''Avishkaar'' () is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language film. Produced and directed by

Basu Bhattacharya Basu Bhattacharya (1934 – 19 June 1997) was an Indian film director of Bollywood, Hindi films. He is perhaps best known for his 1966 film ''Teesri Kasam'', starring Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman (based on the short story "Maare Gaye Gulfam ...

, the film stars

Rajesh Khanna Rajesh Khanna (; born Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who worked in Hindi films. Considered as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema, h ...

and

Sharmila Tagore Sharmila Tagore (; born 8 December 1944) also known by her married name Begum Ayesha Sultana, is an Indian actress primarily known for her work in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali films. Widely recognized as one of the gre ...

. The film was the part of Basu Battacharya's introspective

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on marital discord in an urban setting, which included '' Anubhav'' (1971) and '' Griha Pravesh'' (1979). Khanna had waived 70% of his remuneration to star in this project. The film was a success at box office. It has been critically acclaimed, with Khanna receriving the

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. The Bollywood guide ''Collections'' gave it five out of five stars. ''

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'' reviewed "Here you can see Khanna inhabiting a disillusioned husband with all the details. There is nothing trademark 'Kaka' here as you only see Amar with all his frailties come alive on the screen. It must have being challenging for the raging star to pick a role where he was not the hero in the conventional sense." Scroll.in states, "Tagore’s eyes, at first glazed with wonder and trust, widen with bewilderment and then anger as she grapples with frustrations fathoms deep. In a seminal scene in which she asks for Amar to explain what it is that he really wants of her, she is simply outstanding. Meanwhile Khanna is the show stealer here. Through a fog of cigarette smoke, Amar's fixed gaze communicates the dullness of fatigue after the shattering of his inner world. When he speaks, his voice is low, and in two confrontational flashbacks with his hostile father-in-law, Khanna's performance peaks. The superstar's superb performance in Basu Bhattacharya's domestic drama proves his unexplored talent at stasis." Avishkaar is also featured in Avijit Ghosh's book, ''40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Have Missed''.

Cast

...as Amar *

...as Mansi *

Dina Pathak Dina Pathak (née Gandhi; 4 March 1922 – 11 October 2002) was an Indian actress and director of Gujarati theatre and also a film actor. She was an activist and President of the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW). A doyenne of Hindi ...

...as taxi driver's wife * Dennis Clement ... Dennis Clement * Monika Jashnani ... Child artist * Devendra Khandelwal...as Sunil * Mahesh Sharma * Minna Johar ... as Rita *

Satyen Kappu Satyendra Kappu (born Satyendra Sharma; also credited as Satyen Kappu; 7 February 1931 – 27 October 2007), was an Indian character actor in Bollywood films. He has acted in 390 films. His most remembered role is Ramlal in the movie ''Sholay'' ...

...as Taxi driver

Synopsis

Amar and Mansi are in love, and decide to get married. They do so, and still continue to be in love. They get to their first wedding anniversary, and decide to hire a taxi-cab for a day, just to drive around and have fun. Thereafter, to their joy they are blessed with a child. But then their bliss is cut short, when Amar starts work with his advertising agency, which grooms beautiful young women, to further their careers as models, and both cannot stand each other anymore.

Plot

Amar (

) works in an

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, One night when he is alone in his office, Rita one of the staff walks in and invites him to join her for a movie. Back home, Mansi (

) is at home with her child and Margarette, the maid. Sunil, Amar's childhood friend comes home with flowers and wishes her a happy anniversary. It's Amar's and Mansi's wedding anniversary and they don't remember it themselves. They think of their carefree days when they were madly in love with each other, when nothing seemed impossible. They start off with an ideal marriage; their small world is brimming with love and is perfect. A whole year and they are still happy with each other. On their second anniversary they decide it's time to extend their family and plan to have a child. Amar starts finding fault in everything that Mansi does even suspecting that there's something going on between Mansi and Sunil. Mansi also knows about Rita. Amar wishes Mansi was as understanding as Rita. But though there are problems they sort them out. Mansi gets up the following morning when the milkman comes. And when she goes out she sees the flowers that Amar had left outside the previous night. Amar comes from behind and sees her pick them up, he hugs her and they walk in together.

Soundtrack

All songs were composed by Kanu Roy, while lyrics were penned by Kapil Kumar & Gyandev Agnihotri.

Awards

* Filmfare Best Actor Award:

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0156258, Avishkaar 1974 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films Films directed by Basu Bhattacharya Indian sequel films Indian romantic drama films Films about taxis Films about marriage Films about advertising Films about modeling Indian drama films Films scored by Kanu Roy