdar as Judge * Kamini Kaushal as Mrs. Khanna (Meena's mom) * Poonam Sinha (Komal) as Renu Mehra *

Manmohan Krishna Manmohan Krishna (26 February 1922 – 3 November 1990) was an Indian film actor and director, who worked in Hindi films for four decades, mostly as a character actor. He started his career as a professor in Physics and held master's degree i ...

as Mr. Khanna (Meena's father) *

Roopesh Kumar Roopesh Kumar (born as Abbas Farashahi; 16 January 1946 – 29 January 1995) was a character actor in Bollywood films, especially known for his role as a villain in over 100 Hindi films from 1965 to 1995. He is widely remembered for his comic ...

as Abdul Rashid / Rashu *

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as Justice B.N. Desai *

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as Sabharwal *

Jagdish Raj Jagdish Raj Khurana (1928 – 28 July 2013) was a Bollywood actor who holds a Guinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor. He played the role of a police inspector in 144 films. Early life and career He was born in 1928 in the to ...

as Balwa (drunkard) *

Achala Sachdev Achala Sachdev (3 May 1920 – 30 April 2012) was an Indian actress who appeared in classic films of Hindi language film industry, who started her career as a child actor. She later became known for mother and grandmother roles in Hindi films. ...

as Mrs. Mehra (Munish's mom) * Surekha * Ram Avtar as Sweets Seller (uncredited) * Keshav Rana as Rana (uncredited) * Ravikant as Mirza (uncredited)

Soundtrack

Music: Ravi, Lyrics: Sahir Ludhiyanvi.

Awards

* 1970 Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Feroz Khan Nominated * 1971 Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Mumtaz

References

External links

* {{B. R. Chopra 1969 films 1960s Hindi-language films 1960s Indian films Films directed by Yash Chopra Films scored by Ravi